Inclusion of preschool children with autism in Sweden: attitudes and perceived efficacy of preschool teachers     

Rano Zakirova Engstrand  Lise Roll‐Pettersson 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2014,14(3):170-179

This pilot study examined the relations among preschool teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of children with autism and perceived self‐efficacy, as well as demographic characteristics such as teachers' work experience and educational background. The cohort consisted of 21 participants who had degrees in preschool education and worked with children with autism in general preschool/kindergarten settings in central Sweden. Data were collected using the Autism Attitude Scale for Teachers, the Teacher Efficacy Scale and a demographic survey. In general, findings revealed that preschool teachers held positive attitudes towards children with autism, and this was significantly related to the number of credits in special education taken during pre‐service education. However, teachers showed neutral attitudes towards the inclusion of children with autism into general preschool classrooms. No relations were found between teachers' perceived self‐efficacy and attitudes towards inclusion, although a relationship was found between participation in in‐service training and efficacy to make decisions. Implications concerning early childhood education professional development and supervision are discussed.  相似文献   

Teaching Lean Six Sigma within A Supply Chain Context: The Airplane Supply Chain Simulation     

Scott C. Ellis  Thomas J. Goldsby  Ana M. Bailey  Jae‐Young Oh 《Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education》2014,12(4):287-319

Lean six sigma is a management methodology that firms can employ to achieve substantial improvement in supply chain performance. However, few pedagogical exercises facilitate students’ use of a comprehensive set of lean six sigma principles within a supply chain context. We describe the Airplane Supply Chain Simulation that helps students understand how lean six sigma concepts may be leveraged to improve supply chain performance. The basis of this simulation is a four‐tier supply chain, consisting of suppliers (two tiers), a manufacturer, and a customer, that produces three models of paper airplanes to meet randomly distributed customer demand. In the first of three successive runs, a highly structured simulation is executed in which supply chain roles are well defined, material flows are convoluted, and a “push” production strategy is followed. The first simulation as the “current state” and, for the second and third simulation runs, challenge competing student teams to leverage lean six sigma concepts to develop a “future state” that enables the fulfillment of all customer orders at the lowest cost. Results based on statistical analyses of survey response data from 194 MBA students show that the Airplane Supply Chain Simulation is an effective participative, team‐based learning tool.  相似文献   

Journal author rights and self‐archiving: the case of Spanish journals     

R. MELERO  J.M. RODRÍGUEZ‐GAIRÍN  F. ABAD‐GARCÍA  E. ABADAL 《Learned Publishing》2014,27(2):107-120

Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. The lack of clarity of publisher permissions for archiving in OA repositories affects the adoption of the green OA route. This paper explores editorial policies and self‐archiving conditions in 1,615 Spanish scholarly journals. 48% are published by university and research institutions, 25% by associations/societies, and 17% by commercial publishers; social sciences and humanities (SSH) accounted for 67% of the journals (44.5% and 22.5%, respectively) followed by health sciences (20%); 71% offered gratis access immediately after publication, and 11% after an embargo; 31% provided some mention of author rights. Self‐archiving was specifically allowed by 65% of the journals; 52% were classified as ROMEO‐blue, 12% as green and 15% as white, and 21% could not be classified; 21%, mostly in SSH, used some type of Creative Commons license.  相似文献   

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Cultural Heritage Policy in Colombia: A Case Study     

Olivia Cadaval  Cristina Diaz‐Carrera 《Curator: The Museum Journal》2014,57(4):423-436

As Colombia began to develop its Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) policy, it signed an agreement with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to collaborate on a Smithsonian Folklife Festival of Colombia's national living traditions, to be shown on the National Mall in 2011. This essay addresses the role of the Smithsonian Folklife Center in advocating for a cultural heritage policy grounded in cultural democracy and intercultural dialogue, as well as its collaboration with UNESCO in crafting the 2003 convention for the protection of intangible cultural heritage. We focus on the Center's signature collaborative program, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and on our experience with the 2011 Festival program, Colombia: The Nature of Culture. We examine the relationship between the Festival and Colombia's intangible cultural heritage communities, policies, and practices, through intercultural dialogues that contribute to shaping Intangible Cultural Heritage policy from the bottom up.  相似文献   

Introduction     

Greta Morine-Dershimer 《Teaching and Teacher Education》2001,17(8)

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Editorial     

Karen Evans  Anna Robinson‐Pant 《Compare》2006,36(1):1-3

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Dark Limbo: Film Noir and the North American Borders     

Dominique Brgent‐Heald 《Journal of American culture (Malden, Mass. : 2003)》2006,29(2):125-138

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TYPES OF ACADEMIC EXCHANGES AND TARGET GROUPS: BALANCES AND IMBALANCES     

Peter Fischer‐Appelt 《Higher Education in Europe》1990,15(1):46-51

The article considers, on one hand, the need to increase East‐West and West‐East academic exchanges in Europe, and on the other, to reduce or to rationalize imbalances. The three major segments of university populations, students, faculty members, and administrators, are each examined with regard to participation in exchanges, and pertinent suggestions are made. The author particularly insists on the importance of involving university administrators in exchange programmes even to the extent of moving them physically to other universities for stays of varying length. In closing, he evokes the setting up of the European Association of International Exchange Administrators.  相似文献   

EDITORIAL     

Rod Parker‐Rees  Marian Whitehead 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2006,26(3):231-233

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Guest Editorial     

Anne‐Lise Høstmark Tarrou 《欧洲师范教育杂志》1992,15(1-2):5-8

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