Risky choices: the dilemmas of introducing contemporary art practices into schools   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Jeff Adams 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2010,31(6):683-701

Contemporary art is a popular feature of the cultural landscape in the United Kingdom, and recent research has recommended introducing its practices into state education. Yet these practices are still rare in schools, and this paper argues that the many difficulties that arise from attempts to introduce them are indicative of their socially contingent character, which threatens to disrupt the ideological underpinnings of orthodox school practices. The school art projects ‘Room 13’ and ‘Teaching through contemporary art’ are used as prominent examples of contemporary art practices that support a relatively high degree of learner autonomy within state education, yet are situated outside of government initiatives. Through these projects the paper explores the dilemmas that the participants face, which include questions of learner agency, choice and creative risk, and the effects of regulatory assessment systems upon collaboration, experiment, play and ephemeral learning outcomes. The paper concludes by examining the possibilities of encouraging these more ‘risky’ contemporary practices in schools.  相似文献   

To act and learn: a Bakhtinian exploration of action learning     

Jeff Gold  Lisa Anderson  Jean Clarke  Richard Thorpe 《Action Learning: Research and Practice》2009,6(2):121-130

This paper considers the work of the Russian social philosopher and cultural theorist, Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin as a source of understanding for those involved in action learning. Drawing upon data gathered over two years during the evaluation of 20 action learning sets in the north of England, we will seek to work with the ideas of Bakhtin to consider their value for those involved in action learning. We consider key Bakhtin features such as Making Meaning, Participative Thinking, Theoreticism and Presence, Others and Outsideness, Voices and Carnival to highlight how Bakhtin's can enhance our understanding of the nature of action and learning.  相似文献   

BOOK REVIEWS     

Ian Lovegrove  Jeff Gold  Otmar Donnenberg  Lutz von Rosenstiel  John Lawler  Eugene Sadler-Smith 《Action Learning: Research and Practice》2009,6(2):177-195

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The DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPACITY IN MALAWI: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY     

Dorothy Nampota  Jeff Thompson  Felicity Wikeley 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2009,83(1):59-74

Faced with accelerating poverty, the Malawi government has re-awakened its commitment to the development of human capacity and the role of development in this context. This paper explores the relationship between development and science and technology. It goes on to review the country’s science and technology needs and how these justify taking developmental action. It concludes that strategies designed to increase access to education should not be limited to the primary sector, but should also include secondary curricula and university science and technology programmes. Drawing on the arguments in the article and personal experience, the authors suggest promoting the development of human capacity in Malawi by creating special “science schools” in the secondary sector and increasing the number of scholarships for university science students.  相似文献   

The role of the information specialist in supporting knowledge transfer: a public health information case study     

A. Wilkinson  D. Papaioannou  C. Keen  A. Booth 《Health information and libraries journal》2009,26(2):118-125

Objectives: To create research bulletins for public health professionals that support knowledge transfer and evidence‐based practice. Methods: The methodology for the bulletins comprises five stages: scoping the topic, searching for relevant literature, selecting and obtaining relevant articles, assessing the quality of articles including evidence grading, producing a comment on quality and implications for practice and writing the research bulletin. An ABC—applicability, brevity and clarity—is considered at each stage to ensure that bulletins meet the needs of their intended audience. Results: Nine research bulletins have been produced on a range of health promotion topics. Bulletins are distributed to Welsh health professionals and are available online. The bulletins have developed since their inception to incorporate evaluation and feedback. Most significant among these developments has been introduction of an Implications for Practice section to promote uptake of research. Conclusions: Research bulletins support busy health professionals in evidence‐based practice by assigning a level of evidence, highlighting implications for practice and providing a comment on quality. The bulletins further develop the extended role for information professionals in knowledge transfer and dissemination.  相似文献   

Batting last as a home advantage factor in men's NCAA tournament baseball     

Bray SR  Obara J  Kwan M 《Journal of sports sciences》2005,23(7):681-686

In baseball and softball, there is a rule that allows the home team to have the last at-bat and thus the final opportunity to win the game. However, in tournament play, this rule is often set aside and, instead, batting order is decided by other means (e.g. tournament rules, the flip of a coin). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the batting last rule on game outcome in NCAA men's regional tournament baseball. It was hypothesized that host (i.e. home) teams would win a greater percentage of the games in which they batted last compared with when they batted first. This hypothesis was not supported. Closer examination of the last inning of play showed home teams were no more likely to have won the game during their last bat than visitors playing other visitors. The results suggest that the batting last rule contributes minimally, if at all, to home advantage in NCAA tournament baseball.  相似文献   

Thinking outside the blog: Navigating the literary blogosphere     

Jeff?GomezEmail author 《Publishing Research Quarterly》2005,21(3):3-11

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Cost evaluation of instructional strategies     

Gene L. Wilkinson 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1973,21(1):11-30

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Coherence in Practice: a look at the field     

Edward Wilkinson 《English in Education》1970,4(2):35-48

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A.S.T.E.P.‐‐A Model for Developing Curriculum Materials in Teacher Education     

Peter J. Fensham  Jeff R. Northfield  Denis R. Driscoll 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》1974,2(3):5-11

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