Influences and Challenges of Male Gender Construct
Larry Barnes
Abstract
Adolescent males face a variety of challenges and influences regarding
male identity. Environments and activities that suppress the testing of
various roles complicate negotiating conflicting messages about what it
means to be a man. Positive and negative influences on male construct
identified by current research are discussed. Specifically, influences
of peer groups, leisure activities, and the classroom are examined. The
experimental process of identity construct for males is identified.
Challenges to role experimentation are recognized and a theory of
diverse experience is established as guidance for caregivers in helping
adolescent males through the identity crisis.
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Changes in dance teachers’ beliefs about critical-thinking activities
Edward C. Warburton
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Experienced, early career, and
prospective dance teachers and non-teacher controls (N
= 167) participated in a study
examining the development of beliefs about use of criticalthinking
(CT) activities with different
learner populations. Dance teachers’ self-selection of
careers was associated with
support for high-CT for high-advantage learners. Preservice
education was associated with
more absolute beliefs in both the inherent advantages of
high functioning learners and
the use of high-CT activities for all learners. Teaching
experience was associated with
a moderation of support for high-CT instruction for all
learners – with clear
preferences for high-advantage students – and reduced support for
low-CT instruction for
high-advantage learners. For teacher educators who advocate
strongly for use of CT in
dance and physical education, the results suggest a need for
research and development of
preservice practices that promote optimal use of CT
activities for all learners.
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Humor in the Home and in the Classroom: The Benefits of Laughing While
We Learn
Michael G. Lovorn
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Research shows that social and
intellectual development among preadolescent children can be
enhanced and enriched when the children are exposed to the regular,
structured, appropriate use of humor by parents and teachers. Authority
figures such as parents and teachers can use wit and humor to edify
familial and/or educational relationships and encourage academic
excellence by helping lay foundations for effective learning connections
with children before they enter adolescence. This article explores the
value and benefits of humor as a teaching tool at home and in the
classroom and addresses appropriate and inappropriate uses of humor in
these environments. In doing so, the author focuses on the socially
significant development of sense of humor from shortly after birth
through early adulthood. The author discusses the latest research in
this relatively new field of study, and presents examples and resources
for the use of humor with children of this age group.
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Konstantinos Karteroliotis
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The Physical
Self-Perception Profile (PSPP) is widely used to measure
self-evaluations in the
physical domain and its validity has been supported in a wide range of
samples. The purpose of
this
research was to examine the factor structure of PSPP and its factorial
invariance across
gender. Participants were 315 (131 males, 184 females) college students.
Exploratory factor
analyses showed that PSPP assessed four distinct aspects of physical
self-concept. However,
confirmatory factor analyses provided only partial support for the male
sample. Finally, factorial
invariance analysis indicated that there were differences on the latent
constructs of PSPP
between males and females.
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Dozens of studies in
mainly American professional journals have reported unforeseen problems
with online writing courses. One often reported difficulty is that
online writing courses tend to require far more teaching time than their
face-to-face counterparts. This paper offers a detailed overview of the
ways in which online courses take up so much teaching time. It is
proposed that much of that excess time is taken up with activities which
are not related to teaching, and that the root cause of the problem is a
perception that online courses are not so different from face-to-face
courses.
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Music Education Conference Trends: A Content Analysis of State
In-Service Sessions
Mark T. Kiehn and Steven E. Kimball
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The 442 sessions of the
2004-2007 Wisconsin Music Educators Association State Annual In-Service
Conferences were classified according to category, which included
educational sessions, concert performances, business meetings,
receptions, concert clinics, and general sessions. They also were
grouped according to subject areas, including general music,
performance-centered sessions, research, multiculturalism, technology,
inclusion, and industry-centered sessions. The largest proportionate
category means of total sessions was educational (66%) and concert
performance sessions (22%), followed by teacher education (M= 40%),
performance-centered (M= 33%), and industry-centered (M= 29%) subject
areas within the educational category. In contrast to literature trends,
industry-centered (19%) and technology sessions (4%) comprised less
proportionately, while performance sessions dominated. A continuation of
trends in decreasing research sessions and concert performances was
found. General music and multicultural music sessions represented 15%
and 6% respectively of all sessions. A single session on teaching
special learners in the music classroom resulted in the inclusion
category forming 0.2% of total conference offerings.
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What Will Make Primary Educators Use LORs: A Better Interface or More
Free Time?
Loreen Powell and Carl J. Chimi
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Learning object
repositories (LORs) have the potential to improve education at the
primary school level. However, for various reasons, primary educators
are not effectively using LORs. Two of the most common reasons are
interface design and time. The goal of this research was to learn more
about what will make primary educators use LORs: a better interface or
more free time. Data were collected from 37 participants divided into
two groups (control and experimental). Data were assessed for
significance using Multivariate Analysis of Variance, resulting in a
significant main effect indicating that primary educators need
additional time more than a better interface.
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"Did they Say What I think They Said?” A Multicultural Response
Framework to Address Racial Comments in the Classroom
Sheri A. Atwater
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This article discusses
the difficulties inherent in addressing racial issues with students, and
acknowledges the learning curve that must take place if teachers are to
feel prepared and competent handling racist, stereotyped, or prejudiced
comments in the classroom. The author proposes a Multicultural Response
Framework of Racial/Cultural Discourse to serve as a framework for
teacher reflection and development as they respond to students'
questions and comments about race. Findings from a pilot study are
presented to illustrate how the framework can be used to classify
teacher responses to hypothetical racial vignettes. Implications for
psychologists and educators are discussed.
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Modeling Minority Opportunity Programs: Key Interventions and
Success Indicators
Simeon P. Slovacek, Susan Tucker, Jonathan Whittinghill
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MORE R.E.S.U.L.T.S.
(Minority Opportunities in Research; Research and Evaluation of
Students Using Long-Term Studies) is a multi-institutional research
study to assess the effectiveness of diverse interventions in
Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) programs at three
universities. These programs increase interest, motivation, and
preparedness for careers in biomedical research among
underrepresented minority students. This paper presents research on
the efficacy of MORE academic interventions. Aggregated data across
three MORE institutions enhances the ability to understand multiple
academic interventions. These results have the potential of
impacting program design and execution at the institutional,
national, and international level.
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Cooperating Teachers’ Impressions of the Whisper-In-My-Ear (WIME)
and Traditional Communication Feedback Methods for Physical
Education Pre-Service Teachers
Anne C. Farrell and Daniel Chandler
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Cooperating teachers (CT) were asked to
use two different feedback techniques while mentoring pre-service
teachers (PST) during an initial field experience. One PST received
intra-lesson feedback from a two-way radio and ear-bud device, known
as the Whisper-In-My-Ear (WIME) method, while the second PST
received feedback in the traditional observation/written/verbal
follow-up method (TM). CTs impressions and effectiveness of the
feedback methods were evaluated to determine if one method was
superior to the other. Overall, CTs indicated that the WIME method
had several advantages: connection with their K-5 classes, a greater
connection with the PST, ability to keep the lesson moving forward,
and a faster progression for the PST. However, regardless of the
feedback method, most PSTs ended the field experience demonstrating
similar teaching competencies.
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Students were asked to rate the physical attractiveness of fifty
five professors and these data
were correlated with teaching ratings as collected in the previous
semester. Male professors
considered more attractive received higher teaching ratings, but
only from female students.
The more attractive female professors did not receive higher ratings
from either male or
female students. We conclude that male academics enjoy a “beauty
premium,” while their
female colleagues do not. This “discrimination” stems from the
contradiction between role
images and gender images. When the role image corresponds to the
gender image, the
“beauty effect” benefits attractive people. When there is a
contradiction between these two
images, however, the beautiful person does not enjoy the “beauty
premium.”
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Lack of Adult Male Role Models in Secondary Schools of Armenia and
Its Impact on Armenian Male Teenagers’ Conceptualizations of
Masculinities Mariam Martirosyan
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This project addresses the probable influence of adult male
under-representation in secondary schools of the Republic of Armenia
with reference to its possible effects on the development of male
teenagers’ perceptions on gender roles and associated values,
specifically related to the construct of masculinity. It links the
emergence of asocial behavior and negative crime statistics among
Armenian male juveniles with international research findings
regarding the impacts of feminized schools on male juveniles.
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An Introduction to the Lasallian Philosophy of Education
Voltaire Mallari Mistades
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A paradigm that describes the Lasallian philosophy of education is
presented, together with a
discussion of the components of the paradigm. The article expounds on
the Lasallian Shared Mission of providing “a human and Christian
education to the young, especially the poor”. The elements of Lasallian
spirituality – faith, zeal, and community – are presented from the
perspective of the Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the
Christian Schools, John Baptist de La Salle. The article articulates how
contemporary Lasallians could embody this spirituality in daily life.
Finally, the article describes the image of a teacher as culled from the
writings of the Patron of Teachers, St. John Baptist de La Salle.
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University and School District Grant Collaboration: How to Avoid a
Logistical Nightmare
Debra Cook-Hirai and Emilio Garza
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The article describes how to better establish collaboration between a
university and school districts. The article expresses the experiences
the authors had with initiating and implementing a staff development
research grant with a high school district. Research is presented that
supports the collaboration process. Discussion on the issues is
addressed and some recommendations are given to anyone doing this type
of grant collaboration with a school district. The recommendations are
based on the authors’ professional and personal experience in
implementing the grant.
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