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...Many Counsellors Bring Success : Using the Delphi to Fashion Tertiary Objectives
No full textThis paper briefly gives consideration to the New Testament precedent for the involvement of multiple-publics in planning and decision-making. The focus then shifts to an application of this notion in a case study of planning an institution of Christian education
Role and value of Chaplains.pdf
No full textChaplains are embedded in several ambulance services across Australia, however asAustralia’s religiosity is currently in decline and questions are being asked aboutretaining chaplains, little is actually known about their role and value within Ambu-lance services. The aim of this paper is to present the key findings from interviewswith chaplains about their role and value of being ambulance chaplains. These find-ings are then compared with those of paramedics derived from an earlier phase ofthis study. Thirteen chaplains participated in semi-structured interviews, and datawere analysed using framework analysis. The results indicated that ambulance chap-lains provided paramedic-centred emotional and spiritual care through proactivelyand reactively supporting paramedics in their work. Chaplains saw value in theirrelational approach which facilitated trust and access, did not seek to ‘fix’ or diag-nose but instead offered physical and emotional presence, and promoted supportiveconversations. Chaplains and paramedics valued operationally trained and equippedambulance chaplains who provided a relational, around the clock, ‘frontline’ staffsupport presence in paramedic workplaces, regardless of the paramedic’s personalreligious/spiritual beliefs
Understanding and supporting literacy competence
No full textThis chapter is divided into three sections: underlying processes and influences, components of successful literacy and specific teaching strategies, and integrating literacy across key learning areas. Readers will gain an awareness of the five crucial components of reading as well as the processes required for effective writing and spelling. A range of evidence based instructional and intervention practices to support the development of literacy skills is provided. Readers will gain insight into understanding how literacy skills are acquired and learn effective strategies to support students\u27 literacy competence.Literacy is one of the most important achievements in a student\u27s years at school. Children who fail o learn to read ion the first three years at school are likely to be seriously impeded in their achievements in other academic areas. What starts out as a \u27reading difficulty\u27 can often become a \u27learning difficulty\u27 and problems in behaviour, self-esteem and motivation to learn may also accrue, in a negatively reinforcing cycle. The desire to prevent, rather than remediate, reading difficulties has led to calls for more effective instruction in the beginning reading stages. There is substantial research evidence which shows that quality instruction can improve reading performance as well as prevent or mitigate the severity of future reading disability (Castles et al., 2018)
Casebeer, Homer David (1886-1948)
No full textHomer Casebeer served as a missionary in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic prior to 25 years as director of the Spanish Division in the Bureau of Home Missions of the General Conference.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1559/thumbnail.jp
Fukien Mission (1917-1920)
No full textThe Fukien 福建 (or Fujian) Province of China was entered by Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in 1905. Winferd Hankins (漢謹思) and his wife settled on the tiny island of Kulangsu 鼓浪屿 (Gulangyu), which was adjacent to Amoy 廈門 (Xiamen). Kulangsu was populated with many Europeans. A Chinese Seventh-day Adventist, N. P. Keh (Guo, Ziying 郭子颖), and his family were also living on the island. He proved to be a stalwart in advancing the cause of the mission, first as an interpreter and later as a leading evangelist. On October 13, 1906, the Kulangsu church was organized with a baptized membership of 17 adults.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1571/thumbnail.jp
Jones, John Kelty (1882-1943)
No full textJohn K. Jones was a pastor-evangelist who served as president of three local conferences in the Atlantic Union Conference, then as president of that union, and finally as president of the Southern Union Conference.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1580/thumbnail.jp
South Fukien Mission (1920-1951)
No full textThe South Fukien (today’s Fujian) Mission 闽南区会 was located where the original Fukien (Fujian) Mission began in 1917. When the division of the Fukien Mission took place in 1920, the southern portion was named the Amoy (later Xiamen) Mission, 廈門区会 even though the headquarters were not in Amoy city. In 1922 the entity was renamed the South Fukien Mission, a subdivision of the South China Union Mission. Its headquarters were on the small island of Kulangsu (Gulangyu) 鼓浪屿 where many Europeans had settled, including the Seventh-day Adventist missionaries when they first entered the area.https://research.avondale.edu.au/esda/1597/thumbnail.jp
Between Sentimentality, Sentience and Sense Making: The Visual Markers of the Vampire in Online Caricatures
No full textFamous for being deathly serious, the vampire genre has a consistent yet often critically overlooked sub genre--the comedic spoof and satire. This is the first book dedicated entirely to documenting and analyzing the vampire comedy on film and television. Various types of comedy are discussed, outlining the important differences between spoofing, serious-spoofing, parody and satire. Seminal films such as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Love at First Bite, Vampire in Brooklyn, Dracula: Dead and Loving It and What We Do In the Shadows are featured. More importantly, this book demonstrates how comedy is central to both the common perception of the vampire and the genre\u27s ever-evolving character, making it an essential read for those interested in the laughing undead and creatures that guffaw in the night
Understanding the Motivation of Nurses Volunteering for non-disaster Humanitarian Service
No full textBackground: Nurses who volunteer in a nondisaster humanitarian surgical mission receive little attention in the research literature.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how nurses involved in short-term nondisaster humanitarian care perceived and managed their experiences of working in a volunteer nursing capacity in a low- to middle-income country.
Method: An immersive ethnographic method was used. Participants comprised 150 international registered nurses from 12 countries. Data collection incorporated 49 semistructured interviews and reflections on 1,500 hours of participant observation. Data were analysed using a thematic, inductive approach, following the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research guidelines.
Results: The results of this qualitative enquiry revealed essential aspects of the nursing culture within a specific humanitarian nursing context—that is, promoting social justice and addressing health disparity through the delivery of compassionate surgical care. This paper presents data describing nurses’ motivations for participating as volunteers in humanitarian work.
Discussion: Nurses are more likely to offer increased effort and enthusiasm when there is congruency between their beliefs, their professional identity, and their ability to enact on these. Understanding humanitarian nurses’ motivations gives guidance to leaders involved in managing, attracting, and retaining suitable nursing staff and orienting, debriefing, and supporting re-entry after withdrawing from short- term medical assignments that share a common imperative to care for the underserved