Special Education Technology Addressing Diversity: A Synthesis of the Literature

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Jeffs ◽  
William Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Research Synthesis ◽  
Rural Culture ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many

With the increasing complexity of schools and society, there is great need for expanded understanding of the many dimensions of diversity within the field of assistive technology (AT). The question that lies before us is how has diversity been examined in AT research and literature? Following a research synthesis method similar to Summers (1985) and Edyburn (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) the purpose of this study was threefold: (a) first, to conduct a literature review of scholarly publications in the area of AT that focused on the diversity dimensions of family, rural, culture, race, or gender between the years of 2000 and 2004, (b) second, to identify to what extent literature scatter was present or absent in this literature review, and (c) third, to answer the question ‘What have we learned?’ Using study criteria, 19 articles scattered across 12 peer-reviewed journals were identified and classified under five categories: family, rural, culture, race, and gender. Implications for practitioners and the field of AT are discussed.

scholarly journals Held Down and Held Back: Systematically Delayed Principal Promotions by Race and Gender

AERA Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 233285842092929
Author(s):  
Lauren P. Bailes ◽  
Sarah Guthery
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Assistant Principals ◽  
School Principal ◽  
School Level ◽  
Assistant Principalship ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Black Principals ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many

Recent scholarship highlights the many benefits of diversity among principals, including improved teacher retention and student outcomes. We use survival analysis to assess the probability and time to promotion for 4,689 assistant principals in Texas from 2001 to 2017. We find that race and gender are associated with the probability of promotion to school leadership. Holding education, experience, school level, and urbanicity constant, Black principals are least likely to be promoted and wait longer for promotion when compared to White assistant principals. Additionally, findings suggest that even though women have over a year more experience on average before being promoted to assistant principal, they are less likely to be promoted to high school principal, and when they are, it is after a longer assistant principalship.

Revolution in Boston? Eight Propositions for Public History on the Freedom Trail

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred F. Young
Keyword(s):  
American Revolution ◽  
Public History ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
The Public ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Freedom Trail ◽  
The Many ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
The Revolution

The author reassesses the public presentation of history on Boston's Freedom Trail, founded in the 1950s, in light of the reinterpretation of the American Revolution which has brought into focus the multi-sided struggle for liberty and equality within America. In eight propositions, he questions whether the many sites of the trail with a minimum of coordination, do justice to the "popular" side of the Revolution. Boston is at risk in dealing with race and gender, he suggests, of fragmenting the Revolution. In avoiding the "dark" side, it can fall into an exclusively celebratory history. To present a more coherent history, the author points to the need for greater collaborative efforts by the sites which make up the trail.

A New Era

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda A. Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Black Population ◽  
Municipal Politics ◽  
Race Riots ◽  
Black Migration ◽  
New Era ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Club Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many

This chapter examines how Fannie Barrier Williams responded to both hardening racial attitudes and the growth of the black population in the second decade of the twentieth century by joining forces with black and white club women in their attempts to solve the many problems that plagued the black community. It begins with a discussion of the race riots sparked mainly by anger over increasing black migration that led to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It then considers Barrier Williams' efforts in expanding the services of local organizations and increasing black women's engagement with municipal work in Chicago. It also explores how race and gender defined Barrier Williams' espousal of women's participation in municipal politics and concludes with an assessment of her personal loss during the period: the deaths of her mother Harriet and husband S. Laing, as well as friends Celia Parker Woolley and Jenkin Lloyd Jones.

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Beth Reingold
Keyword(s):  
Women Of Color ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many

The concluding chapter summarizes the main findings and highlights the book’s contributions to the study of gender, race, and representation and the development of intersectionality as an analytic framework. It reviews, chapter by chapter, the many ways in which the election, activity, and impact of legislative women of color matter, not just for women and minorities, but especially for those situated at the intersections of multiple forms of disempowerment and misrepresentation. Examining politics from the perspective of women of color, this book demonstrates the many complex ways race and gender together shape democratic institutions and the representational opportunities and challenges they present. Little of what the book reveals, however, would have been possible without the critical intersectional approach informing it. Thus, Chapter 7 concludes with a call for more intersectional approaches to investigating questions, both old and new, about political representation and categories of difference.

Legal Implications of Discrimination in Medical Practice

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Jessamyn S. Berniker
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Medical Studies ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Treatment Practices ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Title Vi ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many ◽  
Evidentiary Standards

Recent medical studies have indicated that medical professionals discriminate in their treatment practices on the basis of race and gender. Among the many concerns stemming from this realization are questions about the possibility of legal actions and the availability of individual compensation for the denial of equal care. By meeting legal evidentiary standards, the recent statistical data pointing to discriminatory trends have created the potential for legal recourse through Title VI of the Civil Rights Act which prohibits recipients of federal funding from treating people differently on the basis of race or national origin.

scholarly journals Feminist and stratification theories' lessons from the crisis and their relevance for post-Keynesian theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Seguino
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Class Inequality ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Fiscal And Monetary Policy

The many contributions of post-Keynesian economists to understanding the causes of the global financial crisis that began in 2008 could be enhanced by integrating the research by feminist and stratification economists. These groups have produced a body of work analysing trends in inter-group and intra-class inequality that led up to the crisis and theoretically inform how we assess the distribution of the negative effects of the crisis by class, race, and gender. Further, this body of work has assessed the potential for fiscal and monetary policy to promote greater equality while reducing intra-class competition and conflict.

Marxism and Its Others

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hall
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
British Government ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Political Citizenship ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Vision ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Uk

This chapter is written from the perspective of a historian trying to comprehend the complexities of the nineteenth-century societies and to use those conceptual theories that would define the many layers of the social, cultural, and political world. In the absence of Marxism, there has been a tendency to lose interest in the large-scale changes and to resort to micro-histories. A return to Marx is therefore needed to understand how change occurs in the relation between key categories of difference. And while Marx may not have full answers to the questions on the logic of capital and class antagonisms, he nevertheless initiated questions on agency and change. The focus of the chapter is on the United Kingdom and its empire from 1828 to 1833. This was a period when political citizenship and forms of rule at home and across the empire were reassessed; when the forms of conservative aristocratic rule in Britain and the colonies were ruptured; and when the new vision of the nation and the empire was introduced. In all of the places ruled by the UK, emphasis is placed on Ireland, Britain, Jamaica, and India, including Westminster, which is the seat of the British government. Each of the cases is dealt with extensively, with stress on ethnicity, class, race, and gender. All of these cases are examined within the framework of Marxism, wherein the salience of the theory is measured on its capacity to address issues of differences.

Referral Patterns for Youths Identified at Risk for Suicide by Trained Gatekeepers

Crisis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Rodi ◽  
Lucas Godoy Garraza ◽  
Christine Walrath ◽  
Robert L. Stephens ◽  
D. Susanne Condron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Referral Patterns ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Prevention Behavior ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
And Gender ◽  
To Receive

Background: In order to better understand the posttraining suicide prevention behavior of gatekeeper trainees, the present article examines the referral and service receipt patterns among gatekeeper-identified youths. Methods: Data for this study were drawn from 26 Garrett Lee Smith grantees funded between October 2005 and October 2009 who submitted data about the number, characteristics, and service access of identified youths. Results: The demographic characteristics of identified youths are not related to referral type or receipt. Furthermore, referral setting does not seem to be predictive of the type of referral. Demographic as well as other (nonrisk) characteristics of the youths are not key variables in determining identification or service receipt. Limitations: These data are not necessarily representative of all youths identified by gatekeepers represented in the dataset. The prevalence of risk among all members of the communities from which these data are drawn is unknown. Furthermore, these data likely disproportionately represent gatekeepers associated with systems that effectively track gatekeepers and youths. Conclusions: Gatekeepers appear to be identifying youth across settings, and those youths are being referred for services without regard for race and gender or the settings in which they are identified. Furthermore, youths that may be at highest risk may be more likely to receive those services.

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