LGBTQIA+ Students

Structural changes have occurred at a rapid rate in the U.S. concerning LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and ally/asexual) rights and lived experiences. However, in K-12 education LGBTQIA+ students continue to face challenges and obstacles not faced by their heterosexual, cisgender peers. Using heteronormativity as its underpinning, this chapter will highlight some of the challenges encountered by LGBTQIA+ students, provide a background to understand the current state of educational practices and policies, and provide recommendations for teachers, administrators, students, and communities to help reduce the trauma endured by many LGBTQIA+ students.

Khalid Juma ALSHIDI

The study aimed to identify the level of availability of action research standards among senior teachers to improve educational practices in Oman's schools. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used the descriptive curriculum, and after verifying the validity and stability of the tool was applied to a sample of (55) teachers and senior teachers, the results of the study revealed that the degree of availability of action research standards among teachers in basic education schools in Oman came with an average percentage (37.33), and that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α =0.05) between average availability of action research criteria attributable to the sex variable. The researchers recommended that teachers should be trained in how to interpret the results of the study and discuss them, spreading the culture of action research in the field of education.

MEDIAÇÃO CULTURAL E ARTE/EDUCAÇÃO NÃO-FORMAL NA CAFUA DAS MERCÊS = CULTURAL MEDIATION AND NON-FORMAL ART / EDUCATION IN CAFUA DAS MERCÊS

O artigo objetiva a reflexão sobre educação não-formal em espaço museológico, no sentido de desenvolver habilidades de leitura de imagens, contextualizando-as e, elaborar propostas poéticas embasadas na educação museal (não-formal) e arte/educação por meio da mediação cultural no Museu Cafua das Mercês (Museu do Negro).Tem por finalidade descrever a proposição de práticas educacionais não-formais em mediação cultural na Cafua das Mercês, integrante do complexo MHAM (Museu Artístico e Histórico do Maranhão) embasando-se na educação museal e arte/educação. A educação não-formal contribui para o crescimento cognitivo, emocional e social dos indivíduos como sujeitos de pertencimento identitário, como o que preconiza a Lei n.10.639/2003 sobre o ensino de história e cultura afro-brasileira e africana. Utilizou-se como aporte teórico, Barbosa (2009), tendo o museu como melhor possibilidade de aprendizagem do que a escola; Gohn (2015), ensino de arte não-formal; Selbach (2010), didáticas do ensino de arte; Cury (2005); Chagas (2005), espaços museológicos e a legislação pertinente ao tema. A proposição metodológica é a de realizar-se visitas mediadas aos museus e a produção de reflexão crítica por parte dos educandos e docentes. Espera-se que a partir das visitas ao Museu do Negro, haja ressignificação da visão quanto ao escravizado.AbstractThe article aims to reflect on non-formal education in a museum space, in order to develop skills in reading images, contextualizing them and developing poeticproposals based on museum education (non-formal) and art/education throughcultural mediation in the Cafua das Mercês Museum (Negro Museum). Its purpose is to describe the proposition of non-formal educational practices in cultural mediation in Cafua das Mercês, part of the MHAM complex (Artistic and Historical Museum of Maranhão) based on museum education and art/education. Non-formal education contributes to the cognitive, emotional and social growth of individuals as subjects of identity belonging, as advocated by Law n.10.639/2003 on the teaching of AfroBrazilian and African history and culture. It was used as theoretical support, Barbosa (2009), with the museum as a better learning possibility than the school; Gohn (2015), non-formal art teaching; Selbach (2010), didactics of art education; Cury (2005); Chagas (2005), museum spaces and legislation relevant to the theme. The methodological proposition is to carry out mediated visits to museums and the production of critical reflection by students and teachers. It is expected that from the visits to the Museu do Negro, there will be a redefinition of the vision regarding the enslaved.

MEDIA EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES AS A BASIS FOR REALIZING THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH

The current trends in the development of media educational practices are analyzed in this article in the context of the problems and opportunities for the development of youth media creativity in the structure of social and cultural activities of cultural and leisure institutions. The analysis is carried out on the basis of comparing the positions of specialists and the results of a diagnostic study of the degree of involvement of young people in the processes of media creativity and media education, where mentoring technologies are acquiring a special role, replacing traditional teaching didactic techniques today.

The “Audible Word” in the Media Preferences of Youth

The development of digital technologies creates the conditions for a new stage in the development and dissemination of audio culture. Radio plays have been replaced by audiobooks, audio podcasts, and audio series. The book market is experiencing an "audio explosion". There is a steady growth of interest in audiobooks, which compete with musical content. The authors of the article turn to the study of the current state of the culture of the "audible word". This article examines the audiobook reading of student readers, who were socialized under the conditions of the large-scale spread of digital technologies. The aim of the research: to consider audioreading in the context of leisure and educational practices of young people. The study is based on theoretical approaches that consider the phenomenon of audio consumption in modern media (V.Y. Bal', M.Y. Gudova, J.P. Melentieva, V. Erlmann, W. Hagen, A. Kassabian, J.F. Lehmann). The study examined students' perceptions of audiobook reading, its place in leisure and educational practices. The authors conducted a sociological study (December 2020) with the participation of 85 students in order to identify the perceptions of audiobook reading. Qualitative methodology of analysis of answers to open-ended questions was used for the study. The design questionnaire included questions on preferred types of reading, use of audiobook reading in educational and leisure practices, reasons for interest in audiobook reading and possibilities of audiobook reading as a type of educational content. The study identified students' preferences in the choice of book format (paper, electronic, audiobooks), students' ideas about the reasons for wide distribution of audiobooks, advantages and limitations of audiobooks, convenient contexts for daily life, practices of using audiobooks in educational and leisure activities. The authors consider the potential of audiobooks in the organization of educational and leisure activities of students.

Opening the Online Homework System: Toward Cooperation and Collaboration

One of the core tensions in open educational practice in current mathematics and physical science coursework is the use of online homework systems. Many such tools are from commercial providers and have profit to that provider as a motive. Open resources are pursued by those who, for reasons of cost or of pedagogy, seek to resist the tools of commercial providers. This pursuit is frequently made outside of the context of discussions of open educational practices; indeed, the first author of this presentation describes one such effort that started before he was even aware of open education as a discipline. It is important to ask how those faculty, particularly in the mathematics and physical science disciplines at non-elite institutions, assign homework in ways that encourage practice and skill-building, and more broadly, how such content can be shared more robustly and completely among faculty at different institutions.

Theoretical and Methodological Approaches for Investigating Open Educational Practices

To date, the phenomenon associated with open education in relation to teaching and learning practices remains under-theorized in the literature, which represents both a challenge and opportunity for further research (Bulfin et al., 2013; Howard & Maton, 2011; Knox, 2013; Veletsianos, 2015). There exists an opportunity to develop new theory, as well as to connect the phenomenon to existing theory from education, learning sciences, and pedagogical research. Much of the literature has focused on case studies, strategies for implementation, and broad approaches to institutional change which do not draw upon or develop theory. A significant amount of the empirical work reviewed makes no mention of a theoretical base aside from that of openness as a conceptual framework for considering education. Further, critical studies which examine the pedagogical and educational implications of the use of open educational resources (OER) and engagement in open educational practices (OEP) are even less common (Knox, 2013). In this paper, we share the results of a literature review which investigates both methodological and theoretical approaches used in the available research on open educational practices, with the goal of engaging participants in a critical review of the theoretical and methodological approaches to further advance research in this emerging space.

Perspectives on the Emergency Remote Assessment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The unprecedented health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic put on hold traditional educational practices. Emergency remote teaching was adopted as a response, with various degrees of success and satisfaction around the globe. This perspective chapter focuses on the remote emergency assessment as a measure to ensure the completion of the educational cycle for students caught in the 2020 crisis, after debates around the relevance and soundness of such activities both for students, and for society at large. Some voices enthusiastically champion the technological innovation and point to the benefits brought by the computer-assisted assessment, while others warn against the ‘one-size-fit-all’ approach and insist that the emergency measures need a careful examination and, although lessons can be taken away from the situation, the traditional patterns should be kept in place.