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Students’ engagement with two-dimensional (2D) representations as opposed to three-dimensional (3D) representations of anatomy such as in dissection, is significant in terms of the depth of their comprehension. This qualitative study aimed to understand how students learned anatomy using observational and drawing activities that included touch, called haptics. Five volunteer second year medical students at the University of Cape Town participated in a six-day educational intervention in which a novel “haptico-visual observation and drawing” (HVOD) method was employed. Data were collected through individual interviews as well as a focus group discussion. The HVOD method was successfully applied by all the participants, who reported an improvement of their cognitive understanding and memorization of the 3D form of the anatomical part. All the five participants described the development of a “mental picture” of the object as being central to “deep learning.” The use of the haptic senses coupled with the simultaneous act of drawing enrolled sources of information that were reported by the participants to have enabled better memorization. We postulate that the more sources of information about an object, the greater degree of complexity could be appreciated, and therefore the more clearly it could be captured and memorized. The inclusion of haptics has implications for cadaveric dissection versus non-cadaveric forms of learning. This study was limited by its sample size as well as the bias and position of the researchers, but the sample of five produced a sufficient amount of data to generate a conceptual model and hypothesis. 相似文献
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Willa McDonald 《Journalism Practice》2020,14(1):34-47
ABSTRACTDeception is a key element of immersive undercover journalism, achieved through the omission of information, the perpetuation of misconceptions, or possibly the assumption of a false identity. Usually when proponents defend going undercover, they use the-ends-justify-the-means arguments; that despite the journalist’s duplicity, public benefit outweighs the dishonesty that lies at the heart of the practice. Yet, such statements are usually made in the absence of in-depth theoretical analysis. This paper seeks to redress this by applying Standpoint Theory, testing it against the work of Günter Wallraff, Germany’s lauded but controversial undercover journalist who uses disguises to report on that country’s marginalized and disadvantaged. While the authors applaud Wallraff’s exposure of the deplorable illegal and immoral dealings he uncovers, and do not seek to dismiss the significant results he has achieved, this paper uses the case study of his work to test the applicability of Standpoint Theory to undercover journalism, concluding that even under this accommodating theory, there may be ethical limits to journalism’s most ethically contentious practice. 相似文献
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The creation and implementation of strategies that could improve student development is receiving new research interest. The
main objective of the research was to establish whether hypnosis-induced mental training programmes as a strategy could alter
the self-concept of students which in turn could improve their overall academic functioning. Two experimental and two control
groups were randomly selected from a population of undergraduate psychology students at the University of Stellenbosch in
South Africa. The analysis of variance showed that the two hypnosis-induced mental training programmes had a significant positive
effect on the self-concept of the participants. 相似文献
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Lesley Wood Ina Louw Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt 《Action Learning: Research and Practice》2017,14(2):120-135
As supervisors who advocate the transformational potential of research both to generate theory and practical and emancipatory outcomes, we practice participatory action learning and action research (PALAR). This paper offers an illustrative case of how supervision practices based on action learning can foster emancipatory and lifelong learning within a university context that is becoming ever more focused on throughput of students, rather than on the quality of their learning. Conference attendance offers an excellent opportunity for postgraduate students to develop as researchers and lifelong learners, yet anxiety often prevents them from making the most of the learning experience. We explain how we encouraged the development of capabilities in students through a PALAR support programme that assisted postgraduate students prepare for a conference to make overall participation, presenting a paper and subsequent publication a true learning experience. We generated and analysed data from the written reflections of 11 postgraduate students who participated in the programme. The findings suggest that action learning, specifically PALAR, can be used to enable a rich learning experience for postgraduate students attending conferences through fostering relationships, building trust, a supportive environment, collaboration, communication and competence among them. Postgraduate students who experienced our PALAR support programme developed not only skills, knowledge, confidence and deeper appreciation of learning opportunities through conferences, but also understanding of the principles of PALAR that apply not just to the conference context but across all aspects of learning and research and life at large. 相似文献
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Storbeck C Martin D Parkin I Magongwa L Druchen BP Batchelor M McIlroy G De Villiers D Captieux-Bhana N Rasebopye L Rasebopye D Krige-Henderson S Krige F Louw A Surtees T Smit AL Cox R Henderson M 《American annals of the deaf》2010,155(4):488-518
In a special section of the american Annals of the Deaf, Deaf education and the Deaf community in South Africa are discussed. The special section is organized into 7 segments: a historical overview to establish context, the educational context, educators and learners, postgraduate education and employment, perspectives of Deaf children and their parents, sport and the arts, and spiritual lives and mental health. Throughout the entire section, however, the central focus is on the overall foundation (or lack thereof) of education for Deaf learners in South Africa. 相似文献
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The altruistic act of body donation provides a precious resource for both teaching and researching human anatomy. However, relatively little is known about individuals who donate their bodies to science (donors), and in particular whether donors in different geographical locations share similar characteristics. A multicenter prospective survey of donors registering during 2010 in three different geographical locations, New Zealand, Ireland, and the Republic of South Africa, was conducted to identify donor characteristics. The 28-question survey included sections on body donation program awareness, reasons for donating, giving tendency, education, ethnicity, relationship status, occupation, religion, and political preference. Two hundred surveys (81%) were returned [New Zealand 123 (85% response rate), Republic of South Africa 41 (67%), and Ireland 36 (92%)]. Results indicate that donors share certain characteristics including reason for donating (80% cited a desire to aid medical science as the main reason for wishing to donate their body); family structure (most donors are or have been in long-term partnerships and ≥ 85% have siblings); and a higher proportion with no religious affiliation compared to their reference population. Some variations between locations were noted including donor age, the mode of program awareness, occupation, relationship status, political preference, organ donor status and with whom donors had discussed their decision to donate. This information could be important for assisting the identification of potential body donors in new and established bequest programs. 相似文献
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BackgroundExpectations and beliefs appear to be important predictors of outcome following whiplash injury. Instruments for measuring these expectations in the general population have not been well studied. The objective of this study was to develop a simple symptom expectation questionnaire for whiplash injury for use in future research studies.MethodsAn existing database of 179 injury-naïve subjects who completed a 56-item checklist of expected symptoms for whiplash injury was analyzed to determine which items could correctly identify an a priori case definition of an expecter (a subject who expected at least one of these symptoms would remain chronic following whiplash injury). A total of seven of the 56 items were found to be discriminatory. The identified, discriminatory items were then tested in additional subject groups against the original questionnaire.ResultsFrom the original database of 179 subjects completing a 56-item symptom expectation checklist, 119 expected at least one of the 56 symptoms would be chronic following whiplash injury. The 119 expecters, however, all chose at least one of seven items: headache, anxious or worried, depressed, neck pain, problems sleeping, back pain, or jaw pain. Using these seven items, in two new groups of subjects given the 56-item symptom expectation checklist and then a new shortened (7-item) symptom expectation checklist one week later (and the same done for another group of 100 subjects in reverse order), all those who endorsed one of the 56 symptoms as likely to be chronic following whiplash injury (expecters) could also be identified on the 7-item checklist.ConclusionA shortened (7-item) symptom expectation checklist of commonly reported symptoms following whiplash injury (headache, anxious or worried, depressed, neck pain, problems sleeping, back pain, and jaw pain) correctly identifies subjects who expect at least one symptom will be chronic following minor head injury (i.e., an expecter). This shortened (7-item) symptom expectation checklist can be used in future population-based studies to understand the prevalence of belief patterns and expectations for whiplash injury. 相似文献
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In the White Paper on Post-School Education and Training of 2013, the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) encourages the use of digital technology where appropriate to enhance access, improve communication and generally optimise student engagement. As a consequence, higher education and open and distance learning (ODL) must contemplate a transformation that requires high quality teaching and learning. Faculty teaching staff must therefore be reskilled not only to teach in this digitised environment, but also to become technocratic learners. In this article, we report on a literature review and an exploratory study that we conducted of sources published from 2003 to 2014 in order to map the requirements for the planning of an online course. We identify the elements needed to ensure student success in this environment, focusing on course design and the self-efficacy of students. We end with an attempt to explain why many online courses do not seem to reflect a scholarly approach. 相似文献
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Ina Louw 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(3):320-335
ABSTRACTTutorials/discussion classes1 are seen as an essential part of the teaching mix in the natural sciences, because that is where problems can be solved and course content is applied. Learning support provided by teaching assistants may free up the lecturer to do research, but are these assistants sufficiently well trained and well informed? Do tutorials offer learning spaces or merely activities to engage the willing student? In this paper I report on a study conducted in a science faculty of a research intensive university in South Africa. I collected data using interviews and questionnaires which gave insight into the many variants of tutor/teaching assistant2 support that exist in the faculty. Practices that seem to lead to better student learning were also foregrounded. It became evident that lecturers need to plan their tutorials as an integral part of the learning space and not as an add-on activity. 相似文献