The Library Of Faith: An Exploration Of The Role Of The Library In A Seventh-Day Adventist College

An examination of the role of libraries in Adventist college settings.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pda/1007/thumbnail.jp

Finding God at Work in our Family Roots

Follows the story of the Clouten family beginning in 1790 in England, then to Australia, then to Canada, and back to Australia

To Ghana: February-March 2004

The first indication that Ghana might be on my travel itinerary came during the ASDAL Conference 2000 held at Andrews University. Vida Mensah, who is library director at Valley View University in Ghana, was among several librarians who came to that conference from places worldwide. As the conference workshops drew to a close, Vida stopped by my office to talk about Valley View’s need for a new library, and to ask for my help in preparing specifications for a building. Nothing was promised, but there was an underlying assumption that I would come to Valley View University sometime soon to give some help. Reality met expectation in February 2004, when Ngaire and I flew to Accra to spend three weeks at Valley View, responding to a formal request to prepare a library building program and to help in developing some strategic goals for the library’s development. We expected to be kept busy, and we surely were. But we also experienced the exotic cultures, the ethnic foods, the torrid climate, the off-again on-again power and water supply, the wonderful people of Ghana, and a multitude of blessings

Subjective responses and eye fixations to visual displays of spatial sequences

In the selection of spatial sequences for this study importance was given to an understanding of the architect's design intentions, Chapters IV and VIII. The displays of the Sydney Opera House have revealed an incomplete structure, and the contrast of some completed spaces with substantial environmental noise of scaffold and workmens' ramps has been an important part of the study. In many cases the provision of a temporary path through space has been accepted by a group of subjects, and its importance "has been illustrated from eye fixations to the displays.In Displays 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 a conflict has not generally arisen between the designer's intentions of subjective experience and the responses of the subjects. But in Displays 1, 2, 5 and 10 the architect's design for the completed building and the recording of space in the incomplete building are at variance.The forty subjects who have taken part in the experiments represented a range of architectural training in addition to variations of personality and general conditioning. The group of subjects was not a sample of the general population, and for this reason the average creativity score was considerably higher than the average for the general population

Does ethnicity, gender or age of physiotherapy students affect performance in the final clinical placements? An exploratory study

This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Physiotherapy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2013 Elsevier B.V.Objectives - To explore demographic differences in awarded marks of the final clinical placement in a physiotherapy undergraduate programme. Design - Retrospective analysis of clinical placement assessment marks. Setting - A London university offering clinical placements throughout South East England. Participants - 333 physiotherapy students entering physiotherapy training between 2005 to 2009. Main outcome measures Marks awarded following assessment using a clinical placement assessment form. Results - The mean mark (SD) for age were standard entry 71 (7.4) vs. mature entry 72 (7.99) (ns); for gender male 72 (8.45) vs. female 71 (7.21) (ns); and ethnicity White British 72 (7.71) vs. ethnic minority 70 (7.01) (p = 0.023). No interaction effects were observed between the independent variables and only ethnicity demonstrated a statistically significant effect (mean difference (MD) 2.4% 95%CI 0.5 to 4.3, F = 5.24, p = 0.023). This difference was maintained in most subcategories. Significant differences were observed for the interpersonal section (MD 2.21% 95%CI 0.14 to 4.28, F = 4.409, p = 0.03), the clinical reasoning section (MD 2.39% 95%CI 0.53 to 4.25, F = 6.37, p = 0.012) and the treatment section (MD 2.93 95%CI 1.10 to 4.83, F = 9.198, p = 0.003). Conclusions - Physiotherapy students from minority ethnic backgrounds were awarded a significantly lower mark than their white majority peers in final clinical placements, although the difference was small. Potential reasons are considered, with the strongest recommendation being for further enquiry into the potential relationship between ethnicity and success in undergraduate physiotherapy education

Individual student characteristics and attainment in pre-registration physiotherapy : a retrospective multi-site cohort study

Introduction: Worldwide there is a desire to diversify the physiotherapy workforce. However, limited research indicates that some student characteristics linked to under-representation in pre-registration physiotherapy education have lower attainment and greater attrition. This study explored the relationship between individual characteristics and success of students in pre-registration physiotherapy education within South East England. Design: A retrospective multi-site cohort study including pre-registration physiotherapy programmes in the South East of England. Anonymised data included background information (age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status) and outcomes (assessment marks, type of award and classification of degree). Analysis involved Bayesian regression models and ordinal logistic regression to examine the association of student characteristics on outcomes. Results: Data from 1851 student records were collected from four institutions. There were significantly lower assessment scores for Asian (-11.1% 95% CI: -13.1 to -9.2), Black (-7.1%, 95% CI: -9.7 to -4.5) and Other/Mixed ethnicity groups (-4.7%, 95% CI: -7.1 to -2.4), most notable in clinical and observed assessments, compared to their White British colleagues. All BME groups also demonstrated worse odds for a one step lower overall award or no award (Black OR: 3.35, Asian OR: 3.97, Other OR: 2.03). Associations of learning disability, age and non-traditional entry routes with assessment scores and/or degree classification were also noted. Conclusion: These findings suggest significant attainment gaps in pre-registration physiotherapy education in this specific geographical region, particularly for non-White ethnic and disability groups. The association with assessment type challenges educators to look beyond a purely student deficit model to explore all factors that may lead to inequality. © 2017 The Authors.Health Education North West London (HENWL) grant (P063)

Reid\u27s Mistake: The Story of Lake Macquarie from it\u27s Discovery until 1890

The purpose of this book is to turn back the hands of time and depict the story of Lake Macquarie - including the people, places and events which are now not even memories in the minds of our generation

Mission College, Thailand, Assignment: October 26 - November 8, 2000

This report tells the story of a library consultation visit to Mission College, a new Adventist post-secondary school situated in the hill country northeast of Bankok, Thailand