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Turning adolescents into analysts of their own discourse: raising reflexive awareness of everyday talk to develop peer-based health activities
- Qual Health Res
, 2009
"... Adopting principles applied in discursive psychology and translated to suit the practice of participatory health education, we describe in this article the five steps of the discursive action method (DAM). With this method, adolescents are stimulated to explore their own everyday conversations to be ..."
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to become consciously aware of how they talk about health issues with their peers. Using detailed accounts of adolescents ’ experiences with the method, we present some first indications of the kinds of results this method can achieve. We show that the strength of the method specifically lies in two closely
POLICY BRIEF No. 35 BUILDING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DEVELOPMENT: COMMUNICATORS, EDUCATORS AND EVALUATION
"... agenda, and global interdependence have contributed to more demand and a sense of urgency for greater public awareness and learning about these promises, and challenges, in OECD countries. � �Donors and practitioners could make greater use of evaluations, and their findings, to increase the effectiv ..."
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awareness raising activities; building a stronger knowledge base for what works and what doesn’t work in this sector; and finally, working together to develop minimum standards for the evaluation of communication, advocacy and education about global development.
prevention: Nutrition and fitness program at the University of Iowa Raising Medical Students ’ Awareness of Nutrition and Fitness in Disease Prevention: Nutrition and Fitness Program at the University of Iowa
"... Abstract: At the University of Iowa we devised a learning experience, called the Nutrition and Fitness Program, for third-year medical students. The program was designed to raise awareness of the role of nutrition and exercise in the prevention and treatment of disease. Students spent one afternoon ..."
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Abstract: At the University of Iowa we devised a learning experience, called the Nutrition and Fitness Program, for third-year medical students. The program was designed to raise awareness of the role of nutrition and exercise in the prevention and treatment of disease. Students spent one afternoon
Preservice teachers' learning about cultural and racial diversity: Implications for urban education
, 2006
"... Several essential interactions or experiences that had an influence on preservice teachers ’ learning and understanding about urban education and diversity are described and discussed. In particular, the author introduces a developmental typology that was used to analyze the preservice teachers ’ le ..."
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Several essential interactions or experiences that had an influence on preservice teachers ’ learning and understanding about urban education and diversity are described and discussed. In particular, the author introduces a developmental typology that was used to analyze the preservice teachers
Heteroglossia: A space for developing critical language awareness? English Teaching: Practice and Critique
, 2004
"... ABSTRACT: This paper reports on research into the challenges of implementing a critical writing pedagogy within a teacher education program in Australia. Participants in this study are student teachers enrolled in a compulsory subject, “Language and Literacy in Secondary School”, a subject requiring ..."
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has shaped their lives, students write a narrative about their early literacy experiences – a task which they all find very challenging, especially in comparison with the formal writing of other university subjects. Rather than simply reminiscing about their early childhood, they are encouraged
Space for thinking. In
, 2010
"... How do people think about things they can never see or touch? The ability to invent and reason about domains such as time, ideas, or mathematics is uniquely human, and is arguably the hallmark of human sophistication. Yet, how people mentally represent these abstract domains has remained one of the ..."
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elusive; people may talk about time in terms of space, but how can we know whether people really think about time in terms of space? This chapter describes a series of experiments that evaluate Conceptual Metaphor Theory as an account of the evolution and structure of abstract concepts and explore
Control-Alt-Hack: The Design and Evaluation of a Card Game for Computer Security Awareness and Education
"... We scoped, designed, produced, and evaluated the effectiveness of a recreational tabletop card game created to raise awareness of—and alter perceptions regarding—computer security. We discuss our process, the challenges that arose, and the decisions we made to address those challenges. As of May 201 ..."
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2013, we have shipped approximately 800 free copies to 150 educators. We analyze and report on feedback from 22 of these educators about their experiences using Control-Alt-Hack with over 450 students in classroom and non-classroom contexts. The responses from the 14 educators who reported on their use
Raising Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Hong Kong: The Impact of Cultural Values and Stigma on Chinese Parents ’ Coping Strategies
, 2014
"... Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a life-long disability. The long term care of children with ASD has effects on families that teachers and support service providers strive to quantify. Observing „filial piety ‟ towards one‟s parents is a traditional Chinese virtue and moral standard. Yet despite th ..."
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the acknowledged importance of the family, relatively little is known about the functioning of Chinese families with children with ASD in Hong Kong (HK). Data was gathered from 100 parents of children with ASD to understand how traditional Chinese beliefs, community values, and the day to day experience of raising
Blogging as a research and educational tool: a three years experience ⋆
"... Abstract: Blogging can be also used to share knowledge in research and education. We have been using many blogs with the following purposes. One goal has been to raise awareness about research methods in the information technology field by supporting information exchange, collaboration, and cooperat ..."
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Abstract: Blogging can be also used to share knowledge in research and education. We have been using many blogs with the following purposes. One goal has been to raise awareness about research methods in the information technology field by supporting information exchange, collaboration
The Enhancing Series Case Studies: Student Centred Learning Space to Learn? Learning Environments in Higher Education
"... If you were to be offered your ideal teaching space, I wonder what form it might take? In this chapter I encourage the consideration of issues raised by Jamieson et al. (2000), about the relationship between teaching-learning, and the physical and virtual spaces and places used to facilitate and enh ..."
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If you were to be offered your ideal teaching space, I wonder what form it might take? In this chapter I encourage the consideration of issues raised by Jamieson et al. (2000), about the relationship between teaching-learning, and the physical and virtual spaces and places used to facilitate
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