scholarly journals Myles Brand: Intecollegiate Athletics Within the Limits of the Academic Mission Alone

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lou Matz
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Liberal Learning ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Academic Mission ◽  
Argumentative Strategy ◽  
Analogical Argument

During his NCAA presidency, Myles Brand led novel academic reforms that gained deserved national recognition, but his defense of the educational and academic value of IA should be equally acknowledged since this was, for Brand, the ultimate reason why universities should support intercollegiate athletics (IA) in the first place. In this article, I describe the development of Brand’s view of the educational value of IA that preceded his signature 2006 publication ‘The Role and Value of Intercollegiate Athletics in Universities.’ I then explain Brand’s Integrated View of IA in his 2006 article and focus on his key argumentative strategy: the analogy of the educational value of IA to the educational value of performing arts like music and dance. I contend that Brand did not bring his persuasive analogical argument to its full logical conclusions since IA should contribute to a new academic major in Sport Performance and some of the very character virtues that Brand identified as developed ideally by IA are now recognized as essential academic liberal learning outcomes. I conclude by raising some criticisms of Brand’s view based on the organizational framework and policies of IA that create difficulties for the full realization of its educational value. Nonetheless, at a momentous time in U.S. higher education when university priorities and budgets are under perhaps unprecedented scrutiny, Brand’s insistence that IA must be integrated with the academic mission is more relevant than ever.

scholarly journals Towards modeling of human skilling for electrical circuitry using augmented reality applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Villanueva ◽  
Ziyi Liu ◽  
Yoshimasa Kitaguchi ◽  
Zhengzhe Zhu ◽  
Kylie Peppler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Cognitive Assessment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Stem Learning ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Specific Learning

AbstractAugmented reality (AR) is a unique, hands-on tool to deliver information. However, its educational value has been mainly demonstrated empirically so far. In this paper, we present a modeling approach to provide users with mastery of a skill, using AR learning content to implement an educational curriculum. We illustrate the potential of this approach by applying this to an important but pervasively misunderstood area of STEM learning, electrical circuitry. Unlike previous cognitive assessment models, we break down the area into microskills—the smallest segmentation of this knowledge—and concrete learning outcomes for each. This model empowers the user to perform a variety of tasks that are conducive to the acquisition of the skill. We also provide a classification of microskills and how to design them in an AR environment. Our results demonstrated that aligning the AR technology to specific learning objectives paves the way for high quality assessment, teaching, and learning.

scholarly journals Do Cooperative-Based Learning Groups Help Students Learn Microeconomics?

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402093869
Author(s):  
Jennjou Chen ◽  
Tsui-Fang Lin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Effect ◽  
Public University ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Learning Groups ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Education Data

As many college students voluntarily form cooperative-based learning groups to study course materials, this article investigates whether or not such type of learning improves their academic performance. This is the first research using Taiwan’s higher education data to study cooperative learning in the field of economic education. The data used herein are from 10 intermediate microeconomics courses from 2006 to 2016 at a public university in Taiwan. The sample size is 1,389, which encompasses 120 to 150 enrolled students in each semester. We use an instrumental variables (IVs) approach to remedy the potential endogeneity problem associated with forming cooperative-based learning groups, and the key IV employed is the number of students with the same academic major. The IV estimation results show that forming cooperative-based learning groups does significantly improve college students’ learning outcomes. In addition, the cooperative learning effect is heterogeneous across groups. Students with poor attendance records benefit more from voluntarily formed cooperative learning groups in learning microeconomics. Moreover, it is worth noting that the magnitude of the cooperative learning effect from our analysis is greater than the typical class attendance effect.

The Center Does Hold

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
American Sociological Association ◽  
Task Force ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Liberal Learning ◽  
College Learning ◽  
Literacy Framework

This article provides a critique and an addition to observations raised by Ballantine et al. in this issue. After reviewing the strengths of Ballantine et al.’s article about the need for a core in sociology, I argue that this debate has gone on long enough and needs to be reframed around areas of agreement. Three major curricular projects (that have already begun to move this discussion forward) are presented, including the American Sociological Association (ASA) High School National Standards; the ASA Task Force on Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major, Updated, Third Edition; and the Measuring College Learning (MCL) Project. A critical outcome of the MCL Project in sociology is the Sociological Literacy Framework, which is already changing conversations about sociology curricula and learning outcomes. The Sociological Literacy Framework is summarized, and use of this framework is discussed.

scholarly journals Educación General y Aprendizaje Liberal. Principios de prácticas efectivas

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Ana Margarita Haché
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
First Century ◽  
Effective Practice ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Liberal Learning ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
Los Grupos

Se reseña el libro General Education and Liberal Learning: Principles of Effective Practice. Este libro explora elementos comunes a los programas de Educación General y analiza cómo esos programas promueven el aprendizaje liberal, aspecto esencial para la educación del siglo veintiuno. La publicación expone los cambios que han ocurrido en los programas de Educación General, con énfasis en la Educación Superior. Se discute, también, cómo las instituciones pueden mejorar sus prácticas en estos programas a través de reportar ejemplos exitosos. El libro es útil para los comités de currículum y para todos los grupos que trabajen en evaluar programas de Educación General. This is a book review of General Education an Liberal Learning: Principles of Effective Practice. This book explores elements common to strong general education programs and examines how strong programs support liberal learning outcomes essential to success in the twenty-first century. The publication surveys the changes that have occurred in general education programs —and more broadly in higher education. The publication discusses also how institutions may improve their general education practices and provides numerous examples of successful practices. The book is useful for curriculum committees and any group of professionals that work on the assessment of General Education programs.

scholarly journals Pembelajaran Kontrapung dengan Menggunakan Software Sibelius di Program Studi Pendidikan Musik Fakultas Seni Pertunjukan ISI Yogyakarta

PROMUSIKA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-30
Author(s):  
Oriana Tio Parahita Nainggolan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Education Study

The terminology of counterpoint comes from the Italian language “punctus contra punctum”. Counterpoint consists of two or more melodic lines. The basic counterpoint consisting of two melodic lines (it is usually called inventions two voices). In the study of counterpoint in Music Education Study Program at Performing Arts Faculty, Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta, the researcher found that students facing the difficulty in making inventions two voices. Regarding solve the problem, the researcher using Sibelius software as a learning media. This research is a classroom action research with the aims to increase the learning result of students in learning counterpoint by using Sibelius software. The result shows that Sibelius software can simplify and accelerate in making two-part inventions. The data obtained from students’ result in making two-part inventions and questionnaires that distribute to students at the end of the semester. In the preliminary stage, the data showed that only 6 (16, 70%) out of 36 students got excellent marks. This percentage increases until the second cycle, there are 21 (58, 33%) out of 36 students got excellent marks. This result showed the increasing of student learning outcomes in study Kontrapung II by using Sibelius software on making two-part inventions.

scholarly journals Not so passive: engagement and learning in Volunteer Computing projects

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laure Kloetzer ◽  
Julien Da Costa ◽  
Daniel K. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Volunteer Computing ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Educational Potential ◽  
Computer Resources ◽  
Internet Literacy

This paper focuses on an unexplored dimension of Citizen Science: the educational potential of Volunteer Computing (VC). VC has been one of the most popular forms of Citizen Science, since its beginnings from 1997, when the first VC platforms, such as SETI@home, were created. Participation in VC is based on volunteers donating their idle computer resources to contribute to large scale scientific research. So far this has often been seen as a rather passive form of participation, compared to other online Citizen Science (or citizen cyberscience) projects, since volunteers are not involved in active data collection, data analysis or project definition. In this paper we present our research conducted in 2013-2014 with the BOINC Community “Alliance Francophone”, and demonstrate that part of the volunteers in Distributed Computing research projects are not passive at all. We show that the dynamism of BOINC hugely relies on community-led gamification and that participation may lead to important learning outcomes on most dimensions of our ILICS (Informal Learning in Citizen Science) model. This includes extending one’s scientific interests, ability to find and engage with people who share similar interests, and offering a range of potential learning outcomes, particularly within the fields of (a) computer and Internet literacy, (b) scientific knowledge and literacy, (c) communication: English and social skills. As demonstrated by our recent ILICS survey research (2015), these latest learning effects happen for all kinds of participants and are even stronger for people who have a lower education background, which is an interesting finding for lifelong education policies. Altogether, VC projects engage volunteers emotionally, far beyond a simple use of their computers’ time and power, and may have an educational value. For a minority of very active volunteers, they become real “Opportunity Spaces”, where they can get new friends, skills and experiences, which they could not have found easily elsewhere in their everyday environment.

scholarly journals Myles Brand: A Leader Deeply Committed to Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Social Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Wiggins
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Native American ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Title Ix ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Head Coaches ◽  
University President ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Academic Reform ◽  
Educational Value

Myles Brand: A Leader Deeply Committed to Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Social Justice Myles Brand will probably always best be remembered as the Indiana University president who fired legendary basketball coach Bobby Knight. It is unfortunate since Brand, as a scholar, president of two major universities, and Executive Director of the NCAA, accomplished a great many things on behalf of students and as an enthusiastic proponent of the educational value of intercollegiate athletics and sport more generally. At all times and in everything he did, Brand exhibited as a leader a deep commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and social justice. It was especially noticeable and on full display during his time as Executive Director of the NCAA, a position he held from 2002 until his untimely death from cancer in 2009. As this essay illustrates, Brand’s commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and social justice was made clear through the academic reform movement he helped initiate and in fights to eliminate Native American mascots and other disparaging images, secure more head coaching positions for Blacks, and maintain original Title IX guidelines that had allowed women increasing opportunities to participate in highly competitive athletics. Although not always successful in these efforts, especially in seeing more Blacks hired as head coaches, Brand was largely effective in leading the effort to implement academic reform measures, rid sport of insulting Native American imagery, and guard against those who were

Academic Majors and HEXACO Personality

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110447
Author(s):  
Kibeom Lee ◽  
Michael C. Ashton ◽  
Christine Novitsky
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Academic Majors ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Additional Detail ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Performing Art

Self-reports on the HEXACO-PI-R scales were examined in relation to academic majors in post-secondary education ( N > 73,000). Openness to Experience showed the largest mean differences across academic major areas, with the Visual/Performing Arts and Humanities areas averaging higher and Health Sciences and Business/Commerce averaging lower. Emotionality showed the second largest differences, with the Engineering and Physical Sciences/Math areas averaging lower and Visual/Performing Arts averaging higher; these differences in Emotionality became smaller in within-sex analyses. In addition, Extraversion tended to be higher for Business/Commerce and lower for Physical Sciences/Math, while Honesty-Humility was lower for Business/Commerce. The facet-level analyses provided additional detail, as facet scales in the same domain sometimes showed considerably different means within a given academic major area. In one case, Visual/Performing Art majors averaged lower in Prudence, but higher in Perfectionism, even though both facets belong to the Conscientiousness domain.

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