A Geohistorical Study of ‘The Rise of Modern Science’: Mapping Scientific Practice Through Urban Networks, 1500–1900     

Peter J. Taylor  Michael Hoyler  David M. Evans 《Minerva》2008,46(4):391-410

Using data on the ‘career’ paths of one thousand ‘leading scientists’ from 1450 to 1900, what is conventionally called the ‘rise of modern science’ is mapped as a changing geography of scientific practice in urban networks. Four distinctive networks of scientific practice are identified. A primate network centred on Padua and central and northern Italy in the sixteenth century expands across the Alps to become a polycentric network in the seventeenth century, which in turn dissipates into a weak polycentric network in the eighteenth century. The nineteenth century marks a huge change of scale as a primate network centred on Berlin and dominated by German-speaking universities. These geographies are interpreted as core-producing processes in Wallerstein’s modern world-system; the rise of modern scientific practice is central to the development of structures of knowledge that relate to, but do not mirror, material changes in the system.

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EUROPEAN PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Bauer  Martin; Durant  John; Evans  Geoffrey 《Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research》1994,6(2):163-186

In this paper we explore the relationships between public interestin, knowledge of, and attitudes towards science and technologyand the level of industrialization in 12 countries of the EuropeanCommunity. Using the 1989 Eurobarometer survey no 31 (N=11,678),we constructed four scales measuring interest, knowledge, generalattitudes to science, and support for EC funded science foreach of the 12 EC countries. We found that overall factual scientificknowledge correlates moderately positively with interest andattitudes to science. For example the Netherlands and GreatBritain have relatively high levels of knowledge, interest,and support for science in general. Spain and Greece have relativelylow levels of knowledge, interest, and support for science ingeneral. However, the simple correlation hides more complexrelationships. First, the variance within and across countriesof knowledge, attitudes and interest increases with nationallevels of knowledge. This indicates greater degrees of polarizationof both support and interest. Second, the data indicates a post-industrialismeffect: knowledge, interest in, and attitudes to science showa curvilinear relationship with levels of industrialization.The decline of interest in science and the less positive attitudesin highly developed countries requires further exploration.Third, we found, that the consistency of the knowledge and theattitude measures declines as the national level of knowledgeincreases. We suggest that this reflects a knowledge-ignoranceparadox and knowledge specialization among informed populations.Support for EC level science follows a different pattern. Wefound that France, Italy, and Spain show high levels of supportfor EC level science. This is not the case in Great Britainand Germany. The pattern suggests that attitudes towards ECscience are formed on the basis of national level scientificstrength: if the national science base is strong, EC scienceinitiatives find less support and vice versa. These findingsrepresent a first step towards a comparative assessment of publicunderstanding of science in EC countries.  相似文献   

Brian Davies 1938-2020     

John Evans 《教育政策杂志》2020,35(4):445-446

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Deconstructing high performance Nordic sport: the case study of women’s handball (the ‘team as method’)     

Liv B. Hemmestad  Robyn L. Jones 《Sport in Society》2019,22(4):671-688

Abstract

The principal purpose of this study was to record and explore the changing coaching landscape within elite Norwegian women’s handball from 2003 to 2005. This was in relation to critically understanding the culture created within the context, and the precise role(s) of head coach Marit Breivik, the assistant coaches, and the athletes in question, in its creation. The significance of the paper lies in enhancing understanding the ‘Nordic model’ of society, inclusive of its emphasis on equality, tolerance, consensus and cooperation, and the ways in which this is constructed, explored and challenged within and through sport. When appointed in 1994, Breivik inherited a high performance system not unlike any other in international sport; one dominated by metrics, compliance and control. It was one she wanted to change to better reflect the Nordic values of integration, interdependence and egalitarianism. The study’s method comprised an in depth ethnography where the principal author spent two years embedded within the setting. The results, deduced from inductive analysis of the collected data, are discussed in terms of two principal themes. First, the initial attempts at culture change by Breivik and the inevitable resistance experienced; and second, the relational strategy she adopted to overcome such resistance (including that of establishing the ‘team as method’). Finally, a conclusion reflects on the meaning of such findings, touching on the dual explanatory notions of ‘progressive repair’ and that of the coach as a ‘virtuoso actor’.  相似文献   

'Quality' and 'Non-Quality': Some New Criteria     

Emrys Evans 《English in Education》1987,21(3):36-43

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Minnesota’s latest PC follies     

John K. Evans 《Academic Questions》1994,7(3):56-71

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Constructing educational technologies: Interactive television for teachers' professional development in australia     

Terry Evans 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1995,43(1):94-98

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Distance Education in Australia     

Terry Evans 《European Journal of Engineering Education》1995,20(2):233-234

Distance education in Australia has been an important part of the development of the nation's social, cultural and economic infrastructure since the beginning of this century. This article outlines some of the main features of distance education in Australia from the earliest forms of correspondence education, through to contemporary distance education.  相似文献   

Young Adult Use of Ebooks: An Analysis of Public Library Services and Resources     

Robyn Gray 《Public Library Quarterly》2017,36(3):199-212

An online survey distributed to librarians at public libraries across North America established some interesting trends in public librarians’ perceptions of ebooks and teens. Some of the findings of this study are that teen library users strongly prefer to read print books for their recreational reading and show very little interest in ebooks or ebook programs offered by public libraries. Survey respondents indicate that teen library users remain largely unaware of or disinterested in the advantages of ebooks in providing them a convenient, private, and customizable recreational reading experience. Even when public librarians offer ebook programs for teens through school outreach, these programs tend to focus on the titles in the collection and the download process, rather than the specific benefits of ebook reading. More active promotion of these advantages could potentially appeal to teens, especially to non-library users and reluctant readers.  相似文献   

A Community-Driven Metadata Framework for Describing Cultural Resources: The Digital Library North Project     

Sharon Farnel  Ali Shiri  Sandra Campbell  Cathy Cockney  Dinesh Rathi  Robyn Stobbs 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2017,55(5):289-306

This article describes the Digital Library North (DLN) project, a collaboration among researchers at the University of Alberta, staff at the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre, and communities within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) to develop a culturally appropriate metadata framework for a digital library of cultural resources. It will discuss gathering of data to inform the first iteration of the metadata framework and digital library prototype, as well as revisions made to both the framework and the digital library based on feedback obtained through community interaction with the prototype.  相似文献