Building a Case for Blocks as Kindergarten Mathematics Learning Tools     

Cathy Kinzer  Kacie Gerhardt  Nicole Coca 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2016,44(4):389-402

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Spoon Feeding Leads to Regurgitation: a better diet can result in more digestible learning outcomes     

Jan McKay  David Kember 《高等教育研究与发展》1997,16(1):55-67

It is common to hear teachers claim that their students expect to be spoon fed and are only capable of regurgitating information they have been fed. Their curricula reflect this belief and the outcome is a self‐fulfilling prophecy—the students dutifully regurgitate to the best of their ability to fulfill assessment requirements. We present a case study of a course based upon this belief, but provide evidence to show that the assumption was not true at all. When an alternative curriculum stressing independent learning and student‐centred approaches was developed, the students were not only capable of more meaningful learning approaches, they actually preferred them—even if they did at times work harder. We discuss the aspects of course design which contributed to encouraging students to use a deep approach to learning.  相似文献   

Visual and Verbal Metaphors: Developmental Interactions     

Cathy Dent  Lois Rosenberg 《Child development》1990,61(4):983-994

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Attachment representations of deaf adults     

McKinnon CC  Moran G  Pederson D 《Journal of deaf studies and deaf education》2004,9(4):366-386

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Transformation for adults in an Internet‐based learning environment—is it necessary to be self‐directed?     

Regina Juchun Chu  Anita Zichun Chu  Cathy Weng  Chin‐Chung Tsai  Chia‐chun Lin 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2012,43(2):205-216

This research explores the relationships between self‐directed learning readiness and transformative learning theory (TLT) reflected by the Constructivist Internet‐based Learning Environment Scale (CILES). A questionnaire survey about adult learner's perceptions of Internet‐based learning was administered to adults enrolled in classes in community colleges in Taiwan. A total of 593 valid questionnaires were used for the structural equation modeling analysis. The findings confirmed a second‐order hierarchical factor relationship of TLT (technical, dialectical and emancipatory learning interests) from CILES. Moreover, the three domains of learning interests of transformative learning were proved to have a developmental relationship, moderated by the readiness of self‐directed learning for adult learners in Internet‐based learning.  相似文献   

Do race,neglect, and childhood poverty predict physical health in adulthood? A multilevel prospective analysis     

Valentina Nikulina  Cathy Spatz Widom 《Child abuse & neglect》2014

Childhood neglect and poverty often co-occur and both have been linked to poor physical health outcomes. In addition, Blacks have higher rates of childhood poverty and tend to have worse health than Whites. This paper examines the unique and interacting effects of childhood neglect, race, and family and neighborhood poverty on adult physical health outcomes. This prospective cohort design study uses a sample (N = 675) of court-substantiated cases of childhood neglect and matched controls followed into adulthood (M_age = 41). Health indicators (C-Reactive Protein [CRP], hypertension, and pulmonary functioning) were assessed through blood collection and measurements by a registered nurse. Data were analyzed using hierarchical linear models to control for clustering of participants in childhood neighborhoods. Main effects showed that growing up Black predicted CRP and hypertension elevations, despite controlling for neglect and childhood family and neighborhood poverty and their interactions. Multivariate results showed that race and childhood adversities interacted to predict adult health outcomes. Childhood family poverty predicted increased risk for hypertension for Blacks, not Whites. In contrast, among Whites, childhood neglect predicted elevated CRP. Childhood neighborhood poverty interacted with childhood family poverty to predict pulmonary functioning in adulthood. Gender differences in health indicators were also observed. The effects of childhood neglect, childhood poverty, and growing up Black in the United States are manifest in physical health outcomes assessed 30 years later. Implications are discussed.  相似文献   

Young people’s voices: disciplining young people’s participation in decision-making in special educational needs     

Jane McKay 《教育政策杂志》2014,29(6):760-773

In recent years, education and family policy in the UK has sought to incorporate the views of children and young people through an active participation agenda, in the fulfilment of children’s rights under the obligations of the UN Convention for the Rights of the Child. Drawing on empirical evidence, this paper suggests that this aspiration is flawed. The inclusion of young people’s voices in decision-making is context dependent, and influenced by individual relationships, both positive and negative. It is framed by policies that subjugate children within disciplinary technologies that determine a regime of ‘truth’ about effective and appropriate participation. Drawing on data gathered as part of a wider study on the relationships between services users and services providers in special educational needs, this paper demonstrates that active inclusion of the voice of the child can be illustrated to be at least variable, and at worst prejudiced. It is suggested that the notion of participation produces tacit forms of ‘government’ that further classify and divide young people, magnifying their marginalization.  相似文献   

An Academic Library Director's Alphabet     

Richard McKay 《College & Undergraduate Libraries》2013,20(1):20-25

This article offers librarians practical insight into a broad range of job-related conditions that affect the academic library director. It discusses the director's professional relationships with employees, colleagues, superiors, and patrons, and it also addresses the director's responsibilities for the quality of library service.  相似文献   

Knowledge Management and Library Culture     

Lynette Ralph  Cathy Tijerino 《College & Undergraduate Libraries》2013,20(4):329-337

Knowledge management (KM), or the effective use of knowledge, has been practiced successfully by many business organizations. Individual libraries and librarians have periodically utilized KM. However, on a comprehensive scale, the library culture seems divided. This article examines the attitudes and practices of two distinct groups of specialized librarians and their relationship to the use of KM tools.  相似文献   

Library-based clinical and translational research support     

Kristi L. Holmes  Jennifer A. Lyon  Layne M. Johnson  Cathy C. Sarli  Michele R. Tennant 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2013,101(4):326-335

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