Lifelong education and transnational migration     

Sue Webb  John Holford  Peter Jarvis  Marcella Milana  Richard Waller 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(4):435-439

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether and through what mechanisms vulnerable adults are empowered through a second-chance education programme. At the same time, the paper aims at unveiling the obstacles hindering learners’ empowerment process and making suggestions for the improvement of the educational programme fostering further empowerment of the learners. To achieve the objectives set by the research, a hybrid methodological design was applied combining hermeneutic phenomenology and critical discourse analysis. Data collection was performed using three tools: semi-structured interviews, reflective journals and document analysis. The results led to the emergence of a multilevel empowerment scheme of vulnerable adults in the programme. The empowerment mechanisms that emerged were as follows: (a) empowerment through participation as a self-value, (b) empowerment through the reconstruction of past experiences, (c) empowerment through the strengthening of their social capital and (d) empowerment through literacy skills. At the same time, the study shed light on a number of factors that inhibit the process of learners’ empowerment, which unveil structural and operational weaknesses of the programme as well as of the policies pursued by the State.  相似文献   

Students' understandings about animal skeletons     

Sue Dale Tunnicliffe  Michael J. Reiss 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(11):1187-1200

Surprisingly few studies have looked at people's understanding of skeletons. Most of the work in this field that has been done has only involved children's understanding of human skeletons. This study looks at students' understandings of the structure of animal (including human) skeletons. A crosssectional approach was used involving a total of 175 students in England from six different age groups (ranging from 4 year olds to 20 year olds). Students were presented, on separate occasions, with specimens of a brown rat, a starling and a herring and asked to draw what they thought was inside each specimen. On a final occasion, they were also asked to draw what they thought was inside themselves. Repeated inspections of the completed drawings allowed us to construct a seven point scale of 'skeletal understanding'. Our analysis shows the extent to which student understanding increases with age and the degree to which pupils know more about human than other skeletons. The findings are interpreted with reference to current trends in English science curricula and pedagogy. We comment in particular on the current inability of most students to see the skeleton as a functional, integrated whole.  相似文献   

As we may think: Information literacy as a discipline for the information age     

Bill Johnston  Sheila Webber 《Research Strategies》2005,20(3):108-121

The aim of this paper is to propose information literacy as a soft applied discipline, of key importance in the information society. This is contrasted with the characterization of information literacy as a personal attribute in the U.S. and Australian Information Literacy standards. Vannevar Bush's vision of the technologically connected and enabled scientist is used to introduce a discussion of citizen's information needs and responsibilities in an age of “cheap complex devices.” The authors emphasize the key role of information literacy in this information society. Information literacy is identified as a soft applied discipline, with reference to disciplinary indicators that have been identified in the literature. Building on this concept of an information literacy discipline, the authors propose a mission for information literacy education focused around three elements: information literacy for citizenship, information literacy for economic growth, and information literacy for employability. The paper concludes by identifying that in terms of preparing citizens for managing and taking action in society, information literacy has much to contribute, and that it is vital to nurture this emergent discipline.  相似文献   

Whose Literacy? School,Community or Family?     

Sue Beverton 《Literacy》1995,29(3):14-18

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The special magic of the eighties: Shaping words and shape-shifting words     

Johnston  Rosemary Ross 《Children‘s Literature in Education》1995,26(4):211-217

She has a Master's degree in children's literature and a Ph.D. in Australian literature. One of her particular research interests is in teaching literature to ESL students.  相似文献   

Book Review     

S.?LaskyEmail author 《Journal of Educational Change》2004,5(4):433-435

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Editorial     

Sue Dymoke 《English in Education》2010,44(2):85-87

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Socio-economic disadvantage, literacy and social justice: Learning from longitudinal case study research     

Barbara Comber  Sue Hill 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2000,27(3):79-97

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Quality Assessment, Student Need, and Pastoral Care at the University of Strathclyde     

Bill Johnston  & Lin McLean 《Pastoral Care in Education》1998,16(2):36-44

For young people moving from school to higher education, the continued provision of high quality pastoral care should be an important consideration. However, though all institutions provide some sort of service, its quality can vary significantly. Even where provision has been good, it has normally been seen as a 'bolt‐on' extra, rather than something central to the student's experience. At the University of Strathclyde, a key element in the creation of a more effective and integrated approach has been the development of the personal tutor role into that of the more clearly defined and structured one of Academic Counsellor.  相似文献   

Comparison of the Koppitz and Watkins scoring systems for the Bender Gestalt Test     

C W Johnston  B Lanak 《Journal of learning disabilities》1985,18(7):377-378

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