Patrick Tedjamulia and Dr. Tadd Brinkerhoff, Managing Director BYU Global Management Center The BYU Management Society has the potential to change the world. It has over 6,000 members in over 40 U.S. cities and 18 countries. Its members include BYU grads and other professionals seeking continued education, career development, and professional advancement. When this study […]
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From High School Jocks To College Grads: Assessing the Long-Term Effects of High School Sport Participation on Females’ Educational Attainment
Kelly Troutman and Dr. Mikaela Dufur, Sociology Sports’ connection to education is readily apparent in American society. The presumption adopted in the late 1800s that sports serve to build character led to their integration into the education system. Today virtually every high school is engaged in interscholastic sport competition (Eitzen and Sage, 1986). The increased […]
Eating Disorders Among Female High School Athletes: The Questionable Effect of Self-Esteem
Janet Shumway and Dr. Mikaela Dufur, Sociology Millions of people in the United States suffer from serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa. More than 90 percent of those afflicted are young women. Researchers have studied eating disorders and the various factors leading to these behaviors, and a vast majority […]
Troika: A Collaboration Between Schools
Corina Kay Thompson and Professor Thomas Russell, Theatre and Media Arts In the summer of 2002 I was introduced to the story behind the painting “Troika.” It is a story of compassion between the classes, as Vasily Perov, the Russian artist who created the masterpiece, is contacted by a peasant woman who is the mother of […]
Determinants of School Success: Performance in Secondary Schools in Mukono, Uganda
Troy Smith and Dr. Julie Hite, Educational Leadership and Foundations In recent years, test scores and school performance have become hot topics in the United States. The US federal government recently set up school standards and established ways for students and parents to leave “failing” schools for better performing ones. While the United States has […]
A Qualitative Analysis of the Story Enactment ‘Something Good’ to Assess Comprehension in English and Spanish-Speaking Pre- School Children
Sue Pickens and Dr. Barbara Culatta, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Currently, Dr. Culatta is working on Project CALL, a Contextualized Approach to Language and Literacy. She is looking at how language and literacy skills can be taught to preschool children in Head Start. As an extension of her research, I analyzed children’s participation and engagement […]
Mukono District, Uganda Secondary Schools: Equity and Importance of Resources
Allyson Flake and Professor Steven Hite, Educational Leadership and Foundations The Ugandan government has limited knowledge of the location and situation of many of its secondary schools. This lack of knowledge inhibits proper management of the schools and appropriate distribution of funding. Secondary schools often have disproportionate resource access, which leads to variance in school quality […]
Integrating Technology in Guatemalan Schools
Richard Culatta and Dr. Charles Graham, Instructional Psychology and Technology With an increase in donations and grants available for technology integration, even schools in remote areas of the world have greater access to technology than ever before. However, as the experience in integrating technology in the United States has shown, the availability of technology doesn’t […]
EDUCATIONAL CHANGE PROCESSES IN A SCHOOL IN ZIMBABWE, AFRICA
Thira Schmidl and Dr. Russell T. Osguthorpe, Journalism and Education The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future recommended “that schools be restructured to become genuine learning organizations for both students and teachers -organizations that respect learning, honor teaching, and teach for understanding”.1 A lot of change is necessary to accomplish this restructuring asked for […]
Erasing Ethnocentrism: Analysis of the District of Columbia’s Coverage of International Relations in Public High School Curriculum
Erin Robinson and Dr. J. Merrell Hanson, Teacher Education Although the study of international relations is essential to undermining racism and ensuring an economic edge, many scholars cite its deficiency in America’s public high schools. This analysis surveyed high schools in Washington, D.C. to evaluate their international relations topics coverage. Dr. Hansen and I evaluated […]
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