Sentences with phrase «on ethnic studies»

Seminar Series Working Paper: Designing Lessons and Lesson Sequences with a Focus on Ethnic Studies or Culturally Responsive Curriculum

Not exact matches

«While «ethnic» churches continue to cater to Latino immigrants, white, non-Latino Catholics now place less emphasis on the importance of the Church,» the UNL study says.

Ethnic - action associations and ethnic studies programs have been established on college campuses across the coEthnic - action associations and ethnic studies programs have been established on college campuses across the coethnic studies programs have been established on college campuses across the country.

I would have much greater faith in the study if it had a sampling of ten times that many people, had been conducted over a two - decade time frame in different parts of the country, and was based on greater ethnic diversity.

* And in the largest and possible most systematic study to date, conducted on five different ethnic groups from both Chicago and New York involving over 1,400 subjects Mosenkis (2000) found far more positive adult outcomes for individuals who coslept as a child, among almost all ethnic groups i.e. African Americans and Puerto Ricans in New York, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans in Chicago than there were negative findings.

Tories could capture millions of ethnic minority votes if they soften stance on immigration, says study 13 June 2015

Comparison of 2010 ethnic minority vote choices on the (also online) YouGov web panel with the more comprehensive Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the ethnic minority vote choices on the (also online) YouGov web panel with the more comprehensive Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the EMBES.

On Thursday, the City Council approved a bill requiring the Department of Small Business Services to survey and study the gender, ethnic, and racial makeup of executive - level staff and board members of companies that contract with the city.

Black, non-Hispanic service members had a rate of 24.4 new diagnoses of hypertension per 1,000 person - years (p - yrs), nearly 50 percent higher than the rates among members of all the other racial and ethnic groups studied, according to the analysis published in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a peer - reviewed journal on illnesses and injuries affecting service members.

They said the key messages from the study were that stroke is a highly preventable disease globally, regardless of age and sex; that the relative importance of modifiable risk factors means there should be development of regional or ethnic - specific primary prevention programs, and that additional research on stroke risk factors is needed for countries and ethnic groups not included in INTERSTROKE.

So I clicked on it: «Because genetic association studies are generally performed in populations of a particular ethnic background [European, Asian, African], we can not know whether the associations will also apply to those of a mixed background.

In fact, there have been relatively few studies on the racial and ethnic composition of populations that apply for federal research funding.

These studies, performed on cells from Caucasian Americans and African Americans, yielded similar results for both ethnic groups.

Contaminants affect the ability of tribes to live and raise children in their traditional ways, said Elizabeth Hoover, an assistant professor of ethnic and American studies at Brown University who has worked with the Anishinaabe and other tribes on environmental justice issues.

«Our results suggest that hospitals and policy makers should limit in - hospital formula introduction and consider family history and demographics to reduce racial and ethnic breastfeeding disparities,» said Madeleine Shalowitz, MD, a Director at NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute and co - investigator on the study.

According to a study conducted by sociologists at the University of Rovira i Virgili (Spain), there is a feminine way as well as a masculine way to behave on the Internet: males tend to directly allude to ethnic and cultural issues whereas females are less obvious in doing so.

The study identifies new components of consumer ethnocentrism, establishing, in consultation with other research on the topic, five distinct dimensions in the process: prosociality, in which the interest of one's country is more important than one's own; cognition, or interpreting the world from the point of view of one's own ethnic group; insecurity, or regarding foreign products as a threat to the domestic economy; reflexiveness, meaning that one's ethnocentrism is automatically activated; and habituation, in which ethnocentrism becomes a habit.

«Our studies highlight the need for college prevention and treatment programs to focus efforts on sexual, gender, racial and ethnic minority groups.»

The MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) and the MRC Unit in The Gambia are working in partnership to generate genome sequence data on 500 individuals sampled across different ethnic groups that will underpin the next generation of studies into the causes and prevention of common diseases in West Africa.

The study focused on the link between ethnic disparities and genetic variation in patients with neuroblastoma.

Based on his own practice and study going forward he became known as a wonderful leader, and his kingdom became home to people from all religious traditions, socio - economic positions, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

Most of these are based on need and also have award preferences related to field of study, ethnic / cultural background, geographic region, or high school or college attended.

The study from the New York City - based Social Science Research Council also finds that females rate higher on the educational index than males, Asian - Americans are the highest - rated ethnic group, and New...

The study led Hill, an expert on variations in parenting and family socialization practices across ethnic, socioeconomic status, and neighborhood contexts, to hypothesize that college - educated and noncollege - educated parents must interact with their children's education in qualitatively different ways.

Controlling for this allowed us to study whether the narrowing of the gaps among racial and ethnic groups on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) was comparable to changes on the highly regarded NAEP exams.

Today, students from every definable race and ethnic category study and squirm shoulder to shoulder in the same public school classrooms, learning about something called segregation — as a vocabulary word on a pop quiz, a chapter in their history textbooks, or a topic for the debate team.

Our call for more studies on racial / ethnic subgroup disparities echoes a recommendation published 15 years ago by the AAP Task Force on Minority Children's Access to Pediatric Care that more attention be paid to the heterogeneity of API populations.24

In a study on young children's access to computers at home and at school, the defining characteristics that demarcate «haves» from «have - nots» are racial / ethnic and economic.

«The study group working on improved teaching decides that identifying best practices for teaching students of diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds should be its priority.

Ethnic Studies incorporates culturally relevant, social justice, community responsive and other pedagogical approaches with a focus on literacy and critical thinking skills.

The study says the proportion of ethnic minority youngsters going to university is «very high on average».

This essay begins by detailing cultural biases in textbooks, and what research says about the impact on students of Eurocentric versus ethnic studies curriculum.

They cross social and ethnic circles to collaborate on service - learning projects as well as on their studies.

According to research by Chris Vieler - Porter, who is studying for a doctorate at the University of Birmingham on the underrepresentation of black and ethnic minority people in educational leadership roles, just 37 % of local authorities monitor the number of applications for such roles by gender, ethnicity and disability.

Her research is on race and ethnic studies in education with a theoretical focus on critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, critical pedagogy and feminism of color.

Her research focuses on anti-racist multicultural education, ethnic studies, and teacher education; her research in ethnic studies has helped support its recent expansion throughout California.

The San Francisco and San Diego school districts have already started on the path to required ethnic studies, and Lara said he is doing a presentation next week in Fontana for all their schools.

Her work includes a study on perceptions of racial / ethnic bias for the Rhode Island Supreme Court and a project on school - based truancy courts for the Rhode Island Family Court.

Downer and his team point out that while many studies have pointed to increased levels of engagement and learning related to teacher - student racial and ethnic match, notably,» no studies of ethnic match / mismatch effects in preschoolers have examined academic achievement outcomes,» and most of the work done in this area has been based on interviews with teachers or classroom observations, Downer said.

Describing Dr. Sonia Nieto as «a highly valued and respected friend and professional colleague,» Dr. James Banks first approached her to request that she prepare a prepublication review of a chapter on Puerto Ricans in the United States in his book, Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies (first published in 1975 and now in its 8th edition).

A recent study by Mindset Scholars David Yeager and Geoff Cohen, along with their colleagues Valerie Purdie - Vaughns and Sophia Yang - Hooper, explores how students» levels of trust in their schools evolves over time, and examines the impact of ethnic and racial biases on trust.

Forster has conducted empirical studies on the impact of school choice programs in Milwaukee, Ohio, Florida and Texas, as well as national empirical studies comparing public and private schools in terms of working conditions for teachers, ethnic segregation and teacher and staff misconduct.

But, a more studied examination reveals the visages of Ben Stewart, George Murray, Bobby Seale and an unnamed observer at a press conference in Oakland, California on November 21, 1968 during the longest and most violent student - lead protest in American history — a protest which culminated in the establishment of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University in 1969.

Shana serves on numerous boards and organizing collectives including Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, INCITE, Critical Ethnic Studies Association, Gallery of the Streets, and PATIOS.

Several studies have shown that immigrants and ethnic groups are underrepresented in parenting support programs and that the programs only reach native - born parents and those parents with higher levels of education.16 — 18 There are also difficulties related to recruiting and retaining immigrant parents and hard - to - reach groups in interventions.19, 20 There is limited evidence on parenting intervention programs directed toward immigrant parents.

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.

Pelvic dimensions and shapes vary as well among ethnic groups.28 A small pelvis was more prevalent in women with short stature.29 If maternal short stature leads to shortened gestation by increasing the risk of idiopathic preterm labour, then short women had more risk of PTB.30 Short maternal stature was associated with lower uterine volume and blood flow, increasing the risk for fetal grow restriction, cephalopelvic disproportion and caesarean section.29 The effect of ethnicity on gestational length was also reported in a study in the UK.31 Maternal short stature may be associated with a lack of nutrients.

A Pew Research Center study found that, though interracial marriage is increasing, as of 2008, only 8 percent of U.S. marriages were between members of different racial or ethnic groups; interfaith marriages are also on the rise, but 61 percent of us choose spouses of the same religion.

Joe et al6 reported for the first time on the rates of suicide ideation, plan and attempts among the different ethnic groups, in data from the SASH study.