The Status of Your Journal

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Kay McClain
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Middle School Mathematics ◽  
National Council ◽  
Short History ◽  
The Third ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

As the national council of teachers of Mathematics begins the third year of publishing Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, the Editorial Panel thought it appropriate to highlight some of the changes that have occurred in the journal's short history. Although the intent of the journal is to target teaching in the middle grades, the variety of interests expressed by middlegrades teachers has prompted the inclusion of articles on a wide range of such issues as professional development and middle school mathematics education in other parts of the world. The journal was originally established with numerous departments to reflect readers' interests and to prompt the solicitation of manuscripts. However, the large number of unsolicited manuscripts being submitted and accepted for publication has allowed the balance of content to change so that the departments do not dictate the content of the journal but merely serve as overarching guides for themes that the Panel believes need to be addressed. These themes include assessment, technology, and professional development. Other features of the journal have remained because of their popularity with readers, such as the “Menu of Problems,” “Now & Then,” “Mathematics Detective,” “Cartoon Comer,” and “Window on Resources.”

scholarly journals A Short History of India’s Economy: Pre- and Post-Independence Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 388-406
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar Shrotryia ◽  
Shashank Vikram Pratap Singh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Short History ◽  
The Third ◽  
Academic Paper ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of The Economy ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of

SummaryIndia is one of the most populated countries in the world and was famously known as the golden bird. It was known for its rich cultural heritage and some of the world’s most significant educational institutions. Over the countless decades and centuries, the invaders exploited the resources for their advantage. At the decline of the independence in 1947, it was left backward with one of the poorest economies of the world of that time. The richness of erstwhile India, the status of the golden bird, the sacred intellectual space that India occupied has only textual value for the present generation. Through this academic paper, an attempt has been made to address the following questions: what was the state of the economy of India during the pre- and post-independence period, how has India transformed herself from one of the most impoverished economies in 1947 to currently the third-largest economy in the world, and how is the current economic and non-economic status of India.

Enhancing Science and Technology in the SADC Region: Roles of the Secretariat and Member States

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-95
Author(s):  
Rubin Patterson ◽  
James Bozeman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Foreign Affiliate ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Third ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

AbstractIncreased economic integration throughout the world, the growing dominance of foreign affiliate production over international exports, the routinization of innovation, and amplified knowledge-intensiveness of FDI collectively characterize the new global economic environment in which SADC nations are attempting to develop and compete. This paper provides a detailed summary of the global economic context and one of its leading engines, namely, science and technology (S&T). Analysis of Africa's post-independence S&T travails and successes constitutes the second section of the paper. Various factors that have collectively arrested S&T growth are discussed. The third and largest section is the analysis of commonalities and particularities of S&T needs and activities by the SADC secretariat and member states. Focused analytical reports on the status of S&T development efforts in Botswana and Zimbabwe comprise the final section. Based on the contextual threats and opportunities discussed above, the paper concludes with two concrete recommendations: integrating and adopting the elements suggested in the paper for a long-term S&T development model, and pursuing state-sponsored or quasi-state-sponsored reverse engineering campaigns.

The Study of Hindu New Religious Movements

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Gene R. Thursby
Keyword(s):  
Transcendental Meditation ◽  
Social World ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
New Religious Movements ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Harmony ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Arya Samaj

The category of Hindu new religious movements is conventional and useful, but has imprecise boundaries. Scholars tend to include within it some groups that have claimed they are not Hindu (Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission) or not religious (Transcendental Meditation). Within its wide range are world-affirming groups dedicated to transforming the physical and social world as well as world-transcending groups that find the status of the world doubtful and their purpose at another level or in another realm. The four articles in this special issue of Nova Religio on Hindu new religious movements represent several aspects of this category, and the potential for accommodation of basic differences, social harmony, and even world-transcendence.

Hawthorne on Romantic Love and the Status of Women

PMLA ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Morton Cronin
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Love ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Hester Prynne ◽  
Status Of Women

The women that Hawthorne created divide rather neatly into three groups. Such fragile creatures as Alice Pyncheon and Priscilla, who are easily dominated by other personalities, form one of these groups. Another is made up of bright, self-reliant, and wholesome girls, such as Ellen Langton, Phoebe, and Hilda. The third consists of women whose beauty, intellect, and strength of will raise them to heroic proportions and make them fit subjects for tragedy. Hester Prynne, Zenobia, and Miriam—these women are capable of tilting with the world and risking their souls on the outcome. With them in particular Hawthorne raises and answers the question of the proper status of women in society and the relation, whether subordinate or superior, that love should bear to the other demands that life makes upon the individual. With the other types Hawthorne fills out his response to that question.

Thriving in the New Normal

2021 ◽  
pp. 253-271
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Gareth Richard Morris
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Development Needs

Language education in higher education has been significantly impacted by COVID-19, and this has placed significant pressure on practitioners around the world irrespective of their respective experience prior to the pandemic. Teachers are now expected to deliver classes utilising new mediums whilst learning how to use different technologies. This can place a significant strain on individuals, institutions, and education sectors as everyone is expected to become proficient in a new normal working environment. In light of this, this chapter considers the in-service professional development needs and experiences of 88 language teachers at a Sino foreign university in Mainland China. The aim is that the insights provided here will help education providers better understand the challenges that their staff may be facing and consider ways in which teacher learning can be addressed. This chapter should be of interest to educators, managers, leaders, and policymakers in a wide range of international settings.

Soundoff: Geometry: A Remedy for the Malaise of Middle School Mathematics

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (9) ◽  
pp. 678-680
Author(s):  
Alfred S. Posamentier
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Middle School Mathematics ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
School Level ◽  
Mathematics Educators ◽  
Arithmetic Teaching ◽  
Middle School Level

Many mathematics educators perceive that the weakest part of the precollege mathematics curriculum is at the middle school level, more specifically, the years immediately preceding the study of algebra. It seems that in the middle grades the development of mathematics has been put into a “holding pattern.” A quick glance at the curriculum for seventh and eighth grades—or in some cases sixth and seventh gradesshows that much arithmetic is still being taught. Haven't we, or shouldn't we have, completed teaching arithmetic in the previous five or six years? Indeed, how much arithmetic teaching do we need to do in an age of ever-improving calculators (Heid 1988)? Very often students greet a unit in these grades with the now famous comment, “Oh, I had this already.” “Sure,” thinks the teacher, “you may have had it, but have you learned it?” It is clear to many educators that these middle grades are key to turning a student “on” to or “off” from mathematics.

Improving Middle School Teachers' Reasoning about Proportional Reasoning

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 398-403
Author(s):  
Charles S. Thompson ◽  
William S. Bush
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Teachers ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Development Project ◽  
School Teachers

Article describes a professional development project to increase teachers' understanding of proportional reasoning, the thinking patterns associated with proportional reasoning, and the applications of proportional reasoning across the middle-grades curriculum.

Creating community and empowering underrepresented geospatial professionals at Women in Geospatial+

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina H. Szeto ◽  
Julia Wagemann ◽  
Heather Porter ◽  
Sharon Omoja ◽  
Cristina Vrinceanu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Professional Network ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Promote Gender Equality ◽  
Equality And Diversity

<p>Women in Geospatial+ is a professional network to promote gender-equality and diversity in the geospatial industry and academia. We are a vibrant and active community with more than 2,200 registered members from all over the world and over 14,000 followers on Twitter & LinkedIn. We have a range of activities all with the aim to inspire, unite and empower us as individuals but also us as a community.</p><p>This community brings together women and other people from underrepresented gender backgrounds in the geospatial field by providing a safe platform on Slack for open communication and exchange, which is especially crucial for networking during the COVID-19 era. We promote and foster the professional development of our members by sharing geospatial news and job vacancies as well as articles about diversity and tips about leadership and career development. We regularly run online career development workshops and panel discussions. Each week, we post a profile on LinkedIn to feature the work and achievements of women geospatial leaders. In 2020, our second international mentorship programme cohort grew to over 110 participants. We also launched a global speakers database which allows event organisers to search for and invite speakers from underrepresented gender backgrounds. </p><p>This presentation will highlight key activities of the Women in Geospatial+ network, tapping into some current facts and figures on diversity in the geospatial field. We will explain how to join the community and how you can contribute to its success and expansion. Let us change the status quo together by creating a strong network of Women in Geospatial+ leaders and changemakers.</p>

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