A new footwear technology to promote non-heelstrike landing and enhance running performance: Fact or fad?     

Janet H. Zhang  Aislinn J. C. McPhail  Winko W. An  Waqar M. Naqvi  Daniel L. H. Chan  Ivan P. H. Au 《Journal of sports sciences》2017,35(15):1533-1537

This study sought to compare the kinetics and kinematics data in a group of habitual shod runners when running in traditional running shoes and newly designed minimalist shoes with lug platform. This novel footwear design claims to simulate barefoot running and reduce energy loss during impact. We compared footstrike angle (FSA), vertical average (VALR) and instantaneous (VILR) loading rates, energy loss and initial vertical stiffness between two shoe conditions. Runners demonstrated a decreased FSA while running in minimalist shoes with lug platform than traditional shoes (P = 0.003; Cohen’s d = 0.918). However, we did not observe a landing pattern transition. VALR and VILR between two footwear conditions showed no significant difference (P = 0.191–0.258; Cohen’s d = 0.304–0.460). Initial vertical stiffness (P = 0.032; Cohen’s d = 0.671) and energy loss (P = 0.044; Cohen’s d = 0.578) were greater when running in minimalist shoes with lug platform. The results show that minimalist shoes with lug platform reduce the FSA but may not lead to a landing pattern switch or lower vertical loading rates. Interestingly, the new shoe design leads to a greater energy loss than traditional running shoes, which could be explained by a higher initial vertical stiffness.  相似文献   

The Freedom to Teach     

Ivan J. K. Dahl 《The Teacher Educator》2013,48(2):23-26

Maintaining that academic freedom is necessary if schools are to function effectively, Dr. Dahl presents lucid arguments to support his position.  相似文献   

Are pre-service teachers disinclined to utilise embodied humanoid social robots in the classroom?     

Andreja Istenic  Ivan Bratko  Violeta Rosanda 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2021,52(6):2340-2358

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Grant‐maintained Heads’ Reflections on Opting Out     

Jonathan Cauldwell  Ivan Reid 《Educational studies》1996,22(2):245-260

This article summarises the views of 222 grant‐maintained (GM) school's head teachers’ experience of, and reasons for, their schools opting out of local authority control. The survey was conducted on the first 499 secondary schools to go GM. The article investigates issues such as admissions, finances and also the effects of GM status (GMS) on the relationships with, and roles of, local education authorities, the Department for Education, parents and governors. The article provides an overview of moves to GMS and highlights prior aims and reflections.  相似文献   

Lev S. Vygotsky     

Ivan Ivić 《Prospects》1994,24(3-4):761-785

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Navigating the Maze of Music Rights     

Ivan L. Pitt 《TechTrends》2007,51(3):10-10

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THE FORGOTTEN MINORITY     

Ivan Z. Holowinsky 《Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies》2013,35(1):69-73

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Borderlands     

Ivan Nabokov 《Publishing Research Quarterly》1998,14(2):11-15

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Interplay among technical,socio-emotional and personal factors in written feedback research     

Ivan Chong 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2018,43(2):185-196

The centrality of written feedback is clearly seen from the proliferation of research in the context of higher education. As an increasingly expanding field in research, the majority of written feedback studies have been interested in investigating the technical aspect of how feedback should be given in order to promote student learning. More recently, researchers have focused on the socio-emotional factors at work in the feedback process, and advocated a dialogic approach to giving feedback in order to increase students’ understanding and active participation in the process. Moreover, to empower students to reflect on and make sense of the written feedback they receive, students’ personal characteristics, such as their prior and current knowledge, also play an important role. Nevertheless, reviewing studies on written feedback in the context of higher education shows a lopsided focus on the technical factors of written feedback, with little attention paid to the socio-emotional and student factors. This commentary aims at providing a broader definition of written feedback and identifying the dominant factors reported in research. A conceptual framework for looking into the factors at work in the feedback process is proposed and future research directions are suggested.  相似文献   

Acadia Advantage—Evolution and Experiences     

Ivan Tomek  Tomasz Müldner 《Interactive Learning Environments》2013,21(2-3):175-194

In 1996, Acadia University became the first Canadian university to adopt a plan of a fully computerized campus. This plan called for progressively equipping each student and faculty member with a personal laptop computer, introducing computer technology into most courses, providing students and faculty with ubiquitous access to the computer network everywhere on the campus, and integrating the technology into the undergraduate curriculum and campus life. In this paper, we describe the context in which this decision was made, discuss the nature of the experience and the involvement of faculty and students in the process, the logistic problems, and impact on faculty and students, successes and disappointments. We also present selected research projects undertaken by faculty within this framework, and outline plans for the future.  相似文献