Transformative power of the learning object debate     

Kathy Bennett  Patricia McGee 《Open Learning》2013,28(1):15-30

This article examines the significance of how learning objects have come to be conceptualized and utilized, particularly in higher education. While many articles critique the term and its origins, an examination of the role metaphor plays in our conceptualization of ‘data’, ‘information’ and ‘learning objects’ helps us move beyond a fixation on the term to its promise and challenges. Although much has been written about how learning objects should be developed, accessed and stored, much less has been written about how they should be designed and used. This quest for understanding of the role learning objects will play in the future of learning leads to new strategies which encompass such issues as a reusability, knowledge management, efficient infrastructure design and innovative course design.  相似文献   

Determining Gain of Selected Learnings in Science Using a Specific Biological Unit     

Lloyd M. Bennett 《Journal of Experimental Education》2013,81(3):41-45

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of an inventory designed to sample preservice teachers’ opinions about children’s nature and needs, classroom discipline, subject matter, and appropriate teacher behavior. Image component analysis yielded three interpretable factors. The first two factors, accounting for most of the variance, tend to confirm earlier findings that “progressivism” and “traditionalism” are independent attitudinal dimensions, rather than opposite poles of a single continuum.  相似文献   

Leg Muscle Metabolism in Trained and Untrained Men     

William J. Evans  Alice S. Bennett  David L. Costill  William J. Fink 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2013,84(3):350-359

The purpose of this study was to describe substrate changes in blood and muscles during submaximal exercise and to look at the relationship of these changes to some enzyme activities important in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. A group of six trained and six untrained men were exercised for 1 hour at 50% [Vdot]O₂ max; three from each group cycled and the rest ran on a treadmill. During the exercise, blood-free fatty acid (FFA) levels increased twofold, glycerol by 3.6 times, triglyceride (TG) by 11/100 ml, and glucose by a mean 11 mg/100 ml in the trained men. In the untrained subjects, however, FFA increased 1.8 fold, glycerols 1.6 fold, and TG by a mean 24/100 ml. Glucose fell in every subject by an average 5 mg%. Muscle glycogen depletion averaged 34 mmoles/kg in the untrained and 23 mmoles/kg in the trained group. The activities of succinic acid dehydrogenase (SDH), malic acid dehydrogenase (MDH), and carnitine palmityl transferase (CPT) were greater by 177%, 93%, and 64%, respectively, in the trained group than in the untrained subjects. The results indicated that at the same percent [Vdot]O₂ max, the trained men seemed to “preferentially” use FFA as an energy source, possibly due to a well developed Krebs cycle and increased CPT activities. This preference would tend to inhibit the major rate-limiting enzymes of glycolysis, thus slowing even further the use of carbohydrates as an energy source. The differences in response to exercise were independent of fiber type and indicate that these catabolic responses were primarily due to aerobic training.  相似文献   

The Culture of Disease or the Dis‐ease of Culture in Motherless Brooklyn and Eve's Apple     

Bennett Kravitz 《Journal of American culture (Malden, Mass. : 2003)》2003,26(2):171-179

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Punishment     

Christopher Bennett 《Philosophical Books》2004,45(4):324-334

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Sprorts in the South Since 1865     

Bruce L. Bennett 《Quest (Human Kinetics)》2013,65(1):123-144

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The disposition on dispositions     

Rick Ginsberg  David Whaley 《The Teacher Educator》2013,48(4):269-275

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Working conditions in urban schools     

Rick Ginsberg  Henrietta Schwartz  George Olson  Albert Bennett 《The Urban Review》1987,19(1):3-23

The recent wave of reform reports in education promulgated a wide variety of recommendations to address identified concerns. This research explores an issue mostly ignored by the reform reports, the working conditions teachers face. Utilizing ethnographic techniques and multisite analyses of in-depth case studies of six schools in two large urban areas, the authors identify five broad categories of stressors in the work environment, including governance/leadership, budget cuts, security, staff relations, and student issues. In addition, two major themes characterizing working conditions for teachers are specified, the no respect syndrome and barriers to teaching. The need to address these issues before attempting to implement the major reforms in the national reports is highlighted.  相似文献   

Insights from the Teaching Profession: potential advantages and disadvantages of greater school involvement in ITE     

Carole Bennett  Barry Jones  Patricia Maude 《Cambridge Journal of Education》1994,24(1):67-73

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U3A Online: a virtual university of the third age for isolated older people     

Rick Swindell 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(5):414-429

U3A Online is a virtual university of the third age (U3A) that provides intellectually challenging courses for isolated older people as well as for conventional U3A members. Volunteers run the programme and all courses are written and led by retired people, principally for third-agers who are isolated by distance or circumstance from taking part in conventional face-to-face U3A activities. This paper reports on two studies that were designed to reveal some of the characteristics and aspirations of participants in the U3A Online programme. During the proof-of-concept pilot study, run in 1999, telephone interviews and pre- and post-course written questionnaires were used. A sample of ‘experienced’ course members provided written data by questionnaire for the 2001 survey. The studies show that many participants who are unable to take part in mainstream adult education activities attribute a new sense of purpose and excitement in their lives to the virtual communities they begin to develop through their online courses.  相似文献