Enhancing professional writing skills of veterinary technology students: linking assessment and clinical practice in a communications course     

Patricia Clarke  Daniel Schull  Glen Coleman  Rachael Pitt  Catherine Manathunga 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2013,38(3):273-287

Veterinary technology is an emerging profession within the veterinary and allied animal health fields in Australia and affords graduates the opportunity to contribute to the small but growing body of literature within this discipline. This study describes the introduction of a contextualised assessment task to develop students’ research capability, competence and confidence in professional writing, and to engage them with the academic publishing process. Students worked in self-selected dyads to author a scientific case report, of publishable standard, based on authentic cases from their clinical practicum. Intrinsic to the task, students attended a series of workshops that explored topics such as critiquing the literature, professional writing styles and oral presentation skills. Assessment was multi-staged with progressive feedback, including peer review, and culminated with students presenting their abstracts at a mock conference. Students reported the task to be an enjoyable and valuable learning experience which improved their competence and confidence in scientific writing; supported by a comparison of previously submitted work. Linking scientific writing skills to clinical practice experiences enhanced learning outcomes and may foster the professionalisation of students within this emerging discipline.  相似文献   

Chronicle of Race,Sex and Schools Race     

Eric Haas  Glen Wilson  Casey Cobb  Sharon Rallis 《Equity & Excellence in Education》2013,46(3):180-186

Applying microeconomic theory to No Child Left Behind predicts that its use of significant consequences for schools that do not reach 100% proficiency on rigorous standardized tests by 2014 will likely prevent most, if not all schools, from providing a high-quality education for their students. The central problem is cost. Quality assurance models predict that costs associated with achieving the required 100% pass rate will rise well above typical school budgets. Thus, No Child Left Behind, or any reform that combines a rigid demarcation between passing and failing with a 100% proficiency requirement, will fail as prohibitively expensive.  相似文献   

‘Exploiting the Daydreams of Teenagers’     

Patrick Glen 《Media History》2013,19(3):355-370

During the 1960s, young people were subject to intense scrutiny. Their lives differed from previous generations and as a consequence, they were portrayed as being at the forefront of social change and representative of Britain’s national health. By comparing oral history interviews of those who were young and visited the cinema with media reports, this article evaluates the conversation around ‘teenagers.’ Newspapers’ reports of youth arguably reflected their selection principles and journalistic practices. Oral history narratives, however, complicate press discourse by bringing to the fore a diversity of experiences and understandings: some felt the ‘cultural revolution,’ while others felt bored. This demonstrates how studies of reception materials are incomplete and could benefit from being combined with ethnohistorical approaches.  相似文献   

Using social media to facilitate knowledge transfer in complex engineering environments: a primer for educators     

Glen Murphy  Sonia Salomone 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2013,38(1):70-84

While highly cohesive groups are potentially advantageous they are also often correlated with the emergence of knowledge and information silos based around those same functional or occupational clusters. Consequently, an essential challenge for engineering organisations wishing to overcome informational silos is to implement mechanisms that facilitate, encourage and sustain interactions between otherwise disconnected groups. This paper acts as a primer for those seeking to gain an understanding of the design, functionality and utility of a suite of software tools generically termed social media technologies in the context of optimising the management of tacit engineering knowledge. Underpinned by knowledge management theory and using detailed case examples, this paper explores how social media technologies achieve such goals, allowing for the transfer of knowledge by tapping into the tacit and explicit knowledge of disparate groups in complex engineering environments.  相似文献   

The Singer,Not the Song: A Response to ‘Beyond Processes’     

Glen S. Aikenhead 《Studies in Science Education》2013,49(1):135-141

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Cognitive behavioral counselling with isolated university students     

Glen G. Kunzman 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》1986,9(3):231-236

Social isolation is a concern for many university students. Methods for counsellors to help these shy and lonely clients have evolved, starting with behavior modification techniques popular in the 1960's. Recent developments in helping techniques have taken the form of structured approaches which implement behavioral as well as cognitive techniques. However, none of these has achieved the goal of a well-integrated model. The author presents one such attempt, based on Meichenbaum's Stress Innoculation Training and Fremouw's Integrated Behavioral Treatment. The model includes Cognitive Structuring, Stress Reduction and Skill Development components which overlap and interlock into a comprehensive therapy approach. Examples for each component are described. Finally, a summary statement is made in which the author describes the value of the model.  相似文献   

Kinematic and kinetic comparisons between American and Korean professional baseball pitchers     

Escamilla R  Fleisig G  Barrentine S  Andrews J  Moorman C 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2002,1(2):213-228

The purpose of this study was to quantify and compare kinematic, temporal, and kinetic characteristics of American and Korean professional pitchers in order to investigate differences in pitching mechanics, performance, and injury risks among two different cultures and populations of baseball pitchers. Eleven American and eight Korean healthy professional baseball pitchers threw multiple fastball pitches off an indoor throwing mound positioned at regulation distance from home plate. A Motion Analysis three-dimensional automatic digitizing system was used to collect 200 Hz video data from four electronically synchronized cameras. Twenty kinematic, six temporal, and 11 kinetic variables were analyzed at lead foot contact, during the arm cocking and arm acceleration phases, at ball release, and during the arm deceleration phase. A radar gun was used to quantify ball velocity. At lead foot contact, the American pitchers had significantly greater horizontal abduction of the throwing shoulder, while Korean pitchers exhibited significantly greater abduction and external rotation of the throwing shoulder. During arm cocking, the American pitchers displayed significantly greater maximum shoulder external rotation and maximum pelvis angular velocity. At the instant of ball release, the American pitchers had significantly greater forward trunk tilt and ball velocity and significantly less knee flexion, which help explain why the American pitchers had 10% greater ball velocity compared to the Korean pitchers. The American pitchers had significantly greater maximum shoulder internal rotation torque and maximum elbow varus torque during arm cocking, significantly greater elbow flexion torque during arm acceleration, and significantly greater shoulder and elbow proximal forces during arm deceleration. While greater shoulder and elbow forces and torques generated in the American pitchers helped generate greater ball velocity for the American group, these greater kinetics may predispose this group to a higher risk of shoulder and elbow injuries.  相似文献   

Unpacking ‘lessons learned’: investigating failures and considering alternative solutions     

Anna?WiewioraEmail author  Glen?Murphy 《知识管理研究与实践》2015,13(1):17-30

One of the most common ways to share project knowledge is to capture the positive and negative aspects of projects in the form of lessons learned (LL). If effectively used, this process can assist project managers in reusing project knowledge and preventing future projects from repeating mistakes. Nevertheless, the process of capturing, storing, reviewing and reusing LL often remains suboptimal. Despite the potential for rich knowledge capture, lessons are often documented as simple, line-item statements devoid of context. Findings from an empirical investigation across four cases revealed a range of reasons related to the perceived quality, process and visibility of LL that lead to their limited use and application. Drawn from the cross-case analysis, this paper investigates an integrated approach to LL involving the use of a collaborative Web-based tool, which is easily accessible, intelligible and user-friendly, allowing more effective sharing of project knowledge and overcoming existing problems with LL.  相似文献   

Defining the next generation journal: The NLM-Elsevier interactive publications experiment     

Siegel ER  Lindberg DA  Campbell GP  Harless WG  Goodwin CR 《Information services & use》2010,30(1-2):17-30

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Drawing on the Artist Outside: Towards 1999     

Glen Coutts  Mark Dawes 《The International Journal of Art & Design Education》1998,17(2):191-196

This paper gives a summary of a presentation made by Glen Coutts and an exhibition organised by Mark Dawes at the InSEA conference held in Glasgow during July 1997. It concerns recent developments and initiatives using artists, designers and students in Scottish schools. The presentation at InSEA was supported by slides of the students’ work and an outline of the processes used in each of the workshop sessions. During the presentation the conference had the opportunity to view the results of collaboration between artists, students and school children aged between 10 and 14 years. These projects took place over a period of five to six months, and have resulted in an ambitious project which will be completed during 1999, Glasgow’s year as UK City of Architecture and Design. The projects used visual artists to expand and enhance the art activities normally taking place in the schools. This paper reports on the following areas: developments in Art & Design Education in Scotland – the context for artists in schools, Artists and Education – two case studies and future developments – towards 1999.  相似文献