‘The accommodation I make is turning a blind eye’: faculty support for student mothers in higher education     

Martina Dickson  Lilly Tennant 《Studies in Continuing Education》2018,40(1):76-97

The levels of support which faculty provide to students have been linked to a number of positive effects on students such as lower rates of attrition, greater satisfaction with college life, enhanced self-concept, improved academic performance and more likelihood of remaining enrolled in college through stressful life periods. There are surely fewer periods of life that are busier than new motherhood. This paper presents research carried out at a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates. We look at the ways in which faculty interact with new student mothers and employ interviews to explore ways in which faculty acknowledge and offer academic and pastoral support to the new mothers. Their perceptions of students’ coping strategies when they combine motherhood and college studies are reported, and the ways in which faculty navigate college policy which relates to the student mothers. Faculty saw themselves as being extremely supportive and flexible towards new mothers. Whilst undergraduate student motherhood was uncommon in their home countries, it was generally felt that the increased organization, efficiency, time management and resilience witnessed in student mothers were assets to the college community. This study also has wider applicability to faculty support of non-traditional students in other settings.  相似文献   

Biographical Sketch of Frederick G. Kilgour Librarian,Educator, Entrepreneur, 1914–2006     

Mara L. Thacker  Sarah Christensen  Eleanor Dickson 《图书馆管理杂志》2013,53(6):561-565

The article traces the career of Frederick G. Kilgour (1914–2006), who is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in 20^th-century librarianship. He founded the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) and from 1967 to 1981 was its first president and chief executive officer, presiding over OCLC's rapid growth from an intrastate network to an international network. In 1971, under Kilgour's leadership, OCLC introduced an online shared cataloging system and an online union catalog (WorldCat) that is today the world's foremost bibliographic database. In 1978, he created the OCLC Office of Research, and in 1979, under his direction, OCLC launched its online interlibrary loan system. The author of 205 scholarly papers, Kilgour received numerous awards and honors over the course a career that took him from Harvard University Library, to the Office of Strategic Services in World War II, to Yale Medical Library, to OCLC, and finally, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he spent his final years on the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science as a Distinguished Research Professor.  相似文献   

Developmental processes and motivations for linkages in cross-sectoral sport clusters     

Anna Gerke  Kathy Babiak  Geoff Dickson  Michel Desbordes 《Sport Management Review》2018,21(2):133-146

Interorganisational linkages are a widely studied topic in sport management. However, most researchers focus on public or non-profit organisations and analyse one focal organisation rather than a network of interrelated organisations. The purpose of this study was to address both of these shortcomings by investigating interorganisational linkages in sport clusters, a type of cross-sectoral network. The authors address three main questions: (a) what is the nature of interorganisational linkages in sport clusters; (b) how do linkages in sport clusters develop; and (c) what are the organisational motivations for creating or joining linkages in sport clusters? A multiple case study approach explores two sailing clusters in France and New Zealand. Results show that interorganisational relationships tend to be formalised, while interorganisational networks tend to be informal. A circular development process from formal relationships to formal networks via informal relationships and networks was detected. Reciprocity is the most prevalent motive for the development of all types of interorganisational linkages. This research contributes to sport management practice by showcasing the potential multitude and variety of interorganisational linkages in a cross-sectoral sport context which are foundations for cooperation and collaboration. The theoretical contribution lies in the conceptualising of the IOR development process and different motivational patterns as antecedents.  相似文献   

HucMSC-Ex alleviates inflammatory bowel disease via the lnc78583-mediated miR3202/HOXB13 pathway     

Yuting XU  Li ZHANG  Dickson Kofi Wiredu OCANSEY  Bo WANG  Yilin HOU  Rong MEI  Yongmin YAN  Xu ZHANG  Zhaoyang ZHANG  Fei MAO 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2022,23(5):423

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Microcomputers in secondary education. Issues and techniques: J. A. M. Howe & P. M. Ross (Eds.) Kogan Page Limited, 1981. pp. 159 £8.95     

M.J. Dickson 《International Journal of Educational Development》1982,2(1):101-102

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How do student and classroom characteristics affect attitude toward mathematics? A multivariate multilevel analysis     

Henry Nsubuga Kiwanuka  Jan Van Damme  Wim Van Den Noortgate  Dickson Nkafu Anumendem  Gudrun Vanlaar  Chandra Reynolds 《School Effectiveness & School Improvement》2017,28(1):1-21

This study investigated the effects of student and classroom characteristics on math self-confidence, perceived usefulness, and enjoyment of mathematics as multiple outcomes. A sample of 7th-grade students from 78 classes of 49 schools was studied. The data were collected using, among other instruments, an attitude questionnaire. The results of the multivariate multilevel analysis showed that the variance of the 3 indicators was situated mostly at the student level, and that the indicators correlated strongly at the class level. Higher prior mathematics achievement and positive parental beliefs and attitudes were significant predictors of higher scores across the 3 indicators. Each of the baseline indicators was significantly associated with its corresponding final indicator. At the classroom level, classroom assessment was significantly associated with less endorsement of all 3 indicators, higher levels of classroom modeling with greater endorsement of perceived usefulness of mathematics, and classroom questioning with greater enjoyment of mathematics.  相似文献   

Faculty Staffing Patterns: Breadth and Flexibility in Professional Physical Therapy Programs     

Dickson  Tara  Taylor  Barrett 《Innovative Higher Education》2021,46(5):499-518

Innovative Higher Education - Overall trends of academic staffing in the US have indicated declines in tenure, increased use of contingent faculty, and stratification of teaching and research...  相似文献   

Verbal and spatial encoding of text     

Lou Ann S. Dickson  Philipp S. Schrankel  Raymond W. Kulhavy 《Instructional Science》1988,17(2):145-157

Two experiments were conducted which examined conjoint retention of spatial and verbal information in memory. The first experiment examined processing of text with simultaneous active dual coding. With spatial and verbal information from experiment one, the second experiment examined the effects of introducing dual coding prior to text processing and keyed recall to what was encoded prior to reading. Recall of both concrete features and events referring to these features was keyed to constructive encoding processes. Even minimal cueing produced better recall than no cues. Spatial primers produced not only better recall of features, but subjects who encoded spatial primers demonstrated increased ability to recall those primers. Results were interpretet in terms of dual coding theory for encoding and retrieval.  相似文献   

Educational Usage of Mobile Devices: Differences Between Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students     

Ka Po Lau  Dickson K.W. Chiu  Kevin K.W. Ho  Patrick Lo  Eric W.K. See-To 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2017,43(3):201-208

The rapid increase of smartphone usage in recent years has provided students the opportunity to participate in mobile learning (m-learning) anywhere, anytime. Academic institutions are also following this trend to launch many m-learning services. This article investigates the differences of the user needs between undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students though an online survey with 140 Library Information Systems (LIS) subjects in a Japanese university in order to provide solid foundations for future m-learning studies. We find that UG and PG students do not show significant differences in adopting m-learning by smartphones despite the fact that they have different learning patterns. The m-learning frequencies of smartphones generally range from weekly to monthly, where using search engines is the most frequent, and reading academic resources is the least frequent. They tend to use these services for handling their daily routines (such as search engine, social networks) rather than their academic activities (such as using online databases to search for academic materials). Further, the results also show that content displaying issues (e.g., small display screen, text unable to enlarge) are barriers for most subjects in using these m-learning services.  相似文献   

Growing with Inclusion: A Personal Reflection     

Jan Dickson 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2000,27(4):251-254

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