Vol 2018 no 1

Educational Issues and Trends

 

Supporting Mathematics Education in Rural Early Childhood Centers

Allison Jane Fahsl, McKendree University, Professor and Chair, School of Education and Jennifer Michelle Gauble Hope, McKendree University, Associate Professor, School of Education

 

Why They Are Labeled “At Risk” Children

Mary N. Ghongkedze, Grambling State University, Assistant Professor Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Educational, Professional and Graduate Studies

 

A New Look at the Representations for Mathematical Concepts: Expanding on Lesh’s Model of Representations of Mathematical Concepts

Elizabeth Lee Johnson, Ph.D., Elementary Program Coordinator, University of South Carolina Beaufort

 

School Principal Responses to Ethical Dilemmas

 Lynden Leppard, School of Education Casual Lecturer, University of Tasmania

 

 

Literature, Language and the Arts

 

Epistemic Irony in Philosophical Narrative

John H Dreher, University of Southern California, Associate Professor of Philosophy

 

Achievement Gap in Reading: A Study of School Practices and Effectual Results Revelations and Recommendations

Christina S. Keith Ed.D, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri, Professor, Department of Teacher Education

 

Alice Walker’s Jesus: A Womanist Paradox

Debra Walker King, Professor of English, University of Florida

 

Women and Education

 

Concubine or Cougar? Constructing the Creative Female Persona in Early Modern Europe, and Transitioning from Indirect Power Toward Direct Power in a Man’s World

Kathleen Hitt, M.A., Professor of History, College of the Canyons

 

The Social Research on the Experience of Unconscious Gender Bias

Tomoko Kawabata, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Research Resident, Japan and Noriko Nagahori, Hokkaido University, Associate Professor, Japan

 

The Retooling of Betty Friedan: The New Feminist Message?

Marybeth Kensicki, Ed. D., Senior Adjunct Lecturer, Montgomery County Community College, West Campus, Pottstown, Pennsylvania

 

Disappearing Feminists: Removing Critical Voices from Academe

Jennifer L. Martin, Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education at the University of Illinois at Springfield and  Jane A. Beese, Associate Professor in the Educational Foundations, Research, Technology and Leadership Department, Youngstown State University

 

Is Education a Basic Right for All? A glimpse into the Successes and Challenges in Enrolling this Marginalized Population 

Fawzia Reza, Ed.D., American College of Education, Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Adviser and Adjunct Faculty

 

Under the Shadow of Trump: Portrayals of Undocumented Youth in Young Adult fiction from 2016-2017

Rachel G. Salas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Reno

 

Food for Thought: Food Insecurity in Women attending Community Colleges

Robin Spaid, Associate Professor, Morgan State University and Rosemary Gillett-Karam, Associate Professor, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland

 

An Exploration of Contingent Faculty Experiences at a Private, Liberal Arts College

Erin Vicente, Associate Professor of Communication, Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts