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Échappées hors de la ville
No full textCet article montre comment on trouve dans la bande dessinée québécoise actuelle des œuvres proposant des vues contrastées des régions : en certains cas, c’est le pouvoir régénérateur de la nature qu’on y retrouve, en d’autres, c’est l’exploitation (dans les champs, en forêt ou dans les mines) et la difficulté des conditions de travail qui est représentée. L’analyse porte sur Je vois des antennes partout de Julie Delporte, La guerre des rues et des maisons de Sophie Yanow et Poulet grain-grain de François Samson-Dunlop et Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau.Cet article montre comment on trouve dans la bande dessinée québécoise actuelle des œuvres proposant des vues contrastées des régions : en certains cas, c’est le pouvoir régénérateur de la nature qu’on y retrouve, en d’autres, c’est l’exploitation (dans les champs, en forêt ou dans les mines) et la difficulté des conditions de travail qui est représentée. L’analyse porte sur Je vois des antennes partout de Julie Delporte, La guerre des rues et des maisons de Sophie Yanow et Poulet grain-grain de François Samson-Dunlop et Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau
Portrait d’une migrante dans l’œuvre de Ken Bugul : l’exemple de Cendres et Braises
No full textCet article examine le portrait de la migrante dans le roman Cendres et Braises de Ken Bugul, en particulier les effets de la migration sur le personnage féminin migrant, la métamorphose qu’implique l’aventure migratoire et la rencontre de l’Autre.Cet article examine le portrait de la migrante dans le roman Cendres et Braises de Ken Bugul, en particulier les effets de la migration sur le personnage féminin migrant, la métamorphose qu’implique l’aventure migratoire et la rencontre de l’Autre
An investigation into masculinity among competitive road cyclists
No full textThis article investigates masculinities among competitive male road cyclists. The resulting paper reports on a quantitative study, involving a self-report survey that was distributed to a male population of UK competitive road cyclists (n = 105). Results indicate that the sample more closely identify with an explicit notion of masculinity than seen in the general male population, and this finding was consistent across age groups. This study explores the importance of these findings through Inclusive Masculinity Theory, suggesting that competitive road cycling presents a cultural lag, relative to wider societal changes in masculinity. Implications for participation in the sport, risk-taking, and concussion, as well as sexual diversity support, are subsequently discussed
Data Analysis of Sport Specific Variables for Performance Consistency Evaluation in Critical Moments of College Tennis Matches
No full textPerformance under pressure typically represents a significant factor in achieving desired athletic goals and competition outcomes. Dealing with performance under pressure can be an extremely challenging task for many athletes as competitions are not necessarily decided by talent or technique alone, but also by performance quality under pressure conditions. Even though coaches and fans can be quick to claim that recognition of suboptimal or superior performance under pressure is simple, clear definitions of individual performance patterns under pressure have not yet been established. This work introduces an approach for the identification of crucial moments in college tennis matches, presents a data collection methodology designed to capture measurements and observations of college tennis specific variables, and proposes data analysis procedures designed to evaluate performance quality in crucial moments of college tennis competitions. The crucial moments of college tennis matches were defined as a newly introduced variable, called the crucial point, and its identification was based on match scores. The study data were collected with 15 college tennis players in 60 tennis sessions using two wearable sensors. College tennis specific parameters evaluated in the study were swing speed and heartrate variables. The obtained results showed specific performance data pattern relationships between the study variables and the identified crucial points. The results provide evidence that the presented performance under pressure evaluation model, if developed further, could help college tennis coaches and players to develop individually tailored game plans and strategies to improve their chances for success in crucial moments of their college tennis competitions
Developing Professional Competencies in Higher Education: Classroom Practices in a Brazilian Setting
No full textThis article reports on results from a qualitative study that sought to explore the teaching and learning of professional competencies in undergraduate international business management courses in Brazil. When synthesized as the mobilization of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and other cognitive resources (personal values, beliefs, personal characteristics, etc.), competencies are an important link between education and the labor market. Using a case study methodology, this paper considers the relationship between educational theories that sustain competencies and classroom activities that support the development of certain professional competencies in higher education classroom settings. Findings highlight the need for higher education students to take a central role in their learning and stress the value of training for professors to shift beyond transmissive teaching approaches towards structured activities that promote student engagement and learning.
In-Service Teachers’ Perception of the Usefulness of Analyzing their Lower Secondary Students’ Written Argumentation
No full text This study investigates how in-service teachers perceive analyzing their own lower secondary students’ written argumentation as useful. The participants were lower secondary school teachers enrolled in a university mathematics teaching program. The teachers planned and conducted a teaching lesson and wrote a report concerning the argumentation in their students\u27 written work. The qualitative data consist of reports from in-service teachers and transcriptions of five follow-up interviews. Findings suggest that the teachers perceived the analysis useful for gaining insight into various parts of the students\u27 prerequisites, establishing a basis for facilitating instruction, and acquiring knowledge related to different aspects of proof. The results imply that analyzing students\u27 argumentation can be a meaningful and useful activity for in-service teachers to engage in.
Measuring Inviting School Climate: A Case Study of a Public Primary School in an Urban Low Socioeconomic Setting in Kenya
No full textThe present study utilized the Inviting School Survey-Revised (ISS-R) (Smith, 2005b, 2013) based on Invitational Theory andPractice (Purkey & Novak, 2008) to examine the school climate of a public primary school in a low urban socio-economicsetting in Kenya. School climate was defined as the perceptions of primary school teachers and pupils in five areas: People,Places, Processes, Policies, and Programs, based on the Invitational theory and Practice paradigm. Results showed that theoverall school climate of Raduce primary school was inviting in many areas. The current study revealed that in spite of thechallenges facing a public school in an urban low socio-economic setting, it is possible with inviting policies, programs,processes, and people, to realize positive academic achievement with students
The Manifestation of Invitational Theory in Inviting Schools
No full textSchools can be described in many different ways and by many different actions. "They are places where people work, people play, where people make friends, people get hurt or annoyed, where people are forced to go, people love to go, where people waste their time, and where people learn" (Gaffney, 1991, p. 12). Schools can also be regarded as places where people are invited to learn and to realize their relatively boundless potential (Purkey & Novak, 1984). To achieve this aim, it is important that an atmosphere conducive to learning and development be created in schools
Book Review: Invitational Teaching, Learning and Living
No full textPurkey and Stanley embrace the encircling issues of school reform by beginning Invitational Teaching, Learning and Living with a warning that the mind is but one part of the whole person. They remind us that the heart cannot be forgotten in the process of change, nor can the classroom be overlooked as the essential environment that supports positive learning experiences