Extra-Curricular Activities: creating graduates with impact in education

Staff from the Carnegie Faculty’s Centre for Social and Educational Research across the Life-course (SERL) have completed a project for the Higher Education Academy subject group for education, ESCalate, into ‘Creating Graduates with Impact in Education’. Jacqueline Stevenson, Professor Sue Clegg and Paula Sealey undertook research with students and staff across a range of education-related courses as well as with employers from schools, local authorities and other education settings

Cultural competence of faculty of baccalaureate nursing programs

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of cultural competence among faculty teaching in baccalaureate nursing programs in Louisiana and to identify associated factors. A survey was mailed to all 313 faculty members identified as actively involved in teaching in any baccalaureate nursing program in Louisiana and 163 valid responses were obtained. The Cultural Diversity Questionnaire for Nurse Educators, a researcher designed instrument intended to measure cultural competence, was the instrument used. It included Likert-type items organized into five subscales representing the components of cultural competence according to Campinha- Bacote’s model of cultural competence (i.e., cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural skills, cultural encounters and cultural desire), and a sixth subscale on the teaching of trancultural nursing concepts. An index was developed for the respondents overall cultural competence, and each cultural competence subscale as well as for the transcultural teaching behaviors subscale. The categories used to interpret the responses were five, ranging from least favorable (i.e., \u3c1.5 = strongly disagree) to most favorable (\u3e 4.5 = strongly agree). The participants’ responses were in the “agree” response category for overall cultural competence, as well as for all subscale indexes, with the cultural awareness index being highest (4.14), and the cultural encounter index being lowest (3.56). Findings also indicated that the subscales cultural knowledge and cultural encounter explained 87% of the variance in overall cultural competence. The study results also indicated that a significant model does exist that enables the researcher to explain cultural competence on each subscale as well as overall cultural competence. The variable that had the highest positive correlation with each subscale index, as well as with the index of overall cultural competence, was continuing education in transcultural nursing within the previous five years. The nursing specialties women’s health, childbearing nursing and community health were also associated with increasing the indexes on selected subscales. The researcher recommended faculty development programs on cultural competence and opportunities for cross cultural interaction as strategies for improving the overall cultural competence of nursing faculty. The researcher also encouraged further investigation of the differences in cultural competence among faculty in selected nursing specialties

Shareholder Engagement and Chevron’s Policy 520 on Human Rights: The Role Played by the United States Jesuit Conference’s “National Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility”

Purpose To demonstrate how the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in the United States through the “National Jesuit Committee on Investment Responsibility” played a significant role as a socially conscious institutional and religious investor in influencing Chevron’s Human Rights Policy 520 and to analyze the factors that contributed to a successful shareholder engagement with the company. Methodology/approach Case study based on firsthand information. Findings Our conclusion offers support for Allen et al.’s (2012) conclusion of legitimacy (credibility) being the dominant force in a successful engagement. We found that coalition-building is a significant moderating variable in increasing shareholder salience. This finding contradicts the study by Gifford (2010). Originality/value of chapter The chapter is based on the actual process of shareholder engagement with Chevron Corporation that led to the human rights policy and is written mainly based on firsthand information

Pastor\u27s Cultural Intelligence and Personal Character Influence Within Youth Ministries

Within this study, the logic was to understand the natural development of cultural Christlike character traits among youth pastors who serve in the 6th-12th grade youth ministry loneliness environment. The sample population comprised between 22 church pastors within the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The sample included participants with different experience levels in pastoral and bi-vocational pastoral ministries. The guiding rationale was that the pastor\u27s cultural Christlike character should be a positive factor in their ministry in the loneliness environment of the youth they serve. The sample covered the geographical settings within rural, suburban, and city environments. A purposive sampling method of participants was used in this study. Henceforth, this qualitative phenomenological study aimed to understand the cultural Christlike character development among youth pastors who serve in the 6th-12th grade youth ministry loneliness environment. At this research stage, the cultural Christlike character development was generally defined as intentional communication and actions set forth within the framework of the nine traits described in Gal. 5:22-23. The theories guiding this study were the cultural intelligence theory proposed by Livermore and ANG (2015) and the authentic leadership theory by Bennis (2009). They effectively identify the critical importance of cultural implications in pastoral leadership actions and the sustainability of the 6th-12th grade youth ministry

THE INFLUENCE OF FREESTYLE AND BACKSTROKE SWIMMING ON THE PEAK TORQUE AND MUSCLE BALANCE OF THE ROTATOR CUFF

This study examined the effect of swimming on rotator cuff shoulder strength and balance. Elite freestyle (FS) (n=6) and backstroke (BS) (n=6) swimmers and a control group (CG) (n=12) undertook concentric isokinetic testing in prone (P) and supine (S) positions. Between groups, FS produced greater peak torques for internal rotation in both positions. FS produced greater peak torques in P position, whilst BS had a tendency for greater peak torques in S position, suggesting swimmers produce higher torques in a stroke-specific body position. FS and BS had lower externakinternal rotation (ER:IR) ratios compared to CG in P position, whilst FS had a lower shoulder ER:IR ratio in the S position. This suggests that FS gain in IR strength with an unchanged ER strength

The Lived Experience of Honduran and USA Nursing Students Working Together in a Study Abroad Program

Nursing study abroad is one approach to preparing student nurses to work more effectively in international environments as well as at home with culturally diverse clients. These programs foster self-reflection by permitting students to spend considerable time immersed in different cultures, thus exposing them to clients with different health beliefs and values. The authors of this transformational phenomenological study examined the lived experience of American and Honduran nursing students working collaboratively during a nursing study abroad program. One-time audio-recorded semi structured interviews were conducted to gather data from American and Honduran students. Six themes emerged: Communication (i.e., language and communication patterns), the cultural environment, and sharing/learning were common themes to both groups; among Hondurans, validation/empowerment and the nursing experience emerged as important themes, while transformation was the theme unique to American students. These findings support previous research regarding the importance of study abroad programs in the development of cultural competence, and suggest directions for nurse educators to prepare nurses who can function in an increasingly globalized health care environment. These findings also highlight the merits of this collaborative approach to nursing study abroad and they provide the foreign hosts’ unique perspective regarding their experiences working with American nursing students. The study results also indicate the need for further research on collaborative experiences with foreign and American health care partners and the perspective of the participants of other countries

Observations of QSO J2233-606 in the Southern Hubble Deep Field

The Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) HST observations are expected to begin in October 1998. We present a composite spectrum of the QSO in the HDF-S field covering UV/optical/near IR wavelengths, obtained by combining data from the ANU 2.3m Telescope with STIS on the HST. This intermediate resolution spectrum covers the range 1600-10000A and allows us to derive some basic information on the intervening absorption systems which will be important in planning future higher resolution studies of this QSO.Comment: 9 pages and 2 figures, submitted to ApJ

Dual Benefits of a Student-Assisted Interprofessional Men’s Healthy Lifestyle Pilot Program

Reprinted by permission of SAGE PublicationsMen are less willing to seek health professional advice than women and die more often than women from preventable causes. Therefore, it is important to increase male engagement with health initiatives. This study reports the outcomes of a student-assisted, interprofessional, 12-week health program for overweight adult males. The program included weekly health education and structured, supervised group exercise sessions. Thirteen males (participants) and 18 university students (session facilitators) completed the program. Participants were assessed for a range of health and physical activity measures and health and health profession knowledge. Participants demonstrated significant improvement in activity, knowledge, and perceptions of physical and mental function, and appreciated the guided, group sessions. Students completed an interprofessional readiness questionnaire and reported significant improvement in the understanding of the benefits of interprofessional education and of their role in health care. This program provides evidence of the dual benefit that occurs from the delivery of a student-assisted, interprofessional men’s health program to at-risk community members

Being an English academic:a social domains account

This paper considers the differential placements of social actors in the contemporary English university, as practices consistent with neoliberal ideologies become increasingly influential. It uses Layder's theory of ‘social domains’ and the first-hand experiences of the author to explore how the options available–to students, those on precarious conditions of employment, and those occupying more influential roles in the institution–change in relation to alterations in structured social relations. Examples are provided of interventions by people opposed to both the rhetoric and the reality of developments in the sector, and reasons for their limited effectiveness are also discussed