Joining the dots through Scottish crofting education

The ‘Crofting Connections’ (Ceanglaichean Croitearachd) project is described in this article as an exemplar of the prescribed ‘Scottish approach’ to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Drawing upon the evaluation of this project an argument is made for increased attention to such initiatives that seek to (re)connect children with issues of community, heritage, land and place. In doing so, we also call for a reconceptualization of crofting in academic discourse and in the curriculum. While crofting is a specifically Scottish phenomenon, this may be of interest to readers in other nations with similar small scale agricultural traditions

Aspects of scattering theory

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Factors affecting primary school head teachers and the running of their schools

Since the early part of this century primary education has existed within a laissez-faire structure. The professional autonomy of teachers has, up to now, never been seriously threatened. The independence of Individual schools is a feature of the English education system. However, because education is a fundamental part of society it is inevitable that differing aspects of society affect education both directly and indirectly. The main area of interest examined in this study is the tension between the numerous factors affecting head teachers and the laissez-faire framework within which the head teacher has to work. This area of interest is examined by using two strategies. First, by using an historical perspective the study will evaluate the effects of society on primary schools. The investigation will assess how external influences and historical events have affected primary head teachers. Second, an Investigation into the internal life of primary schools - factors affecting head teachers on a day-to-day basis, the focus will be upon the interaction of parties within the institionalized setting. The role of the head teacher as a leader, educational manager and administrator will be explored in the context of the present major redefinition of education, which has at its heart the dismantling of the laissez-faire tradition.* Author's note. The radical and ceaseless nature of the redefinition of education following the 'Great Debate* of the mid seventies has created severe problems for the writer. Certain arguments and comments have been 'overtaken* by the march of history. The summer of 1986 is the finishing point of this investigation and the reader will need to bear this in mind.

Holnest, Dorset. An archaeological appraisal.

An archaeological appraisal was carried out prior to the construction of a landfill on farmland at Holnest in North Dorset. No archaeolgical sites were identified and the field pattern was estabilshed in 1800

Measuring Morals: The Beginnings of the Social Survey Movement in Canada, 1913-1917

During the 1910s a series of general surveys was conducted, primarily by an alliance of Methodists and Presbyterians whose primary target was the moral condition of the larger Anglo-Canadian cities. This paper explores the techniques employed and the underlying logic of these investigations by examining the implicit links between the different forms of data collected and published. These links reveal a distinctive construction of “moral danger” organized around the axes of urbanization and immigration viewed through the lens of temperance and an activist Protestantism.Durant les années 1910, une série d’enquêtes générales ont été réalisées, surtout par une alliance de méthodistes et de presbytériens qui s’intéressaient principalement à la condition morale des grandes villes anglo-canadiennes. Le présent article explore les techniques et la logique sous-jacente de ces enquêtes en examinant les liens implicites entre les différents types de données recueillies et publiées. Ces liens révèlent une construction distincte du « risque moral » articulée autour des axes de l’urbanisation et de l’immigration vus par le prisme de la tempérance et d’un protestantisme activiste

Federal Supremacy and State Anti-Subversive Legislation

State legislatures have been prompted by international tensions of recent years to enact new and stringent anti-subversive laws, thus adding to an already large body of statutes directed against various forms of subversion. Many of these statutes are open to serious objection on constitutional ·grounds. The purpose of this article is to examine those objections which are based upon the notion either that federal power in the area is exclusive or that Congress, expressly or by necessary inference, has pre-empted the field

How Can Collaborative Engagement Improve Water Quality? An On-the-Ground Perspective from the Musconetcong River

Partnerships are instrumental to improving water quality, especially difficult challenges like addressing non-point source pollution. Hear how over a thirty year timespan local residents worked to improve water quality, first through protecting the Musconetcong River as a National Wild and Scenic River, and then using that status to work collaboratively with federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and local land owners to reduce pollution from farms and remove abandoned dams