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Original Articles KEMET Academy: A University Outreach Model for Addressing the Wholeness of Learning in a Rural ContextDannielle Joy Davis, Denise Davis-Maye, Chippewa M. Thomas, Cheryl Seals, Dorienna M. Alfred, Lucretia Octavia Tripp, Kimberly L. King-Jupiter, & Garnetta Laverne Lovett pp. 6 - 27 Abstract This work introduces a model of university outreach in rural communities which promotes increasing post-secondary options for rural dwelling African American youth. KEMET (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics, Equilibrium, and Technology) Academy is a comprehensive academic enrichment program targeting African American students enrolled in under-resourced schools and communities across Alabama’s rural Black Belt region. The group comprised 48 intermediate level students in four counties. Drawing upon professors representing two land grant institutions, KEMET faculty engaged KEMET Scholars in activities designed to enhance skills in reading comprehension and application, mathematics, science, computing, decision-making, as well as health and wellness during a two-week summer program and tri-monthly “Saturday Academies” annually, for over a five year period. Facilitators of the program found it effective in meeting its overall objectives of enhancing the academic and cultural enrichment experiences of rural youth. Keywords: Knowledge, Excellence, Mathematics, University Outreach, Technology |
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Understanding Interactive CD-ROM Storybooks and their Functions in Reading Comprehension: A Critical Review
Ihsan Seyit Ertem pp. 28 - 44 Abstract With dramatic changes and recent advances in multimedia, digital technologies through computers propose new ways for introducing kids to the literacy. Literacy educators have stated that traditional printed books are not sufficient and electronic books have the potential to change reading skills. As a valuable tool in educational settings new and varied forms of technology, specifically, interactive CD-ROM storybooks have been used in classroom literacy learning by students and teachers. Although, several studies indicate that interactive CD-ROM storybooks help children develop visual recognition and increase reading comprehension, the results of the experimental studies previously carried out in this area have been conflicting and often hard to interpret. Therefore, the main purposes of this review are to identify the potential benefits, functions and disadvantages of interactive storybooks and assess mixed results of previous studies related to interactive CD-ROM storybooks. Keywords: Literacy and technology, interactive CD-ROM storybooks, reading comprehension. |
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Development of Social Studies Curriculum in Turkey and John Dewey’s Effect on the Modernization of Turkish Education
Bülent Tarman pp. 45 - 61 Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the historical development, status and purpose of the Turkish social studies curriculum in addition to understanding John Dewey’s impact on the modernization of Turkish educational system. Document analysis as a qualitative research method is used in this study. The data were obtained from the historical documents about the development of the Turkish social studies curriculum, the Internet sources, printed literature–such as reports about the curriculum development process done by national govermental organizations like Ministry of Education and Board of Education, and review and research articles about social studies educations and Dewey’s effect on the Turkish Educational system. This study consists of two main parts: one is The History of Social Studies Curriculum Development in Turkey, which addresses the historical development of Social Studies Curriculum in two major eras: The Era of Ottomans and the Republican Period. The second part of the study examines the impact of a famous Keywords: Social Studies Education, Curriculum Development, Turkish Educational System, John Dewey |
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