Health-education policy interface: the implementation of the Eat Well Be Active policies in schools     

Anthony Chee Siong Leow  Doune Macdonald  Peter Hay  Louise McCuaig 《Sport, Education and Society》2013,18(8):991-1013

While grappling with their traditional core business of imbuing students with official curricular knowledge, schools have simultaneously, increasing demands to take on health promotion responsibilities. This paper examines the mandated implementation of the Eat Well Be Active (EWBA) Action Plan and its subsidiary ‘Smart’ policies in schools in the state of Queensland, Australia. Within the context of health promotion, the interaction between the health and education policy interfaces was explored. In particular, we paid close attention to the responses of the schools and their staff to the convergence of various health policies within their institutions. Drawing on Bernstein's concept of field, this paper reports our analyses of responses within the reproduction field to the imperatives of the Smart policies. The results suggest that there exists a disjunction between the recontextualising and reproduction fields in terms of the EWBA policy intent and implementation.  相似文献   

A TECHNICAL COLLEGE'S RESPONSE TO THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONALIZING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES     

Rick L. Garrett  Douglas P. Macdonald  Carey Rivera 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(7):627-636

Part of the mission of the American Association of Community Colleges addresses the need for a curriculum emphasis on international and intercultural education (Wismer, 1994, p. 77). Considering that (a) 2‐year colleges exist primarily to prepare students for jobs, (b) many American businesses operate in an international environment, and (c) a growing proportion of companies in the United States are foreign affiliated, the internationalization of our curriculums is necessaryforthe fulfillment of institutional missions of preparing the workforce for businesses. However, to fully internationalize college programs and services, the focus must be on more than courses and curriculums. The everyday life of college students, faculty, and staff must present evidence of cultural diversity. Internationalization, therefore, must be infused at every level of college activity. Such an infusion is occurring at Florence‐Darlington Technical College in Florence, South Carolina. There are four broad categories within which activities are planned or are underway: (a) resource development, (b) awareness development and information dissemination, (c) faculty and staff development, and (d) curriculum development. The importance of the need for this South Carolina college to undertake internationalizing initiatives is underscored by the multicultural business environment that exists in the state. For many years, international investment has created record levels of new employment opportunities for South Carolinians and has contributed significantly to statewide economic and industrial growth. The economic impact of international business in the state is apparent. However, there is also a cultural impact that is less obvious, yet profound. These factors present some definite implications for the need to internationalize technical college programs and services.  相似文献   

Improving the student experience. A practical guide for universities and colleges     

Allyson Macdonald 《Open Learning》2013,28(2):157-160

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Classification of obesity varies between body mass index and direct measures of body fat in boys and girls of Asian and European ancestry     

J. McConnell-Nzunga  P.J. Naylor  H. Macdonald  R. E. Rhodes  S. M. Hofer 《Measurement in physical education and exercise science》2018,22(2):154-166

Body mass index is a common proxy for proportion of body fat. However, body mass index may not classify youth similarly across ages and ethnicities. We used sex- and ethnic-specific receiver operating characteristic curves to determine how obesity classifications compared between body mass index and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry-based body fat percent. Male and female participants 9- to 18-years-old (n = 944; 487 female) were measured 1 to 13 times (1999–2012; 4,411 observations). Body mass index identified < 50% of those classified as obese from body fat percent. Specificity was 99.7%, and sensitivity was 35.8%. Using area under the curve and standard error values, body mass index performed significantly better for: Male versus female at 10 years, Asian versus European female except at 13-, 15-, and 16-years-old, Asian female versus male except at 10- and 15-years-old, and for European male versus female, 9- to 11-years-old (p < .05). Our findings provide evidence that users of body mass index should use caution when comparing body mass index across age, sex, and ethnicity.  相似文献   

Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens          下载免费PDF全文

Iain Macdonald  Myrna MacLeod 《The International Journal of Art & Design Education》2018,37(2):312-324

This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland's ‘First Things First’ manifesto in 1964, the project developed into a collaborative learning experience for African and European students. The aim of this project was to develop student global citizenship and mobility through a cultural learning experience in a very different environment with challenging resources and social conditions. Using student interviews and evidence from their reflective journals, this article analyses how UK design students participated and negotiated the implementation of live projects in an African context, specifically Mozambique. It also examines the wider impact on the cohort of students and friends who did not travel to Africa but followed the experience online. Risk taking, experimentation and an appetite for enquiry are attributes that students are encouraged to develop, but they can equally apply to teachers and lecturers as they develop their curricula. Within the framework of university learning, teaching and assessment strategies space can be found for design educators to look beyond corporate and conventional consumer outlets to a more socially conscious and community focus without borders.  相似文献   

Instituting a competency‐based training design and evaluation system     

Daniel J. Kealey  David R. Protheroe  Doug Macdonald  Thomas Vulpe 《Performance Improvement》2003,42(5):28-33

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Editorial     

Stuart Macdonald 《普罗米修斯》2017,35(1):1-2

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Editorial     

Stuart Macdonald 《The International Journal of Art & Design Education》1983,2(2):147-148

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Editorial: Paradoxes of Academism     

Stuart Macdonald 《The International Journal of Art & Design Education》1985,4(3):215-216

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Teacher Knowledge and the Disjunction between School Curricula and Teacher Education     

Doune MacDonald  Lisa Hunter  Teresa Carlson  Dawn Penney 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2002,30(3):259-275

As partners in school curriculum reform, teacher educators have a responsibility to graduate students who are ready to take positions as competent and confident curriculum leaders. However, some curriculum initiatives such as those associated with the introduction of key learning areas in Australia have highlighted the disjunctions between teacher education programmes and contemporary curriculum documents. This article will explore the disjunctions from two perspectives: firstly, by examining the organisation of knowledge in schools and universities, and secondly, by presenting data from a school-based evaluation of the Health and Physical Education key learning area syllabus. The article conclude by raising implications for teacher education and the future organisation of knowledge.  相似文献