Benefits to Collection Development Librarians from Collaborating with “Community-Embedded” Librarians-In-Training     

Bharat Mehra  Abbey Elder 《资料收集管理》2018,43(2):120-137

The 21st century collection manager encounters serious challenges in collection development (e.g., budget shortages, lack of skilled personnel, lower agency prioritization, and reduced available staff time). This article explores a practical, low-cost solution to these challenges that prevent collection developers from regularly creating/managing adequately balanced collections. It discusses the role of 93 “community-embedded” librarians-in-training to develop contextually situated collections in a graduate course taught seven times in an information sciences program in a southern land grant university. Findings of collection management activity tasks completed during the course provide evidence of accrued tangible outcomes/benefits to motivate collection development librarians and their information agencies collaborate with librarians-in-training in future initiatives.  相似文献   

Artifacts,Identity and Youth: A Cultural Intervention with Pacific Islander Young People Who Offend in Western Sydney,Australia     

Meredith Blake  Marg Liddell  Supriya Singh 《Curator: The Museum Journal》2015,58(3):313-333

This article provides information on the evaluation of a project between the Australian Museum and the Juvenile Justice department in New South Wales, Australia, where young people who offend of Pacific Islander heritage were introduced to an extensive range of Pacific Islander cultural materials. The key assumption of the project was that young Pacific Islander people who offend struggled with cultural identity issues, and that a meaningful connection with their heritage would improve cultural knowledge and pride—thereby reducing their involvement in crime. However, this assumption was not borne out by the study's results. Firstly, the twenty‐two Pacific Islander young offender study participants were already proud of their heritage, and comfortable in their cultural identities. Secondly, though they enjoyed their visit to the museum, most did not want to visit again, so there was no sustained engagement. Thirdly, the Museum program was not designed as part of a holistic approach with multiple strategies which addressed the complex reasons for youth offending. Despite eight out of the twenty‐two participants reoffending after the Museum visit, there was enough potential for the rehabilitative intervention that the Museum was granted funding to take its program to the community and make it more user‐centered. This, it is hoped, will set it on a path towards more sustained engagement, and the potential for a greater influence on Pacific Islander youth.  相似文献   

Operationalizing and validating disciplinary literacy in secondary education     

Hiller A. Spires  Shea N. Kerkhoff  Abbey C. K. Graham  Isaac Thompson  John K. Lee 《Reading and writing》2018,31(6):1401-1434

The goal of this study was to define the construct and establish the validity of disciplinary literacy, which has recently gained attention from the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers in Common Core State Standards for English language arts & literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects [PDF]. Authors, Washington, DC, 2010). After defining disciplinary literacy in the four core disciplines of English language arts, science, history and social studies, and mathematics, scales were developed and administered to a snowball sample of professionals nationwide, with 857 respondents. The data showed evidence of disciplinary literacy as a multidimensional construct with three related factors: source literacy, analytic literacy, and expressive literacy. Based on EFA and CFA results, we can conclude that there are at least three types of literacy in operation among the four core disciplines. The three factors of literacy varied significantly by the four core disciplines of English/language arts (ELA), science, history and social studies, and mathematics, supporting the notion that each discipline uses literacy uniquely. This is the first study of its kind to attempt to define, quantify, and validate the construct of disciplinary literacy.  相似文献   

Sexual and physical abuse history and adult sexual risk behaviors: relationships among women and potential mediators   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Littleton H  Breitkopf CR  Berenson A 《Child abuse & neglect》2007,31(7):757-768

OBJECTIVE: While research has supported associations between experiencing abuse and engaging in risky sexual behaviors during adolescence, research regarding these associations among adult women is much more equivocal. In addition, few studies have attempted to identify potential pathways from abuse experiences to sexual risk behaviors. The current study examined the associations between a history of physical or sexual abuse and recent sexual risk behaviors among adult women. Additionally, this study evaluated binge drinking and depressive symptomatology as potential mediators of any relationships between abuse history and sexual risk behaviors. METHODS: A total of 1,428 women between 18 and 40 years of age attending family planning clinic appointments completed a self-report survey regarding their recent sexual behaviors and sexual and physical abuse history. Logistic regressions using backward elimination were conducted to identify factors associated with sexual risk behavior. RESULTS: A history of physical abuse by a romantic partner was associated with several sexual risk behaviors. Few significant associations between intrafamilial physical or sexual abuse and recent sexual risk behaviors were found. Additionally, there was no evidence that these relationships were mediated by binge drinking or depressive symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: Familial abuse experiences are not necessarily associated with recent sexual risk behaviors among adults. In contrast, physical abuse experiences, particularly those perpetrated by a romantic partner, are associated with engaging in adult sexual risk behaviors among women. However, these associations are not mediated by alcohol use or depressive symptomatology.  相似文献   

The Rise of Creative Writing Programmes     

Blake Morrison 《Changing English: An International Journal of English Teaching》2013,20(1):23-28

Creative writing courses are growing in universities and outside them. Publishers and agents even turn to them now as sources of promise and talent. This article describes a particularly successful MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths College in London and makes a case for the popularity and the usefulness to universities, to aspiring writers and to publishers of such courses.  相似文献   

Helping young children to see what is relevant and why: supporting cognitive change in earth science using analogy     

Anthony Blake 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(15):1855-1873

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The value and role of Citizen Review Panels in child welfare: perceptions of citizens review panel members and child protection workers     

Jones B  Litzelfelner P  Ford J 《Child abuse & neglect》2003,27(6):699-704

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Specification of an improvement in the mode of operating the rotary steam engine for propelling vessels,or machinery,or for any purpose to which steam power is applied,by the application of steam to mercury. Patented by Stillman Blake,Providence, Rhode Island,October 11, 1828     

Stillman Blake 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1828,6(6):404-405

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English in Education     

Julie Blake 《English in Education》2008,42(1):101-101

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Commentary: The implications of ‘the value of music in London’ for local and regional music policy     

Andrew Blake  Graham Jeffery 《Cultural Trends》2000,10(38):35-40

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