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Growing islands of interest: nurturing the development of young childrenās working theories
This presentation draws on the work from a 2-year collaborative practitioner research project, Moments of wonder, every day events: how are young children theorising and making sense of their world. The project aimed to contribute perspectives to the discussion around the ways young children express and develop working theories, how practitioners understand these and how best to respond to this learning in five Playcentres (parent-led early childhood education settings) in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Childrenās working theories, as described in Te WhÄriki (the New Zealand early childhood education curriculum), are derived from Claxtonās view that knowledge consists of a large number of purpose-built situation specific packages called āmini theoriesā, and that ālearning involved a gradual process of editing these mini theories so that they come to contain better knowledge and skill and be better located with respect to the area of experience for which they are suitableā. When children are engaged with others in complex thinking they are forming and strengthening their working theories.
In exploring working theories we recognise that children have many interests. Some of these are fleeting, while others are more connected or revisited more frequently by children. Over the course of our research, we have come to think of these interests as āislandsā and in doing so have adopted this as a metaphor for working theories. We were keen to see how we can grow some of these islands of interest: making them more complex, more connected, and more compelling to children.
The research team explored the different ways opportunities can be created for children to express and develop working theories and the outcomes for childrenās learning as a result. The presentation will focus on some of the strategies implemented and the ways these have contributed to childrenās āworking theoriesā learning as the practitioner researchers attempted to build communities of thinkers and āwonderersā
Open Access: Science Publishing as Science Publishing Should Be
Full and unimpeded access (Open Access) to science literature is needed. It is not provided by the traditional subscription-based publishing model. Instead of criticizing Open Access and attacking its proponents, traditional publishers should make imaginative and innovative efforts to build their businesses around the needs of their customers rather than around their desire to continue a model that may be lucrative, but that is no longer satisfactory to science or society
MarBEF publishing revisited
Networking and integration served within a partnership approach and covered with a delicious sauce of free and open access to data and information is MarBEFās main dish, and it is this recipe that has helped MarBEF to successfully bring marine biodiversity research to a European level. Numerous meetings, workshops, training courses and Responsive Mode Projects (RMPs) have brought together many scientists. This integration has created endless new possibilities for new initiatives ā the MarBEF Publication Series and the MarBEF Open Archive, to mention just two. So, is this having any effect on the way we publish as a network today
Author insights 2015 survey
The annual Author Insights Survey, run by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and sister company Palgrave Macmillan forms part of a wider research programme which aims to understand general author attitudes and behaviours around publishing, to track any changes over time.
The survey is conducted for internal purposes each year to provide longitudinal data and track changes in attitudes and behaviours. This yearās survey included questions on topics as diverse as factors that contribute to a journalās reputation, the value of services offered by publishers and authorsā ideal audiences for their research. Demographic questions were also included in the survey to enable analysis by fields such as region and discipline
Huddersfield Open Access Publishing
This paper presents the findings of the Huddersfield Open Access Publishing Project, a JISC funded project to develop a low cost, sustainable Open Access (OA) journal publishing platform using EPrints Institutional Repository software
Wikis in scholarly publishing
Scientific research is a process concerned with the creation, collective accumulation, contextualization, updating and maintenance of knowledge. Wikis provide an environment that allows to collectively accumulate, contextualize, update and maintain knowledge in a coherent and transparent fashion. Here, we examine the potential of wikis as platforms for scholarly publishing. In the hope to stimulate further discussion, the article itself was drafted on "Species-ID":http://species-id.net/w/index.php?title=Wikis_in_scholarly_publishing&oldid=3815 - a wiki that hosts a prototype for wiki-based scholarly publishing - where it can be updated, expanded or otherwise improved
A History of Christian Publishing
This essay will address the histories of four major publishing companies in Grand Rapids: Zondervan, Baker, Eerdmans, and Kregel. These publishing companies, through their individual and interwoven histories have shaped and sustained the publishing industry in the Midwest, and Grand Rapids in particular. These publishing houses are significant to the history of books and publishing because, for roughly a century, these publishing houses have been producing Bibles and other evangelical materials that are educating people the world over, from the youngest Sunday school pupils to the oldest seminarian. Finally, the paper will discuss the impact these companies had collectively on the world of theological books and publishing, and will briefly touch on the state of each company toda
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