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Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Better connected
No full textInformal networks are key to idea-sharing, argue Mark Fishman, Robert Cross and Brigitta Tadmor
LAB: building a home for scientists
No full textLaboratories are both monasteries and space stations, redolent of the great ideas of generations past and of technologies to propel the future. Yet standard lab design has changed only little over recent years. Here Mark Fishman describes how to build labs as homes for scientists, to accommodate not just their fancy tools, but also their personalities. This richly illustrated book explores the roles of labs through history, from the alchemists of the Middle Ages to the chemists of the 19th and 20th centuries, and to the geneticists and structural biologists of today, and then turns to the special features of the laboratories Fishman helped to design in Cambridge, Shanghai, and Basel. Anyone who works in, or plans to build a lab, will enjoy this book, which will encourage them to think about how this special environment drives or impedes their important work
PENERAPAN MODEL STRUKTUR FASE MARK FISHMAN BERBASIS MEDIA GAMBAR FOTOGRAFI PADA PEMBELAJARAN MENULIS TEKS BERITA: Studi Eksperimen pada Siswa Kelas VIII SMPN 13 Kota Sukabumi
No full textMenulis teks berita bagi siswa kelas VIII SMP tidaklah mudah, diperlukan pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan latihan terus menerus sehingga kompetensi ini dapat dipahami dan dikuasai. Mengacu pada penjelasan tersebut, untuk mengatasi masalah dalam menulis dan mengembangkan teks berita, dibutuhkan model pembelajaran yang menarik. Model yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah model struktur fase Mark Fishman berbasis media gambar fotografi yang mampu mengubah pembelajaran menulis teks berita menjadi lebih menarik dan dapat menumbuhkan minat siswa terhadap pembelajaran menulis teks berita. Dalam penelitian pembejaran menulis teks berita, siswa memilih gambar foto peristiwa yang sesuai yang dengan realitas kehidupan yang dialaminya, merinci secara detail topik dalam cerita, membuat skema/bagan dari gambar foto peristiwa yang ditayangkan, menyampaikan skema/bagan sebagai konsep penulisan berita, menulis dan mengembangkan teks berita berdasarkan fase-fase berita yang dibuatnya, dan saling mengoreksi hasil tulisan dengan memperhatikan pedoman penyusunan teks berita dan aspek kebahasaannya. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk memperoleh gambaran tentang profil kemampuan menulis berita siswa kelas VIII SMPN 13 Kota Sukabumi dengan penerapan model struktur fase Mark Fishman berbasis media gambar fotografi; mendapatkan tipe profil pembelajaran menulis berita siswa kelas VIII SMPN 13 kota Sukabumi dengan penerapan model struktur fase Mark Fishman berbasis media gambar fotografi; memperoleh deskripsi tentang penerapan model struktur fase Mark Fishman berbasis media gambar fotografi dalam pembelajaran menulis berita siswa kelas VIII SMPN 13 kota Sukabumi; dan mengukur efektifitas model struktur fase Mark Fishman berbasis media gambar fotografi terhadap kemampuan menulis teks berita siswa kelas VIII SMPN 13 Kota Sukabumi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode eksperimen kuasi, yaitu metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk memberikan perlakuan yang berbeda pada kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol dan kemudian mempelajari efek perlakuan. Dalam penelitian eksperimen kuasi ini, siswa diberi tes awal dan tes akhir dan sampai yang digunakan keduanya diperoleh tidak melalui teknik acak namun mewakili populasi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian kemampuan menulis teks berita kelompok eksperimen secara umum mengalami kenaikan dari rata-rata nilai pretes 57,46 menjadi nilai rata-rata postes 74,66 dan berdasarkan perhitungan statistik diperoleh t hitung 5,054 dan t table 1,671. Peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa perlakuan dengan model struktur fase Mark Fishman berbasis media gambar fotografi diberikan kepada kelas eksperimen menghasilkan peningkatan yang signifikan
Achieving Foundation Accountability and Transparency: Lessons From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s \u3ci\u3eScorecard\u3c/i\u3e
No full text· The purpose of this article is to help foundations in their accountability and transparency efforts by sharing lessons from one foundation’s journey to develop a scorecard.
· A commitment to funding and sharing the results from rigorous evaluations set the tone for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) accountability.
· The Scorecard is a powerful tool for RWJF to set goals, track organizational effectiveness, and motivate responses to shortcomings.
· Foundations can tailor their scorecard to include what best serves their needs.
· With its Scorecard, RWJF found that comparative and quantitative measures are the most powerful forces to motivate change.
· Setting targets motivates staff to focus their efforts on certain areas and make improvements
THE PIANO TRIO BY M. FISHMAN AS A SOUND DOCUMENT OF ITS ERA
No full textThe present article written by Irina Pleşcan is dedicated to the musicological and interpretation study of the Piano trio written by Max Fishman. The author analyses the style and genre particularities of this opus, revealing the influence of Russian music at the turn of the 19th – 20th centuries, the interaction of the classical and romantic principles on the structural level
Mosse Lecture #6
No full text49:36 minutesIn this lecture, Fishman draws a parallel between David Riesman’s concepts of the “inner” and the “outer-directed” person and the aim of education envisioned by Rousseau. While the outer-directed person relies on his peers for moral cues, the inner-directed person acts according to his “natural” moral judgment, that is, the virtue inculcated by the right education. This virtue is already inherent in the natural impulses of the child, that, like Rousseau’s Emile, has to be brought up by a patient and respectful tutor who manipulates nature to teach the right lessons. Ideally, the child should grow up in a rural environment, far from the corrupting influence of the city. Despite his rejection of modern civilization, Rousseau does not romanticize the “noble savage”, whom he compares to a weed. Just as plants benefit from cultivation, education shapes the moral development of the individual that will eventually revolutionize society. Inspired by Locke’s “tabula rasa” argument, Rousseau repudiates the Christian notion of original sin. Fishman gives a biographical sketch of Rousseau, qualifying the image of the impulsive, romantic genius, the self-image the philosopher created to portray himself in his writings. Rousseau’s is a new kind of autobiography; self-critical rather than boastful, the author reveals his flaws to the reader. Moreover, Fishman points out that Rousseau, like other “great men”, were regarded as such only because they managed to articulate ideas that were held but not eloquently formulated by many of their contemporaries. The “Rousseau-mania” that gripped many of his readers and influenced the preoccupation with education of nearly every philosopher thereafter, is to a great extent explained by his mastery of language
Comparison of Tropospheric Ozone Columns Calculated from MLS, OMI, and Ozonesonde Data
No full textThis poster shows a comparison of three derived tropospheric ozone residual (TOR) products with integrated tropospheric ozone columns from ozonesonde profile: (1) the method of Ziemke et al. (2006), (2) a modified version of Fishman et al. (2003), and (3) a trajectory mapping approach. In each case, MLS ozone profiles are integrated to the tropopause and subtracted from OMI (TOMS retrieval) total column ozone. The effectiveness of each of these techniques is examined as a function of latitude, time, and geographic region. In general, we find good agreement between the derived products and the ozonesondes, with the Fishman et al. TOR (labeled “Amy”) generally high and the Schoeberl trajectory mapping (labeled “Mark”) product generally low as compared to the integrated ozonesonde profiles (labeled “Sonde”) as computed using the WMO tropopause definition. Differences in TOR results are due, at least in part, to non-uniform tropopause height definitions between the three approaches
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