A study of the association of attitudes to the philosophy of science with classroom contexts,academic qualification and professional training,amongst A level biology teachers in Harare,Zimbabwe     

Eric Gwimbi  Martin Monk 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(4):469-488

The responses from 33 A level biology teachers to a questionnaire were analysed to test for association between attitude to the philosophy of science and academic qualification professional training. The teachers in Harare, Zimbabwe, also self-reported on their school contexts. From the school context data the teachers were clustered to give two different clusters - richer and poorer schools. Teachers in the poorer school context cluster showed statistically significant differences from those in the richer school context cluster in their attitudes to the philosophy of science. Teachers in the richer schools had more relativist and deductivist attitudes while teachers in the poorer context clusters were more positivist and inductivist. Richer schools are able to employ teachers who are academically and professionally better qualified. This evidence suggests the differential distribution of facilities and resources across school contexts reinforces the differential distribution of attitudes to the philosophy of science.  相似文献   

Using eye and pen movements to trace the development of writing expertise: case studies of a 7th, 9th and 12th grader, graduate student, and professional writer     

Denis Alamargot  Sylvie Plane  Eric Lambert  David Chesnet 《Reading and writing》2010,23(7):853-888

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STATISTICAL DIVERSIONS     

Peter Petocz  Eric Sowey 《Teaching Statistics》2010,32(1):28-32

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Gender wage gaps by college major in Taiwan: Empirical evidence from the 1997–2003 Manpower Utilization Survey     

Eric S. Lin 《Economics of Education Review》2010,29(1):156-164

In this article, we examine the effect of incorporating the fields of study on the explained and unexplained components of the standard Oaxaca decomposition for the gender wage gaps in Taiwan using 1997–2003 Manpower Utilization Survey data. Using several existing and lately developed measures, we inspect the gender wage gap by college major to investigate whether gender wage discrimination exists in a specific field of study in Taiwan. We find that controlling for the major dummies does enhance the proportion of the characteristic effects in the Oaxaca-type decomposition. This finding is similar to those results found in western countries. However, using decomposition methods designed to assess within sector wage gaps, we find gender wage differences are statistically negligible in all majors except medicine. Our results can provide useful information on the economic returns to different disciplines to current and future college students, institutions, and government policy-makers.  相似文献   

Pre-service teachers’ greater power to act in the classroom: analysis of the circumstances for professional development     

Sylvie Moussay  Eric Flavier  Philipe Zimmermann  Jacques Méard 《欧洲师范教育杂志》2011,34(4):465-482

This case study analysed the circumstances during a one-year work placement in which a pre-service teacher showed professional development, with a focus on the impact of her interactions with various interlocutors. The study was conducted within the framework of the cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and of activity theory with its methods for the clinical study of activity. The results showed intra-psychic conflicts. produced by interactions with trainers, peers, experienced colleagues, and students. These conflicts prompted the development of the pre-service teacher’s professional activity through the construction of new goals and new motives for action (development through sense), and the construction of new operations to reach these goals (development through efficiency). This study thus opens the way for creating training programmes that favour the development of teachers’ power to act. It provides a source for transforming traditional mentoring methods in teacher training.  相似文献   

Attentional Demands on Motor-Respiratory Coordination     

Eric E. Hessler  Polemnia G. Amazeen 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(3):510-523

Athletic performance requires the pacing of breathing with exercise, known as motor-respiratory coordination (MRC). In this study, we added cognitive and physical constraints while participants intentionally controlled their breathing locations during rhythmic arm movement. This is the first study to examine a cognitive constraint on MRC. Cognitive constraints included either instruction (Experiments 1 and 2) or signal detection (Experiment 1). Physical constraints were nonoptimal movement frequencies (Experiment 2). Instruction shifted breathing locations and both shifted and increased variability in the number of movements produced per breath (frequency ratio). Signal detection had no effect on MRC. Fast movement frequency resulted in higher, more variable frequency ratios. Cognitive and physical constraints can generate unnatural and variable breathing during athletic performance.  相似文献   

Learning Disabilities and the LRE Mandate: An Examination of National and State Trends     

James McLeskey  Eric Landers  David Hoppey  Pamela Williamson 《Learning disabilities research & practice》2011,26(2):60-66

This study was conducted to examine changes in the identification rates and national and state placement practices for school age students with learning disabilities (LD) between 1990–1991 and 2008–2009. Findings revealed that while identification rates of students with LD declined by about 4 percent during this time, general education placements increased over 166 percent, pullout placements declined by more than 50 percent, while students educated in highly restrictive separate class and separate school settings declined by approximately 60 percent. Unlike earlier studies, most states made at least some progress toward educating students with LD in less restrictive settings. Much of the change in placement practices for students with LD occurred since 2000.  相似文献   

谷歌CEO:2015年的新闻业     

埃里克·施密特 《新闻与写作》2011,(1)

想象现在是2015年。我手中的小巧设备用一篇篇新闻故事把世界带给我。我翻阅着自己喜欢的报纸杂志,其影像如同印刷的效果一样清晰,无需抓狂地等待每个页面下载。  相似文献   

Inclusive masculinities of university soccer players in the American Midwest     

Eric Anderson 《Gender and education》2011,23(6):729-744

Male teamsport athletes have traditionally been described as some of the most homophobic and femphobic men in North American culture. However, in this ethnographic research of an education-based soccer team at a small Catholic university in a rural part of Middle America, I use inclusive masculinity theory to highlight that a softer version of masculinity is in operation. I use participant observation and 22 in-depth interviews to show that these men are gay friendly, that they avoid fights, and that they use reciprocal disclosure and homosocial tactility to emotionally bond. Although the type of masculinity the men on this team exhibit retains some orthodox behaviours, it is nonetheless far removed from the traditional model of hegemonic masculinity commonly attributed to teamsport athletes found in American institutes of sport and education.  相似文献   

Environmental Education in Missouri     

Eldon Kenworthy  Eric Schaeffer 《The Journal of environmental education》2013,44(4):46-50

Abstract

One result of globalization is that more of what people consume comes from distant regions through complex transactions hidden from ordinary view. To illuminate such flows, scholars often trace commodity chains following one product from inception to sale. Although most of us cannot escape being involved in commodity chains, we can participate with greater or less responsibility. This article outlines the advantages of studying the coffee chain to understand its relationship to consumer choice and environmental issues.  相似文献