Call for Papers -- Student Perceptions, Beliefs, or Attitudes

Dear Colleagues, the deadline for manuscript submission for Academic Exchange Quarterly's special edition on "Student Perceptions, Beliefs, or Attitudes" has been extended to March 8th.  Academic Exchange Quarterly is a peer reviewed journal that publishes articles related to effective teaching and learning.  The feature editor for this issue is YoonJung Cho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology at Oklahoma State University.

The focus of this special issue is based on the notion that student perceptions, beliefs, motivations, and attitudes, are constantly changing. As educators, at any grade or level, it is our responsibility to measure these variables continuously in order to enhance the learning environment. This edition is dedicated to the enhancement of the learning environment through student perceptions, beliefs, motivations and attitudes (Defined as students' beliefs related to classroom climate, classroom instruction, teacher beliefs, student motivations, and many other topics.) Manuscripts are welcomed and encouraged in both research realms (qualitative and quantitative).

Submissions are welcome from anyone (researchers, administrators, teacher, graduate students, and trainers) working with students, of all ages, in a learning environment. Please identify your submission with keyword: STUDENT-1.  This call for manuscripts provides those of us in culinary arts and hospitality education the opportunity to share the great work we are doing to advance the quality of teaching and learning in our classrooms, labs, field trips, etc., with those who teach in in other disciplines.

Submission Procedure can be found at:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm

If questions as to whether your manuscript is suitable for this special issue contact YoonJung at (405) 744-9444 or send an e-mai to yoonjung.cho@okstate.edu

You can also learn more about the journal and see past articles by visiting:
http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/

Looking for Rubric Ideas?

Looking for rubrics for your kitchen, lab, or classroom?  Linda All the best, Linda B. Nilson, Ph.D., Directorof the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson shared a variety of sources that can be consulted online for assistance in developing rubrics.  I clicked around through the sites and found the third one to be a primer on building rubrics and the first two had some interesting examples if click around enough (note, you need to register for second one to getg access).  All in all, the information can be appied to culinary arts and hospitality education with minimal effort, so check out:

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/


http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshellc.cfm?mode=gallery&sms=home&srcgoogle&gclid=CNSCsu3PmZMCFQv_sgodPBO_xA

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/rubrics.htm

Undercover Boss -- Hooters

Perhaps you have heard of Undercover Boss that premiered after the Super Bowl showing Waste Management's CEO doing the job of frontline employees.  The latest episode shows Coby Brooks, President and CEO of  Hooters going undercover and finds him trying to keep up with the fast-paced nature of the front and back of the house.  He also sees how one of his stores is absolutely managed improperly while another is run well.  Depending on the news source, nobody is certain if some of the scenes are scripted or indeed true stories that lead company CEO's to "truly see the light" and change the way their company is managed to be more employee (internal customer) friendly.  Whatever the reason, the episode on Hooter's can be a great case to discuss with students and found it to be quite touching at the end: 
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/undercover_boss/video/?pid=Y__oKJXOwt9sW9X2nLnoqp5Cs2bt7e9E&vs=homepage&play=true

National School Lunch Program

I am passing this information along because it is the right thing to do. Please do what you can to endorse healthy school lunches. It took a total of 2 minutes and the message went to my House and Sentae reps at the same time.


More than 31 million children participate in the National School Lunch Program. Many consume as many as half their daily calories at school. Helping schools serve real food may be the most promising way to end child obesity - but it simply can't happen unless Congress invests in healthier food in the upcoming Child Nutrition Act.


Will you send an email to your legislators to help schools serve real food? 
If so, go to:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5986/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=828

As an organization, Slow Food gets involved in policy when we see big problems with America's food system that can only be solved if citizens speak up. Teaching children to make good food choices will require hard work from parents, schools, non-profits, the private sector and government. But an enormously important step is to ensure that the National School Lunch Program isn't undermining those efforts, and is instead serving kids the healthy food they need to grow up into able, productive adults.


On a conference call this week, USDA Secretary Vilsack said that the most important thing citizens can do to get healthier food into their local schools is to urge Congress to pass a strong Child Nutrition Act. This issue has broad public support, he said, but it isn't appearing in the national media - so we need to make sure Congress gets the message.


That's where you come in. Now that Michelle Obama is leading the charge, Congress will begin updating the Child Nutrition Act this month. If legislators hear support from citizens back home, they'll have the opportunity to invest in healthier food, strengthen nutrition standards, and equip schools to buy local and cook meals from scratch.


So please take a minute to email your legislators today.


Thank you,
Gordon Jenkins
Advocacy Manager
Slow Food USA

Excellent Student Tool

The following tool was brought to my attention today, known as Martindale's reference desk.  The home page indicates the site as Martindale's, The Virtual ~ Nutrition Center, Food Science, Food Management, Cooking Techniques, Cooking Demonstrations, 1,000's of recipes, courses, databases, lectures, videos and more.  I had a few minutes to click around and see what was available and looking to find time myself to learn more.

I hope you find it useful, too:  http://www.martindalecenter.com/