scholarly journals Spontaneous Representations of Disability and Attitudes toward Inclusive Educational Practices: a Mixed Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Maftei ◽  
Alois Gherguț
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Previous Contact ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Explicit Representations ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Disabled Adults

The present study's primary aims were a) to explore non-disabled adults' spontaneous representation of disability and the specific associations related to adults and children with disabilities; to investigate participants' general perception of specific inclusive educational practices and the potential impact of contact with disabled individuals on children. We used a mixed (qualitative and quantitative) approach in a sample of 628 participants aged 18 to 82 (M=28.59, SD=11.50). Our results suggested that most explicit representations of disability were negatively valenced, i.e., people generally used pessimistic and detrimental related words. Psychomotor deficiencies comprised the most frequent disability category associated with disabled adults, while autism was the most frequent disability related to disabled children. Participants considered that the inclusion of physically disabled children (compared to children with intellectual disabilities) in public schools has a more positive effect on non-disabled children. The previous contact with a friend or a family member with a disability significantly and positively impacted the general attitude toward disability and inclusive educational practices. Results are discussed regarding their practical implications for the educational system and specific strategies related to inclusive public policies.

scholarly journals Honeybees use propolis as a natural pesticide against their major ectoparasite

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (1965) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelina Pusceddu ◽  
Desiderato Annoscia ◽  
Ignazio Floris ◽  
Davide Frizzera ◽  
Virginia Zanni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Varroa Destructor ◽  
Microbial Pathogens ◽  
Chemical Analyses ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Natural Pesticide ◽  
Laboratory Bioassays

Honeybees use propolis collected from plants for coating the inner walls of their nest. This substance is also used as a natural antibiotic against microbial pathogens, similarly to many other animals exploiting natural products for self-medication. We carried out chemical analyses and laboratory bioassays to test if honeybees use propolis for social medication against their major ectoparasite: Varroa destructor . We found that propolis is applied to brood cells where it can affect the reproducing parasites, with a positive effect on honeybees and a potential impact on Varroa population. We conclude that propolis can be regarded as a natural pesticide used by the honeybee to limit a dangerous parasite. These findings significantly enlarge our understanding of behavioural immunity in animals and may have important implications for the management of the most important threat to honeybees worldwide.

scholarly journals The gender identity effect in hypothetical transgressions: a mixed approach exploring undergraduates' attitudes toward transgender individuals

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Maftei ◽  
Narcisa-Anamaria Cojocariu ◽  
Andrei Corneliu Holman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Previous Contact ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

The present study explored the relationship between attitudes toward transgender individuals and the judgments people make in transgression scenarios involving transgender and cisgender individuals of different ages in a sample of 184 Romanian students. We used a mixed-method approach (quantitative and qualitative) and tested the effect of gender identity (cisgender or transgender) on participants' punishments in a hypothetical transgression (i.e., theft). In hypothetical transgressions involving preadolescent transgender and cisgender agents, results suggested no differences in participants' theft punishments. However, adult cisgender transgressors received significantly harsher punishments compared to transgender transgressors. Our qualitative analyses (N=736) suggested that the most frequent categories of responses justifying the punishments confirmed the importance of the agent's age. Our findings suggested no significant associations between participants' gender and reported the previous contact with an LGBTQ member and the punishments they chose for child and adult transgressors. Results are discussed in light of their implication in the contemporary, highly LGBTQ intolerant Romanian context.

scholarly journals Professores(as)-pesquisadores(as) de educação física na educação básica: idiossincrasias e fomento à formação na região metropolitana de Fortaleza

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Taiane Correia de Oliveira ◽  
Liana Lima Rocha ◽  
Luciana Venâncio ◽  
Luiz Sanches Neto
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Female Teacher ◽  
One Year ◽  
Education Network ◽  
The City

Introdução: Investigamos as características dos processos formativos de três docentes e os motivos subjacentes à sua mobilização como professores(as) que se preocupam em pesquisar. Objetivo: O objetivo de nossa investigação é compreender as idiossincrasias desses(as) professores(as)-pesquisadores(as), que investigam suas próprias práticas educativas na educação básica, na área da educação física na cidade de Fortaleza e na região metropolitana. Métodos: O nosso estudo é fundamentado em uma pesquisa qualitativa com a colaboração de professores(as) de educação física de escolas públicas da rede estadual de educação básica de Fortaleza. A pesquisa colaborativa foi realizada com uma professora e dois professores ao longo de um ano e meio. Resultados: Temos como principal resultado da pesquisa, o engajamento efetivo dos(as) professores(as) com as suas práticas educacionais. Portanto, a responsabilidade com os processos de ensino está associada aos modos de investigação realizados pelos(as) docentes. Conclusão: Consideramos que o envolvimento com projetos e também com grupos de estudos das universidades, tanto durante a graduação quanto na pós-graduação, tornam o trabalho de cada professor(a) diferenciado em termos (auto)formativos. ABSTRACT. School physical education teachers-researchers: idiosyncrasies and support to teacher educa¬tion in Fortaleza’s (Brazil) metropolitan region. Background: We have investigated the characteristics of the educative processes of three teachers and the reasons underpinned by their mobilization as teachers who care about researching. Objective: The objective of our investigation is to understand the idiosyncrasies of these teachers, who investigate their own educational practices in basic education in the area of physical education in the city of Fortaleza and in the metropolitan region. Methods: Our study is based on qualitative research with the collaboration of physical education teachers from public schools of the State basic education network at Fortaleza. The collaborative research was carried out with one female teacher and two male teachers over one year and a half. Results: The main result of the research is the effective engagement of teachers with their educational practices. Therefore, responsibility for teaching processes is associated with the modes of research carried out by the teachers. Conclusion: We consider that the involvement with projects and also within academic groups at universities, both during undergraduate and postgraduate courses, differentiate the work of each teacher in (self) educative terms.

Understanding, Recognizing, and Responding to Human Trafficking in the Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 337-357
Author(s):  
Michelle Mock Harrison ◽  
Sharon R. Todd
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Adults And Children

Human trafficking is an international and domestic public concern. As understanding of this social justice issue expands, awareness is growing that this horrific act impacts adults and children worldwide, including students in public schools. There is currently little guidance for school counselors or research specific to recognizing, preventing, and responding to human trafficking in schools. Through increasing the awareness of how to recognize and respond to human trafficking, school counselors, staff, and community members can work together to prevent trafficking in the schools and be better equipped to serve students who have been victimized by this crime. School counselors can play a role in prevention and education of this social justice issue.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Attachment Security Priming in Improving Positive Affect and Reducing Negative Affect: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela C. Rowe ◽  
Emily R. Gold ◽  
Katherine B. Carnelley
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Positive Effect

Attachment security priming has been extensively used in relationship research to explore the contents of mental models of attachment and examine the benefits derived from enhancing security. This systematic review explores the effectiveness of attachment security priming in improving positive affect and reducing negative affect in adults and children. The review searched four electronic databases for peer-reviewed journal articles. Thirty empirical studies met our inclusion criteria, including 28 adult and 2 child and adolescent samples. The findings show that attachment security priming improved positive affect and reduced negative affect relative to control primes. Supraliminal and subliminal primes were equally effective in enhancing security in one-shot prime studies (we only reviewed repeated priming studies using supraliminal primes so could not compare prime types in these). Global attachment style moderated the primed style in approximately half of the studies. Importantly, repeated priming studies showed a cumulative positive effect of security priming over time. We conclude that repeated priming study designs may be the most effective. More research is needed that explores the use of attachment security priming as a possible intervention to improve emotional wellbeing, in particular for adolescents and children.

scholarly journals ‘Building a better picture’: Practitioners’ views of using a listening approach with young disabled children

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rix ◽  
John Parry ◽  
Memory Malibha-Pinchbeck
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Home Visitors ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Early Childhood Settings ◽  
Do So

This article reports on a study of practitioners’ use of In-the-Picture – a reflective, observational approach – when delivering early intervention programmes to young disabled children. To date, In-the-Picture has been used mainly by researchers to study interactions and learning between young children, practitioners and the children’s parents in home and early childhood settings. Practitioners involved in this early research had expressed an interest in using the tool themselves. This project aimed to engage such potential users, support them in using the approach and gain evidence of its impact upon their practice. In-the-Picture facilitates listening and communication between adults and children with learning disabilities. It is based upon a sociocultural understanding of learning, seeing the parents, children and practitioners as agents participating in an emerging teaching and learning process. It derives from a qualitative grounded research method which enables the researcher to consider the child’s perspective, through the use of first-person narrative observation, photography of the child’s focus of attention and reflective discussion with the child, practitioners and family. This study involved 10 Portage services in England, who provide weekly home visits with a focus on supporting play and communication with their child. Training was delivered to over 80 Portage Home Visitors across these 10 services. A selected sample of 20 practitioners, 2 from each service, was interviewed after 6 weeks and again within focus groups after 3 months. All interviewees used the approach in their own way and identified challenges in its use, but In-the-Picture was seen as relevant and valuable by all the participants, producing changes in thinking and practice, while proving flexible and simple to use. The study also exemplified how current early-intervention working practices in England limit the opportunity to engage with the child’s perspective and how practitioners value having the opportunity to do so.

scholarly journals The Psychological Security Level of the Disabled Children in Qatar

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Abdulnaser A. Fakhrou ◽  
Zahrah Mousa Jaafar ◽  
Sara A. Ghareeb
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Emotional Security ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Personal Security ◽  
The Disabled

The present study aimed to explore the psychological security level of the disabled children in Qatar. The sample consists from 2735 female and male children. The psychological security scale was used. This scale was developed by Habeeb (2013). It consists from 20 items. It sheds a light on four dimensions of psychological security; (personal security, social acceptance, emotional security, and self-esteem). The validity and reliability of the scale were measured and considered satisfactory. It was found that the mean of the emotional security is ranked first, followed by the means of social acceptance, personal security and self-esteem respectively. It was found that the psychological security level of the respondents is moderate. It was found that the psychological security level is not affected by the type of the family that one lives in. The types of families include: stable families, families in which the parents are divorced and families in which one of the parents passed away.It was found that the psychological security level isaffected by the disability type. It was found that the psychological security level is affected by the type ofthe school that one is enrolled at. For instance, the students enrolled in public schools show a higher psychological security level than the students enrolled in private schools. The researchers suggest several recommendations and suggestions for researchers.

scholarly journals Audit committee – internal audit interaction and moral courage

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 403-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imen Khelil ◽  
Khaled Hussainey ◽  
Hedi Noubbigh
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Moral Courage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Internal Audit Function ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This paper aims to offer empirical evidence about the effect of the interaction between the audit committee and the internal audit function (IAF) on the moral courage of the chief audit executive (CAE). Design/methodology/approach A mixed approach was followed. In the first stage, questionnaires were sent to CAEs of 60 listed, financial and non-financial Tunisian companies. To enhance the depth of the analysis, in the second stage, semi-directed interviews with 22 CAEs from listed financial and non-financial Tunisian companies were performed. Findings This paper found that the existence of private access to the audit committee has a positive effect on the moral courage of the CAE. The number of meetings between the audit committee and the CAE, the examination of internal audit programmes and results together with the contribution of the audit committee to the appointment and dismissal of the CAE do not show a significant link with the moral courage of the CAE. It also found an insignificant relationship between the audit committee’s examination of interaction between management and the IAF and the moral courage of the CAE. Originality/value To the best of the authors' knowledge, this paper fills one of the major research gaps in the auditing literature by demonstrating the critical role of audit committee–internal audit interaction in promoting the CAE’s moral courage to behave ethically.

scholarly journals Self-Medication Practices among Parents in Italy

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Garofalo ◽  
Gabriella Di Giuseppe ◽  
Italo F. Angelillo
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
School Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Potential Impact

The aims of this cross-sectional survey were to document the prevalence, the determinants, and the reasons of oral medication use without the prescription of a physician among a random sample of 672 parents of students attending randomly selected public schools in Italy. A total of 69.2% practiced self-medication at least once. The odds of having performed a self-medication were higher in females, in younger population, and in those who have had a health problem in the preceding year and were lower in respondents with a middle or lower school level of education. Among those reporting experience of self-medication, 53.4% have practiced at least once in the last year and this was more likely for those who have had a health problem. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were more frequently used without a prescription in the last year. Two-thirds inappropriately self-medicated in the last year at least once. Of those who did not report a self-medication, 13.1% were willing to practice it. Females were more willing and those with a secondary school level of education less willing to practice self-medication. The frequency of oral self-medication was quite high and in most cases inappropriate with a potential impact on the health status and educative programs are needed.

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