Tracing Social-Ecologial Relationships: Hāʻena, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017

Teoria curricular crítica e pós-crítica: uma perspectiva para a formação inicial de professores para a educação básica

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar os conceitos das teorias curriculares críticas e pós-críticas e suas influências na formação de professores para a educação básica. Uma das maiores discussões atuais no meio educacional é a necessidade de se formar professores críticos, comprometidos com uma educação de qualidade e com o seu papel frente ao sucesso escolar. Pensar a formação de professores nessa perspectiva pressupõe pensar um currículo que possibilite esse perfil de profissional. Acredita-se que uma das possibilidades para essa formação está fundamentada na teoria curricular crítica e pós - crítica. Assim, este trabalho visa abordar sucintamente a história do currículo a partir da década de 1920, bem como a compreensão das teorias curriculares críticas e pós – críticas e sua influência na formação inicial de professores. O currículo a partir dessas teorias possibilita desenvolver conhecimentos necessários para a formação desses profissionais, para que, em suas práticas pedagógicas, deixem de ser apenas transmissores de saberes voltados para a reprodução de conteúdos, mas que realmente se preocupem com o ensino e que sejam capazes de transformar a prática existente. Enfatizando-se as teorias, indica-se possibilidades de formar professores a partir dessa perspectiva. O estudo foi embasado na prática docente do Curso de Pedagogia e nos estudos realizados pela autora durante o Mestrado em Educação na disciplina de Políticas de Planejamento e Gestão do Projeto Pedagógico. Assim, a metodologia da pesquisa caracteriza-se como bibliográfica fundamentada em estudiosos sobre o currículo e formação de professores como Silva (2007), Moreira (1990 - 1997), Garcia (2006), Pacheco (2001), Freire (2003-2005), Eyng (2007), Romanowski (2007), Mello (1982), entre outros

Developing a Professionalism Plan

Professionalism is a way of being which underlies all the responsibilities of a pharmacist and associated general and professional abilities. The Student Affairs Committee was charged with developing a college-wide professionalism plan to meet the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Standards 15.1 and 23. This plan was developed concurrently with a new curriculum. The plan was developed systematically with the following goals: 1) create a definition of professionalism, 2) determine outcomes of the plan, 3) identify existing components which should be continued and new components to be added, 4) ensure existing and new components are linked to outcomes and 5) develop a continuous assessment process for the plan. The proposed plan consists of curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities designed to help students gain experience in three professionalism pillars: Competence, Connection and Character, as defined by Brown et al in "Taxonomy of Professionalism". While knowledge and skills will be enhanced, the focus of development will be on student virtues, values and attitudesäóîthat what they do defines who they are. The goal is to help students develop as people and professionals who value the high ideals expected of a pharmacist.   Type: Idea Pape

Abnormal Integrity of Corticocortical Tracts in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been defined as a transitional state between normal aging and Alzheimer disease. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can estimate the microstructural integrity of white matter tracts in MCI. We evaluated the microstructural changes in the white matter of MCI patients with DTI. We recruited 11 patients with MCI who met the working criteria of MCI and 11 elderly normal controls. The mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) were measured in 26 regions of the brain with the regions of interest (ROIs) method. In the MCI patients, FA values were significantly decreased in the hippocampus, the posterior limb of the internal capsule, the splenium of corpus callosum, and in the superior and inferior longitudinal fasciculus compared to the control group. MD values were significantly increased in the hippocampus, the anterior and posterior limbs of the internal capsules, the splenium of the corpus callosum, the right frontal lobe, and in the superior and the inferior longitudinal fasciculus. Microstructural changes of several corticocortical tracts associated with cognition were identified in patients with MCI. FA and MD values of DTI may be used as novel biomarkers for the evaluation of neurodegenerative disorders

An Overview of Seafood Consumption and Supply Sources: Hawaii versus U.S.

This study compares Hawai‘i and the U.S. mainland in terms of seafood consumption and import. It looks at total, per capita, species grouping, historical and global consumption.The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding support of NOAA’s Hawai‘i Seafood Program (Award No. NA09NMF4520171)

Śānti Rites in the Development of the Purānic Rāajyābhiseka

AbstractThis article details the contribution of Atharvan and astrological śānti (appeasement) rituals in the formation of the Purānic rājyābhiseka (royal consecration), described most elaborately in the Visnudharmottarapurāna. It argues that the form of this ceremony derives from consecratory forms originating in late-Vedic Atharvan ritual manuals (Śāantikalpa and Pariśistas), and further developed in the Brhatsamhitā, rather than from earlier śrauta-era consecrations such as the rājasūya. “Vedic”/“Hindu” distinctions, which have been employed in earlier analyses of this rite, may lack the precision for capturing this historical development. The article also highlights the contribution of late-Vedic and astrological theories of ritual to medieval conceptions of kingship. </jats:sec

Śaiva Rites of Expiation: A First Edition and Translation of Trilocanaśiva’s Twelfth-Century Prāyaścittasamuccaya (with a Transcription of Hṛdayaśiva’s Prāyaścittasamuccaya). Edited and translated by R. Sathyanarayanan, with an introduction by Dom

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