Relationships between university and practice, and the role of the link lecturer

Mentorship: is the fourteenth series of ‘Midwifery basics’ targeted at practising midwives. It aims to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of the work of midwives on student learning and ultimately on women’s experience and encourage midwives to seek further information through a series of activities. In this fifth article Pat Jones and Joyce Marshall consider the relationships between university and practice, and the role of the link lecturer in supporting mentors and students. Midwives are encouraged to seek further information through a series of activities

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Joyce E. Jones, Using information in purchasing decisions, Kansas State University, May 1989

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Joyce E. Jones, Planning major purchases around seasonal sales, Kansas State University, September 1992

The geometry of the Toda equation

I show that solutions of the SU(infinity) Toda field equation generating a fixed Einstein-Weyl space are governed by a linear equation on the Einstein-Weyl space. From this, obstructions to the existence of Toda solutions generating a given Einstein-Weyl space are found. I also give a classification of Einstein-Weyl spaces arising from the Toda equation in more than one way. This classification coincides with a class of spaces found by Ward and hence clarifies some of their properties. I end by discussing the simplest examples.Comment: AMS-LaTeX 11 pages; minor changes to title, keywords and reference

How an after school environmental science club can increase environmental knowledge: Awareness and sensitivity towards the environment for third and fourth grade students

Children today are disconnected from the natural environment around them, sometimes finding it annoying, lacking in excitement, and little use to them. Their attention and focus are spent inside watching TV, playing games on computers or a variety of other electronic devices. The purpose of this project was to see if after-school exposure to an Enirovnmental Science Club on the school grounds can impact student attitudes toward our local environment and to increase these third and fourth grade students\u27 knowledge and awareness of their environment

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Funded in cooperation with the Kansas Extension Homemakers Council.Joyce E. Jones & Doris "Katey" Walker, Consumer choice, Kansas State University, September 1992

Financial Management Education: Its Role in Changing Behavior

Managing personal finances is a crucial but difficult issue. Many writers are concerned about whether or not Americans are prepared to handle their finances as personal debt and bankruptcies grow. While some educators believe that financial education can improve a family\u27s financial security, others question the effectiveness of such programs. The study reported here examined the results of Money 2000™ and its ability to influence behavior and financial preparedness. Participants made greater use of banks and less use of loan and check cashing services, increased savings, and decreased debt. The data supports financial literacy training as enhancing financial well-being

Reflective Pedagogies and the Metacognitive Approach to Reading Comprehension

The Department of Rhetoric and Composition has a strong pedagogical culture of fostering reading and critical thinking in its curriculum. Yet teaching AUC students to reflect on how they read remains challenging. Such reflection is a metacognitive skill and requires the most effective teaching resources available because literacy is foundational for all learning