The comparative advantage of international education: Different places, different lenses, different voices     

Simon McGrath 《International Journal of Educational Development》2012,32(1):1-2

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Body matters in vocational education: the case of the competently trained     

Dianne Mulcahy 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(6):506-524

Over the last decade, a competency-based approach to education and training has become widely used in a broad range of education and training contexts, most particularly, vocational education and training (VET). Among other things, this approach emphasizes the importance of knowledge and skill that is portable, visible and expressible. Various products have been developed (e.g. competencies, competency standards, Training Packages) to enable access to this knowledge and skill and secure its foundational role. Other knowledge and skill - that is, knowledge and skill that is situated and not easily visible and expressible - is seemingly rendered redundant. This paper discusses the role and significance of situated practises in competency-based training (CBT), most particularly embodied knowledge and tacit skills. Using empirical material collected in the course of a recent research project on CBT, the argument is made that the body, as currently constituted in VET products, is understood more as a symbolic/informational than material/physical entity. This understanding gives rise to a ‘thin’ conception of vocational competence and, sometimes, a thin practise of developing this competence. More broadly, the body is a critical site of contestation between radically different goals (e.g. industrial/educational, global/local). Bodily specificity (e.g. tacit skills, experienced judgement) can be mobilized to challenge the universalizing impulses of CBT. Indeed, this specificity completes or is necessary to these impulses. It plays a constitutive role in the practice of vocational education and training and could, with profit, be more fully recognized and supported in its policy.  相似文献   

Education in small states: policies and priorities     

Simon McGrath 《比较教育学》2014,50(4):509-510

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Preposition errors and abstract,complex thought     

Dianne D. Horgan 《Contemporary educational psychology》1983,8(2):201-203

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Coming in from the Cold? Further education and training in South Africa     

Simon McGrath 《Compare》2000,30(1):67-84

As South Africa enters the Mbeki Presidency so the fortunes of the country are thrown into sharp relief. One of the central elements determining South Africa's short- to medium-term future will be the success of educational transformation, particularly when it is directed to addressing issues of equity and economic development. This paper explores the 1998 reforms of the further education and training system in the context of broader questions of educational and economic transformation in South Africa.  相似文献   

Accelerated schools in action: Lessons from the field: Edited by Christine Finnan, Edward P. St. John, Jane McCarthy, and Simeon P. Slovacek. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1996. ix + 320 pp. Price: $29.95 (paper)     

Dianne L. Taylor 《Economics of Education Review》1998,17(4):444-445

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Voice over distance: a case of podcasting for learning in online teacher education     

Dianne Forbes  Elaine Khoo 《Distance Education》2015,36(3):335-350

This paper reports on a case study of an online pre-service teacher education course in a New Zealand university aimed at exploring the potential of student-generated podcasts as a form of interactive formative assessment at a distance. The study was part of a wider two-year funded project with the overall goal of documenting, developing, and disseminating effective and innovative e-learning practice. Findings from lecturer and tutor interviews, student focus group (FG) discussion, and course evaluations indicate that the podcasting task provided opportunities for the course lecturer, tutors, and students to learn and share ideas with one another. The experience empowered students to develop the skills and confidence to initiate more independent inquiry into technologies to support their pedagogical purposes. The study contributes to a better understanding of the skills, dispositions, and knowledge needed to prepare teacher candidates for teaching-learning contexts where information and communication technologies are increasingly pivotal.  相似文献   

Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non-right-handedness     

Filippo Abbondanza  Philip S. Dale  Carol A. Wang  Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas  Umar Toseeb  Tanner S. Koomar  Karen G. Wigg  Yu Feng  Kaitlyn M. Price  Elizabeth N. Kerr  Sharon L. Guger  Maureen W. Lovett  Lisa J. Strug  Elsje van Bergen  Conor V. Dolan  J. Bruce Tomblin  Kristina Moll  Gerd Schulte-Körne  Nina Neuhoff  Andreas Warnke  Simon E. Fisher  Cathy L. Barr  Jacob J. Michaelson  Dorret I. Boomsma  Margaret J. Snowling  Charles Hulme  Andrew J. O. Whitehouse  Craig E. Pennell  Dianne F. Newbury  John Stein  Joel B. Talcott  Dorothy V. M. Bishop  Silvia Paracchini 《Child development》2023,94(4):970-984

Handedness has been studied for association with language-related disorders because of its link with language hemispheric dominance. No clear pattern has emerged, possibly because of small samples, publication bias, and heterogeneous criteria across studies. Non-right-handedness (NRH) frequency was assessed in N = 2503 cases with reading and/or language impairment and N = 4316 sex-matched controls identified from 10 distinct cohorts (age range 6–19 years old; European ethnicity) using a priori set criteria. A meta-analysis (N_cases = 1994) showed elevated NRH % in individuals with language/reading impairment compared with controls (OR = 1.21, CI = 1.06–1.39, p = .01). The association between reading/language impairments and NRH could result from shared pathways underlying brain lateralization, handedness, and cognitive functions.  相似文献   

Integration of addiction recovery and professional identities for counselor trainees     

Andrea M. McGrath  Amanda C. DeDiego 《Counselor Education & Supervision》2023,62(3):262-275

Counselor trainees in recovery from substance use often have a foundational recovery identity; they also develop a professional counselor identity through their training. This study utilized narrative inquiry to explore the integration of professional identity and recovery identity. Resonant threads and narrative tensions emerged from the storied experiences of participants.  相似文献   

Counselor educator workload and burnout in the era of COVID-19     

Amanda C. DeDiego  Andrea M. McGrath  Rakesh K. Maurya  Arden A. Szepe 《Counselor Education & Supervision》2023,62(4):368-383

The COVID-19 pandemic brought disruption to teaching and other aspects of workload in higher education. The current study sampled 126 counselor educators about workload, compassion satisfaction, burnout, and job satisfaction. Results indicated that faculty workload and administrative responsibilities increased for counselor educators during the pandemic without adequate compensation or support.  相似文献