The role of genetic counseling in the elective termination of pregnancies involving fetuses with disabilities     

Roberts CD  Stough LD  Parrish LH 《The Journal of special education》2002,36(1):48-55

In this study, 69 women were surveyed who, as a result of a prenatal screening knew they were at risk for carrying a fetus with a disability. Results indicated that most women were referred by their physicians for genetic counseling either because of their age or because of an abnormal blood test. The majority of women indicated they would choose to terminate a pregnancy that tested positive for a disability, but the type of disability of the fetus, either Down syndrome or spina bifida, made no difference in the decision that women believed they would make. The women's intention to terminate a pregnancy appeared to be unrelated to their overall knowledge about disabilities but was negatively related to their knowledge of disability-related services. Although women reported that genetic counseling was helpful, they revealed that they were not given information about future-quality-of-life issues for individuals with disabilities nor provided with the positive as well as the negative aspects of giving birth to a child with disabilities.  相似文献   

Expanding the “Great Conversation” to Include Arts and Sciences Faculty     

Denise S. Mewborn  Sybilla Beckmann  Victoria Davion  Christy Desmet  Sally Hudson-Ross  Jenny Penney Oliver  Judith Preissle  Hugh Ruppersburg 《Innovative Higher Education》2002,27(1):39-51

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Non-organic failure to thrive: Decision for and videotaped evaluations     

Clare F. Haynes  Christy Cutler  Jane Gray  Kirstin O&#x;Keefe  Ruth S. Kempe 《Child abuse & neglect》1983,7(3):309-319

Infants hospitalized for non-organic failure to thrive in the first six months of life are in a life-threatening situation and are already at risk for poor bonding with mother. In light of this, the meaning and use of foster care and how this separation affects the developing mother-child relationship are the issues addressed through examination of 16 cases in which 8 of the infants were placed in foster care and 8 discharged home after the failure to thrive hospitalization. This paper examines (1) maternal histories of pregnancy, labor and delivery and the neonatal status of placed and non-placed infants; (2) the developmental and weight status of placed children; (3) the nature of the decision criteria for after-hospital care; and (4) the mother-infant relationship at initial intake in terms of mother's report of events and observations of feeding and play interactions during a videotaped assessment process. The study found that the interactions between mother and infant in those situations which required foster care were clearly more dysfunctional when compared to those in which the baby was discharged home to mother. Babies in the two groups were comparable in weight status at the time of hospitalization although babies in foster placement had slightly lower scores on the Bayley Scales. Maternal histories of pregnancy, labor, and delivery were similar for the two groups as were the birth and neonatal histories of the infants.  相似文献   

Heroic heads,mobility mythologies and the power of ambiguity     

Christy Kulz 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2017,38(2):85-104

This paper explores how the contradictions of neoliberal education reform and its companion, the self-made aspirational subject, are embodied by Sir Michael Wilshaw, former headteacher of Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney, East London, through his leadership practices. Wilshaw creates powerful mobility and morality tales that pave over the contradictions and ambiguities inherent in the academies programme and Mossbourne’s approach. Drawing on a larger study of Mossbourne, the paper focuses on how raced and classed pathological discourses are mobilised and inverted both by Wilshaw and policy rhetoric, cultivating compliance through a belief in the aspirational subject capable of transcending social structures. The paper argues that neoliberal academy reforms are not about autonomy, but the imperative to comply with centralised policy demands at the expense of democratic participation and accountability.  相似文献   

A Year of Equity literacy: community actions and invitations     

Christy Wessel‐Powell  Alexandra Panos  Regina Weir 《Literacy》2021,55(1):62-76

School inequity is a persistent and ‘wicked’ problem communities have a responsibility to solve. Here, we argue that critical literacy advocacy within community‐based settings provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine and disrupt school inequity and promote sustainable actions towards justice‐based solutions. This article connects critical literacy and equity literacy theoretical frameworks to describe a series of invitations and actions that focused on addressing school inequity in one town. Here, authors offer lessons learned from a community‐led school equity literacy campaign where researchers and participants collectively organised and reflected on a public event series entitled ‘Year of Equity’ (YoE). Three key YoE processes are described: facilitating book clubs, facilitating a community conversation event and forming action committees. These processes relied on critical equity literacies through the promotion of new relationships and shared experiences centring on engagement with a variety of texts, through a focus on incremental change over time.  相似文献   

Learning to solve problems on the Web: aggregate planning in a business management course     

David Jonassen  Timari Prevish  David Christy  Euthemia Stavrulaki 《Distance Education》1999,20(1):49-63

In this paper, we articulate a model for designing learning environments that engage learners in solving problems and can be delivered to learners at a distance via the World Wide Web. These environments include a problem (including representation, context, and manipulation spaces), related cases, information resources, cognitive tools, and collaborative support. We apply this model to an environment on aggregate planning in an operations management course. Students represent the problem, collect resources and experiences, and solve the problem using a spreadsheet, which can be machine scored. Field trials showed that students were challenged, and they liked being able to see the results of their manipulations instantly.  相似文献   

How reliable are MSCA profile interpretations?     

Michael W. Roffe  Christy K. Bryant 《Psychology in the schools》1979,16(1):14-18

This study evaluates the reliability of profile analysis for assessing differential abilities on the McCarthy Scales for Children's Abilities (MSCA). Subjects were enrolled in private schools and ranged in age from 5–5 to 6–5. The test-retest interval ranged from 3 to 6 weeks, with a mean interval of 24 days. Results indicated 70.9% of the sample showed profile variability not reasonably accounted for as real fluctuations in measurable abilities. General application of the null hypothesis procedure for calculating statistical significance of scaled score differences as a basis for interpretive judgments is discussed.  相似文献   

Listening to People Listening to Music: Lessons for Museums     

Joe E. Heimlich  Carol Argiro  Christy Farnbauch 《Curator: The Museum Journal》2015,58(2):195-207

The language people use to talk about something can constrain as well as facilitate understanding. This essay explores the lessons learned through a study of how people talked about music to examine what it can mean for museums and museum experiences. The study itself had people talk about their interest, background, and ways of engaging with music, then listen to random cuts of preselected music to talk about what they were hearing. Several themes emerged from the study, suggesting there are clusters to ways in which people frame their experiences of music, which extend to how people might understand the museum experience and what museums might do to make that experience more relevant.  相似文献   

Calming Fears and Building Confidence: A mentoring process that works     

Christy D. McGee 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(3):201-209

This study suggests that the process of mentoring education students is not reserved for master mentor teachers but can also be done by more advanced students. The author shares her two-year experience of enlisting Master of Arts in Teaching intern teachers to mentor senior-level baccalaureate students during the practicum attached to a 12-hour integrated content block. The qualitative data collected through interviews and open-ended survey questions reveal that the mentoring experience was positive for both sets of students.  相似文献   

Action Research,Master of Arts in Teaching Interns and a University/School Partnership: A win,win, win situation     

Christy D. McGee 《Teaching Education》2013,24(3):359-369

This paper discusses a 2-year study conducted in a professional development school involving Master of Arts in Teaching intern teachers and at-risk readers in Grades 2-6. A reading club for the at-risk readers provided the setting for intern teachers to conduct action research. The premise of the work was twofold: to develop intern teachers' action research skills, and to improve the reading skills of at-risk readers. Results indicate that intern teachers became more reflective and effective teachers through working with students in the club, and the students showed gains in reading skills and a more positive self-perception.  相似文献