Spectacular Narratives: Twister,Independence Day,and Frontier Mythology in Contemporary Hollywood     

Geoff King 《Journal of American culture (Malden, Mass. : 2003)》1999,22(1):25-40

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Cascadia rising: soccer,region, and identity     

Hunter Shobe  Geoff Gibson 《Soccer & Society》2017,18(7):953-971

In this article we examine the relationship between soccer culture and the vernacular region of Cascadia. Specifically, we consider how supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps mobilize the bioregional narrative of Cascadia. This Cascadian narrative helps to solidify supporter culture and identity by fostering a connection between supporters and place. As a result, soccer has also become one conduit through which ideas about Cascadia are constructed, experienced and communicated. In this way, ideas about Cascadia help to construct regional and local soccer cultures in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver and in turn, those soccer cultures help to construct and promote Cascadia. We examine three aspects of this situation: the formation of the Cascadia Football Federation, the Cascadia Cup Controversy and the use of Cascadian iconography by supporters of the aforementioned clubs.  相似文献   

Haute finance in the not-so-quiet revolution: colonialisme Anglo-Saxonne and the bombing of la Bourse de Montréal     

Geoff Mann 《Journal of Cultural Economy》2017,10(4):364-376

ABSTRACT

This paper examines a situation in which finance is perceived as imperialist – as immanent to, and serving the interests of, a single ‘culture’ in the colloquial sense. The analysis centres on the long-forgotten 1969 bombing of the trading floor of la Bourse de Montréal (the Montréal Stock Exchange), a moment in an intense phase of the Québécois movement for independence from Canada. Because of the way in which the bombers framed the attack, and its political-economic and discursive contexts, the bombing presents an opportunity to think about key features of the relation between finance and cultural domination or imperialism. These features relate to finance’s specific articulation to the future, uncertainty, and, in the words of the séparatistes of the time, cultural ‘destiny’. The paper has three parts. The first describes the bombing of la Bourse and the public, media, and state responses, linking it to Québécois cultural-political geographies at several scales. Part two places the bombing in the longer-run cultural-politicization of finance in the francophone independence movement, to outline a specifically Québecois critique of finance capital. The third part considers finance’s perceived and real connection to, and thus capacity to shape or constrain, the cultural-political construction of collective possibility.  相似文献   

Initial Teacher Education in England and Wales: a survey of current practices and concerns     

Geoff Whitty  Elizabeth Barrett  Len Barton  John Furlong  Conor Galvin  Sheila Miles 《Cambridge Journal of Education》1992,22(3):293-306

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Values, Rights and Dilemmas     

Geoff Lindsay 《British Journal of Special Education》1997,24(2):55-59

Professor Geoff Lindsay, Director of the Special Needs Research Unit at The University of Warwick, is the fourth of the new professors to contribute to the debate on the future of Special Education.  相似文献   

Careers Under Stress: Teacher Adaptations at a Time of Intensive Reform   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Geoff Troman  Peter Woods 《Journal of Educational Change》2000,1(3):253-275

There is currently a crisis of recruitment and retention of teachers in the United Kingdom. One feature of this trend is the number of teachers who are leaving the profession prematurely in reaction to the changed nature and organization of their work. This article focuses on how the crisis was experienced at the level of the individual. It explores the perceptions and interpretations of a group of teachers who left teaching or who considered leaving but remained by making adaptations to their roles; adaptations of retreatism; downshifting; and self-actualisation. The article uses data from a longitudinal study of a sample of English primary school teachers who are experiencing or have experienced occupational stress and stress-related illness. Unpredictable and stress-induced breaks in the teachers' careers are defined as `fateful moments' involving a `reassessment' and `redefinition' of each teacher's self, commitment and career. This case study of teacher stress makes emerging patterns and experiences of teacher career in the conditions of `late modernity' highly visible. The article concludes by arguing that the new and unplanned disruption in careers can involve the teachers in repeated re-inventions of the self (a stressful and convoluted process in itself) and that a reconceptualisation of teacher career is required.  相似文献   

Communicating spending cuts: lessons for Australian university leaders     

Geoff Sharrock 《Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management》2014,36(3):338-354

In 2011 and 2012, two Australian university vice chancellors flagged spending cuts at their institutions to overcome financial problems. In both cases, union and staff opposition led to public protests, intense media scrutiny, delays and retreats. This article compares the two cases to see what lessons may be drawn for university leaders faced with the complex, difficult and risky task of introducing spending cuts, a likely feature of Australian university management in the next few years. How can they do this in ways that cause minimal damage to programmes; are acceptable to those affected; and avoid undue damage to staff morale, student interests or institutional reputation?  相似文献   

Seeing the point of perception in the primary curriculum     

Geoff Southworth 《Cambridge Journal of Education》1987,17(3):141-144

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Comics—A Medium for Racism     

Bruce Carrington  Geoff Short 《English in Education》1984,18(2):10-14

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Is job sharing worthwhile? A cost-benefit analysis in UK universities     

Geoff Harris 《Higher Education》1997,33(1):29-38

Around 60 per cent of UK universities practice job sharing. This article is based on a survey of Personnel Directors in UK universities concerning their perceptions of job sharing. These responses were then used to carry out a cost benefit evaluation of job sharing from the universities' perspective. If productivity of workers in the shared job rose by as little as 0.35 per cent – one third of one per cent – the estimated increase in Personnel Section costs would be covered. If there was a 5 per cent increase in productivity, the ratio of benefits to costs would be 14.3 to 1. Universities also save as a result of greater retention of staff, and there are also important benefits to society, particularly less overall stress and reduced unemployment levels.  相似文献