Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in schools: learning from teachers’ reflections     

Marie Jeanne McNaughton 《Environmental Education Research》2012,18(6):765-782

In recent years, in the UK, there has been a significant focus on research in Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Education (ESD/GCE) in initial teacher education and on projects and initiatives used with pupils in schools. However, there has been less specific focus on the ‘voices’ of teachers who have undertaken such projects: the documentation of their perceptions of effective pedagogy for the development of their pupils’ learning and, importantly, the development of their own concepts and values in relation to sustainability education as a result of implementing ESD/GCE-related topics. This paper aims to provide data from this relatively under-reported area. It examines what the teachers learned about effective pedagogy from undertaking a systematic study of their own practice in ESD/GCE-based topics, and it highlights the development of their own understanding of, and values about the place of ESD/GCE in the curriculum. The paper presents an analysis of the reflective journals kept by 10 teachers during the planning and implementation of ESD/GCE projects within their own classrooms. Findings emerging from the study were that critical reflection on their work gave the teachers the confidence to adopt the more learner-centred pedagogy of ESD/GCE, and that teachers, too, were able to benefit from the participation in ESD/GCE activities.  相似文献   

The new Medical Library Association research agenda: final results from a three-phase delphi study     

JD Eldredge  MT Ascher  HN Holmes  MR Harris 《Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA》2012,100(3):214-218

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Changing the face of reference: adapting biomedical and health information services for the classroom, clinic, and beyond     

Tennant MR  Auten B  Botero CE  Butson LC  Edwards ME  Garcia-Milian R  Lyon JA  Norton HF 《Medical reference services quarterly》2012,31(3):280-301

This article describes how the reference department at a large academic health sciences library evolved to address the clinical and research information needs of the parent organization without losing its close connections to the classroom and curriculum. Closing the reference desk, moving to on-call and house call models, designing positions such as clinical research librarian and basic biomedical sciences librarian, finding alternative funding to grow the department, providing technology and training to facilitate librarians' work, and developing programming for and taking advice from library clients facilitated efforts to create a relevant presence and solidify the library's place in the university community.  相似文献   

Exercise training and impaired glucose tolerance in obese humans     

McNeilly AM  McClean C  Murphy M  McEneny J  Trinick T  Burke G  Duly E  McLaughlin J  Davison G 《Journal of sports sciences》2012,30(8):725-732

Individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) are at greater risk of developing diabetes than in normoglycaemia. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of 12-weeks exercise training in obese humans with IGT. Eleven participants (6 males and 5 females; 49±9 years; mean Body Mass Index (BMI) 32.4 kg · m(-2)), completed a 12-week brisk walking intervention (30 min per day, five days a week (d · wk(-1)), at 65% of age-predicted maximal heart rate (HR(max)). Anthropometric measurements, dietary intake, pulse wave velocity (PWV, to determine arterial stiffness) and blood pressure (BP) were examined at baseline and post intervention. Fasting blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, insulin, blood lipids, indices of oxidative stress and inflammation (lipid hydroperoxides; superoxide dismutase; multimeric adiponectin concentration and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein) were also determined. Post intervention, PWV (9.08±1.27 m · s(-1) vs. 8.39±1.21 m · s(-1)), systolic BP (145.4±14.5 vs. 135.8±14.9 mmHg), triglycerides (1.52±0.53 mmol · L(-1) vs. 1.31±0.54 mmol · L(-1)), lipid hydroperoxides (1.20±0.47 μM · L(-1) vs. 0.79±0.32 μM · L(-1)) and anthropometric measures decreased significantly (P < 0.05). Moderate intensity exercise training improves upper limb vascular function in obese humans with IGT, possibly by improving triglyceride metabolism, which may subsequently reduce oxidative stress. These changes were independent of multimeric adiponectin modification and alterations in other blood biomarkers.  相似文献   

Examining university examinations     

Marie Jahoda 《Higher Education Quarterly》1967,21(3):269-271

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Libraries without walls 4: the delivery of library services to distant users: edited by Peter Brophy, Shelagh Fisher, and Zoe Clark, London: Facet Publishing, 2002. 299p. $39.95. ISBN 1-85604-436-X     

Anne Marie Casey  Dean of Libraries  Central Michigan University  Park Library B  Mt. Pleasant  MI Anne.marie.casey@cmich.edu. 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2002,28(6)

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RESTRUCTURING OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY IN EDUCATION: FOUCAULT AND A SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY OF SCHOOL PRACTICES   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Thomas S. Popkewitz  Marie Brennan 《Educational theory》1997,47(3):287-313

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Image quality in electronic journals: A case study of Elsevier geology titles     

Jacquelyn Marie Erdman   《Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services》2006,30(3-4):169-178

This study's purpose was to establish the image quality of photographs and figures in online journals verses the print format of five Elsevier titles. The images were evaluated on a point scale, taking three issues out of each journal every five years from 1970 to 2000. The study discovered that there is a significant loss of content in the online photographs from 1970 to 1995. The data found in this study provide important discussion points when considering the purchase of electronic journal backfiles.  相似文献   

Becoming green and sustainable: a Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library case study.     

Jeanne Marie Le Ber  Joan M Gregory 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2004,92(2):266-268

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Editorial     

Cecilia Tusa 《Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft》2008,11(4):513-515

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