The use of dance in contemporary society has seriously gone beyond mere movement of the body and entertainment. Before now, parents and teachers in secondary and primary schools see the essence of dance as a mere form of recreation, relaxation and body flexibility amongst the pupils, thereby de-emphasizing the socio-communitive purpose of dance. However, from the scholarly research point of view, dance in children’s theatre was and still remains an indispensible tool in developing their sociological, psychological and religious co-existence amongst themselves in school. At this juncture, interpretative dance movements become a didactic tool in sensitizing the children from saying no to evil and embracing good deeds. In other to understand and achieve the sociological essence of dance in child’s development, a qualitative analysis will be carried out on (The Dancing Monster and Uzor) as a working metaphor. This paper, therefore, will critically look at the sociological potency of dance in children’s theatre.

For social success, a student must not only demonstrate social competence, but have the ability tointegrate emotional intelligence (EI) and executive functioning (EF) as well (January, Casey, & Paulson, 2011). Communicative effectiveness is often hindered in students with deficits in these areas. To address these challenges, it is not uncommon for this population to participate in a myriad of interventions collectively referred to as social skills training (SST). These types of interventions are frequently provided within the context of a one-on-one setting or a small group referred to as a “social skills group” (SSG)(Moore & Montgomery, 2007). To date, SST provided through a SSG service delivery format has been conceptually viewed as a modelfor younger students and/or students with proficient language skills and limited interfering behaviors (Cook et al., 2008). The purpose of the current study was to determine if modifications to an SST curriculum teaching emotional learning through self-regulation and selfawareness as well as the development of EF skills provided in SSG service delivery format could be effective for students with moderate to severe communication deficits.

The paper analyses Hermann Schulze-Delitsch’s contribution to the cooperative idea and economic thought of the second half of the 19th century. Schulze-Delitsch has recently been described as a leftish liberal at the exhibition about the German Labour Movement in Mannheim’s Technomuseum (2013), but was placed more centre with publications under the hospice of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung. During his life (1808-1883) he became the founder of cooperatives in Germany and various forms of associations. Schulze-Delitsch placed the main emphasis on self-help to deflect the danger that the industrialisation posed to small and medium sized companies. It is shown that liberal ideas were the main Leitmotifs for Schulze-Delitsch’s cooperatives. The paper illustrates Schulze-Delitzsch’s position with regards to trade unions, wage funds and political economy.

The paper presents the results of a survey during the period of 2012-1013 that has been carried out by us in order to examine the potentiality of the social entrepreneurship development. The samples covered in this study were social entrepreneurs. The total numbers of social entrepreneurs are 50 by taking 10 from each village of Sitakunda Thana in Chittagong on the basis of purposive sampling. Empirical survey portrays the prevalence of potentialities for social entrepreneurship development in the study areas. Many problems in implementation of the social entrepreneurship development programme have been identifies such as lack of support for social entrepreneurs, inadequate motivational training, absence of capacity building programme of social entrepreneurship, ineffective campaign programmes, absence of network among government, Philanthropist other stakeholders, absence of effective management information system and lack of research on social entrepreneurship in study areas. The study, in conclusion, has attempted to find out implications and offering strategies towards the goal of successful implication of the social entrepreneurship development programme in Bangladesh in general in study areas in particular.

Small and specialized companies are finding it very difficult to be competitive and survive in phenomena such as globalization and the expansion of large supermarket chains. They must face the evolution of the consumer, taking into account their new preferences and lifestyle. It is important to study the segment of supermarkets and specialty stores as well as knowing the projection of the main consumers in the coming years.

Background: This study was developed to explore the relationship between asthma and obesity and the impact of that association on children’s physical activities. Potential age and gender differences in the association between asthma, obesity, and activity were also examined. Methods: Children were recruited from outpatient physician clinics to participate in a cross-sectional study. Child body mass index percentile and asthma severity were clinically assessed. Children’s physical activity was assessed through parent report and assigned appropriate metabolic equivalent task (MET) scores. Results: 75 children participated in the study. Regardless of their asthmatic and weight statuses, boys and girls significantly differed based on their average MET scores (p = .007), respectively. Younger, mildly asthmatic children had significantly higher MET scores than older, mildly asthmatics (p<.05); younger, severe asthmatics had moderately higher average MET scores than older, severe asthmatics (p <.05). Conclusion: Young asthmatic children and boys overall are more physically active than the older, asthmatic children and girls overall, respectively.

The study evaluates the science classroom learning environment in Osun State of Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select students from the eight (8) educational zone in Osun State. A total of 24 science teachers and 200 science students were used for the study. Ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. Science Achievement Test (SAT) with reliability coefficient of 0.84 using Kuder Richardson-21 and Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) with a reliability coefficient of 0.87 using Cronbach alpha were the two instruments used for gathering data. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and t-test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the science laboratory environment has a significant effect on students’ academic achievement in science. Also, there is a significant difference between students’ preferred and actual laboratory environments in terms of students’ cohesiveness, open-endedness, integration, rule clarity and material environments. The results also indicated that there is no significant difference in the way students and teachers perceived the same laboratory environment. It is recommended that students should be given the opportunity to work cooperatively, provided with frequent laboratory activities which are integrated with the regular science class sessions and be encouraged to be creative by allowing occasionally to pursue their own science interests and design their own experiments. Also, standard laboratory spaces should be provided in schools with materials and equipment needed for the laboratory activities.

Marxism was unfairly treated as a piece of cliche and a social system with contempt of human value. However, is it really the case? Terry Eagleton, one of the leading figures of western Marxist literary critique of all time, clarifies ten prevailing misreading towards Marxism in his book Why Marx Was Right. Various are the fallacies, we can clearly sense the theoretical foundation of Eagleton as human-value-oriented Marxism towards the ten misreads. Starting from this, he progressed further argument in terms of politics, humanity and economics, which clarifies a real Marx and the real Marxism. What is more, is nowadays full of changes, Marxism, a system vibrant with energy, is bound to nurture a positive mind, a positive society and a positive world.

The purpose of this study was to compare the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a 25-item behavioral screener, with the English version. Participants included in this study were 363 English-speaking parents and 334 Spanish-speaking parents of preschool age children (ages 3-5) who took part in the Children’s Hospital of Orange County/University of California (Irvine) Initiative for the Development of Attention and Readiness (CUIDAR) program from 2004-2008. This study used data from the CUIDAR program to explore mean rating differences between the English and Spanish versions of the SDQ, along with coefficient alpha as an indicator of reliability at the scale and composite level, and factor analytic evidence of score validity. Mean ratings of the scales and the Total Difficulties scale were very similar across language forms. Reliability coefficients indicated alphas were higher for scores derived from the English forms compared to the Spanish forms at the scale and composite levels, although neither form produced scores with adequate reliability at the scale level. Finally, the Five First Order Factor Model was the best-fitting and most valid representation of all 25 items of the SDQ, regardless of the language of the form.

Colleges and universities across the United States (U.S.) are placing greater emphases on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) college programs. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether Hispanics, the largest ethnic population in the U.S., are prepared for jobs in the growing fields of science and technology.Three research questions are presented in this paper: Are Hispanic students majoring inscience, technology, engineering, and math programs? Whatcollege majors are Hispanics choosing? Willmentoring programs encourage Hispanic studentsto enter STEM programs?Blacks/African Americans and Whites serve as comparison groups. Resultssuggest Hispanics lag behind other ethnic groups at all levels of education and may not be adequately prepared for jobs in the fields of science and technology.