I still wanna be an engineer! Women,education and the engineering profession   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Judith Gill  Rhonda Sharp  Julie Mills  Suzanne Franzway 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2008,33(4):391-402

Women's low enrolment in post-school engineering degrees continues to be a problem for engineering faculties and the profession generally. A qualitative interview-based study of Australian women engineers across the range of engineering disciplines showed the relevance of success in math and science at school to their enrolling in engineering at university. However, for a significant number of the women the positive self-image connected with school success was not maintained by their workplace experience. Using a mixed methods approach, further investigations of the attitudes and experiences of working engineers at three large firms suggest that engineering workplaces continue to be uneasy environments for professional women. Particular issues for women working as professional engineers are identified in this paper and some educational strategies are suggested in order to better prepare engineers for an inclusive and participatory professional life.  相似文献   

Factors That Influence Self‐Efficacy of Counseling Students: An Exploratory Study     

Mei Tang  Kathleen D. Addison  Danielle LaSure‐Bryant  Rhonda Norman  William O'Connell  Joseph A. Stewart‐Sicking 《Counselor Education & Supervision》2004,44(1):70-80

The study examined whether age, prior work experience, number of courses taken, and number of internship hours have a positive relationship with counseling self‐efficacy. Participants were 116 counselor education students. The results from correlation and multivariate analyses of covariance revealed that the length of internship hours and prior related work experience were positively correlated with counseling self‐efficacy. The differences in counseling anxiety, affection adjustment, and assessment found between the students in programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and those in non‐CACREP‐accredited programs disappeared when the background variables were controlled as covariates.  相似文献   

Comment on “Use of deterministic models in sports and exercise biomechanics research” by Chow and Knudson (2011)     

Paul S. Glazier  Matthew T. Robins 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2013,12(1):120-122

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Emerging Trends in Mathematics Education for People with Down Syndrome: Current Research and Future Directions     

Rhonda Faragher  Elena Gil Clemente 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》2019,66(2):111-118

ABSTRACT

In September 2017, a group of researchers met for the first conference devoted to the singular purpose of exploring a neglected field – the learning of mathematics by individuals with Down syndrome. This special issue is a result of that first meeting and identifies three emerging trends in the mathematics education of learners with Down syndrome: the goals, content, and pedagogy. Education is central to the goal of improving an individual’s quality of life and only recently has the impact of mathematics been fully comprehended. Many researchers continue to explore the development of the concept of number and there is still much to learn. As a new development, we see that interest is now expanding to explore other areas of mathematics. We still have a long way to go to understand how best to open the doors of mathematics to all learners with Down syndrome. We conclude by offering six areas requiring immediate future research in the field of mathematics and Down syndrome.  相似文献   

Promoting a Collegial Approach in a Multidisciplinary Environment for a Total Quality Improvement Process in Higher Education     

Dawn E. R. Watson  Rhonda F. Hallett  Neil T. Diamond 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》1995,20(1):77-88

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The New ‘Functional Mathematics’ for Learners with Down Syndrome: Numeracy for a Digital World     

Rhonda Faragher 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》2019,66(2):206-217

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the challenge of determining the mathematics curriculum for students with Down syndrome in our digital age where the tools of mathematics including electronic calculators and smartphone applications are readily available. Aspects once considered essential for ‘functional mathematics’ such as written calculation, using cash and telling time can be undertaken with easily accessible devices. Deeper concepts such as generalising through algebra, making decisions about money, and engaging in mathematical problem solving and applications are now a possibility. This paper explores the challenge through the theoretical perspectives of Educational Quality of Life and Numeracy Development, presenting five principles for mathematics curriculum planning. The possibility exists of using year level appropriate mathematics curriculum to build lifelong numeracy – ‘functional’ mathematics for a new age.  相似文献   

Distribution of influence,communication, and relational mentoring in the US superintendency     

Rhonda McClellan  Gary Ivory  Ramón Domínguez 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(3):346-358

We report on how fifty superintendents (chief executive officers of public school systems, each invited by a researcher to participate) from seven states in the US talked in eight focus groups of their perspectives on their influence as leaders, their efforts to communicate with stakeholders, and how they learn from these stakeholders. We maintain that our participants’ revelations suggest that three definitions must be expanded to fit their work. First, influence or authority must be seen not merely as vested in the superintendent; rather, these superintendents described their leadership in terms of working with and through others. Second, organizational communication for these superintendents is more than the district’s leader communicating his or her perceptions and wishes to others; it is more relational, in which a variety of actors communicate their perspectives to one another. Third, this type of inter‐professional leadership leads logically to relational mentoring, where learning does not pass merely from expert to novice; rather, superintendents described their roles in terms of various parties learning from and teaching one another. We discuss implications of these insights for practice, research, and preparation.  相似文献   

Validating racism and cultural respect: testing the psychometric properties and educational impact of perceived discrimination and multiculturation for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students     

Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews  Virginia O'Rourke  Renee Grant  Nida Denson  Rhonda G. Craven 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2013,19(6):471-493

Within the field of quantitative research, the diverse and negative effects of racial discrimination have become increasingly documented across a number of outcome variables (including physical, mental, and social wellbeing); however, research on the direct effects of racism is less evident within educational settings. The present investigation explored the negative impact of perceived racial discrimination, in addition to perceptions of cultural respect (Multiculturation) on both objective (e.g., student grades) and subjective (e.g., importance of school) schooling outcomes for a sample of Indigenous Australian and non-Indigenous Australian high school students. Perceived racial discrimination was found to be one of the strongest negative predictors of a number of outcomes for Indigenous Australian students, and Multiculturation was also found to have substantial positive relations with the subjective schooling outcomes for the same group of students. That the results were also generalisable to the non-Indigenous students suggests that attempts to combat racism and promote respect may benefit all members of society.  相似文献   

Technology     

Anthony T. Easton  Rhonda Presser 《Communication Booknotes Quarterly》2013,44(9-10):110-111

TECHNOLOGY (Social Issues Resources Inc P.O. Box 2507, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432---one three-ring notebook of articles from 1980-1981, $52.00)

INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON AMERICAN EDUCATION (Washington, D.C., Office of Technology Assessment, Ynited States Congress, September l982---price not given, paper)

VIDEO GAMES TODAY: MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY (Phillips Publishing, Suite 1200 N, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814---$147.00 per year, monthly)

TELECONFERENCING AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (Center for Interactive Programs, Old Radio Hall, 975 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706---$25.00, paper)

Anthony T. Easton, THE HOME SATELLITE TV BOOK: HOW TO PUT THE WORLD IN YOUR BACK YARD (New York: Wideview Books, 1982---$10.95, paperback)

SATELLITE TV WEEK (Fortuna Publishing Co., P.O. Box 308, Fortuna, CA 95540---$48.00 per year, weekly)

Rhonda Presser, ed., THE 1982 SATELLITE DIRECTORY (Phillips Publishing, Inc., 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814 ---$95.00)

“Cable Television: The Monopoly Myth and Competitive Reality” (Shooshan and Jackson, Inc., 1850 K St., N.W., Suite 510, Washington, D.C. 20006---price not given, paper)

“Cable and Children: An ACT Handbook” (Action for Children's Television, 46 Austin St., Newtonville, MA 02160---free on request)  相似文献   

Establishing a Framework for Successful Social Network Site Use in the Community College     

Rhonda Spells Fentry  Kristen B. Vickery 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(12):881-896

ABSTRACT

Many colleges and universities have created college-sponsored communities on Facebook and Twitter as a means to interact, connect, and build community online (Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2009; Wankel & Wankel, 2011). However, the literature provides no clear picture of how community college students use social network sites (SNS) or whether the use of SNS is associated with student outcomes as social integration into the campus environment, institutional commitment, and persistence (Davis, Deil-Amen, Rios-Aguilar, & González Canché, 2012; Junco, 2012). The purpose of this quantitative research investigation was to examine the relationship between Social Networking Site use and social integration, institutional commitment, and persistence among students at a suburban community college. Findings revealed a significant relationship between SNS and social integration and institutional commitment; there was no significant relationship between SNS use and persistence. Recommendations for policy, practice, and future research are offered.  相似文献