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Developing the artistry of the teacher in Steiner/Waldorf Education (Part II): Foreign Language Teacher Education at Freie Hochschule Stuttgart (Waldorf Teachers College)
Get PDFAfter describing the general Steiner/Waldorf teacher education program in the previous article (Part I), this article will examine the additional courses specifically required for teaching English as a foreign language. It considers Rudolf Steiner’s concept of a specific ‘sense for language’ as a basis for a performative approach to foreign language teaching and learning and discusses the implications of research on linguistic-kinesic behaviour for foreign language learning and for teacher education at Freie Hochschule Stuttgart (Waldorf Teachers College). It describes performative approaches to teaching poetry and prose fiction and explains the central role which both authentic literature and different forms of informal learning play in Steiner/Waldorf foreign language teaching and learning. Finally, it discusses a Steiner/Waldorf approach to teaching literature rooted in an understanding of teaching as an art
Rezension von Delius, K. (2020). Förderung der Sprechkompetenz durch Synthese von generischem Lernen und Dramapädagogik. Eine Design-Based Research-Studie im Englischunterricht. J.B. Metzler.
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Using waves to generate electricity
Get PDFIn less than a century, electricity has become the cornerstone of our modern society. Thanks to it, living conditions have changed more dramatically in 50 years than in two centuries. However, whereas electricity has provided well-being to billions of people over these past few decades, its ever-growing consumption is more and more threatening us. Climate change, fossil fuel depletion, and security of energy supply are crucial issues to be addressed for our “energy society” to be sustainable. Renewables are considered as a major part of the solution. This article deals with the issues related to integrating wave energy into electrical power systems. The major problem associated with wave energy is its variability. Variability can be observed at several time scales: from the range of seconds (wave-to-wave), to minutes (sea-state to sea-state), to days or months (seasonal variations). However, if wave energy is to be used for generating electricity, electrical networks ..
Effects of deep diving on the trachea of the leatherback turtle
Get PDFThis work is concerned with the effects of deep sea diving on the trachea (airway passage) of the leatherback turtle. Leatherback turtles are capable of diving to depths greater than 1,200 meters. Humans, in comparison, may only reach depths of around 30 meters unaided. It is believed that the response of the trachea along with its material properties plays a leading role in determining the depth that can be attained during a dive. The long term objective of this research is to investigate the response of the trachea of the leatherback turtle during deep dives (300-1250m). Questions remain as to the material properties from which the trachea is composed of and how exactly does the trachea respond as it undergoes a deep dive. Answering these questions will help not only to build a complete understanding of the leatherback’s ability to dive to depths greater than 1,000m, but will also inform ..
Self-discovered breast cancer symptoms and women\u27s help seeking behaviour: key findings from phase one of a two-phase study
Get PDFBreast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the western world. In Ireland, breast cancer was the most common cancer diagnosed amongst women during 2000-2004 with approximately 3,095 cases reported annually and an average of 947 deaths. It is well known that the earlier the diagnosis of breast cancer is made the more likely it is that women will have a better health outcome. However, 20-30% of women wait for one month or more before presenting to a Health Care Professional with a self discovered breast symptom. This is a worrying situation given the increased emphasis on prompt presentation of symptoms and the associated link with better health care outcomes for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Therefore, more work on help-seeking behaviour from the woman’s perspective will help Health Care Professionals to understand women’s needs and concerns surrounding symptom discovery and highlight the key issues linked to delayed ..
Daily Experiences and Adolescent Health
Get PDFDaily stress experiences trigger biological and psychological responses that help to manage the stress experience. However, if repeated or chronic, these stress responses are harmful to biological and psychological health. Stress during adolescence is especially important to consider because it can entirely reshape the persons’ lifelong health and disease risk. This reshaping of health occurs partly as a result of stress-induced biological changes, conceptualised as ‘allostatic load’. Allostatic load is the cumulative cost of chronic stress experiences and is measured using biomarkers of risk in the body’s cardiovascular and metabolic systems. There is strong evidence of the relationship of stress and allostatic load in adults, but this relationship is rarely considered in adolescents, despite evidence that adolescents experience transition-stress via the biopsychosocial changes during this developmental stage. As this transition-stress is experienced when adolescents are still developing stress-regulation skills, the effects of stress may be exacerbated, and manifest as allostatic load. Preventing the onset and progression of allostatic load requires adaptive patterns of stress regulation in combination with positive health behaviours. The aim of this research is to understand the interaction of these factors and identify effective ways for adolescents to reduce allostatic load risk and develop positive health behaviours. This project will measure allostatic load (i.e. cardiovascular and metabolic biomarkers), daily experiences, (using ecological sampling methodologies) and health behaviours (e.g. sleep, exercise) in adolescents to investigate the interaction of psychological and biological processes. The project will contribute to adolescent health research by mapping the interaction of biology and psychosocial experience at adolescence, which is critical for developing interventions to improve lifelong biological and psychological health
Non-locality of two ultracold trapped atoms
Get PDFQuantum mechanics is the physics of the very small and the very cold. When particles are small and cold they take on wave properties and thus act differently to anything you can imagine in the world you see around you. Throwing tennis balls through brick walls, walking through two adjacent doors at the same time, even having a cat that is both dead and alive at the same time might seem weird to you, but in quantum mechanics this is quite normal. It is this strange playground of physics that has attracted people to quantum mechanics, and the advent of cold atom technologies allows us to, not only theoretically but physically, study these weird systems. In recent years, cold atoms have provided an excellent testbed for investigating these quantum effects. As the system is cold, it is incredibly clean and noise-free due to the lack of thermal vibrations and collisions ..
An overview of a study on patients’ experiences of bowel symptoms and symptom management strategies following surgery for rectal cancer
Get PDFColo-rectal cancer is reported as the second most common cancer among both males and females in Ireland with approximately 2,700 patients diagnosed annually. There has been a dramatic improvement in colo-rectal cancer survival over the last 15 years with approximately 50% of patients now expected to survive this cancer in Ireland National Cancer Registry (2009). Earlier diagnosis lends toward more effective and less invasive surgical treatments such as anal sphincter saving surgery. Sphincter saving surgery is now viewed as an advance over the traditional approach involving abdominal perineal surgery which typically leaves patients with a permanent colostomy for life. Sphincter saving surgery preserves the anal sphincter and therefore a permanent colostomy can be avoided. A colostomy is a surgical procedure in which a stoma (or opening) is formed by bringing the end of the large intestine or colon through an incision in the abdominal wall and suturing it into place. ..
