Using Sociodrama to Help Young Children Problem Solve     

Deanna Marie Pecaski McLennan 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2012,39(6):407-412

Sociodrama is an arts-based, action-oriented tool of individual and collective social exploration and creative problem solving that allows participants to explore and find potential resolutions to issues of concern and conflict in their lives. This article describes how Early Years educators can begin to implement basic sociodrama into their existing programs in order to help children represent, explore, and reflect upon issues and problems of social importance.  相似文献   

Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in schools: learning from teachers’ reflections     

Marie Jeanne McNaughton 《Environmental Education Research》2012,18(6):765-782

In recent years, in the UK, there has been a significant focus on research in Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Education (ESD/GCE) in initial teacher education and on projects and initiatives used with pupils in schools. However, there has been less specific focus on the ‘voices’ of teachers who have undertaken such projects: the documentation of their perceptions of effective pedagogy for the development of their pupils’ learning and, importantly, the development of their own concepts and values in relation to sustainability education as a result of implementing ESD/GCE-related topics. This paper aims to provide data from this relatively under-reported area. It examines what the teachers learned about effective pedagogy from undertaking a systematic study of their own practice in ESD/GCE-based topics, and it highlights the development of their own understanding of, and values about the place of ESD/GCE in the curriculum. The paper presents an analysis of the reflective journals kept by 10 teachers during the planning and implementation of ESD/GCE projects within their own classrooms. Findings emerging from the study were that critical reflection on their work gave the teachers the confidence to adopt the more learner-centred pedagogy of ESD/GCE, and that teachers, too, were able to benefit from the participation in ESD/GCE activities.  相似文献   

The new Medical Library Association research agenda: final results from a three-phase delphi study     

JD Eldredge  MT Ascher  HN Holmes  MR Harris 《Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA》2012,100(3):214-218

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Exercise training and impaired glucose tolerance in obese humans     

McNeilly AM  McClean C  Murphy M  McEneny J  Trinick T  Burke G  Duly E  McLaughlin J  Davison G 《Journal of sports sciences》2012,30(8):725-732

Individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) are at greater risk of developing diabetes than in normoglycaemia. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of 12-weeks exercise training in obese humans with IGT. Eleven participants (6 males and 5 females; 49±9 years; mean Body Mass Index (BMI) 32.4 kg · m(-2)), completed a 12-week brisk walking intervention (30 min per day, five days a week (d · wk(-1)), at 65% of age-predicted maximal heart rate (HR(max)). Anthropometric measurements, dietary intake, pulse wave velocity (PWV, to determine arterial stiffness) and blood pressure (BP) were examined at baseline and post intervention. Fasting blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, insulin, blood lipids, indices of oxidative stress and inflammation (lipid hydroperoxides; superoxide dismutase; multimeric adiponectin concentration and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein) were also determined. Post intervention, PWV (9.08±1.27 m · s(-1) vs. 8.39±1.21 m · s(-1)), systolic BP (145.4±14.5 vs. 135.8±14.9 mmHg), triglycerides (1.52±0.53 mmol · L(-1) vs. 1.31±0.54 mmol · L(-1)), lipid hydroperoxides (1.20±0.47 μM · L(-1) vs. 0.79±0.32 μM · L(-1)) and anthropometric measures decreased significantly (P < 0.05). Moderate intensity exercise training improves upper limb vascular function in obese humans with IGT, possibly by improving triglyceride metabolism, which may subsequently reduce oxidative stress. These changes were independent of multimeric adiponectin modification and alterations in other blood biomarkers.  相似文献   

Examining university examinations     

Marie Jahoda 《Higher Education Quarterly》1967,21(3):269-271

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Libraries without walls 4: the delivery of library services to distant users: edited by Peter Brophy, Shelagh Fisher, and Zoe Clark, London: Facet Publishing, 2002. 299p. $39.95. ISBN 1-85604-436-X     

Anne Marie Casey  Dean of Libraries  Central Michigan University  Park Library B  Mt. Pleasant  MI Anne.marie.casey@cmich.edu. 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2002,28(6)

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RESTRUCTURING OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY IN EDUCATION: FOUCAULT AND A SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY OF SCHOOL PRACTICES   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

Thomas S. Popkewitz  Marie Brennan 《Educational theory》1997,47(3):287-313

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Image quality in electronic journals: A case study of Elsevier geology titles     

Jacquelyn Marie Erdman   《Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services》2006,30(3-4):169-178

This study's purpose was to establish the image quality of photographs and figures in online journals verses the print format of five Elsevier titles. The images were evaluated on a point scale, taking three issues out of each journal every five years from 1970 to 2000. The study discovered that there is a significant loss of content in the online photographs from 1970 to 1995. The data found in this study provide important discussion points when considering the purchase of electronic journal backfiles.  相似文献   

Becoming green and sustainable: a Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library case study.     

Jeanne Marie Le Ber  Joan M Gregory 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2004,92(2):266-268

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Acute effects of walking on inflammatory and cardiovascular risk in sedentary post-menopausal women     

Davis J  Murphy M  Trinick T  Duly E  Nevill A  Davison G 《Journal of sports sciences》2008,26(3):303-309

Biochemical markers of inflammation are emerging as new predictors of risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and may alter acutely with exercise. Few studies have been conducted on the effects of walking on these markers or whether different walking intensities elicit varied effects. As there is growing interest in modifiable lifestyle factors such as walking to reduce CVD risk, these inflammatory responses warrant investigation. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of walking at 50% versus 70% of predicted maximal heart rate on C-reactive protein (CRP), plasma fibrinogen, and triglycerides in sedentary post-menopausal women. Twelve post-menopausal women (mean age 58 years, s +/-6; stature 1.62 m, s+/-0.06; body mass 66.8 kg, s +/-6.2) completed two 30-min treadmill walks in a randomized cross-over design. Fasted blood samples were taken (for the determination of plasma fibrinogen, CRP, and lipids) before, immediately after, and 1 and 24 h after exercise. Triglyceride concentrations decreased from pre-exercise to 24 h post exercise at both walking intensities (time x group interaction, P < 0.05). No significant effects were observed for plasma fibrinogen, CRP, total cholesterol, low-density or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (time x group interaction, P > 0.05). The results of this study suggest that fasting plasma triglycerides are decreased on the morning after 30 min of brisk walking at either 50% or 70% of maximal heart rate (moderate and vigorous intensity).  相似文献