In search of the expert pedagogue: How is the expert physical education teacher perceived?

Like most professions, teaching needs to be concerned with the notions of expertise and effectiveness. This study aimed to determine how the expert physical education teacher is perceived by pupils, student teachers, and teacher educators. Perceptions were compared and contrasted to identify both areas of discrepancy and consensus with respect to subjects\u27 views of expertise. Subject groups involved in the study consisted of 30 year 10 pupils, 30 student teachers completing a BArts degree majoring in physical education (3rd year), and 28 teacher educators (physical education specific). Perceptions of expertise were determined through the administration of a questionnaire which specifically addressed eleven focus areas: (i) personal qualities, (ii) interest in pupils, (iii) professionalism, (iv) knowledge, (v) classroom management and organization, (vi) questioning, (vii) feedback, (viii) planning, (ix) reflection/critical evaluation, (x) learning environment, and (xi) levels of opportunity to learn (OTL) and academic learning time in physical education (Al T-PE). Analysis of questionnaire responses highlighted both differences and similarities between subjects\u27 perceptions of an expert physical education teacher. Common denominators of expertise appeared to focus on the variables classroom management and organization , interest in pupils , and levels of OTL and AL T-PE . One of the most important variables for defining an expert was commonly perceived as keen interest in pupils . Alternately, teacher professionalism was identified as one of the least important variables. It was concluded that it is essential that teacher education programmes be designed to ensure that meaningful content relating to conceptions of an expert physical education teacher is effectively transmitted to student teachers, and that the views of pupils be considered when formulating the constructed view of an expert physical education teacher

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An Overview of BrokerCheck and the Central Registration Depository

(Excerpt) Securities brokers are governed by a unique regulatory framework, subject to both extensive state and federal statutory and regulatory regimes. The vast bulk of federal regulation and oversight of brokers and brokerage firms has been delegated to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), a self-regulatory organization with the power to govern its members’ conduct. FINRA operates under the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), a federal agency established by the federal securities laws. FINRA was created on July 26, 2007 through the consolidation of the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) and the member regulation, enforcement and arbitration operations of the New York Stock Exchange. Because these two different self-regulatory organizations had different rulebooks, FINRA has been gradually consolidating their rules into a single, governing FINRA rulebook. FINRA has established rules governing the conduct of brokers and brokerage firms, as well as the disclosure of certain information. It also provides an arbitration forum to resolve customer disputes, disputes between broker-dealer firms, and disputes between brokers and their firms. Notably, nearly every brokerage account opening agreement contains a pre-dispute arbitration clause requiring customers to submit their disputes through FINRA’s arbitration forum. In contrast to actions filed in court, FINRA arbitrations are private proceedings. Because of this, there is limited amount of publicly available information about FINRA disputes. Pleadings and other documents and evidence filed in FINRA arbitrations are not public records. Thus, customers seeking information about a broker may not access the underlying documents filed in arbitration proceedings. This is why the FINRA mandated disclosures regarding complaints made by a broker’s customers are crucial to the investing public. Without these disclosures, current and potential customers of a particular broker would not be able to determine whether, and how many, other customers have filed complaints against their broker. As such, public disclosures take on heightened importance. This article will start with an overview of the Central Registration Depository (the “CRD”). It will then discuss FINRA’s BrokerCheck® database and describe how the two databases work together. Next, it will provide an overview of a broker’s BrokerCheck report and detail what information may be included, which can be quite useful to both current and prospective customers in vetting a broker. This information may also be useful to attorneys who are representing investors in connection with a complaint or arbitration claim

WOODLAND POND SALAMANDER ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN

Woodland ponds are important landscape features that help sustain populations of amphibians that require this aquatic habitat for successful reproduction. Species abundance patterns often reflect site-specific differences in hydrology, physical characteristics, and surrounding vegetation. Large-scale processes such as changing land cover and environmental conditions are other potential drivers influencing amphibian populations in the Upper Midwest, but little information exists on the combined effects of these factors. We used Blue-spotted (Ambystoma laterale Hallowell) and Spotted Salamander (A. maculatum Shaw) monitoring data collected at the same woodland ponds thirteen years apart to determine if changing environmental conditions and vegetation cover in surrounding landscapes influenced salamander movement phenology and abundance. Four woodland ponds in northern Wisconsin were sampled for salamanders in April 1992-1994 and 2005-2007. While Bluespotted Salamanders were more abundant than Spotted Salamanders in all ponds, there was no change in the numbers of either species over the years. However, peak numbers of Blue-spotted Salamanders occurred 11.7 days earlier (range: 9-14 days) in the 2000s compared to the 1990s; Spotted Salamanders occurred 9.5 days earlier (range: 3 - 13 days). Air and water temperatures (April 13- 24) increased, on average, 4.8 oC and 3.7 oC, respectively, between the decades regardless of pond. There were no discernible changes in canopy openness in surrounding forests between decades that would have warmed the water sooner (i.e., more light penetration). Our finding that salamander breeding phenology can vary by roughly 10 days in Wisconsin contributes to growing evidence that amphibian populations have responded to changing climate conditions by shifting life-cycle events. Managers can use this information to adjust monitoring programs and forest management activities in the surrounding landscape to avoid vulnerable amphibian movement periods. Considering direct and indirect stressors such as changing habitat and environmental conditions simultaneously to better understand trends in space and time can help improve monitoring programs for this taxa, which is at major risk of continued declines

2003-2007 Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans

Analyzes rates, patterns, and sources of anti-Arab-American hate crimes and discrimination, including detainee abuse, delays in naturalization, and threats; civil liberties concerns; bias in schools; and defamation in the media. Includes case summaries

Signaling for NKT cell development: the SAP–FynT connection

New studies demonstrate a critical role for the adaptor protein SAP (SLAM-associated protein) during NKT cell development. By connecting homotypic SLAM family receptor interactions with the FynT Src kinase, SAP may integrate a set of long-standing yet seemingly disparate observations characterizing NKT cell development. In fact, SAP-dependent signaling may underlie the development of multiple unconventional T cell lineages whose thymic selection relies on homotypic interactions between hematopoietic cells

Population decrease : through family planning

9TH Annual ethics conference. Theme : Bioethics medical, legal, environmental and cultural aspects in healthcare ethics at STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY, 25-26 OCTOBER 2012.9TH Annual ethics conference. Theme : Bioethics medical, legal, environmental and cultural aspects in healthcare ethics at STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY, 25-26 OCTOBER 2012

Status of sonic boom methodology and understanding

In January 1988, approximately 60 representatives of industry, academia, government, and the military gathered at NASA-Langley for a 2 day workshop on the state-of-the-art of sonic boom physics, methodology, and understanding. The purpose of the workshop was to assess the sonic boom area, to determine areas where additional sonic boom research is needed, and to establish some strategies and priorities in this sonic boom research. Attendees included many internationally recognized sonic boom experts who had been very active in the Supersonic Transport (SST) and Supersonic Cruise Aircraft Research Programs of the 60's and 70's. Summaries of the assessed state-of-the-art and the research needs in theory, minimization, atmospheric effects during propagation, and human response are given