263 research outputs found
Telling Stories: A Process of Identification - An analysis of the Professional Life Histories of six neophyte teacher educators
Tobacco Suits Today: Are Cigarette Plaintiffs Just Blowing Smoke?
The Surgeon General has stated that cigarette smoking is the chief, single, avoidable cause of death in our society and the most important public health issue of our time. Over 200,000 people die each year in the United States as a result of cigarette smoking. Consequently, numerous products liability suits have been filed against tobacco companies. However, until the 1988 decision in CipoIlone v. Liggett Group, Inc., no plaintiff had won a products liability suit against a tobacco company
Narrative practices in developing professional identities: Issues of objectivity and agency
This article presents an analytical model of binary dimensions of narrative practice perceived as two continua between the oppositions of subjectivity/objectivity and structure/agency. Such narrative practice is considered as a site for professional âidentificationâ and self-knowing. The analytical model provided a framework that was applied to a series of professional life history narrative events and followup discussions conducted with six early career teacher educators working across two contrasting sites for teacher education. The findings evidence participantsâ reflections within the narrative events that relate to the descriptors of each quadrant in this model and show that it has utility in describing and understanding the process of identification that takes place within narrative practice
Telling Stories: A Process of Identification for Six Neophyte Teacher Educators
This study engaged new teacher educator participants in narrative story telling which facilitated a process of âidentificationâ that was supportive of their identity transformation. The study considers the process of identity transformation as these experienced teachers move into their new roles as teacher educators. The narrative method was sensitive to a poststructuralist view of identity. Six neophyte teacher educators shared their Professional Life Histories for this study. This adapted life history method included the use of prospective as well as retrospective reflection. Follow up discussions provided an opportunity for reflection on the Professional Life History process. These narrative events were analysed using an interpretive approach based on grounded theory. Three viewing frames, consisting of explorations in relation to identity and identification, types of reflection and narrative storytelling, were applied. The narrative events revealed evidence of identity transformation for the participants but found that identity as a teacher educator was in process and only partially formed at the point of telling their stories suggesting that their identity was still in transition despite having spent some time in the role, and for some of them undergoing a yearlong preparation for the role. This study reveals how engaging in narrative story telling provided an opportunity for participants to activate a process of âidentificationâ which was supportive of identity transformation. Analysis of the forms of reflection evidenced in the narrative events suggested that critical self-reflection was involved in identification. Furthermore, the follow up discussions evidenced the emergence of âpremise reflectionâ (Mezirow, 1991) suggesting that âreflecting on reflectionâ further enhanced self-knowing and identity transformation. A model of the interaction between two dimensions, that of subjective/objective and structure/agency, was developed proposing that within narrative story telling an individual might gain a more objective and agentive understanding of their professional identity and self
Using a professional life history approach to support identification and identity transformation for neophyte teachers and teacher educators as they transition into new professional roles
Telling Stories â A model for considering the impact of narrative practices on supporting identity and identification, based on a study of teacher educators in career transition
Three essays on occupational segregation : women and men in the labor force
Thesis (PhD) â Boston College, 1979.Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.Discipline: Economics
Screening Rights Film Festival 2016
Nearly four hundred people attended the inaugural Screening Rights Film Festival in 2015. Their feedback was considered in the preparation of this yearâs festival, which took place from 15â18 September 2016, and featured twelve social justice films in comparison to last yearâs seven. These films from countries including Honduras, Palestine, China and the UK were discussed in more post-screening discussions, and were seen by more people, due to the festivalâs growing viewership across an increased amount of venues in Birmingham
Capillarity and wetting of carbon dioxide and brine during drainage in Berea sandstone at reservoir conditions
Comparison of residual oil cluster size distribution, morphology and saturation in oil-wet and water-wet sandstone
We imaged an oil-wet sandstone at residual oil saturation (Sor) conditions using X-ray micro-tomography with a nominal voxel size of (9 Îźm)3 and monochromatic light from a synchrotron source. The sandstone was rendered oil-wet by ageing with a North Sea crude oil to represent a typical wettability encountered in hydrocarbon reservoirs. We measured a significantly lower Sor for the oil-wet core (18.8%) than for an analogue water-wet core (35%). We analysed the residual oil cluster size distribution and find consistency with percolation theory that predicts a power-law cluster size distribution. We measure a power-law exponent Ď = 2.12 for the oil-wet core which is higher than Ď for the water-wet system (Ď = 2.05), indicating fewer large clusters in the oil-wet case. The clusters are rough and sheet-like consistent with connectivity established through layers in the pore space and occupancy of the smaller pores; in contrast the clusters for water-wet media occupy the centres of the larger pores. These results imply less trapping of oil, but with a greater surface area for dissolution. In carbon storage applications, this suggests that in CO2-wet systems, capillary trapping is less significant, but that there is a large surface area for dissolution and reaction
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