Teaching Notes: Rights and Rebuilding in El Salvador

We have prepared this two-part case study with two pedagogical purposes in mind: (1) To develop an understanding of the concept (and political meaning) of human rights. (2) To facilitate discussion about processes of reconciliation and reconstruction and the importance of holistic conceptions of rights and security for future stability. © Elaine K. Denny & Susan Waltz. All rights reserved. This paper may be freely circulated in electronic or hard copy provided it is not modified in any way, the rights of the author not infringed, and the paper is not quoted or cited without express permission of the author. The editors cannot guarantee a stable URL for any paper posted here, nor will they be responsible for notifying others if the URL is changed or the paper is taken off the site. Electronic copies of this paper may not be posted on any other website without express permission of the author

Rights and Rebuilding in El Salvador: A Case Study in Two Parts

In January 2007, on the 15th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that ended 12 years of civil war and grave human rights violations in El Salvador, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised El Salvador as a model for other countries emerging from conflict: “The groundbreaking accords signed in Mexico City in January 1992 not only set El Salvador on a new course. They also provided precedents and experiences that continue to inspire others who are striving to rebuild their societies following conflict. And they continue to be a point of reference for the United Nations, as we assist others on their path to peace.” © Elaine K. Denny & Susan Waltz. All rights reserved. This paper may be freely circulated in electronic or hard copy provided it is not modified in any way, the rights of the author not infringed, and the paper is not quoted or cited without express permission of the author. The editors cannot guarantee a stable URL for any paper posted here, nor will they be responsible for notifying others if the URL is changed or the paper is taken off the site. Electronic copies of this paper may not be posted on any other website without express permission of the author

Bostonia

Founded in 1900, Bostonia magazine is Boston University's main alumni publication, which covers alumni and student life, as well as university activities, events, and programs

Bostonia

Founded in 1900, Bostonia magazine is Boston University's main alumni publication, which covers alumni and student life, as well as university activities, events, and programs

Identifying evidence-based medicine instructional opportunities in health science curricular documents for librarians and information specialists

Learning outcomes After participating in this workshop, individuals will be able to do the following: - Generate a coding rubric that is tailored to local curricular documents. - identify overarching goals of individual curricular units (outcomes, goals, competencies, etc.) using their self-generated coding rubric - Highlight implicit elements within curricular documents by identifying verbs (or other base units of language, depending on language) within individual curricular units. - Identify instructional support opportunities in local curricular documents, using curricular units where information skills and behaviors are either explicitly, or implicitly, required.We invite colleagues who provide instructional support to participate in an interactive workshop to learn a qualitative technique, with an inductive approach, to extract data from curricular documents. Participants should bring their institution’s curricular documents to practice the techniques during the workshop. To develop this technique, we reviewed our university’s human and veterinary health science programs’ curricular documents and clustered similar concepts among the documents. This allowed us to create a rubric to categorize the curricular documents into codable units. Finally, we evaluated the action verbs within the coded units to identify nuanced language. We developed this technique to advance library instructional support practices for evidence-based practice. The technique allows for the identification of opportunities, standardization and strengthening of library support, and alignment of library instruction with program goals based on published outcomes. With our guidance, participants will develop a tailored coding rubric and categorize types of data from their curricular documents. We will illustrate how to identify nuanced language embedded within curricular documents using verbs. Participants will and then evaluate elements of language to extract nuance within the individual coding units of their curricular documents. During open work time, participants will discuss and share ideas. By the end of the workshop, participants will have learned a technique to analyze curricular documents to identify instructional support opportunities. At the end of the workshop, we will brainstorm how to use data from these curricular documents to advance instructional support practices. As key component of this workshop is participants working with peer groups to share ideas, ask questions, and participate in open discussion. Examples for the workshop will be in English. However, individuals do not need to translate their curricular documents if they are in a language other than English because participants will be working with their own curricular documents. The reference for the article about developing this technique: Waltz MJ, Moberly HK, Carrigan EE. Identifying information literacy skills and behaviors in the curricular competencies of the professional health programs. JMLA. 2020;108(3). doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.83

Shape of the 8B Alpha and Neutrino Spectra

The beta-delayed alpha spectrum from the decay of 8B has been measured with a setup that minimized systematic uncertainties that affected previous measurements. Consequently the deduced neutrino spectrum presents much smaller uncertainties than the previous recommendation. The 8B neutrino spectrum is found to be harder than previously recommended with about (10-20)% more neutrinos at energies between 12-14 MeV. The efficiencies of the 37Cl, 71Ga, 40Ar, and SuperKamiokande detectors are respectively, 3.6%, 1.4%, 5.7% and 1.8% larger than previously thought.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure

Instructor-Librarian Collaboration to Improve Students’ Searching, Evaluation, and Use of Scientific Literature

This chapter is a case study that explores the six-semester evidence-based evolution of an upper level undergraduate biomedical writing-intensive course from the initial incorporation of literature searching to the current emphasis on critical evaluation of scientific literature

Translating veterinary clinical experiences into effective educational experiences with case studies

Poster presentationEducating the next generation of veterinary practitioners is evolving and medical knowledge is growing rapidly, outstripping the practitioners’ ability to keep up with the medical literature. One challenge is shifting from primarily testing factual knowledge, towards demonstrating proficiencies in professional competencies. This emphasis highlights the importance of collaborating with content specialists, such as partnering with librarians, to support the development of information competencies. Teaching professional competencies in a curriculum can be overwhelming, especially for those without a background in educating adult learners. However, a variety of teaching methods and tools can facilitate moving from clinic to classroom. Frameworks may assist in constructing case studies to support contextual teaching. This approach is advantageous because the content is familiar and the framework facilitates chunking the information into a case study with a logical progression of information for learning. We designed a case study worksheet that we then used to create the “PubMed for Veterinarians” tutorial. It is a simple case study providing context for users while they learn an information competency searching PubMed. The tutorial provides a framework that practitioners can use as a model to translate clinical experiences to educational experiences for the classroom. In this example, the medical case was intentionally uncomplicated to emphasize the PubMed skills. The “PubMed for Veterinarians” tutorial is a collaborative effort that emphasizes clinical information as context for learning and information competency. As an instructor, the practitioner can use tools like this case study worksheet to translate experiences into context for teaching that emphasizes competencies and develops skills for practitioners in practice.This project has been funding in whole or part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract. No. HHSN-276-2001-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library