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James Robertson Andrews 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(2):27-29

Applying concepts of Hugh Dalziel Duncan and Kenneth Burke to the rhetoric of Erik H. Erikson reveals that Erikson's thesis supports a social hierarchy that is based upon sex roles and supported by the mysteries of sex and science.  相似文献   

Career guidance and public mental health     

Peter J. Robertson 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2013,13(2):151-164

Career guidance may have the potential to promote public health by contributing positively to both the prevention of mental health conditions and to population level well-being. The policy implications of this possibility have received little attention. Career guidance agencies are well placed to reach key target groups. Producing persuasive evidence to support claims of health outcomes from guidance is problematic. Although rare, there are some studies of health impacts from employment related interventions, suggesting it is not impossible to generate such evidence. There is a need to develop an evidence base addressing well-being outcomes which may require adopting health-style research methods. There is also a need to open a dialogue with policy makers concerning the potential for career guidance to contribute to public mental health.  相似文献   

English language learners with reading-related LD: linking data from multiple sources to make eligibility determinations     

Wilkinson CY  Ortiz AA  Robertson PM  Kushner MI 《Journal of learning disabilities》2006,39(2):129-141

Results are reported for an exploratory study of eligibility decisions made for 21 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) with learning disabilities (LD) and no secondary disabilities who received special education support in reading. Eligibility determinations by an expert panel resulted in decisions that differed significantly from those of school multidisciplinary teams. The panel agreed that some students appeared to have reading-related LD (n = 5) but also identified students that they believed had disabilities, but not necessarily reading-related LD (n = 6). Another group of students (n = 10) had learning problems that the panel believed could be attributed to factors other than LD or for whom substantive additional data would be required to validate eligibility. Issues associated with referral, assessment, and eligibility determinations for ELLs are discussed, and recommendations for improving practice are offered, with an emphasis on the importance of linking data from multiple sources when deciding whether ELLs qualify for special education.  相似文献   

Using a games console in the primary classroom: Effects of ‘Brain Training’ programme on computation and self‐esteem     

David J. Miller  Derek P. Robertson 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2010,41(2):242-255

It is known that computer games are motivating for children, but there is limited direct evidence of their effects on classroom learning. The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the effects of a commercial off‐the‐shelf computer game on children's mental computation skills and on aspects of self‐perceptions. A pre–post design was employed. The participants were 71 primary school children (10–11 years old) from three classes. In School 1, a class of 21 children used a games console for 20 minutes each day, running a ‘brain training’ game. Two comparison groups were used. In School 2, 31 children used ‘Brain Gym’ techniques in their class over the treatment period. In school three, a class of 19 children acted as no‐treatment controls. The treatment period was 10 weeks. Significant pre–post gains were found in the games console group for both accuracy and speed of calculations, while results for the two comparison groups were mixed. The games console group showed significant gains in global self‐esteem, but not in other aspects of self‐concept. The comparison groups showed no significant gains in any area of self‐perceptions. There is a need now for upscaling to investigate generalisability.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Lucy Robertson  Sheila McConnellogue  Sarah Burcham  Sonia Shah  Alan Hurford 《Educational Psychology in Practice》2010,26(3):299-312

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School and Governor: A Report on Work in Progress     

James Robertson 《School Leadership & Management》2013,33(2):167-170

This article considers the ways in which distributed forms of leadership can positively influence school development and change. The article focuses on the findings from an initial evaluation and impact assessment of a leadership programme provided by the ‘Specialist Schools and Academies Trust’ for teachers in their first five years of teaching. This programme is intended to develop leadership potential and to build lateral leadership capacity in schools. The article provides an assessment of the impact of the ‘Developing Leaders’ programme on school and student development. The evidence suggests that this form of lateral leadership can make a positive difference to school performance and can contribute significantly to building leadership capacity within the system.  相似文献   

Dreams     

Gladys Vondy Robertson 《The Educational forum》2013,77(4)

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THE CHURCH COLLEGE AFFILIATED WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY     

Edward Robertson D.D. 《Religious education (Chicago, Ill.)》2013,108(4):397-399

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I Like American Freedom     

Gladys Vondy Robertson 《The Educational forum》2013,77(2)

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Fall     

Gladys Vondy Robertson 《The Educational forum》2013,77(1)

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