Trína chéile: Reflections on journaling in the border country of doctoral research

In this paper I reflect autoethnographically on my experiences of writing as part of a professional doctorate. I draw on the research journals that I kept during a particularly challenging time in the dissertation process and in particular on the method of journal writing that I used to help me through this time. This storied account offers an insight into the experience of being trína chéile, or all over the place, in the border country of adult learning. The discovery of negative capability and metaphoric sensibility emerge as significant supports on the journey. Encountering the work of Cixous during the dissertation and the work of Milner after its completion were key aspects of the thinking process. In this way writing is seen as a method of self-support in the border country of dissertation writing, one that supports emergent learning and that acts as an epistemological resource in using writing processes that are congruent with the discipline of adult education

Book Review: Creating autoethnographies, by T. Muncey, 2010, London, Sage.

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The Significance of Heavy Metal and Organic Micropollutants in Soils.

End of Project ReportThe southeastern region of Ireland, representing 22% of the land area of the country, has been systematically sampled. Soils have been analysed for a range of heavy metals and persistent organics. These soils have now been archived and are available for future analyses as required. Analyses conducted to date, the results of which are discussed here, are for soil parameters pH and organic matter, for major components, aluminum, iron, and manganese, for trace elements (heavy metals) arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, selenium and zinc and for organics, hexachlorobenzene, hexachloro-cyclohexanes, and for DDT and its metabolites. Other organics, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, were examined in a proportion of soils. Results have been statistically analysed and frequency distributions have been calculated. Geographic distributions have also been plotted and localized concentrations have been found for most elements. Geochemical factors are considered to be largely responsible for most of these localized concentrations. Aerial deposition of lead and selenium was also indicated. Historic usage of DDT and g - HCH was detected in soils with different land uses. Overall, little serious contamination of soils, especially that caused by man, by toxic elements was evident. However, as many as 21% of soils breached the provisions of the EU Sewage Sludge Directive for heavy metals in soil

Introductory Module Unit 2: Study Skills for Adults Returning to Learning.

The broad aim of this Introductory Module is to help you to approach the study aspects of this course with confidence and to introduce you to learning strategies that can enhance your capacity to learn. It will look at some of the issues raised when returning to learning having spent some time out of the education system. Outcomes: On completion of this unit students will have: • Reflected on the challenges associated with returning to learning • Raised their awareness concerning the unique nature of adult learning • Reflected on the key aspects of effective learning • Developed a method of reading, writing, and using their time for learning

Acute injuries in student circus artists with regard to gender specific differences

Purpose: Student circus artists train as both artists and athletes with their bodies holding the key to professional success. The daily training load of student circus artists is often associated with maximum physical and psychological stress with injuries posing a threat to a potential professional career. The purpose of this study is the differentiated analysis and evaluation of work accidents in order to initiate the development of injury preventive programs. Methods: The 17 years of data were obtained from standardized anonymous work accident records of the Berlin State Accident Insurance (UKB) as well as a State Artist Educational School (n = 169, Male: 70; Female: 99) from student artists. Evaluation and descriptive statistics were conducted with Excel 2007 and PASW Statistics 18. Results: The injury risk seems to be relatively low (0.3 injuries/1000h). There are gender specific differences as to the location of injuries. Only 7% of the accidents demand a break of more than 3 days. Injury patterns vary depending on the activity and the employment of props/equipment. 75.2% of work accidents have multifactorial and 24.8% exogenous causes. Conclusions: Because physical fitness is all important in the circus arts there are numerous options for injury prevention programs that should be realized subject to gender-specific differences. Follow-ups on chronic complaints and a more individual approach are indispensable due to the very specific activities in the circus arts

Reflexivity and the Guidance Counsellor

Reflexivity is one of those buzz words that gets bandied about in a field such as guidance counselling. It is not always clear what is meant by it. It might be of some help to unravel the term “reflexivity” somewhat and see what it might have to offer guidance practitioners

Evidence of adult lung growth in humans.

A 33-year-old woman underwent a right-sided pneumonectomy in 1995 for treatment of a lung adenocarcinoma. As expected, there was an abrupt decrease in her vital capacity, but unexpectedly, it increased during the subsequent 15 years. Serial computed tomographic (CT) scans showed progressive enlargement of the remaining left lung and an increase in tissue density. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the use of hyperpolarized helium-3 gas showed overall acinar-airway dimensions that were consistent with an increase in the alveolar number rather than the enlargement of existing alveoli, but the alveoli in the growing lung were shallower than in normal lungs. This study provides evidence that new lung growth can occur in an adult human

Facilitating transformative learning. Department of Adult and Community Education NUI Maynooth

This report is about research carried out with sixty-two tutors who have worked on the Certificate in Counselling Skills at the Department of Adult and Community Education, NUI Maynooth. This course is a foundation-level course, conducted at NUI Maynooth and at outreach centres throughout the Republic of Ireland, and it has attracted over 14,000 students since it began in 1984. It has developed within a context where the profession of counselling has emerged as separate from psychology, and in a social context of a growing awareness of the role of counseling. The course is also unique in the field of counseling education, in that it has adopted from the start an educational stance rather than a therapeutic one. All the course tutors are qualified and, for the most part, practising counsellors. Many who were core to the course in its early days were also heavily involved in establishing the Irish Association for Counselling and Therapy (IACT), now the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP)

So, what's in a title? The paradox of nursing professors!

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