Beyond Relative Autonomy Theories of the State in Education     

Liz Gordon 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》1989,10(4):435-447

This paper argues against C. Fritzell's claim that relative autonomy theory “has substantial potential within the sociology of education”. It is argued that the inconsistencies in both conception and application of this approach have led to the virtual omission of the sphere of the state from the neo‐Marxist sociology of education. This omission seriously limits research into the politics of education and leads to analyses that are over‐generalised or reductionist, and which tend to make untestable assertions about the relationship between state structures and state agents. The notions of ‘limits’ and ‘capacity’ are examined as being possible analytic tools to promote more adequate reconceptualisations of the state in education.  相似文献   

Enchanting a disenchanted child: revolutionising the means of education using Information and Communication Technology and e‐learning     

Liz Beastall 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2006,27(1):97-110

The Department for Education and Skills currently shows a high regard for the potential of technology transforming the British education system. Government White papers demonstrate e‐learning‐based unification strategies that reinforce the message that introducing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will raise standards in schools. This paper examines the effect of these developments on teachers and pupils, and questions the government’s motivation for change. The introduction of ICT has not been complemented by increased levels of effective professional development for teaching staff in the pedagogy of ICT across the curriculum and may have merely served to reinforce the generational digital divide. In attempting to enchant the pupils, the government may have alienated the teachers. This paper suggests that the Department for Education and Skills should place more emphasis on developing strategies and providing funding for solutions to gaps in the professional development of teachers in their pedagogical understanding of ICT across the curriculum.  相似文献   

Problematic placement: pathways pre-service teachers’ perspectives on their infant/toddler placement   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Liz Rouse  Anne-Marie Morrissey  Mohammadali Rahimi 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2012,32(1):87-98

The inclusion of an infant/toddler placement in a ‘pathways’ early childhood teaching degree, where students already have qualifications and experience in working with young children, can be problematic. This pilot study investigated student teachers’ views on their infant/toddler (birth-to-two-years) placement. Sixty-six students completing their early childhood education degree at an Australian university responded to a survey seeking their perspectives on the effectiveness of the placement in developing teacher confidence, knowledge and skills, and the quality of the supervision they received. The participants had entered their degree with a two-year Diploma of Children’s Services. Responses indicated significant dissatisfaction with the quality of supervision, the absence of teacher-mentors, and the lack of opportunities to practise new approaches. Participants commented that they ‘already knew’ how to work with this age group, and that they aspired to work with older children. The results align with other findings on factors associated with positive placements, and raise questions about the effectiveness of the infant/toddler placement in its current form.  相似文献   

International trends in health science librarianship: part 1 - the English speaking world     

Browne R  Lasserre K  McTaggart J  Bayley L  McKibbon A  Clark M  Perry GJ  Murphy J 《Health information and libraries journal》2012,29(1):75-80

This is the second in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship in the first decade of the 21st century. The invited authors were asked to reflect on developments in their country - viz. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Future issues will track trends in Northern Europe, the Nordic countries, Southern Europe and Latin America. JM.  相似文献   

Social and Cognitive Factors Associated With Children's Secret‐Keeping for a Parent     

Heidi M. Gordon  Thomas D. Lyon  Kang Lee 《Child development》2014,85(6):2374-2388

This study examined children's secret‐keeping for a parent and its relation to trust, theory of mind, secrecy endorsement, and executive functioning (EF). Children (N = 107) between 4 and 12 years of age participated in a procedure wherein parents broke a toy and asked children to promise secrecy. Responses to open‐ended and direct questions were examined. Overall, secret‐keeping increased with age and promising to keep the secret was related to fewer disclosures in open‐ended questioning. Children who kept the secret in direct questioning exhibited greater trust and better parental ratings of EF than children who disclosed the secret. Findings highlight the importance of both social and cognitive factors in secret‐keeping development.  相似文献   

Science Choreography: A Movement-Based Approach to Biology Teaching     

Laura Grabel  Michael Weir  Laurel F. Appel  Elizabeth Johnson  Richard McCarthy  Liz Lerman 《CBE life sciences education》2013,12(4):582-583

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Refereeing Process in Mathematics and Physics: Meaningful Changes and Models for Improvement     

Inna K. Shingareva  Carlos Lizárraga-Celaya 《Publishing Research Quarterly》2013,29(3):271-284

Contemporary scientific publishing in mathematics and physics (as in other exact sciences) is a complex and rapidly changing process. The most important element of this process, namely, the refereeing process is considered. In particular, meaningful changes towards refereeing process in mathematics and physics are identified and predicted. Considering a transition that takes place from the traditional refereeing system to other models and introducing the four basic parameters of the refereeing process, namely, the review stage, the openness for editors, referees and authors, journals and e-journals, feedback and e-feedback, several different models are proposed and described for improving the traditional refereeing system (e.g., 2-stage open and semi-open pre-review models, 1-stage open and blind pre-review models, and 0-stage open post-review models).  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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Dialogic voices in talk about drinking and pregnancy     

Leslie A. Baxter    John B. Lowe  Peter Nathan  Liz Pearce 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(3):224-248

Alcohol use during pregnancy poses a significant risk of fetal alcohol syndrome. This study presents the interpretive findings of the formative research phase of a funded grant to develop a community‐based public health media campaign on the topic of drinking during pregnancy. In the initial wave of data collection, 50 rural women were recruited from four Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics in southeastern Iowa to participate in semi‐structured interviews. In the second wave, 10 additional WIC clients were interviewed for member‐checking purposes. Findings revealed two competing discourses that organized these women's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors surrounding drinking and pregnancy: the discourse of individualism and the discourse of responsible motherhood. These two discourses offer opposing normative guidelines for talk among their close female relatives and friends. The implications of these findings for designing a community‐based media campaign are discussed.  相似文献   

Book Reviews by the Numbers     

Liz Johnson  Linda A. Brown 《资料收集管理》2013,38(1-2):83-113

In the fall of 1985, four rural Illinois public libraries were weeded as part of a research project funded by the lllinois State Library. In each library, ten percent of the collection was removed by identifying books with low circulation rates in the circulating adult collection. Shelf time period and subjective opinion were used as weeding criteria. Although this cooperative weeding approach accurately identified books that would remain unused, weeding was not met with a corresponding increase in circulation.  相似文献