Work commitment and job satisfaction for program staff: How to build it     

Nora Palmer Gould 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1990,17(3):4-7

Children develop appropriately in social, cognitive, physical, and emotional ways in a stable environment. Early childhood administrators can help create this stable environment by minimizing staff turnover. Staff turnover can be kept at a reasonable rate through the development of administrative skills which will enhance staff self-esteem and job satisfaction.Nora Palmer Gould is an Early Childhood Administrator who is currently working as a consultant to Early Childhood Programs.  相似文献   

Effect Analysis Using Nonlinear Structural Equation Mixture Modeling     

Axel Mayer  Nora Umbach  Barbara Flunger  Augustin Kelava 《Structural equation modeling》2017,24(4):556-570

In this article, we present an approach for comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of interventions based on nonlinear structural equation mixture models (NSEMM). We provide definitions of average and conditional effects and show how they can be computed. We extend the traditional moderated regression approach to include latent continous and discrete (mixture) variables as well as their higher order interactions, quadratic or more general nonlinear relationships. This new approach can be considered a combination of the recently proposed EffectLiteR approach and the NSEMM approach. A key advantage of this synthesis is that it gives applied researchers the opportunity to gain greater insight into the effectiveness of the intervention. For example, it makes it possible to consider structural equation models for situations where the treatment is noneffective for extreme values of a latent covariate but is effective for medium values, as we illustrate using an example from the educational sciences.  相似文献   

Review by (non)peers as an opportunity for learning: a case study on the editorial process of papers by junior researchers / La revisión por (im)pares como instancia de aprendizaje: un estudio de casos del proceso editorial de artículos de investigadoras noveles     

Ana Pedrazzini  Alfredo Bautista  Nora Scheuer  Carles Monereo 《Infancia y Aprendizaje》2014,37(4):851-901

Abstract

We analysed the editorial process of the four articles authored by junior researchers published in the special issue The peer review process as an opportunity for learning. Our aims were to study the unfolding of the main critiques and suggestions made by reviewers in the different review rounds, as well as to explore how both authors and reviewers experienced and valued the review process. Data sources include all review reports and letters where the authors explained the changes made, and questionnaires completed by all the authors and some reviewers. The most commonly identified critiques in the reports were related to content selection and elaboration (coherence and relevance), the own author’s voice (critical positioning and caution) and attention to the reader (precision and consistency in terms and concepts, methodological clarity, writing style, legibility and formal adequacy). All four authors stated that being part of this process was rewarding and educational, highlighting the development of academic writing skills. Some reviewers emphasized the importance of reading other reviewers’ reports. We conclude by emphasizing the importance of providing junior researchers with resources that support them in communicating their research to the academic community.  相似文献   

A New Twist on Studying the Development of Dynamic Spatial Transformations: Mental Paper Folding in Young Children     

Justin Harris  Nora S. Newcombe  Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek 《Mind, Brain, and Education》2013,7(1):49-55

The relation of spatial skills to academic success in areas such as math and science has sparked discussion in early education around how spatial thinking skills might be included in early schooling. Planning and evaluating new curricula or interventions requires understanding these skills and having the means to assess them. Prior developmental research focused primarily on one aspect of dynamic spatial transformations (DST), namely mental rotation. This study broadens our knowledge by addressing another important DST, namely mental folding. We devised a new test suitable for young children. Performance of 180 children between 4 and 7 years suggests that mental folding appears at around 5.5 years of age, although there were also marked individual differences. These data on the emergence of DST suggest that educational programs targeting this skill could start in preschool or kindergarten and provide a means to assess the effectiveness of such efforts.  相似文献   

Constructing Gender Stereotypes Through Social Roles in Prime-Time Television     

Martha M. Lauzen Ph.D.  David M. Dozier Ph.D.  Nora Horan M.A. 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2013,57(2):200-214

Using a sample of 124 prime-time television programs airing on the 6 broadcast networks during the 2005–06 season, this study examined the social roles enacted by female and male characters. The findings confirm that female characters continue to inhabit interpersonal roles involved with romance, family, and friends. In contrast, male characters are more likely to enact work-related roles. Moreover, programs employing one or more women writers or creators are more likely to feature both female and male characters in interpersonal roles whereas programs employing all-male writers and creators are more likely to feature both female and male characters in work roles.  相似文献   

How do teachers conceive the role of emotions in teaching and learning? An analysis of the affective component of their beliefs / ¿Cómo conciben los docentes el rol de las emociones en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje? Un análisis del componente afectivo de sus creencias     

Rodolfo Bächler  Juan-Ignacio Pozo  Nora Scheuer 《Infancia y Aprendizaje》2013,36(4):733-793

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Regarding art and regarding future teachers regarding art     

Nora P. Donnelly 《Irish Educational Studies》2013,32(1):89-104

The 2011 Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector presented Ireland with an opportunity to rethink the issue of patronage in Irish primary schools, as well as to consider how ‘religious education’ might be approached in such schools in the future. This paper suggests that, for the first time since 1831, Ireland had an opportunity to provide ‘state schooling’ for all children, regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof. The paper proposes educating all children in the state in non-denominational secular settings, leaving faith formation to the private domain of parents and communities. Although the concept of ‘secularism’ has negative connotations for those who belong to a religious community, this paper suggests that it provides a framework for inclusive and egalitarian education, offering children and young people the opportunity to learn alongside their peers, irrespective of religious backgrounds.  相似文献   

Staff meetings,why have them?     

Nora Palmer Gould 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1985,13(1):6-9

Mary Louise Harbinger was the new director of Tiny Tots Day Care Center. She was feeling decidedly uncomfortable. Ten minutes before, her first staff meeting had begun. She now sat facing fifteen pairs of hostile, blank eyes placed on fifteen unsmiling, distrustful faces.Nora Palmer Gould is the director of Northen Dutchess Day Care Center, Inc., in Rhinebeck, N.Y.  相似文献   

Preventive Conservation Applied to Wallpaintings in a Desert Environment in Mexico     

Denise Charua-Ayala  Rosario Guerra  Clotilde Lemoine  Federico Cambieri  Nora A. Pérez  José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil 《文物保护研究》2018,63(5):51-57

ABSTRACT

The church of San Diego de Alcalá, located in Pitiquito, Sonora , in Mexico, lies on a missionary road founded by the Jesuit Eusebio F. Kino, which, with the expulsion of the Jesuit order in 1767, passed into the care of the Franciscans. It contains wallpaintings which presented deterioration problems whose cause was not easy to determine, since the damage appeared to be inconsistent with the techniques used and the environmental conditions. With an interdisciplinary team, a methodology was designed for a combined study of the environment of the church and its wallpaintings. Thermal imaging of the exterior and interior walls indicated that the building was made up of different materials, and the junctions between them explained the different deterioration pathologies between one zone and another. Hydrological maps for groundwater in the locality were studied, to elucidate the presence of water in a desert zone; abundant sources of water in the subsoil were identified, which, because of overexploitation of the land, have been diminishing over time. This allowed the elaboration of a plan for site management, through the identification of those deterioration factors that can be mitigated by simple maintenance actions that are inherent to the environment and the materials, which enabled a scheduled maintenance scheme to be implemented. This improved the condition of the building and its wallpaintings, while reducing the resource invested to achieve this goal.  相似文献   

Motives of cheating among secondary students: the role of self-efficacy and peer influence     

Wong Lok Yan Nora  Kaili Chen Zhang 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2010,11(4):573-584

A survey research study was conducted with a sample of 100 secondary students from a local secondary school about the motives of cheating. The primary focus of this study was the interplay among variables of self-efficacy, peer influence and cheating. The results showed that students with low self-efficacy were more likely to cheat than those who perceived themselves as efficacious. It was further found that peers played a significant role in discouraging cheating by expressing disapproval and informing teachers of dishonest behaviour.  相似文献