David Sessions
Biographic Data
| ID | 6892650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Sessions |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Sessions |
| SIGNATURE | SESSIONS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hofstra University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2012-1200 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cold War Liberalism
In the mid-twentieth century, Cold War liberalism exerted a profound influence on the US state, US foreign policy, and liberal thought across the North Atlantic world. The essays in this volume examine the history of this important ideology from a variety of perspectives. Whereas most prior works that analyze Cold War liberalism have focused on small groupings of canonical intellectuals, this book explores how the ideology transformed politics, s…
Educators’ beliefs about appropriate pedagogical models for Spanish-speaking ELLs who differ in home-language and English-language literacy abilities in the United States
Survey research (n = 366) examined educators' beliefs about the efficacy of five pedagogical models (English as a second language (ESL) self-contained, ESL push-in, ESL pullout, bilingual, and dual language) for English language learners who differ in English literacy proficiency and home-language abilities (delimited to Spanish in this research). Dual language was preferred when students have high English proficiency; this effect was extremely s…
Scientism
Two decades after Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont's famous hoax, it is difficult not to declare the partisans of science the victors in the so-called ‘science wars’. Science enjoys such a degree cultu
Assessment of Teachers’ Attitudes about Professional Development
This article reports three studies in which a scale for assessing teachers’ beliefs about professional-development initiatives was developed and its scores evaluated for reliability and validity. Results indicated that the Teachers’ Attitudes About Professional Development (TAP) scale produced scores with high reliability, a stable one-factor structure, and satisfactory construct and discriminant validity (relative to measures of need for social …
Scientism
Two decades after Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont's famous hoax, it is difficult not to declare the partisans of science the victors in the so-called ‘science wars’. Science enjoys such a degree cultu
Assessment of Teachers’ Attitudes about Professional Development
This article reports three studies in which a scale for assessing teachers’ beliefs about professional-development initiatives was developed and its scores evaluated for reliability and validity. Results indicated that the Teachers’ Attitudes About Professional Development (TAP) scale produced scores with high reliability, a stable one-factor structure, and satisfactory construct and discriminant validity (relative to measures of need for social …
Scientism
Two decades after Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont's famous hoax, it is difficult not to declare the partisans of science the victors in the so-called ‘science wars’. Science enjoys such a degree cultu
Educators’ beliefs about appropriate pedagogical models for Spanish-speaking ELLs who differ in home-language and English-language literacy abilities in the United States
Survey research (n = 366) examined educators' beliefs about the efficacy of five pedagogical models (English as a second language (ESL) self-contained, ESL push-in, ESL pullout, bilingual, and dual language) for English language learners who differ in English literacy proficiency and home-language abilities (delimited to Spanish in this research). Dual language was preferred when students have high English proficiency; this effect was extremely s…
Cold War Liberalism
In the mid-twentieth century, Cold War liberalism exerted a profound influence on the US state, US foreign policy, and liberal thought across the North Atlantic world. The essays in this volume examine the history of this important ideology from a variety of perspectives. Whereas most prior works that analyze Cold War liberalism have focused on small groupings of canonical intellectuals, this book explores how the ideology transformed politics, s…
Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Cold war (1 work) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Construct (python library) (1 work) · Construct validity (1 work)