scholarly journals THREE STREAMS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION: A PHILOSOPHICAL, PEDAGOGICAL, AND PRACTICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC, WALDORF, AND MONTESSORI EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilad Goldshmidt
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Education ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Waldorf Education ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Montessori Education ◽  
Montessori Method ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This article examines the three most prominent movements of alternative education in Israel: Democratic education, Waldorf education, and the Montessori method of education. By comparing the educational approaches according to specific criteria, the goal is to provide the reader with as broad a picture as possible of their similarities and differences. The discussion focuses on the philosophical approach and general principles of each movement and does not aim to provide information or characteristics of specific educational institutions. One of the goals of the article is to bring before parents, educators, and policy makers knowledge of the different approaches so that they can understand and judge them with greater clarity. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0749/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

THE POWER OF TESTS: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE USES OF LANGUAGE TESTS.Elana Shohamy. London: Longman, 2001. Pp. xxvi + 182. £18.99 paper.

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Ginther
Keyword(s):  
School Administrators ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Power Of Tests ◽  
Language Tests ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Consequences

In the introduction to The power of tests: A critical perspective on the uses of language tests, Elana Shohamy raises the following questions: What is the meaning of a test for test takers, parents, teachers, and school administrators? What are the short- and long-term consequences of tests on the lives of individuals? What are the motivating factors behind the administration of language tests? What are the politics of the tests? These kinds of questions logically arise when the examination of testing includes a concern with the use of tests by educational institutions, policy makers, and society at large. Focusing primarily on the misuse of tests, this volume chronicles both intended and unintended test consequences.

scholarly journals The Absence of Muslim Women in Shaping Islamic Thought: Foundations of Muslims' Peaceful and Just Co-Existence

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimat Hafez Barazangi
Keyword(s):  
Muslim Women ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
List Type ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Politics Of Difference ◽  
Women's Role

This paper explores the ethical and legal pedagogy of the current debates on “reforming” Muslim societies, whether they claim to reform social and legal systems, reform educational institutions, or liberate Muslim women. Since these debates claim to achieve balance in global or domestic conflicts, I address the foundations of these debates by answering three questions:Are the rationales for American and/or European governments' interventions justified?;Can the discipline of civil law help in rethinking Islam for Muslims; andAre Muslims themselves ready to critically address the use and misuse of Islam's primary sources (the Qur'an and particularly the Hadith) in their rethinking of Islam?I argue that rather than seeking to “reform others,” in this case Muslims with an elitist attitude and sometimes violent interventions, we scholars of law and religion, scholars of Islam, policy-makers, and social justice researchers would be better off if:we thought of Islam as a religio-moral rational worldview, rather than a set of laws,we recognized Muslims as subject to historical transformation, like any other religious groups, and understood how they developed their present views of Islam, andwe considered our own real responsibilities to address the forms of global injustices as powerful shapers of world politics, particularly the politics of difference—the view that the “other” is inferior, and women's role as mostly complementary to men.

scholarly journals An investigation of professional development among educational policy-makers, institutional leaders and teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huu Cuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Meso Level ◽  
Key Aspects

This study investigates professional development among educational policy-makers, institutional leaders and teachers. Through a synthesis of associated literature, this study identified a large number of articles focusing on professional development among teachers and lecturers. However, only a few studies on professional development among leaders and managers of educational institutions were ascertained, and research on professional development for educational policy-makers is also limited. This article first presents key aspects of professional development. It then reviews professional development theories and practices for policy-makers, institutional leaders and teachers. Finally, a discussion and recommendations are provided. This article contributes to the limited literature on professional development at the meso-level for institutional leaders, and at the macro-level for policy-makers.

scholarly journals Complex Network Perspective on Collaboration in ICT Standardization

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-70
Author(s):  
Timo Ali-Vehmas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Standardization Organization

Standardization is a crucial enabler of global business of information and communications technologies. Convergence of the underlying networking paradigms of licensed mobile communication and license-exempted internet has made progress, but full integration is still far from being complete. For standardization professionals, the unpredictable convergence makes decision making and participation in standardization complicated. This chapter examines collaboration in five closely related standardization organizations working in this field during the years from 2003 to 2008. The results show similarities and differences in collaboration structures and behaviours reflecting the specific scope and context of each standardization organization. Furthermore, this chapter extends the use of social network analysis as a tool to the field of empirical standardization research. The results pave the way towards better collaboration in standardization communities of converging mobile internet and beyond by providing better visibility and new insights to standardization leaders, policy makers, and users.

scholarly journals Content and Types of Safety of the Educational Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
N.V. Mikhalkin ◽  
A.N. Averyushkin
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Public Practice ◽  
Current State ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Impact

Aim. To clarify the basic componentof the content of the educational environment, as well as to highlight its components and types. Procedure and methods. The article identifies the main components of the educational environment, from the point of view of the philosophical approach to understanding this phenomenon, as well as analyzed and evaluated the reasons that make it unsafe, the allocation of levels of expansion, the classification of the types of safety of the educational environment. In the study methods are used: analogies, comparative, generalization, system, interpretation of the results, thought experiment. The results. The work clarifies the content of the educational environment, reveals its main components, on the basis of a philosophical approach to this phenomenon, has been identified the impact of various types of expansion on its safety, identified and justified the basic safety of the educational environment, taking into account the current state of public practice in the country and the world, as well as the requirements that are imposed on educational institutions on the education and education of trainees. Theoretical and/or practical significance. The results of the study contribute to the palette of research of the educational environment in school and university, to the methodology of organizing the safety of the educational environment, as well as to the practice of educational activities of schools and universities.

scholarly journals Stakeholder perceptions of strategies to reduce fast food consumption in Cambodian adults

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 970
Author(s):  
Samphors Sim ◽  
Pall Chamroen ◽  
Rebecca S. Dewey ◽  
Vong Pisey
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Phnom Penh ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Fast Food Consumption ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Fast food consumption is one of the major contributing factors effecting overweightness and obesity, leading to many non-communicable diseases. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine strategies for reducing the fast-food consumption of Cambodian adults.  Methods: This qualitative study was conducted among adults in Phnom Penh city, Cambodia, in 2018. 10 stakeholders were included from different institutions in Cambodia, mostly health institutions. The tools used in this study were a multidisciplinary meeting with stakeholders and the completion of observation forms. Using a semi-structured questionnaire, data were collected, and a thematic analysis was used. Results: Stakeholders’ viewpoints followed three identifiable themes with regard to approaches to reduce fast-food consumption among Cambodian adults. These comprised: (1) health education and health promotion (focusing on educational institutions), (2) reducing the availability and marketing impact of fast-food, and (3) implementing government policy. Conclusions: Knowing the important contributors to reduce the consumption of the fast food among Cambodia adults was the first priorities for all policy makers and other stakeholders to take action. This study provided essential findings for improving the decision-making abilities of those preparing strategy and policy for reducing fast-food consumption.

Perceptions of Flash Drought in the U.S.: How do End-Users and Researchers Compare?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonya Haigh ◽  
Joel Lisonbee ◽  
Marina Skumanich ◽  
Molly Woloszyn
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
End Users ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Drought Mitigation ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The U.S

&lt;p&gt;Defining flash drought is important not only for the development of the science but also for ensuring clear and useful early warning information to end users. In preparation for a December 2020 U.S-based workshop on flash drought, the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) undertook a survey of NIDIS contacts to explore how flash drought is understood within and outside of the research community. End users represented in the survey include researchers (outside of flash drought specialty), policy-makers, decision-makers, communicators, and educators and public engagement specialists, largely working within universities or federal agencies across the U.S. Flash drought researchers were asked to describe how they intend for the term &amp;#8220;flash drought&amp;#8221; to be interpreted when they use it. End users (whether they had heard/used the term before or not) were asked to describe what they think of when they hear the term &amp;#8220;flash drought&amp;#8221;. Their answers emerged into themes, including: onset/intensification, duration, drivers, impacts, seasonality, predictability, intensity, spatial scale, and uncertainty about its meaning. In this presentation, we will elaborate upon these themes, and discuss similarities and differences in how flash drought researchers and end users conceptualize flash drought.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals A way to more effective education

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-136
Author(s):  
Koraljka Modić Stanke ◽  
Valentina Ružić ◽  
Aleksandra Mindoljević Drakulić
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Voluntary Service ◽  
Educational Efficiency ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

To become a teacher one must possess a minimum of pedagogical competences, obtained by the completion of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education. It is assumed that it will be followed by professional growth in the foreseeable future – but that does not necessarily happen. One way to provide a better head start for prospective teachers and their future students is to implement a service-learning (S-L) – a pedagogical approach that combines academic coursework with voluntary service in the community. The aim of this study is to determine the initial interest of students for engaging in service-learning within compulsory courses of pedagogical-psychological-didactic-methodical education and to investigate the relationship between the level of service-learning information and the reported interest in service-learning. Participants were 42 graduate students, divided into two groups – experimental (attended a lecture on service-learning between measurements) and control group (no intervention between two measurements). Results demonstrate high(est) interest for service learning within the course Psychology of Education. Prospective teachers that attended the lecture on service-learning became more interested in it. Most of the students think that engaging in service-learning would lead to higher motivation and better knowledge of the course. These findings should encourage teachers and policy-makers to consider the implementation of S-L in educational institutions in order to improve educational efficiency on all levels of the educational system.

scholarly journals Complex Network Perspective on Collaboration in the ICT Standardization

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Ali-Vehmas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Standardization Organization

Standardization is a crucial enabler of global business of Information and Communications Technologies. Convergence of the underlying networking paradigms of licensed Mobile Communication and license exempted Internet has made progress but full integration is still far from being complete. For standardization professionals the unpredictable convergence makes decision-making and participation in standardization complicated. This study examines collaboration in five closely related standardization organizations working in this field during the years from 2003 to 2008. The results show similarities and differences in collaboration structures and behaviours reflecting the specific scope and context of each standardization organization. Furthermore, this study extends the use of social network analysis as a tool to the field of empirical standardization research. The results pave the way to better collaboration in standardization communities of converging Mobile Internet and beyond by providing better visibility and new insights to standardization leaders, policy makers and users.

A Stronger Case for Religion: Perspectives on Multicultural Education and on Religiously Affiliated Schools

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-63
Author(s):  
Friedrich Schweitzer
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
The Self ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Religiously Affiliated ◽  
Critical Reflexivity ◽  
New Synthesis

Against all possible objections, religiously affiliated schools clearly have a place within multicultural education. Yet they may only play their future role if they really are, or become, agents of educational reform, for example, with a clear emphasis on interreligious learning and on supporting a new synthesis between religious tradition and critical reflexivity of the self. Churches and religious communities must come to understand themselves as well as their educational institutions as part of the strong civil society on which the future of democratic education may well depend.

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