A junior school science unit on the solar system: Learning to think like a scientist

This article highlights the ways in which a Year 1‒3 teacher in a decile 8 rural primary school used the Science Learning Hub website (www.sciencelearn.org.nz) to develop her own science knowledge and to introduce her 20 five- and six-year-olds to the planets, and to the research that scientists undertake to extend their knowledge. The research was undertaken as part of the Science Learning Hub’s (Hub) ongoing research in evaluating its usefulness for practitioners. Hub researchers observed the class over three days during the second week of the unit, and interviewed the teacher about her approaches to the unit. The research explored how a new entrant teacher might make use of the Hub resources in conjunction with other materials to help children begin to think like scientists. Detail of the materials and two of the activities that were used is given and there is a discussion around how these activities encouraged the children to articulate their ideas and listen to the views of others, including those of ‘expert’ scientists. Implications for teaching are highlighted to show how teachers of very young children can stimulate children’s interest and curiosity in science, and help children to start a journey towards ‘thinking like a scientist’

Some Thoughts on the Effects ESL Teachers Can Have in a World Community

Since Teaching English as a Second Language is a profession involved with the humanity of all nations and cultures, as ESL teachers, we can play an integral part in the inevitable process of the world growing smaller and nations growing more and more interdependent. This paper looks at ESL teachers in this context. The first part examines the role of ESL teacher and the potential effect those in that role can have in the world. Part two consists of a series of questions that grew out of real teaching situations, and that might provide a springboard for examining our values as they relate to our profession. Finally, the third part is a case study of SIT\u27s decision to involve itself with the Iranian Navy. The purpose of this last part is to illustrate the complexity of elements involved in any choice of this nature

A Retrospective Analysis of Nursing Students\u27 Clinical Experience in an All-Male Maximum Security Prison.

Prisons provide an ideal learning experience to prepare prelicensure students with the knowledge and skill set needed for practice in the 21st century. Beginning descriptive evidence demonstrates that correctional health is an innovative community resource to educate nursing students in today\u27s changing model of health care delivery and practice. This article shares results from a retrospective analysis of the perceptions and experiences of nursing students during their community clinical rotation in an all-male maximum security prison

Characterization of antigenic relationships among bovine rotaviruses

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2023590

Study of the teaching of the speech arts in the secondary schools

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1931. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

STUDIES OF GENETIC VARIATION AT THE KIT LOCUS AND WHITE SPOTTING PATTERNS IN THE HORSE

There are numerous different white spotting patterns in the horse, including two of particular interest tobiano and sabino. In the mouse, genetic variation in the gene KIT causes many white spotting patterns. Due to the phenotypic similarity among white spotting patterns in horses and mice, KIT was investigated as the cause of the tobiano and sabino spotting patterns in horses. Initially, the KIT cDNA sequences from horses with several spotting patterns were compared. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified, though none were associated with a spotting pattern. Three novel splicing variants were also observed: exon 17 skipping, exon 18 skipping and alternative splicing of exon 3. Families segregating for a sabino spotting pattern (designated Sabino 1) and exon 17 skipping were discovered. Sequencing revealed a SNP (KI16+1037) within intron 16 that was completely associated with skipping of exon 17. Using a PCR-RFLP for KI16+1037, linkage was discovered for sabino spotting (LOD=9.02 for =0) and presence of the Sabino 1 allele detected in seven breeds. While all horses with this SNP exhibited the Sabino 1 phenotype, some horses with a sabino phenotype did not possess the SNP. This is most likely due to genetic heterogeneity of the phenotype. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to investigate the possibility of chromosome inversion in the region of KIT. A chromosomal inversion was discovered spanning ECA3q13 to 3q21 using BAC clones containing KIT and other genes in the same region. The ECA3q inversion was completely associated with Tobiano in the eight horses tested by FISH. This inversion may disrupt regulatory sequences of the KIT gene and thereby cause tobiano spotting. Spotting patterns are important to horse breeders for aesthetic as well as economic reasons. Spotting patterns in the horse may also be an interesting scientific model. The two genetic variants discovered in this work are good examples of genetic diversity due to mechanisms other than SNPs. Study of these variants may be valuable for examining the effects of the KIT gene on health traits. In particular, the KIT gene directs many functions of the mast cell, a cell that is involved in the etiology of inflammation

Identification of a prognostic marker in breast cancer by a lectin from helix pomatia (the roman snail)

IDENTIFICATION OF A PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN BREAST CANCER BY A LECTIN FROM HELIX POMATIA (THE ROMAN SNAIL). The aim of this study was to investigate the potential value of Helix pomatia lectin binding to tissue sections as an indicator of patient prognosis in breast cancer. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of a retrospective series of 373 primary breast cancers diagnosed at the Middlesex Hospital between January 1967 and June 1972 were stained by a simple immunoperoxidase technique for the binding of a lectin from the Roman snail. Helix pomatia. Log-rank life table analyses revealed a highly significant correlation between Helix pomatia lectin binding to primary breast cancers and the clinical course of the disease (in terms of disease free survival and total survival time) over a 15-20 year follow-up period (p<0.00001). Helix pomatia lectin binding was compared with other, established, prognostic markers for which we had data, including lymph node status, histological tumour grade, tumour size, patient age at diagnosis, and S-phase fraction (calculated by the technique of flow cytometry). Multivariate analysis was performed to assess the relationships of these variables. The distribution of Helix pomatia lectin binding substances in crude homogenates of primary breast cancer, breast cancer metastases to lymph node, liver, lung and bone, and a range of other, normal, human tissues was investigated by the technique of S.D.S.-P.A.G.E., in conjunction with Western-style lectin electroblotting. Attempts were made to isolate lectin-binding material from these sources by anion exchange chromatography and lectin affinity chromatography.The purity of isolated substances was analysed by a combination of S.D.S.-P.A.G.E. / Western blotting, and high performance liquid chromatography (H.P.L.C.)

What Do You Do When The Law Doesn’t Work? Adult Educators’ Role In Fighting Workplace Discrimination

An analysis of research suggests that ethnic/racial group members lack informal access to developmental opportunities in the workplace. Legal scholars critique Title VII law as ineffective in current organizations. Research shows the work of adult educators is critical in fighting discrimination in the absence of effective legal protection

An appreciative dialogue between East and West

In the context of globalized world, many countries have encountered similar changes and challenges. Learning from one another becomes critical to better understand the strengths and limitations of different theoretical and methodological approaches of education and adult education in particular. International and comparative education have historically demonstrated an effective way of learning from each other. Yet learning from each other seems to become very limited. Instead, learning from the West has become the norm due to its dominant economic position, a legacy of colonialism, the exportation of education, and the development of English as the lingua franca of scholarly publishing and interchange (Altbach, 2008)

Identification and validation of targets for cancer immunotherapy: from the bench-to-bedside

Chapter 12 in Novel Gene Therapy Approache