A Cross-Country Comparison of Virtual Discussion Board Use in United States and Costa Rican Education Settings

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Hodge ◽  
Terrill F. Saxon ◽  
Jason Trumble
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
The United States ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
Discussion Boards ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Cross Country

The purpose of the current study was to compare the use of virtual discussion boards in various educational settings in the United States and Costa Rica. Participants included professors of education, in-service and pre-service teachers in the United States and Costa Rica where a survey was used that included demographic, knowledge, attitude, and behavioral questions regarding the use of virtual discussion boards. Results indicated that sixty-two percent of the participants used discussion boards in an educational setting. Instructors reported creating discussion board prompts that were constructivist in nature, and responses were frequently assessed for reflection, application, or collaboration. Findings show implications for educators in Costa Rica the United States due to the extensive rural landscape that perpetuates a need for alternative forms of communication and distance learning as well as to provide a comparison to how this technology is used in United States educational settings.

Three new species of Tricholoma from Costa Rica

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 392 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLARK L. OVREBO ◽  
KAREN W. HUGHES ◽  
ROY E. HALLING
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
The United States ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Its Sequences ◽  
The Third ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Tricholoma are described from Costa Rican montane forests with additional collections cited from the United States. The new species are Tricholoma felschii sp. nov., Tricholoma costaricense sp. nov. and Tricholoma atratum sp. nov. A discussion of Tricholoma luteomaculosum is also included. These taxa share morphological features of strong farinaceous odor and taste, pseudoparenchymatous pileal subcutis, and rugulose pileus at some stage of development. In addition, cheilocystidia occur in two of the taxa but not the third. Phylogenies are presented based on ITS sequences.

The Power and Pitfalls of Patronage: Chinese Immigrants in Costa Rica during the Era of Exclusion, 1897–1943

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-235
Author(s):  
Benjamín N. Narváez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
Wrong Side

A small number of Chinese migrated to Costa Rica between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. There they experienced Sinophobia, including an immigration ban from 1897–1943. Nevertheless, the community persisted. The Chinese responded to this hostility in part by seeking the support of powerful patrons, including Costa Rican politicians and American diplomats. These ties helped with business concerns, immigration issues, and legal troubles, and could alleviate harassment. However, the Chinese did not always get the help they desired. Moreover, these relationships created their own challenges, including placing the Chinese on the wrong side of Costa Rican politics and forcing them to acquiesce to the interests of the United States. Close examination of these relationships and Costa Rican Sinophobia ultimately challenges Costa Rica’s myth of exceptionalism (i.e., racial homogeneity and egalitarianism), sheds light on the construction of this myth, and deepens our larger understanding of the Chinese diaspora in the Americas.

Peaceful Costa Rica, The First Battleground: The United States and the Costa Rican Revolution of 1948

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Longley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Armed Struggle ◽  
The Government

In February 1948 a spirited presidential race sparked a political powderkeg in normally tranquil Costa Rica. The opposition candidate, Otilio Ulate, unexpectedly defeated former president Rafael Angel Calderón. Calderón's National Republican Party, the Communist Partido Vanguardia Popular (Vanguard), along with incumbent President Teodoro Picado immediately overturned the results. The opposition responded by launching an armed struggle to install Ulate in power. Led by José Figueres, the rebels defeated the government army and its auxiliaries composed primarily of calderonista and vanguardista militiamen. In late April Figueres victoriously entered San José and established a revolutionary junta that ruled the country for eighteen months. At the end of this period, he stepped down and allowed Ulate to serve his full four-year term.

scholarly journals Broader Strokes: The Curricular and Pedagogical Possibilities of Multiage Educational Settings

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juria Wiechmann ◽  
Daniel Conn ◽  
Leslee Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
School Environment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Educational Criticism ◽  
Multiage Classrooms ◽  
Curriculum And Pedagogy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Educational Criticism And Connoisseurship ◽  
Multiage Grouping

Multiage classrooms seem to be an idea of the past, as students in most schools across the country are grouped by age. However, research by Goldman (1981), Rhoades (1966), and Eisner (2003) argue that multiage grouping has significant social, behavioral, and intellectual advantages for students. Using educational criticism and connoisseurship as a methodology, this article examines the accounts of a professor who taught in a multiage school environment within the United States, as well as observations of a multiage school in the Masaka district of Uganda. This study aims to understand how curriculum and pedagogy interact within multiage system, as well as whether those interactions help or hinder students. Through interviews observations, and classroom artifacts, it was found as Perez, Breault, and White (2014) argue curriculum functions as a space, not only a given content trajectory. Additionally, it was found that in creating a space where community was encouraged, the school was able to move toward pedagogy of love.

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