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Andragogy vs. Pedagogy: Comparing Adult and Children's Learning Preferences
Get PDF[iii], 58 leaves. Advisor: Thomas S. Westbrook.The Problem: Andragogy and pedagogy have been regarded as two completely separate methods of teaching for many years. After much debate, the two methods have become opposite ends of a continuum used to describe the extremes of interactions occuring between a teacher and students. The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which there are differences and similarities in adults' and children's learning preferences.
Procedures: The study included both a review of the literature comparing andragogy and pedagogy, results from a questionnaire developed by the author and interviews of adults and children as to how they learn best, their learning preferences, and what they perceive to be effective learning environments and instructors.
Findings: Results of the study found that adults and children prefer to learn in the same general manner. In addition, no significant differences were found in the methods used to teach adults and children. The results indicate that individuals prefer hands-on activites combined with guided practice from the teacher, interaction with others, positive environments, and relevant materials and topics to their lives.
Conclusions: The conclusions of this research are: fundamentally, children's preferences for learning are smiliar to adults, teaching methods using andragogical and pedagogical procedures are situational and should be used based on the needs of the learner, results neither support no dismiss Knowles' notion of pedagogy and andragogy serving as two ends of a teaching methods continuum. Results from the sample group indicate children's learning preferences favor andragogical approaches rather than pedagogical approaches and children are more concerned with technology and access to it that adults.
Recommendations: It is recommended that others repeat the study with a larger group of individuals, including greater diversity among the adults' educational level, to further recognize similiarities and differences between adults and children and teach adults and children with those methods we would like them to use throughout their lives
Coping with an Uncertain Loss: Aspects of Bereavement in Two Families with an Abducted Child
Get PDFv, 152 leaves. Advisor: Susan Varhely.The problem. Assuming the form of a clinical case
study, this research project was an exploratory study of the family dynamics operative when a child is abducted by a nonfamily member. The problem of the study was to investigate, compare, and categorize the coping patterns of two families
against the framework of attachment theories as described by John Bowlby.
Procedure. The author conducted a series of structured interviews with two families to explore and assess clinical dynamics of bereavement and coping strategies. The results were categorized against the backdrop of attachment theories
developed by John Bowlby.
Findings. The Bowlby model provided an adequate, if not complete, means of assessment of bereavement processes in the two families. One subject adopted a chronic mourning style while the other demonstrated a pattern that focused on
a continued search for their son and which disallowed conscious grieving. Both subjects were observed to be unfinished in the grief process. The uncertainty of the loss seemed to be the prime factor that prolonged grief in both subjects.
Conclusion. The Bowlby model was acceptable in
defining general grief reactions of the subjects. Each family remained in the grief process for prolonged states which was a taxing problem. Parental commitment to the child remained strong in both cases, however. Although differing in degrees, each subject retained a sense of hope
for the safe recovery of the abducted child.
Recommendations. Recommendations of the study focused on clinical assessment points for professionals involved in bereavement counseling. Unique family, parental, and sibling dynamics were highlighted. Personal awareness issues of the counselor also were discussed. Further research topics included investigating a multi-disciplinary
team approach in solving the problems of childhood abduction and studying grief reactions relevant to various childhood and family life developmental stages
An Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Experience in Art, Music, and Social Science with Fifth Grade Classes in Traditional School
Get PDF71 leaves. Advisor: Dr. John M. HicksThe problem. Literature in various fields increasingly is stressing the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to education but such programs are not in evidence. This study is an analysis of an interdisciplinary experience
in art, music and social science with fifth grade classes in a traditional school.
Procedure. Three classes of fifth grade children at Barlow Granger Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa were the population samples of this study. The author was the art teacher who initiated an interdisciplinary study with the music and social science teachers about Africa for student
participation. An African program was given by the children for their parents at the end of the unit of study. A followup study was done the following year with two fifth grade classes, which composed a control group and an experimental group. The experimental group was tested and data was
gathered.
Findings. The results of the study showed that high motivation stimulates children and has far reaching effects. The interdisciplinary experience brought about behavioral changes that tended to be permanent in the students. Small group interaction promoted peer approval.
Conclusions. Art does have a positive effect on the learning process of students through motivation and stimulation.
It aids the human element, helps develop selfconfidence, promotes the feeling of success and provides access to positive behavioral changes. Innovative teaching methods can be implemented in traditional schools. It takes
more teacher energy, cooperation, assistance and administrative backing.
Recommendations. The writer recommends from this
study that further research be done in man's thinking process with teaching methods designed to educate that process. Interdisciplinary teaching has substantial advantages and should be considered by more schools
RRS James Clark Ross Cruises JR265 and JR254D, 27 Nov-24 Dec 2011. Part 1: The Drake Passage hydrographic repeat section SR1b
Get PDFThis report describes the 17th complete occupation of the Drake Passage CTD section, established during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment as repeat section SR1b. It wasfirst occupied by National Oceanography Centre (previously IOSDL and then SOC) in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey in 1993, and has been re-occupied most years since then. Thirty two full depth stations were performed during JR265: two test stations, and all 30 of the nominal stations for the SR1b Drake Passage section. An initial result is that the estimated total transport measured across the section was 133 Sv which compares well to an average transport measured from the 16 previous UK cruises of 135 Sv (standard deviation of 7 Sv). In conjunction with the hydrographic cruise, a "Waves Aerosol and Gas Exchange Study" (WAGES) intensive observation cruise JR245D was also carried out. WAGES involves continuous measurement of the air-sea turbulent fluxes of CO2, sea spray aerosol, momentum and sensible and latent heat fluxes, plus directional sea-state and whitecap parameters using systems installed on the ship in May 2010. In addition to the continuous measurements, a number of intensive observation periods (IOPs) have been carried out by WAGES staff on board the ship. These involve deployments of a spar buoy to measure wave breaking and an aerial camera system to measure whitecap fraction. The activities of JR254D are summarised here, but are described in detail in a separate cruise report. Cruise JR264 was carried out by NOC-L staff at the same time as JR265 and JR254D. JR264 is also the subject of a separate cruise report. The CTD was an underwater SBE 9 plus unit equipped with the following sensors: dual temperature and conductivity sensors, a pressure sensor encased in the SBE underwater unit, a SBE-43 oxygen probe, an Aquatracka MKIII fluorometer, a transmissometer, an upwardlooking downwelling PAR sensor, and an altimeter. A downward-looking LADCP (RDI Workhorse Monitor 300 kHz) was deployed on all stations. Various underway measurements were obtained, including navigation, VM-ADCP, sea surface temperature and salinity, water depth and various meteorological parameters. A practical aim during this cruise was to update the detailed guides for each of the hydrographic data streams which were first written duringJR195 in 2009. The hydrographic data analysis was performed using "MSTAR", a suite of Matlab programs developed at NOCS by Brian King and used on the JCR for the first time during JR195
Enhanced diapycnal diffusivity in intrusive regions of the Drake Passage
Get PDFAuthor Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2016. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Physical Oceanography 46 (2016): 1309-1321, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0068.1.Direct measurements of oceanic turbulent parameters were taken upstream of and across Drake Passage, in the region of the Subantarctic and Polar Fronts. Values of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate ε estimated by microstructure are up to two orders of magnitude lower than previously published estimates in the upper 1000 m. Turbulence levels in Drake Passage are systematically higher than values upstream, regardless of season. The dissipation of thermal variance χ is enhanced at middepth throughout the surveys, with the highest values found in northern Drake Passage, where water mass variability is the most pronounced. Using the density ratio, evidence for double-diffusive instability is presented. Subject to double-diffusive physics, the estimates of diffusivity using the Osborn–Cox method are larger than ensemble statistics based on ε and the buoyancy frequency.This work was supported by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation.2016-10-0
Geographic profiling in Nazi Berlin: fact and fiction
Get PDFGeographic profiling uses the locations of connected crime sites to make inferences about the probable location of the offender’s ‘anchor point’ (usually a home, but sometimes a workplace). We show how the basic ideas of the method were used in a Gestapo investigation that formed the basis of a classic German novel about domestic resistance to the Nazis during the Second World War. We use modern techniques to re-analyse this case, and show that these successfully locate the Berlin home address of Otto and Elise Hampel, who had distributed hundreds of anti-Nazi postcards, after analysing just 34 of the 214 incidents that took place before their arrest. Our study provides the first empirical evidence to support the suggestion that analysis of minor terrorism-related acts such as graffiti and theft could be used to help locate terrorist bases before more serious incidents occur
York, England 1736
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From: Eboracum : or, The history and antiquities of the city of York, from its original to the present times. Together with the history of the cathedral church, and the lives of the archbishops of that see. Collected from authentick manuscripts, publick records, ancient chronicles, and modern historians/ By Francis Drake, 1736.
"P. 244" -- upper left. Gift of Michael M. Katzman.1:6,00
Britain’s Right to Roam: Redefining the Landowner's Bundle of Sticks
Get PDFJerry L. Anderson is the Richard M. and Anita Calkins Professor of Law, Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa.Britain recently enacted a “right to roam” in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CRoW) 2000. At first glance, CRoW appears to be a dramatic
curtailment of the landowner’s traditional right to exclude; it opens up all private land classified as “mountain, moor, heath, or down” to the public for hiking and picnicking. Yet, when viewed in the light of history, CRoW may be seen as partially restoring to the commoner rights lost during the enclosure period, when the commons system ended. CRoW also represents a return to a functional rather than spatial form of land ownership, allowing more than one party to have rights in a particular piece of land. The new law highlights some important public values regarding freedom of access that have been all but forgotten in the United States. The law calls into question U.S. Supreme Court precedent that has enshrined the right to exclude as an “essential” stick in the bundle of property rights and serves as a powerful alternative to the Court’s formalistic notion of property rights. Given the differences in its history, culture, and legal system, the
United States is unlikely to follow Britain’s lead in enacting a right to roam; nevertheless, the study of CRoW contains valuable lessons for Americans.The author wishes to thank the anonymous donor of the Drake International Research Stipend who generously enabled this research
A Report on the Drake's Dairy Farm, Rossland, B.C.:
Get PDFI chose to do this term report on the Drake family and their dairy for several reasons. One of the principal being that I had met Mrs. Drake the previous summer and knew her to be an articulate woman who was very proud of her family and their business. Also I am interested in the 'natural' way of farming and the way this dairy is run is just about as basic as one can be and still have a successful business. However the main reason for this report is that the Drake family is fighting back against all the red tape and petty officialdom of Governments who say 'but you can't do that, no one else wants to'. This family as a cohesive unit want to, are doing and hopefully will continue to do things their way. Inspite [sic] of what 'they say'
Winter mesoscale circulation on the shelf slope region of the southern Drake Passage
Get PDFAuthor Posting. © The Author(s), 2013. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 90 (2013): 4-14, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.041.An austral winter cruise in July-August 2006 was conducted to study the winter circulation and
iron delivery processes in the Southern Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait. Results from
current and hydrographic measurements revealed a circulation pattern similar to that of the
austral summer season observed in previous studies: The Shackleton Transverse Ridge (STR) in
the southern Drake Passage blocks a part of the eastward Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC)
which forces the ACC to detour southward, produces a Taylor Column over the STR, and forms
an ACC jet within the Shackleton Gap, a deep channel between the STR and the shelf of
Elephant Island. Observations show that to the west of the STR, the Upper Circumpolar Deep
Water (UCDW) intruded onto the shelf around the South Shetland Islands while to the east of the
STR, shelf waters were transported off the northern shelf of Elephant Island. Along a similar
west-east transect approximately 50 km off the shelf, the northward transport of shelf waters was
approximately 2.4 and 1.2 Sv in the austral winter and summer, respectively. The waters around
Elephant Island primarily consist of the UCDW that has been modified by local cooling and
freshening, unmodified UCDW that has recently intruded onto the shelf, and Bransfield Current
water that is a mixture of shelf and Bransfield Strait waters. Weddell Sea outflows were
observed which affect the hydrography and circulation in the Bransfield Strait and indirectly
affect the circulation patterns in the southern Drake Passage and around Elephant Island. Two
Fe enrichment and transport mechanisms are proposed that intrusions of the UCDW onto the
northern shelf region of the South Shetland Islands is considered as the results of Ekman
pumping due to prevailing westerly wind in the region while the offshelf transport of shelf
waters in the shelf region east of Elephant Island is due to acquisition of positive vorticity by
shelf waters from horizontal mixing with onshelf intruded ACC waters.This project was supported by the National Science Foundation grant numbers OPP-0229966,
ANT-0444040 and ANT-0948378 to M. Zhou, OPP0230445, ANT0443403 and ANT-0948357
to C. Measures, ANT0443869 and ANT-0948442 to M. Charette, and OPP0230443,
ANT0444134 and ANT0948338 to B.G. Mitchell
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