2,214 research outputs found
Bertice Berry - 04/06/1999 - (Riall Lecture Series)
No full textBegun in 1988, the E. Pauline Riall Lecture Series brings to the University and community outstanding national lecturers in the field of education. The series was established by the late Miss Riall, long-time principal and teacher of the former Salisbury University's Campus School. A generous bequest was provided by Miss Riall's will to fund this special program.
Dr. Bertice Berry, Author, Sociologist, Comedian – 4/6/1999https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjageKPrvY
Initial teacher education and the New Zealand curriculum.
No full textNew Zealand teacher educators are faced with the challenge of how to prepare their student teachers to become beginning teachers who are able to base their teaching upon the national curriculum. To meet this challenge, designers of initial teacher education (ITE) programmes need to consider the interface between ITE curriculum and the legislated curriculum for schools. This paper looks at some of the historical influences upon the curriculum in both initial teacher education and schools by examining wider contextual influences. We point out that in ITE there has been an ongoing search for the most appropriate knowledge base for teaching, a search that is made problematic due to differing views of knowledge, teaching and learning We argue that in spite of these differences, there is benefit in an ITE curriculum that has a close relationship with the school curriculum in terms of what is learned and the teaching and learning approaches. New Zealand has a revised national curriculum for schools (Ministry of Education, 2007) that schools are expected to implement from 2010. In preparing student teachers to become beginning teachers, ITE providers are in a phase of designing learning experiences that link ITE curriculum and school curriculum. This process is problematic, for there are various internal and external pressures that lead to a crowded ITE curriculum and challenge ITE autonomy and innovation in curriculum decision-making
Wendell Berry, Kentucky\u27s Author
No full textMy poster highlights the life and works of Kentucky native Wendell Berry. Mr. Berry is most noted for his writings which encourage the support of local agriculture. I have done a phone interview with Mr. Berry, quotations from which were incorporated into the poster. Mr. Berry has intertwined his philosophy into both his fictional and non- fictional works, and highlights from these works are presented
The effects of berry polyphenols on the gut microbiota and blood pressure: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials in humans
No full textBerry consumption has beneficial effects on blood pressure. Intestinal microbiota transform berry phytochemicals into more bioactive forms. Thus, we performed a systematic review of randomized clinical trials to determine whether berry polyphenols in foods, extracts or supplements have effects on both the profile of gut microbiota and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in humans. PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and CAB Abstracts (EBSCOhost) were searched for randomized clinical trials in humans published from 1 January 2011 to 29 October 2021. Search results were imported into Covidence for screening and data extraction by two blinded reviewers, who also performed bias assessment independently. The literature search identified 216 publications; after duplicates were removed, 168 publications were screened with 12 full-text publications assessed for eligibility. Ultimately three randomized clinical trials in humans met the eligibility criteria. One randomized clinical trial showed a low risk of bias while the other two randomized clinical trials included low, high or unclear risk of bias. Together the randomized clinical trials showed that berry consumption (Aronia berry, strawberries, raspberries, cloudberries and bilberries) for 8–12 weeks had no significant effect on both blood pressure and the gut microbiota. More randomized clinical trials are needed to determine the effects of berry consumption on the profile of gut microbiota and blood pressure in humans
Sex Addiction: the Chicken-and-Egg Dilemma of Diagnosis
No full textIn May 2013, the American Psychiatric Association will release the next version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). Interestingly, sex addiction, despite significant attention from mainstream media, will be omitted from the manual. This omission presents a challenge to clinicians who treat sex addiction, and researchers aiming to further our understanding of the issue. This commentary outlines some of the reasons sex addiction was not included in the DSM-V, including a ‘chicken-and-egg’ conundrum, which makes it difficult to generate research without a clear diagnosis, and difficult to establish a definitive diagnosis without a supportive body of research
Bertice Berry, Ph.D. - Best-selling Author and Entertainer
No full textNO ONE DEFIES STEREOTYPES, generalizations, or clichés more than Dr. Bertice Berry. Growing up poor in Wilmington, Delaware, Berry was told by a high school teacher that she was “not college material.” Fortunately, there was another teacher who believed in her, and Berry applied to several schools without any idea how she would pay her tuition. The day her application arrived at Jacksonville University in Florida, a wealthy benefactor called the Admissions Department looking for a student “who could swim if they had the right backing,” and might sink without it.
Berry graduated magna cum laude from Jacksonville, and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Kent State University at age 26. She became one of Kent State’s most popular teachers by using humor to address such difficult subjects as racism and sexism. Upon leaving academia, she became an award-winning entertainer, lecturer, comedian, and television host, creating a niche as both a gifted speaker with a comic edge and a comic with a serious message.
Dr. Berry is the best-selling author of the inspirational memoir I’m On My Way, But Your Foot Is On My Head. Her first work of fiction, Redemption Song, was also a bestseller. Her other works include Jim & Louella’s Homemade Heart-Fix Remedy, and When Love Calls, You Better Answer. She has graciously donated all of the royalties from the sales of her books to organizations that help families in transition, raise funds for scholarships, and provide resource information to low-income families.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/archives_presidential_lecture_series/1047/thumbnail.jp
Perseverance: Bestselling Author Is Cedarville’s Berry Chair of Entrepreneurship
No full textNearly 18 years ago, Kary Oberbrunner scribbled “10-23-05 Cedarville?” next to Psalm 75 in his Bible. Now, 12 books, two companies, and one doctoral degree later, this Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author and entrepreneur is serving as the Berry Chair of Entrepreneurship
The Education of American Indians- A Survey of the Literature
No full textA 1969 report to the United States Office of education entitled "The Education of American Indians- A Survey of the Literature," which is written by the Brewton Berry Research Foundation. This project was designed to survey the literature on the education of American Indians.To request permission to publish please complete the form located at the Department of Archives and Special Collections web site: http://hdl.handle.net/2286/7f5bakntwx1
Transcriptome Analysis of the Blueberry-Mummy Berry Pathosystem
No full textMummy berry disease of blueberry, casual agent Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, has two distinct phases- a blight stage of young foliage and flowers and a flower infection stage that leads to mummified fruit (pseudosclerotia). The flower infection stage requires conidia to germinate on the stigma and grow down the stylar canal into the ovary. The cultivar Berkeley is very susceptible to the mummy berry fruit infection stage while the cultivar Bluejay is resistant. We reasoned that the resistance/susceptibility reaction might be ‘expressed’ in the style. Open flowers of both cultivars were pollinated with ‘Bluecrop’ pollen and inoculated with mummy berry conidia. Total RNA was isolated from the styles two days post-pollination/inoculation. RNASeq libraries were prepared and sequenced using the Illumina HiSeqII platform. The resulting sequences were then quality- and adapter-trimmed with open-source software ‘cutadapt.’ Sequences were assembled using Velvet. This produced 37,354 contigs for ‘Bluejay and 36,202 for ‘Berkeley’ of at least 200 nucleotides in length. The sequences were then BLASTed against the NCBI’s nucleotide database (blastn), which yielded 33,184,648 and 21,143,803 ‘hits’ for the two varieties, respectively. The hits were then mapped to their respective taxonomies. The data generated will help determine the key genes involved in the plant-pathogen interaction.Paper presented at NABREW Conference, Paper Session I:Genetics and genomics, on June 24, 2014, Atlantic City, N.J
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