Reading policy texts: lifelong learning as metaphor     

Katherine Nicoll  Richard Edwards 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(5):459-469

As lifelong learning becomes a greater focus for policy at local, national and supranational levels, a question emerges as to how to engage in policy analysis. This is a debate, which is already taking place in relation to policy analysis in other sectors of education. However, this has had little influence on policy studies in lifelong learning. This paper reviews the wider debates and argues for the productiveness of a discursive approach to policy analysis. In particular, it argues that the notion of metaphor can be deployed in such analysis to good effect. This is illustrated through an initial analysis of the UK government's 1998 Green Paper, The Learning Age: a Renaissance for a New Britain.  相似文献   

Author's Response to the ‘Draw a Scientist Test’: interpreting the data     

Mícheál Ó Maoldomhnaigh  Aíne Hunt 《Research in Science & Technological Education》2013,31(1)

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Antioch's Glen Helen     

Kenneth W. Hunt 《The Journal of environmental education》2013,44(3):30-32

Abstract

The authors constructed a 32-item survey instrument to measure knowledge and aspects of attitudes (issue understanding and concern, locus of control, and verbal commitment) regarding sea turtle conservation on Zakynthos, Greece. It was completed by 332 5th and 6th grade students from 21 classes in 3 geographic settings. The results indicate low knowledge scores, but high score levels for attitudes. Knowledge, understanding and/or concern, and locus of control significantly correlated with grade level. Overall, a significant positive correlation between knowledge and attitudes was demonstrated. The findings of the study may be useful in designing environmental education programs to promote sea turtle conservation.  相似文献   

“飞去来器”飞回的奥秘     

Hugh Hunt  叶庆 《物理教学探讨》2011,29(3):58-59

飞去来器飞出去又能飞回的原因,主要是镖臂的截面形状及其自旋,本文以常见的V字形飞去来器为例将有关的物理原理作一介绍(参考剑桥大学休·汉特教授的网页)。  相似文献   

The Educational Challenge of Unraveling the Fantasies of Ontological Security     

Sharon Stein  Dallas Hunt  Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti 《Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education》2017,11(2):69-79

In this article we address the current context of intensified racialized state securitization by tracing its roots to the naturalized colonial architectures of everyday modern life—which we present through the metaphor of “the house modernity built.” While contemporary crises are often perceived to derive from external threats to the house, we argue that in fact these crises are a product of the violent and unsustainable practices that are required in order to build and sustain the house itself. As the structural integrity of the house increasingly comes under strain, there are different possible responses, three of which we review here. We conclude by asking what kind of education might enable us to imagine and practice alternative formations of existence in a context where the house appears to be crumbling, and, indeed, has always been a fantasy.  相似文献   

Case study: the Health SmartLibrary experiences in web personalization and customization at the Galter Health Sciences Library,Northwestern University     

James Shedlock  Michelle Frisque  Steve Hunt  Linda Walton  Jonathan Handler  Michael Gillam 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2010,98(2):98-104

Question:

How can the user''s access to health information, especially full-text articles, be improved? The solution is building and evaluating the Health SmartLibrary (HSL).

Setting:

The setting is the Galter Health Sciences Library, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.

Method:

The HSL was built on web-based personalization and customization tools: My E-Resources, Stay Current, Quick Search, and File Cabinet. Personalization and customization data were tracked to show user activity with these value-added, online services.

Main Results:

Registration data indicated that users were receptive to personalized resource selection and that the automated application of specialty-based, personalized HSLs was more frequently adopted than manual customization by users. Those who did customize customized My E-Resources and Stay Current more often than Quick Search and File Cabinet. Most of those who customized did so only once.

Conclusion:

Users did not always take advantage of the services designed to aid their library research experiences. When personalization is available at registration, users readily accepted it. Customization tools were used less frequently; however, more research is needed to determine why this was the case.  相似文献   

Social learning in new Caledonian crows     

Jennifer C. Holzhaider  Gavin R. Hunt  Russell D. Gray 《Learning & behavior》2010,38(3):206-219

New Caledonian (NC) crows are the most sophisticated tool manufacturers other than humans. The diversification and geographical distribution of their three Pandanus tool designs that differ in complexity, as well as the lack of ecological correlates, suggest that cumulative technological change has taken place. To investigate the possibility that high-fidelity social transmission mediated this putative ratchet-like process, we studied the ontogeny of Pandanus tool manufacture and social organization in free-living NC crows. We found that juvenile crows took more than 1 year to reach adult proficiency in their Pandanus tool skills. Although trial-and-error learning is clearly important, juveniles have ample opportunity to learn about Pandanus tool manufacture by both observing their parents and interacting with artifactual material. The crows’ social system seems likely to promote the faithful social transmission of local tool designs by both favoring the vertical transmission of tool information and minimizing horizontal transmission. We suggest that NC crows develop their Pandanus tool skills in a highly scaffolded learning environment that facilitates the cumulative technological evolution of tool designs.  相似文献   

An Innovative Approach to Involving Parents in the Education of their Early Years Children     

Maggie Robson  Kathy Hunt 《International Journal of Early Years Education》1999,7(2):185-193

This paper describes and evaluates a project undertaken with parents from an inner city primary school in Hartlepool, UK, devised to help realise children's potential and raise standards. In order to achieve this, it was necessary to create a partnership between parents, school and the child in an environment characterised by the ‘core conditions’ (Rogers, 1957). It was hoped to increase the self‐esteem of the parents and to give them an understanding of the preschool curriculum in order to develop their skills, knowledge and confidence. It was also the intention of the project to involve these, and other parents, in school life and to enable them to take ownership of their own children's education. The multimedia approach involved video, photographs, word processing and press and radio interviews. The process encouraged the fulfilment of the objectives described above. The paper concludes by describing the successful outcomes of the project and indicates some possible developments.  相似文献   

RESPONSES OF RETARDATES TO THREE AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION TESTS     

Betty Hunt Bradley 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》1972,19(1):22-27

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The Pet Shop（英文）     

Roderick Hunt  Alex Brychta 《英语大王(小学)》2014,(4):4-5

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