Towards a Cultural Understanding of the Disability and Deaf Experience: A Content Analysis of Introductory Multicultural Education Textbooks     

John R. Johnson  Jesús Nieto 《Multicultural Perspectives》2013,15(3):33-43

This paper reports the findings of a simple normative content analysis of 11 multicultural education textbooks to determine the extent to which disability and deaf culture are represented. In addition, this study examines multicultural education textbooks to assess the extent to which perspectives of members of the disability and deaf communities are represented in the discourse about disabled and deaf persons. Results indicate that on average less than 1% of the total pages of text reviewed addressed or mentioned disability or deaf culture. Of these, it was found that on average about 6% of the pages addressed disability or deaf culture. In addition, inaccurate information was presented and perspectives were often not informed by a substantial body of literature that has emerged in the field of disability studies. It was found that multicultural education textbooks rely heavily on information about persons with disabilities from Special Education that may not be widely accepted by disabled or deaf persons. A follow-up paper examines the implications of the exclusion of disabled and deaf persons and their perspectives from the discourse about the shared and collective disability and deaf experience in favor of a dominant perspective widely held by the nondisabled professional community. Questions are raised about whether this is consistent with the values and goals of multicultural education and teaching. A rationale and recommendations are proposed for engaging disabled and deaf persons about their shared and collective experience and for promoting cultural competence and proficiency with respect to the disability and Deaf experience in multicultural education.  相似文献   

“An Upthrust Into Barbarism”: Coal,Trauma, and Origins of the Modern Self, 1885–1951     

Bob Johnson 《Journal of American culture (Malden, Mass. : 2003)》2010,33(4):265-279

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Guide to New Resources     

Ming Fang He  Jeff Sapp  Maria José Botelho  Isabel Nuñez  Wynnetta Scott-Simmons  Lincoln Johnson 《Multicultural Perspectives》2014,16(1):53-62

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This month's one pager. Writing style     

Eldon Johnson 《Performance Improvement》1986,25(5):1-2

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Mounting Ethnographic Garments     

Karen Chesna Mcneil  Judith Greene Johnson  Daniel J. Joyce  Ruth Blazina-Joyce 《Curator: The Museum Journal》1986,29(4):279-294

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Icecream     

Geoffrey Johnson 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3)

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A Matter of Degrees     

Jenny K. Johnson 《Educational Media International》2013,50(3):125-126

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent to which computers assist high school students in learning English language vocabulary. The experience describes an experimental investigation conducted in a Teacher‐Training Practising Secondary School in Cameroon on the use of computer‐assisted software to teach English vocabulary. Specifically, the major thrust of this investigation was to compare the effects of using computers in the teaching of English language vocabulary with the conventional method of teaching. Students were split into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The latter group received the conventional method while the former group was given the computer software application. Results indicated that there was very little significant difference in the academic performance of both groups. However, the experimental group demonstrated positive attitudes toward a computer and the software program.

Abstract français: Le but de cette recherche était de déterminer jusqu'o[ugrave] les ordinateurs peuvent aider des étudiants d'école secondaire à apprendre le vocabulaire anglais. L'article décrit la recherche conduite dans un institut de formation des maîtres du second degré au Cameroun sur l'utilisation de logiciels pour l'enseignement du vocabulaire anglais. En fait, l'objectif majeur de cette recherche était de comparer les effets de l'emploi des ordinateurs à cette fin avec les méthodes traditionelles de formation. On a divisé les étudiants en deux groupes: expérimental et contrôle. Ce dernier a reçu cette formation traditionelle, tandis que le premier a subi des applications de logiciels. Les résultats ont montré qu'il n'y avait pas de différence significative entre les performances des deux groupes. Cependant, le groupe expérimental a fait preuve d'attitudes positives envers l'ordinateur et les programmes de logiciels.  相似文献   

Conventions and conferences     

T. Earle Johnson Editor 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(3)

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Editorial     

Roger Johnson 《Teaching Statistics》2010,32(1):1-1

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Evaluation of a university course to promote physical activity: project GRAD     

Sallis JF  Calfas KJ  Nichols JF  Sarkin JA  Johnson MF  Caparosa S  Thompson S  Alcaraz JE 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》1999,70(1):1-10

Project GRAD (Graduate Ready for Activity Daily) evaluates a university course to promote physical activity. In a randomized study, 338 university seniors participated in either an intervention or control course for academic credit, and posttest data were collected on 321. The control course was knowledge-oriented. The intervention course taught behavior change skills in weekly lectures and peer-led labs. Physical activity was assessed with 7-Day Physical Activity Recall interviews. The intervention had no significant effects on men. Among women, the intervention increased total physical activity during leisure, strengthening exercises, and flexibility exercise. This university course had the intended effects of promoting healthful patterns of physical activity among women, but no effects were observed on men, who were more active than women at baseline.  相似文献