scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Distance Teaching in Elementary Schools Between China and the United States Under COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Cuiping Niu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The World

The outbreak and quick spread of COVID-19 quickly shut down almost all educational institutions in different parts the world by mid-March, 2020, presenting severe challenges to educators all over the world. The paper investigated the teaching situation of elementary schools in China and the United States during the epidemic period. The results show that the common challenges faced by the two countries in distance education are: 1) Elementary school students are young and have poor self-control ability, which requires close supervision and cooperation from parents; 2) Teachers’ information technology level is limited, lack of network teaching ability. There are some problems in Distance Education in American elementary schools, such as parents can’t urge students to study at home, digital technology inequality, low online attendance rate and so on, which further exposed the unfair problems in education. The problem of distance learning in elementary schools in China is that the learning resources are mainly subject knowledge, and the ability and methods of teachers to serve students’ autonomous learning are insufficient. American distance learning experience is to make full use of the rich network learning resources and professional distance teaching platform, and pay attention to the cultivation of students’ network autonomous learning ability. China’s distance teaching experience is to give play to the advantages of centralized management, organize famous teachers to record high quality courses, establish the Air Classroom platform, and provide high-quality classroom teaching resources. Therefore, basic education institutions in both countries should strengthen the training of teachers’ distance learning ability, improve the information-based teaching environment, learn from the experiences of both sides, and explore an effective mode of integrating online and offline education resources, so as to meet the challenges of basic education in the post epidemic era.

scholarly journals Educational Leadership in Our Peculiar Institutions: Understandings of Principals in Segregated, White-Staffed Urban Elementary Schools in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonya M. Milligan ◽  
Craig B. Howley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban Elementary Schools ◽  
Moral Agents ◽  
The World ◽  
School Heads ◽  
National Systems ◽  
The U.S

This study explores how 10 principals in mostly-Black U.S. urban elementary schools staffed by mostly-White faculty understood and experienced the manifestations of racial differences. Narrative inquiry with nearly 700 pages of transcript data yielded three themes: (1) gradients of color-conscious leadership, (2) principals as moral agents, and (3) working within a context of fear. Difficult though these stories and challenges are in the U.S., practices and policies elsewhere in the world also produce such situations and experiences, and the dynamics evident in the stories told by these school heads may prove relevant to investigations in other national systems.

scholarly journals Legal mechanism for ensuring the right to inclusive education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
T.V. Shlapko ◽  
O.P Sokolenko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
The Right

The article investigates to the study of legal framework securing the right to inclusive education of inclusive education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors of the article analyze the statistics of the effectiveness of distance learning to study the state of the organization in general secondary education distance learning in quarantine, introduced to prevent the spread of acute respiratory disease COVID-19 in Ukraine and the United States. It is proved that children with special educational needs need an individual approach to the organization of inclusive distance learning. At the same, time it is necessary to consider features of each child. The authors of the article pay considerable attention to the characteristics of the recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the organization of the educational process in general secondary education institutions during quarantine by the way of distance education. From the analysis of the recommendations it can be concluded that the main burden during the organization and use of distance learning technologies will fall on the teacher's assistant and student's assistant. In addition, the article examines the features of the educational process with the help of a team of psychological and pedagogical support of a child with special educational needs during quarantine. The article examines the features of inclusive education in different areas of the epidemic level of danger: green, yellow, orange and red. The authors also pay considerable attention to the study of the implementation of inclusive learning using distance education technologies during the pandemic COVID-19, in particular the problem of involving children with special educational needs in the educational process at home. The article contains recommendations for improving the quality of education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transnational Distance Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 68-85
Author(s):  
Awnesh Singh ◽  
Glen Cochrane ◽  
Zeynep Uyar ◽  
Chetan More ◽  
Joseph Scarcella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transnational Education ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Global View ◽  
The World

This chapter describes the online educational experiences of students in both emerging and developed countries around the world. The authors are from France, Japan, India, Cyprus, Canada, the United States, and Fiji. This cross-section was chosen to present a global view of student needs for transnational education. The chapter presents personal vignettes of the online educational experiences, as well as the authors’ views of student needs in the future. The authors also describe how they used technology to coordinate writing this chapter from six countries around the world.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Distance Learning Systems in the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-85
Author(s):  
Oleksii Nalyvaiko ◽  
Albina Khomenko ◽  
Daria Vereshchak ◽  
Danilo Poliakov
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
The Usa

The article is devoted to the current problem of distance learning. In the theoretical field, various aspects of the functioning of distance education are considered on the example of the analysis of the works of leading scientists in this field. The main aims of this research are: to analyze some of the best educational systems in the world (including distance learning) – systems of the USA and the UAE; to describe the main features of distance education in the USA and the UAE; to make some proposals, based on the experience of these countries, to optimize the system of distance education in Ukraine; to analyze the opportunities of their implementation and adaptation in Ukrainian education institutions. The theoretical basis of the study was open sources of information and educational portals of leading higher education institutions in the UAE and the United States. The methodology is the following. The theoretical framework of the study presents the leading experience of implementing distance learning of students in the context of state and educational policy of the represented countries. A comparative analysis of educational systems in the UAE and the United States is done within the framework of the introduction of distance learning. The study presents the research results, they are the proposals for optimizing the process of distance learning in Ukraine based on the experience of the UAE and the United States. The main ones are: development of criteria, requirements and recommendations for distance learning based on the following indicators: a) the amount of educational material; b) course duration; c) duration of the lesson d) technical requirements (e.g., the availability of a headset, a stable Internet connection, etc.); providing students and pedagogical staff with the necessary material and technical resources and checking the compliance of material and technical support with the educational requirements; establishment of centers for quality control of the distance learning process. The conclusions present the prospects of the study: developing of future comparative studies of distance learning systems; finding the most effective ways to make distance learning process better; elaborating and reasoning new approaches of teaching in the conditions of distance learning; setting up new platforms, applications, videos and so on in order to provide the process of distance learning; finding perspective directions of developing distance education and so on.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF INTRODUCTION OF DISTANCE COURSE “BASICS OF PEDAGOGICAL MASTERY” FOR PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALITY STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Victoria Makarchuk ◽  
Alla Dobryden
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
The World

The implementation of the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” has caused an increase in the requirements on the quality of specialists professional training, which is the main criterion in the assessment of educational institutions functioning on the one hand and an increase of educational requirements on the labour market – on the other. The main goal of professional education is higher qualification specialists training, able to work effectively on the world standards, ready for constant professional development and expansion of educational services, to be aware of scientific information, and have a desire to study not only in Ukraine but abroad. At the present stage of social development, the preference is given to Lifelong Learning; the development of mobile, competitive, high-technological educational environment; the implementation of innovative educational technologies; distance teaching techniques optimization for achieving a high level of professional competences. Taking into consideration all above-mentioned factors, under current conditions, there is an increase in distance learning, which is realized in the framework of distance education and is the key component of updating processes in modern higher education institutions and serves as a powerful integration bridge between the world and native educational spaces. Scientific resources analysis and the researches in theory and practice of the issue, taking into account professional competencies, the content, aim, objectives, evaluation criteria, level of students training under the conditions of distance education, are introduced in this article. The basic functions, principles, forms, methods and means of students’ individual work control are determined in the process of distance learning course “The principles of pedagogical skills” in pedagogical education institutions. Keywords: teacher; student; pedagogical education institution; distance learning; the principles of pedagogical skills; distance learning course; forms and methods of distance learning; Moodle.

scholarly journals The Morrison Formation Sauropod Consensus: A freely accessible online spreadsheet of collected sauropod specimens, their housing institutions, contents, references, localities, and other potentially useful information

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuel Tschopp ◽  
John A. Whitlock ◽  
D. Cary Woodruff ◽  
John R. Foster ◽  
Roberto Lei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Morrison Formation ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Museum Exhibits ◽  
The World ◽  
3D Scans ◽  
Available Information

The Morrison Formation has been explored for dinosaurs for more than 150 years, often specifically for largesauropod skeletons curators wanted to mount as attractions in their museum exhibits around the world. Severallong-term campaigns to the Jurassic West of the United States produced hundreds of specimens, ranging fromisolated, fragmentary bones to nearly complete skeletons of these enormous herbivorous animals. Given thesheer number of specimens, keeping track of what is housed in which institution is paramount to study variability,taxonomy, and consequently geographic and temporal distribution of the various species and genera recognizedfrom the Morrison Formation. In an attempt to facilitate these studies, we have compiled an online spreadsheetintended to combine all the available information on sauropod specimens from collection databases, publishedliterature, and personal observations. These include lists of contents of the specimens, in what institution thematerial is housed, references mentioning, describing, figuring, providing measurements and/or 3D scans, localitydata and stratigraphy, as well as other potentially useful data for research purposes. The spreadsheet is openlyaccessible, but editing is currently restricted to the authors of this study, in order to ensure high-quality datacuration to keep the file as useful as possible.

Sex Differences in Mass Media Preferences Across Four Asian Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malini Ratnasingam ◽  
Lee Ellis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Preferences

Background. Nearly all of the research on sex differences in mass media utilization has been based on samples from the United States and a few other Western countries. Aim. The present study examines sex differences in mass media utilization in four Asian countries (Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore). Methods. College students self-reported the frequency with which they accessed the following five mass media outlets: television dramas, televised news and documentaries, music, newspapers and magazines, and the Internet. Results. Two significant sex differences were found when participants from the four countries were considered as a whole: Women watched television dramas more than did men; and in Japan, female students listened to music more than did their male counterparts. Limitations. A wider array of mass media outlets could have been explored. Conclusions. Findings were largely consistent with results from studies conducted elsewhere in the world, particularly regarding sex differences in television drama viewing. A neurohormonal evolutionary explanation is offered for the basic findings.

Sandra Ramos Revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-54
Author(s):  
Silvia Spitta
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Graphic Arts ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
The Rich

Sandra Ramos (b. 1969) is one of the few artists to reflect critically on both sides of the Cuban di-lemma, fully embodying the etymological origins of the word in ancient Greek: di-, meaning twice, and lemma, denoting a form of argument involving a choice between equally unfavorable alternatives. Throughout her works she shines a light on the dilemmas faced by Cubans whether in Cuba or the United States, underlining the bad personal and political choices people face in both countries. During the hard 1990s, while still in Havana, the artist focused on the traumatic one-way journey into exile by thousands, as well as the experience of profound abandonment experienced by those who were left behind on the island. Today she lives in Miami and operates a studio there as well as one in Havana. Her initial disorientation in the USA has morphed into an acerbic representation and critique of the current administration and a deep concern with the environmental collapse we face. A buffoonlike Trumpito has joined el Bobo de Abela and Liborio in her gallery of comic characters derived from the rich Cuban graphic arts tradition where she was formed. While Cuba is now represented as a rotten cake with menacing flies hovering over it ready to pounce, a bombastic Trumpito marches across the world stage, trampling everything underfoot, a dollar sign for a face.

The Unquiet Frontier

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub J. Grygiel ◽  
A. Wess Mitchell ◽  
Jakub J. Grygiel ◽  
A. Wess Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Global Order ◽  
American Power ◽  
Alliance Networks ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Critical Regions

From the Baltic to the South China Sea, newly assertive authoritarian states sense an opportunity to resurrect old empires or build new ones at America's expense. Hoping that U.S. decline is real, nations such as Russia, Iran, and China are testing Washington's resolve by targeting vulnerable allies at the frontiers of American power. This book explains why the United States needs a new grand strategy that uses strong frontier alliance networks to raise the costs of military aggression in the new century. The book describes the aggressive methods which rival nations are using to test American power in strategically critical regions throughout the world. It shows how rising and revisionist powers are putting pressure on our frontier allies—countries like Poland, Israel, and Taiwan—to gauge our leaders' commitment to upholding the American-led global order. To cope with these dangerous dynamics, nervous U.S. allies are diversifying their national-security “menu cards” by beefing up their militaries or even aligning with their aggressors. The book reveals how numerous would-be great powers use an arsenal of asymmetric techniques to probe and sift American strength across several regions simultaneously, and how rivals and allies alike are learning from America's management of increasingly interlinked global crises to hone effective strategies of their own. The book demonstrates why the United States must strengthen the international order that has provided greater benefits to the world than any in history.

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