(2018). Sentence Length of Turkish Patients with Schizophrenia. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, v7 n1 p68-73 Apr. Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder that affects thought, language and communication. Considering the language disorders, the aim of this study is to examine the average sentence length of patients with Schizophrenia and compare the results with a control group by using four different language tests. Fifty patients with schizophrenia diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria have been included in the study and compared to fifty healthy subjects matched for age, sex and education level with the patients. The subjects' speech has been evaluated in four stages. These are narration, story picture sequencing, semi-structured speech and free speech. The data consists of 8-10 minute recorded interviews. The recordings have been transcribed based on DuBois' Discourse Transcription Symbols. The statistical and linguistic analyses have shown significant differences between sentence length's of patients with schizophrenia and control group. Patients with schizophrenia have produced… [PDF]
(2015). Diversity and Inclusion in Social Media: A Case Study of Student Behavior. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, v18 n1 p92-102 Mar. A freshman student posts on her social media account remarks that reflect intolerance and bigotry. Fellow students and faculty are upset, and disciplinary action follows. Was the student's right to free speech ignored or were the rights of others to a welcoming and inclusive environment infringed upon? This case guides the reader through some of the issues associated with the currently confusing world of social media as it intersects with diversity issues. Discussion prompts and activities will prepare faculty and administrators to consider institutional culture, professionalism, and equity issues in an educational setting…. [Direct]
(2019). Equality vs. Freedom: Anti-Discrimination Policies and Conservative Christian Student Organizations. Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, v15 p60-76. Over the last two decades, many colleges and universities strived to make their campuses more inclusive to the LGBTQ+ community. Many institutions incorporated sexual orientation into their anti-discrimination statements and policies, placing sexual identity in the same category as racial or gender identity as a protected class. Additionally, some institutions adopted all comers' policies under which all students are eligible for membership in registered student organizations and all members in good standing within those organizations are eligible to compete for leadership positions. As these policies became more robust, some colleges and universities scuffled with student organizations who, on the basis of their ideology, excluded some students from becoming members or serving in leadership roles. The most prevalent instances included public universities and evangelical Christian student organizations. In these cases, the institution moved to derecognize the evangelical group on the… [PDF]
(2016). Freedom of Speech under Assault on Campus. Policy Analysis No. 796. Cato Institute John Stuart Mill thought higher education should not tell us what it is our duty to believe, but should "help us to form our own belief in a manner worthy of intelligent beings." He added that "there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine," regardless of its falsity, immorality, or even harmfulness. The classical liberal argument for free speech has historically been championed in two distinct ways. First, the Founding documents of the United States recognize freedom of speech as a natural right. Second, alternatively, that right might be grounded in utility, meaning its acceptance best promotes human flourishing. In this article, the author examines Mill's philosophy on freedom of speech and how it has been challenged at American universities…. [PDF]
(2019). Why Epistemic Justice Matters in and for Education. Asia Pacific Education Review, v20 n2 p161-170 Jun. The paper considers the importance of epistemic justice in democratic life, and the significance of education as a key space to foster the relevant epistemic capabilities. Epistemic in/justice offers resources to think about conditions of possibility (what Amartya Sen calls 'conversion factors'), given that societies train our sensibilities in ways which are flawed and prejudiced. It is proposed further that Amartya Sen's emphasis on public reasoning is central to epistemic justice. Using the space of education to make the argument, core ideas in the capability approach are first outlined. Epistemic justice is described, and the claim is then advanced that Miranda Fricker's 'epistemic contribution capability' is generative in education settings for developing democratic and public reasoning capabilities. To be fully involved in learning and development and fair-achieved outcomes in formal education, students would need opportunities to develop their epistemic capability of being able… [Direct]
(2019). Getting to Shared Goals: Alternative Ways to Achieve Social Change on Campus. Liberal Education, v105 n2 Spr. With the future leaders of the nation at our campuses, we must question the notion that opposition is the only option for problem solving and effecting change. While protest and opposition are appropriate in some situations, there are often other methods through which students can learn and engage as informed, passionate citizens of whatever community they belong. In Raynard Kington's experience as president of Grinnell College, a cooperative approach is often the most effective form of student engagement. It is motivated by the desire to either work with those who already share common goals or by making a strong, evidence- and value-based case to convince organizations or individuals to become supporters. This article discusses one way Grinnell is broadening perspectives through an approach that is analogous to the use of case studies in business schools or actors portraying patients in medical schools. In fall 2017, Grinnell sponsored its own version of a "Fred Friendly… [Direct]
(2017). Teachers as Awakeners: A Collaborative Approach in Language Learning and Social Media. Research-publishing.net This paper provides an overview of the successful pedagogical project TwitTIAMO, now in its third year, where micro blogging (Twitter) has been used in Italian language teaching and learning to improve students' communicative language skills, accuracy, fluency and pronunciation outside timetabled lessons. It also explores the background and outcomes of two recent implementations to the project: (1) the implementation of a Twitter Champ, acting as a Knowledgeable Other (Vygotsky, 1978) and the development of her transferable employability skills; and (2) the use of a free speech-to-text tool to develop accuracy in pronunciation and writing. More broadly, the paper offers an overview of social media as a powerful tool to transpose classroom communities into online learning communities and enhance spontaneous and collaborative learning outside conventional classroom settings, based on Vygotsky's (1978) Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) principles and current Personal Learning… [PDF]
(2017). Rallies, Protests, and Institutional Change: How Consultants Can Address Campus Climate. Liberal Education, v103 n3-4 Sum-Fall. Student-led rallies and protests continue to gain attention nationwide, due in part to the use of social media. Debates over free speech, acts of protest during the national anthem, and mascot choices or building names reflecting racist histories all illustrate the tensions present on many college campuses. Lack of faculty and staff expertise in engaging with a student body that is increasingly diverse across race, gender, and other social identity groups has prompted students to demand mandatory trainings for college employees. In response, some higher education institutions are hiring external consultants to help address their ongoing campus climate issues. In this article, the author draws on her experience as a consultant to synthesize common themes and elaborate on the challenges and opportunities associated with diversity-focused work within higher education. More concretely, she discusses: (1) the role of a consultant; (2) common faculty and staff challenges related to… [Direct]
(2015). Send for Special Branch!. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, v19 n3 p79-83. This article explores the new Legislative Act concerned with the "Risk of Being Drawn into Terrorism" and the need for "Preventing People Being Drawn into Terrorism." It provides consultation and guidance to specified authorities such as universities on how they should go about implementing this "Prevent" duty. The article will, in addition, briefly summarise the present statutory provisions concerning academic freedom and campus free speech/expression, and encourages universities to demonstrate their willingness to undertake "Prevent" awareness training for all staff so that they can recognise vulnerability to being drawn into terrorism, and be aware of what action to take in response…. [Direct]
(2020). Designing and Implementing a Corpus-Based Online Pronunciation Learning Platform for Cantonese Learners of Mandarin. Interactive Learning Environments, v28 n1 p18-31. As an international financial centre, Hong Kong is a metropolitan city that has given rise to multilingual characteristics in recent years. In addition to Cantonese and English, which serve mostly as first and second languages, Hong Kong residents have increasingly begun to develop a third or even a fourth language. The biliteracy and trilingualism language ([image omitted]) policy encourages Mandarin as the third language. This paper introduces a corpus-based online pronunciation learning platform for Mandarin teachers, learners, and researchers to better understand the major problems encountered by Hong Kong learners of Cantonese in learning Mandarin pronunciation. A phonological corpus was established and analysed in order (a) to identify learners' recurring difficulties in accurately and appropriately using Mandarin segmental and suprasegmental features and (b) to suggest possible solutions to reduce or eliminate such difficulties. The phonological corpus contains recorded data… [Direct]
(2016). Egalitarianism, Safety, and Virtue in Education: A Response to Callan. Philosophical Inquiry in Education, v24 n1 p91-101. In this article, Turcotte-Summers responds to Eamonn Callan's essay "Education in Safe and Unsafe Spaces" (2016) with three main counterarguments. First, the correct response to the systemic oppressions faced by our students is not a more liberal but a more liberatory and radical education. Second, dignity safety is not a useful construct for such an education, nor are any constructs of safety based on psychological states; instead, proposed is one based on reducing proven, observable causes of harm, especially the violence of systemic oppressions–an interpretation that may challenge the hegemonic view of free speech and academic freedom. Third, while civility and candor are desirable in a classroom, they should not be prioritized over virtues that are more essential to anti-oppressive harm reduction, such as commitment to equity, love of justice, and vulnerability. [For "Education in Safe and Unsafe Spaces," see EJ1140343.]… [PDF]
(2018). Viewing Videos of Controversial Issues Instruction: What Influences Transformative Reflection?. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, v9 n4 p1-29. This qualitative study examined how and under what conditions pre-service social studies teachers reported transformations to their controversial issues pedagogy. This study began in 2011 and was situated in a pre-service social studies seminar at a graduate school of education in the United States. Data collection occurred in five different seminars and lasted three years. Afterwards, the authors met intermittently between 2014 and 2016 to establish findings. The study examined pre-service social studies teachers' responses to classes that utilized videotaped instruction of an experienced practitioner's lessons about controversial free speech and terrorism. The following question guided data collection: "How, and under what conditions, do pre-service social studies teachers report transformations to their controversial issues pedagogy when viewing videos of an experienced teacher?" The theoretical framework drew upon enlightened political engagement, and data was derived… [PDF]
(2011). When to Shut Students Up: Civility, Silencing, and Free Speech. Theory and Research in Education, v9 n1 p3-22 Mar. Teachers sometimes shut students up for the sake of civility. My question is whether silencing for the sake of civility can be morally justified when a student derogates fellow students as members of some widely stigmatized group, and the offending speech is not for any further reason to be deplored, for example, as a personally targeted insult. Exploring possible answers to that question sheds light on a bigger issue: the proper character of \civility regimes\ in educational institutions whenever group stigmatization persists in the social background and impinges seriously on some students' lives. A plausible argument for silencing under the conditions specified is derived from respect for students' equal dignity and the protection of fair educational opportunity. That argument is nonetheless defeated by considerations about the rightful place of intellectual candor in a culture of free speech and the centrality of educational institutions in supporting candor's development…. [Direct]
(2018). Targeted Harassment of Faculty: What Higher Education Administrators Can Do. Liberal Education, v104 n2 Spr. There is nothing new about attacks on college and university faculty for what is deemed unacceptable political expression. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded more than one hundred years ago in response to exactly these kinds of attacks. This article discusses good and bad examples of responses to the targeted harassment of professors. Examples of bad responses include the removal of the targeted teacher from the classroom for unspecified reasons of campus or individual safety and security; the suspension and then firing of instructors, untenured professors, and contingent faculty without hearings to determine what campus rules they have violated; and the immediate placement on leave of absence of tenured faculty accused of offensive speech. The good examples are those in which administrators defend the speech rights of their faculty and follow established procedures of due process and faculty governance. In the good examples, the university leader… [Direct]
(2017). 2017 Higher Education Legislative Activity in the West: What You Need to Know. WICHE Insights. Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education 2017 saw every legislature in the West in session–including the 15 Western states, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam–with legislators addressing a diverse array of higher education topics and dealing with an equally wide variety of budgetary outlooks. As in past years, Western states featured some of the largest percentage increases in state higher education funding as well as some of the deepest cuts. States with economies reliant on oil, natural gas, and coal extraction continued to adapt to an era of difficult discussions and tight budgets brought on by low energy prices, while states with expanding economies explored new ways to invest in their higher education systems. Despite the variation in state budgets, some common themes arose during the 2017 sessions. First and foremost, legislators were especially focused on keeping students at the center of their higher education legislative activity. Bills regarding affordability, students' right to privacy… [PDF]