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Critical pedagogy in hard financial times
No full textPeter Mayo takes issue with education financing not from an economic or technical
viewpoint, but from a philosophical and systemic one, drawing on critical pedagogy.
There is no sense, this article argues, to talk of higher education or its funding without
reference to the capitalist system which the mainstream education discourse reaffirms. The author concludes with an alternative vision of lifelong learning as a social act for the creation and enhancing of democratic spaces, reflected in the ongoing global “Occupy” protests for social equality.peer-reviewe
Object drop in L3 acquisition
No full textThe topic of cross-linguistic differences regarding the overt or null expression of arguments has been considered both in first (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. There is abundant literature on both subject and object drop with different language pairings but the issue has not been considered in third language (L3) acquisition. The main goal of this article is to analyse the L3 interlanguage of Basque-Spanish bilinguals regarding the acceptability and interpretation of null objects. The three languages involved in the study display different semantic requirements for the target structure, with Basque allowing for a null object option across-the-board, Spanish only under certain semantic conditions, and English disallowing it in the standard variety. Two trilingual, one bilingual and a control group (n = 119) rated experimental items embedded in context, presented in a written and aural format on a computer screen. Findings point to the successful acquisition of the target structure, as well as a clear influence of Spanish in the three experimental groups
Statistical Science and Philosophy of Science: Whrer Do / Should They Meet in 2011 (and Beyond)?
No full textphilosophy of science, philosophy of statistics, decision theory, likelihood, subjective probability, Bayesianism, Bayes theorem, Fisher, Neyman and Pearson, Jeffreys, induction, frequentism, reliability, informativeness
Une perspective éthique sur le transfert des technologies de communication pour le développement
No full textMayo John K. Une perspective éthique sur le transfert des technologies de communication pour le développement. In: Tiers-Monde, tome 28, n°111, 1987. Transferts des technologies de communication et développement, sous la direction de Yvonne Mignot-Lefebvre. pp. 727-734
Letter from Charles Spooner to William Mayo, 4 November 1912
No full textUnsigned letter from Norwich University president Charles Spooner to William Mayo, regarding the Vermont legislature and state appropriations to Vermont colleges, dated 4 November 1912.William B. Mayo of Northfield, Vermont, served Norwich University as trustee for 45 years and
the town of Northfield as a physician for 52 years.Nov. 4, 1912.
Dear Sirs-
You perhaps have noted that there has been introduced s bill into the legislature for the help of lorwich* The exaol terms of this bill will reach yon in the RECORD of next week unless, perhaps, I am able to get a copy ready for insertion with this*
The proposed appropriation of 24*000. annually is an in~ oreas# of 013#OOO# over that which we have had during the past eight years. The appropriation for the other two colleges dur^ ing tha past twe years has been 016^000. or more annually* MiddleTrury asks for an increase of 15,OOO«, in addition to that, making a total of .^SljOOG* The University of Vermont asks for an increase of §40,OOO*, making a total of $56*000*, or more,- so you may see that our request is smite a ^ modest little affaire In the RECORD for the next tim# I shall endeavor to prspar* some statistics for your consideration and • us©, if you have occasion to approach the people named herewith***
Pleas# «xart yours©IT to make the senators and represent-atives realize that you are interested in the passage of this measure? bring them to feel* as you dm, that it is of interest to hav© the measure pass*
Very sincerely yoursf
(signed) C* K. Spooner, President
Lifelong learning and schools as community learning centres : key aspects of a national curriculum draft policy framework for Malta
No full textThe island of Malta has been engaged in policy document formulations for curriculum renewal in the country’s educational system (4-16 years of age) since 1988 when the first National Minimum Curriculum (henceforth NMC) was launched (Wain, 1991; Borg et al, 1995). In 1999 a revamped NMC (Ministry of Education, 1999) was developed following a long process of consultation involving various stages and stakeholders. It was a compromise document (Borg & Mayo, 2006) which emerged as a result of reactions to a more radical and coherent draft document produced in 1988.
Both curricular documents were subject to debates and critiques (Wain, 1991; Darmanin, 1993; Borg et al, 1995; Giordmaina, 2000; Borg and Mayo, 2006). More recently a series of volumes providing guidelines, key principles and aims for a national curriculum framework (henceforth NCF) have been produced (MEEF, 2011a,b,c,d) and are currently the target of debate and the focus of reactions by various stakeholders in education including teachers who were asked to read the volumes and provide reactions in the form of answers to a set questionnaire. In this paper, I will focus on one aspect of the documents, the first of its three aims: ‘Learners who are capable of successfully developing their full potential as lifelong learners.’ It is that aspect of the framework documents that falls within the purview of the title for this special issue. The use of this notion attests to the influence of the EU’s policy communications on member states, Malta having joined the Union in 2004 (Mayo, 2007).peer-reviewe
Effects of high-intensity interval walking training on physical fitness and blood pressure in middle-aged and older people
No full textReproduced from Mayo Clin Proc., with permission), permission is hereby granted to place a pdf of Nemoto, K et al. Effects of high-intensity interval walking training on physical fitness and blood pressure in middle-aged and older people. Mayo Clin Proc. 82 (7):803-811 into the institutional repository of Shinshu University at https://soar-ir.shinshu-u.ac.jp/ArticleMAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS. 82(7): 803-811 (2007)journal articl
Cryptic species: A product of the paradigm difference between taxonomic and evolutionary species.
No full textRelationships between hornblende K-Ar ages, chemical composition and hydrogen isotopes, Connemara, western Ireland: evidence for a massive extinct hydrothermal system
No full textMajor element compositional analyses, K-Ar ages, deltaD parts per thousand and delta O-18 parts per thousand values for 30 zoned and unzoned hornblendes from Dalradian amphibolites and metagabbros. mostly in north Connemara are reported. Although the cooling ages are expected from previous U-Pb zircon studies to be c. 475-450 Ma the results obtained are from 556 +/- 6 to 410 +/- 9 Ma with an average of 470 Ma. Fluid movements. probably at 275 +/- 15 degreesC, i.e. much below Ar closure temperature for hornblende. erratically reset the ages, as is shown by a negative correlation of hornblende deltaD and age and a wide scatter of ages even within 2 m. The changes were implemented by deltaD exchange between fluid and hornblendes in which ionic porosity. Z, influenced the loss of Ar and possibly its gain from the fluid to give the excess Ar found in some samples. Z is controlled by hornblende chemical composition. High Mg, Si and Mg/Fe and low Fe, Al, Ti, Na and particularly low K, amphiboles giving low Z values retained Ar more firmly and gained Ar more readily than compositions which had higher Z values, which gave younger ages. These range down to c, 400 Ma. being the age of the intrusion of the Galway Granite suite that initiated the fluid circulation. The scatter of ages is a consequence of incomplete equilibration, mainly because of the slow deltaD exchange rate below 350 degreesC and partly because the fluid permeated erratically in different areas and down cracks of all kinds, promoting irregular Ar movement. The meteoric fluid circulated through Connemara. the Galway Granite and at least some of the contiguous Silurian sediments of the South Mayo trough. These overlying sediments may have contributed to the water circulated in north Connemara which was slightly less negative deltaD than in central Connemara. For hornblende K-Ar ages to be a reliable measure of times of uplift and cooling, they need to be demonstrated to be free from the influence of hot fluids by showing no correlation of age with deltaD
Higher education, socialism & industrial development : Dom Mintoff and the ‘Worker - Student Scheme’
No full textThis article focuses on the recently deceased Maltese socialist leader Dom Mintoff (19162012) and his introduction of a scheme that was intended to change higher education and develop it ostensibly on socialist lines but, in effect, in a manner intended to facilitate the country’s transition from mercantile capitalism to that of productive industrial development. The scheme he introduced, with its immediate socialist echoes but which warrants more careful scrutiny to unveil both its contradictions and real economic purpose, was the Worker-Student scheme, arguably Mintoff’s original, albeit much decried and controversial, contribution to higher education thinking. In this
paper, I will take a look at the main issues surrounding the concept of the worker student scheme and the way they were put into practice during the scheme’s almost ten year period of existence (19781987). I shall analyse them in the context of the Malta Labour Party’s then professed socialist politics. What are the contradictions and consistencies regarding what have come to be regarded as key concepts in a socialist politics of education? Resumen Este artículo se centra en el recientemente fallecido dirigente socialista maltés Dom Mintoff (19162012) y su introducción de un esquema que pretende cambiar la educación superior y desarrollarlo ostensiblemente en líneas
socialistas pero, de manera que se facilite la transición del país desde un capitalismo mercantil a un desarrollo industrial productivo. El esquema que presentó, con sus inmediatos ecos socialistas pero que garantizaba un mayor cuidado en el escrutinio para desvelar tanto sus contradicciones como el propósito económico real, fue el esquema de trabajadorestudiante, posiblemente original de Mintoff, aunque muy denunciado y controvertido, contribución al pensamiento de la educación superior. En este trabajo, me centraré en las principales cuestiones que rodean el concepto del sistema trabajadorestudiante y la forma en que fueron puestas en práctica durante casi
diez años de existencia del esquema(19781987). Voy a analizarlas en el contexto del Partido Laborista de Malta, el cual profesaría política socialista. ¿Cuáles son las contradicciones y consistencias con respecto a lo que han llegado a considerarse como conceptos clave en una política socialista de la educación?peer-reviewe
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