September 23, 2006 -DSCE Annual Graduate Research Symposium II-

Saturday, September 23, -8:00-3:20p.m. -Casa Real (Aztec Center) -Welcoming by Virginia Loh -DSCE Founder and first President, Dr. C. Mason -faculty advisor, and Sabine Reljic -DSCE President.

• Guest Speaker: Dr. Cheryl S. Cox, Mayoral Candidate for Chula Vista, a School Board Member at the Chula Vista School District, and an Assistant Professor at National University, "Multi-Boder Awareness" (http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/cvesd/schoolboard/cheryl_cox.html)
• Presentations by
  • Mario E. Aguilar, "Finding Sacred Space and Spiritual Identity: Case Study of Chicano/Mexicano Inmates"
  • Said ElKacimi, "Muslims’ Perceptions of American Socialization"
  • Chris Procello, "Building Effective Organizational Cultures"
  • Maryjane Leonard and Craig Talbot, "Promoting Financial Literacy for the Underprivileged"
  • Nicole Block, "Ethnographic Inquiry on Secondary Peer Tutors of Students with Disabilities"
  • Susan Toma, "Instructional Level Writing for English Language Learners"
  • Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, "Working with Latino Immigrant Parents"
  • T. DeVere Wolsey, "Effective Feedback Model in an Online Masters Program"
  • Virginia S. Loh, "Making a Case for Asian-American Children’s Literature"
  • Brian Dixon, "Podcasting: A Viable Outlet for your Research Findings?"
  • Sabine Reljic, "Multilingualism, The Brain, & Web-Based Learning."
  • Maria Schutt, "Presence and Motivation in Online Learning."
    Closing Remarks by Dr. Cheryl L. Mason
• Tables:
  • Brian Dixon: Discuss and preview his Healthy Habits Videos' "The Internet and Your Kids" ($24.95 introductory price).
• Digital Camera winner: Craig Talbot
• SDSUniverse article "Chula Vista Mayoral Hopeful Featured at Graduate Research Forum" Sept 25, 2006. For full article, visit http://www.sdsuniverse.info/story.asp?id=46048

May 2, 2006 -DSCE and Akeelah at the Walker Elementary School's Bee-

Week May 2-5, 2006. -Walker Elementary, San Diego City Schools- enthusiastically supported by Monika Hazel, Principal and hosted by the teachers in their classes.

• Drawing on Friday for one primary student and one upper grade student win a pair of movie passes. All other prizes were distributed across grade levels during the in-class Bees.
• A special thanks to Cheryl Pham (Bee pic) for bringing the DSCE Bee to Walker Elementary and bringing Starbucks on board for a breakfast/promotional station, manned by Monika Hazel, Principal, and Cheryl Pham.
• Teachers, parents and students were thrilled to be part of this promotion. This was a great success.

April 25, 2006 -DSCE and LionsGate "Akeelah and the Bee"-

Tuesday, April 25, -9:30p.m to 11:30pm. -Lecture Hall, Cross Cultural Center, UCSD - DSCE Social and Spelling Bee Contest, promoting Lionsgate Films "Akeelah and the Bee", starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer. National opening night: Friday, April 28th.

• Lionsgate Films invited the DSCE to become an official promotional partner for the films release in San Diego.
• The DSCE organized a Spelling Bee with prizes for the winners. Prizes were promotional items provided to us by the Lionsgate Films industry (movie passes, T-shirts, pencils, notebooks, bookmarks, stickers, pocket dictionary, word cards).
• The DSCE thanks its volunteers for successfully organizing this event on a short notice: Cindy Lewis, Lorah Bodie, Cheryl Pham, and Pam Wright. Photo Gallery here
• A special thanks to the Pacific Town Square All Stadium 14 Theatre for donating 4 movie passes.
• "It deals with a spelling bee -a very literate thing- and we don't often see images of black people in America involved in those kinds of pursuits," Fishburne, 44, tells us. "My mother was an educator, so literature was important to me. As a child, I loved reading Shakespeare." Source: Walter Scott's Personality Parade, The Orange County Register, May 7, 2006. p4.
• http://www.akeelahandthebee.com is the official site of "AKEELAH and the BEE." Find games, flash cards, trailer, soundtrack, story, cast, media, downloads, gallery, promotions, forum.

March 22, 2006 -DSCE Colloquium "Ethics in Research and Publication" and Social-

Wednesday, March 22, -7:00-9:00p.m. -Presidential Suite (SDSU Aztec Center) -Welcome and Opening Remarks by Dr. Mason, SDSU Program Director and DSCE Faculty Advisor, Presentations by Dr. Ron Evans and Dr. Dena Plemmons.

• Issues that were raised: Character issues (honesty, integrity, doing what's right/best for society and others) in tension with Reality (prestige, ego, ambition). Teaching and/or Research. Is "Publish or Perish" real? Plagiarism or Sloppiness. The "other skills" in Research (time management, stress management, negotiation management, goal setting skills, and others). IRB's limitations. Due Diligence, Publication and Loss of Control. Copyright issues and Fair Use practices. Discipline-related issues.
• References to and commentaries about the Ethical Standards of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
• Last thoughts: "Research is not a right." "Be comfortable with ambiguity, Learn to make a decision when facing ambiguity, Come to Research with a sense of humility and honesty."

February 8, 2006 -Research Ethics Seminar Series-

Wednesday, February 8, -12:00-1:30p.m. -P146 (SDSU Physics Bldg) - Research and Ethics: Reality, Ideals, and Evidence, Presented by Michael Kalichman, Director, UCSD Research Ethics Program, and Camille Nebecker, Director, SDSU Division of Research Affairs.

• Questions that were raised: What do we know about the Standards? What do trainees know about the standards? Do researchers want to do the right things? Do researchers have skills to make good decisions?
• 4 types of training were identified: Philosophical approach to Ethics; Methodology courses with Ethics imbedded in the training (variable with discipline); Training by mentors, PI, head of group of research; Formal training (course).
• Check the Graduate and Research Affairs website (http://gra.sdsu.edu/research.php). The GRA provides information on Research Integrity and Regulation Compliance and links to other sites on mentoring, data management, etc.

October 8, 2005 -DSCE Annual Graduate Research Symposium-

Saturday, October 8, -8:00-3:20p.m. -Casa Real (Aztec Center) -Welcoming by Virginia Loh -DSCE President and Founder, and Dr. C. Mason -faculty advisor.

• Opening Remarks by SDSU President Weber and Dean "Skip" Meno.
• Guest Speaker: Dr. C. Cohn, newly appointed Superintendent of the San Diego School District, "Urban Superintendent Transitions: Establishing Goals and Setting Priorities"
• Presentations by
  • Eliazer Ayala-Austin, The University Experiences of Community College Transfer Students Studying at Private-Independent Religious Four-Year Institutions.
  • Lorah W. Bodie, Culturing Social Presence in Virtual Educational Environments.
  • Brian Dixon, Podcasting: A Viable Outlet for Your Research Findings? An Exploratory Study.
  • Virginia Foote, Current Research in Beginning Reading.
  • Lorri Frangkiser, Reliability, Validity and Difficulty Evidence for the City Heights Collaborative Cummulative Standards Based Mathematics Assessment.
  • Kien H. Lien, Students' Mental Act of Anticipating in Solving Problems Involving Algebraic Inequalities and Equations.
  • Virginia Loh, Asian American Female Leaders in Education: Case Study on the Impact of Race and Gender on Career Advancement.
  • Sam Patterson, Effective and Ethical Response to College Application Essays.
  • Barbara Pongsrikul, Practices to Promote Retention and Learner Progress.
  • Sabine Reljic, The Role of Gaming Technology in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: A Literature Review Research.
  • Karen L. Robinson, M.S., J,D., Deciphering the Literature Exploring Disparities in Law Student Outcomes: Assessing the Effects of Curriculum Design, Affirmative Action and the Cascade Debate.
  • Maria Schutt, Using Video and Audio Computer-Mediated Communication in Distance Education: Students' Perception of Presence and Support, A Phenomenological Study.
• Poster sessions:
  • Theodora Ballard, Robotics - Bringing Technology and Engineering in the Elementary Classroom.
  • Katherine Harrisson, Getting Smart with Guided Reading: An Intervention Program.
  • Christine Kane, Implementing Educational Research at Nubia Leadership Academy.
  • MaryJane Leonard, Technology Brings Relevance to the Classroom.
  • Virginia Loh, Making a Case for Asian-American Children's Literature.
  • Cheryl Pham, "Hey, Readers! What is this story really about?" Critical Literacy in Primary Grades.
  • Sabine Reljic and Inga Keithly, Technology to Educate Underserved Communities.
• IPod winner: Lorah Bodie
• http://www.sandi.net/staff/newsline/2005/050929.html
• "2005 DSCE Symposium Addresses" DVDs and VideoCassettes are available for viewing. Contact Virginia Loh.

September 20, 2005 -Welcome Reception-

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 -5:00-7:00p.m. -SDSU Faculty Staff Center -Welcoming by Dr. Margie K. Kitano, Associate Dean, College of Education.

• Opening remarks by Dr. Cheryl Mason, SDSU Program Director and Dr. Jerome Ammer, USD Program Director
• Brief comments by representatives from the three cohorts: Jim Julius, Dr. Dina Pacis, Sabine Reljic, Craig Talbot.
• "Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will." George Bernard Shaw

 

April 21, 2005 -Forum-

Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 5:00- 7:00 p.m. - GMCS 214 - Sponsored by SDSU-USD Doctoral Program in Education - Welcoming by Dr. Cheryl Mason, SDSU Program Director.

• Topic: SDSU-USD Doctoral Program in Education's Alumni will share their secrets to doctoral survival, doctoral research methods, and their current professional interests. A Q&A session will follow the presentations.

• Panelists: Dr. Arlene DeStrulle, Dr. James Frazee, Dr. Jennifer Hamby, Dr. Lesley Hays, Dr. Dina Pacis, and Dr. Cyndi Davis-Harris.