Does a perceptuomotor skills assessment have added value to detect talent for table tennis in primary school children?     

Irene R. Faber  Johan Pion  Goran Munivrana  Niels R. Faber  Maria W.G. Nijhuis-Van der Sanden 《Journal of sports sciences》2018,36(23):2716-2723

ABSTRACT

Talent detection intends to support lifelong sports participation, reduce dropouts and stimulate sports at the elite level. For this purpose it is important to reveal the specific profile which directs children to the sports that connect to their strengths and preferences. This study evaluated a perceptuomotor skills assessment as part of talent detection for table tennis, a sport in which perceptuomotor skills are considered essential to cope with the difficult technical aspects. Primary school children (n = 121) and gifted young table tennis players (n = 146) were assessed using the Dutch perceptuomotor skills assessment measuring “ball control” and “gross motor function”. A discriminant function analysis confirmed the added value by identifying primary school children fitting the table tennis perceptuomotor profile of the young gifted table tennis players (28%). General linear model analyses for the assessment’s individual test items showed that the table tennis players outperformed their primary school peers on all “ball control” items (P < 0.001). In conclusion, the assessment appears to be of added value for talent detection in table tennis at this young age. Longitudinal studies need to reveal the predictive value for sports participation and elite sports.  相似文献   

Hyperandrogenic athletes: performance differences in elite-standard 200m and 800m finals     

Jonathan Ospina Betancurt  Maria S. Zakynthinaki  Maria Jose Martinez-Patiño  Carlos Cordente Martinez 《Journal of sports sciences》2018,36(21):2464-2471

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the difference in elite-standard track and field performance between women athletes with and without hyperandrogenism reaches the 10–12% difference in performance between men and women, using only results from elite-standard track and field final competitions. Officially available data from two hyperandrogenic women (Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand) were compared with the characteristic performance of 200m and 800m elite-standard finals. The finishing times of Caster Semenya, before her ineligibility to compete in 2009 and after the suspension of the 2011 IAAF Hyperandrogenism Regulations were found to be respectively 1.24% and 1.49% faster than the predicted performance in 800m finals. When compared with the result of the second classified, the difference was respectively 0.65% and 2.08%. The analysis of the finishing times of Dutee Chand did not lead to any conclusions due to the lack of available data. The present study indicates that the percentage difference in performance between women with and women without hyperandrogenism does not reach the 3% difference requested by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the reinstatement of the Hyperandrogenism Regulations, neither does it reach the 10% accepted range of difference in performance between men and women.  相似文献   

English as a second language nurses in the United States: culture,communication, and needs for continuing education     

Ya-Yu Cloudia Ho  Maria R. Coady 《Studies in Continuing Education》2018,40(2):212-233

The purpose of the study was to understand the role of culture in English as a Second Language (ESL) nurses’ clinical communication experiences in the United States, and how these experiences demonstrate the need for continuing education for ESL nurses. Five Taiwanese nurses who worked in U.S. health care contexts were recruited in the study. Data were collected through focus group and individual interviews, and data were analyzed using narrative and thematic analyses. Findings indicate that cultural differences in clinical settings complicated ESL nurses’ communication experiences, including linguistic and cultural diversity, the independent role of nurses, patient-centered care, and choice of speech registers. Findings further show that comprehensive on-the-job, vocational training in English for Nursing Purposes (ENP) is essential in order to assist ESL nurses’ transit between home and host country cultures. In other words, familiarising nurses with patient-centered care and different discourse patterns, developing critical thinking skills, and enhancing cultural competence should be emphasised in ESL nurses’ continuing education.  相似文献   

Conditions for professional learning in teacher education     

Maria Assunção Flores 《欧洲师范教育杂志》2018,41(3):263-265

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Seeking Understanding of Foreign Language Teachers’ Shifting Emotions in Relation to Pupils     

Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty  Aino Korppi  Josephine Moate 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2018,62(2):272-286

Teaching is recognised as an emotional practice. Studies have highlighted the importance of teachers’ emotional literacy in the development of pupils’ emotional skills, the central position of emotions in teachers’ ways of knowing, and in their professional development. This longitudinal study draws on a dialogic understanding of emotion to present findings from qualitative interviews with teachers. This study aims to provide further understanding in this area by offering a perspective into 7 foreign language teachers’ emotions in relation to their pupils during their first decade in the profession. The most important finding was that negative emotions decreased while the positive emotions increased. Understanding what emotions teachers face and how they deal with them may help practicing teachers better understand their daily work and support student teacher preparation.  相似文献   

Teachers as Change‐Agents for Young People with Special Needs: an approach to teacher training in Portugal     

Maria Teresa Fernandes  Patricia Rosado Pinto 《欧洲师范教育杂志》1991,14(2):149-154

The practice of integrated education for pupils with special needs has been attempted nationally in Portugal. This has prompted the development of area support teams across the country. Whilst this is a positive move, it has created a pressure for specialist training of teachers. This demand is yet to be fulfilled; an example of an inservice course is outlined in this report.  相似文献   

Contrasts Between Municipal and State Primary Schools in Brazil     

Maria Luiza Barbosa Chavas 《Compare》1976,6(2):22-27

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TO EDUCATE OR TO TRAIN ?     

Maria Egg 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》1972,19(3):175-178

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Self-efficacy and the stages and processes of change associated with adopting and maintaining muscular fitness-promoting behaviors     

Cardinal BJ  Kosma M 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2004,75(2):186-196

The majority of physical activity initiatives have been directed toward promoting cardiorespiratory fitness and general health. Far less attention has been devoted to encouraging or understanding muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine if constructs from the Transtheoretical Model, a contemporary behavior change framework, could be adapted and applied to the study of muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Participants were 429 college students who completed measures of stage of change, the behavioral and cognitive processes of change, and self-efficacy. All measures were modified to relate specifically to muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Two direct discriminant function analyses were performed, revealing that the behavioral processes of change and self-efficacy were the major correlates of the stages of change for muscular fitness-promoting behaviors.  相似文献   

Harold Jeffreys' Probabilistic Epistemology: Between Logicism And Subjectivism     

Galavotti  Maria Carla 《The British journal for the philosophy of science》2003,54(1):43-57

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