A philosophical perspective on leading music activities for the over 50s     

Dr Hilary McQueen  Susan Hallam  Andrea Creech  Maria Varvarigou 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(3):353-377

The basis of this article is findings from the Music for Life Project which investigated the benefits and challenges of music activity participation for the over 50s in three case study sites in the United Kingdom. The paper uses a philosophical lens to explore the leaders’ and participants’ views on the purpose of the activities, how learners are characterised, the role of the activity leader, and the use of assessment. Data from 147 participant and 13 activity leader questionnaires, from 28 participant and 13 activity leader individual interviews, and from 15 participant focus groups were analysed within a philosophical framework that refers to six approaches: liberal, progressive, behaviourist, humanistic, radical and analytic. NVivo and SPSS assisted with the quantitative and qualitative analyses. The analyses indicated that humanism was prevalent although other approaches, particularly behaviourist and progressive, were evident. Activity leaders’ emphasis on humanism might lead to more concern with the comfort side of participation than with musical progression. There was very little use of formal assessment or feedback to support progression. There was some discrepancy between purposes for participation between leaders and participants. There might be a need to clarify purpose, particularly if activities are part of adult education rather than adult social groups.  相似文献   

Problem posing based on investigation activities by university students     

João Pedro da Ponte  Ana Henriques 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2013,83(1):145-156

This paper reports a classroom-based study involving investigation activities in a university numerical analysis course. The study aims to analyse students' mathematical processes and to understand how these activities provide opportunities for problem posing. The investigations were intended to stimulate students in asking questions, to trigger their thinking processes, to promote their ability to investigate and to support them in learning numerical analysis' concepts and procedures. The results show that the investigations provided opportunities for students to experience mathematical processes, including posing questions, formulating and testing conjectures and, to some extent, proving results. They also provide some understanding about the role of problem posing in these processes. Posing questions occurred mainly in an implicit way, in the interpretation of tasks and in identifying regularities, analysing graphs and testing cases. The conjectures were often based on pattern identification or data manipulation, and the students tended to accept them without testing or proving. The students also proposed alternative formulations for the initial questions and posed new problems from their explorations and attempts to refine previous conjectures.  相似文献   

The Engagement of Older People in Civil Society Organizations     

Andrea Principi  Carlos Chiatti  Giovanni Lamura  Frerich Frerichs 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(2):83-106

This article reviews recent international literature on the opportunities and restrictions experienced by older people to act as volunteers in civil society organizations. Our aim was to develop a conceptual framework applicable to the European ageing society. This aim was pursued through a computerized database search focused on studies analyzing the individual, organizational, and/or societal levels. Findings show that senior volunteers are characterized by “younger” age, good health, and a high level of both educational and socioeconomical status. Volunteers are involved mainly in religious organizations as well as in social and personal care, while main barriers are represented especially by ageist practices. The review shows that the debate on this topic has been barely developed in Europe, both from an individual and societal point of view. Therefore, European countries might take advantage from experiences made in other contexts, but the identification of how this can occur requires further and more specific cross-national research.  相似文献   

Capturing change and stability in longitudinal qualitative research: insights from a study about aging and life transitions in Israeli continuing care retirement communities     

Liat Ayalon  Andrea Nevedal  Sherylyn Briller 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(12):753-765

ABSTRACT

The present paper considers the use of longitudinal qualitative research (LQR) as a means to capture both change and stability in people’s lives. We use an LQR study conducted in continuing care retirement communities to demonstrate three dimensions that should be taken into consideration when addressing change vs. stability. Three waves of interviews with older adults and their family members as well as memos and reflections concerning interview data are used. The first dimension concerns the question of: “who defines change?” A second dimension raises the question of, “what has changed?” Finally, a third dimension concerns the timeframe of change. We argue that LQR provides a tremendous richness of time dimensions and perspectives. Discrepancies between dimensions, perspectives and timeframes can be particularly enriching. Moreover, LQR allows also for the opportunity to examine stability.  相似文献   

《光明之城》的真伪问题刍议     

王四达 《华侨大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2000,(2):91-96

章首先对《光明之城》的真伪问题提出鉴别标准,认为在英译未能提供原件作科学鉴定的情况下,仅以书中有某些符合历史的事例证其“不是伪书”是不可靠的,只有通过反向求证,考察书中是有不符合史实的事例才是更有效的鉴别方法。章随后对书听若干问题逐一考证,认为它们在着明显的错误和偏差。把它看作“伪书”是比较慎重的。  相似文献   

Not just for men: A case study of the teaching and learning of information technology in higher education     

Sue Clegg  Deborah Trayhurn  Andrea Johnson 《Higher Education》2000,40(2):123-145

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巨尾桉叶片水提液对小麦幼苗生长的影响   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2       下载免费PDF全文

廖建良  宋冠华  曾令达 《惠州学院学报》2000,20(4):50-52

巨尾桉是华南地区重要的人工林树种。研究表明,其叶片水抽提物对小麦 生长有显著抑制作用,对种子萌发亦有显著影响．  相似文献   

THE POLYMERIZATION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE WITH A NEW TIN-BRIDGED YTTROCENE/Al(i-Bu)_3   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

胡蔚秋  孙俊全  潘智达  吴兆立  许育明 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2000,(2)

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高中英语语篇阅读教学的构想     

东运达  姚志梅  周曙晶 《衡水学院学报》2000,(2)

语篇阅读教学是一种融预期、多种阅读、语言习得、学法指导及能力培养为一体的综合教学方法,它体现了交际教学和素质教育思想,是培养学生阅读能力的有效方法。因此,在高中英语语篇教学中应注意:1、转变教学思想,确立语篇概念。2、将阅读预期作为语篇阅读的必要准备过程。3、进行快速阅读。4、经心详读,记取细节,深化语篇阅读的效果,最后达到语言习得的目的。  相似文献   

Domestic patents and developing countries: arguments for their study and data from Brazil (1980–1995)     

Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque 《Research Policy》2000,29(9)

This paper presents data from Brazilian Patent Office (Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial, INPI) and compares them with data from the United States Patent Office (USPTO). Developing countries have technological activities that are important locally but not significant at international level (imitation, local learning, adaptation of foreign innovations). These activities might be patentable only at national level. Therefore, the study of domestic patents of developing countries provides a broader picture than USPTO patents. This paper compares 8309 INPI patents with 475 USPTO patents (between 1980 and 1995). Domestic patent data show peculiarities in the Brazilian case, possibly shared with other countries in similar technological level: (a) high share of individual patents; (b) foreign-owned firms with important activities; (c) low firm involvement in R&D activities. Some characteristics are shared with developed countries: (a) domestic firms as the major patentees; (b) according to firm size, there is a U-shaped distribution of patents; (c) evidences of multi-technology large firms; (d) a relatively small share of firms have more than one patent in the whole period. The contrast between USPTO and national patenting statistics shows different rankings according to ownership structure, leading firms, industrial sectors, and international patent classification. These differences highlight sources of international competitiveness and point to weaknesses in Brazilian innovative activities. This paper concludes evaluating the contributions (and weaknesses) of this database for the evaluation of the Brazilian National System of Innovation.  相似文献