645 research outputs found
Rethinking generic skills
No full textThe paper provides a critical analysis of the notion of generic or transversal skillscontained with European Union policy discourses. The author presents a conceptualframework that challenges the idea that generic skills are universal, transferable andautonomous. An alternative analysis is put forward that argues the case forcontextualising skills and knowledge within particular understandings and cultures thatare more collective than individualistic in nature. The arguments are framed withinwider cross-disciplinary debates in linguistics, geosemiotics and social-cultural theoryand build upon an earlier paper exploring core skills in the UK (Canning, 2007)
Roy and Frieda Simpson Interview, ca. 1977
No full textRoy and Frieda Simpson were both born in Janesville, Iowa and met in school. Roy was 97 and Frieda was 95. They had been married for 77 years.
In this interview, they talk about farm life, canning and washing clothes, early town life, and the dirty thirties (aka the drought back in the 1930s).https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/kmrs/1081/thumbnail.jp
Airs russes pour le piano : oeuvre 20
No full textpar Leopold de MeyerAuf Titelblatt Widmung: A Son Excellence L'Ambassadrice Lady Canning. - Pl.-Nr.: T. H. 9331. - Stich. - S. 2 leer. - Preisangabe: Prix 45 x C.M.Vienne, chez Tobie Haslinger. Marchand de Musique etc. de la Cour Imp. et Roy. Kohlmarkt No. 28
Reconceptualising core skills
No full textThe paper provides an analysis of Core Skill policy and practice in the UK. The author presents a conceptual basis for re-thinking generic Core Skills within educational approaches in teaching and learning. The discussion looks at whether universal notions of generic skills are appropriate when considering post-compulsory pedagogic approaches to the design of the curriculum. The arguments are framed within wider cross‐disciplinary debates in linguistics, the psychology of work and education
Exploring the impact of nursing students’ program experiences on post-graduation career specialty choices
No full textThis poster won the Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Award (2021).
Advisor: Dr. Shelley Canning, Faculty of Health Sciences
Pilz, Matthias / Berger, Susanne / Canning, Roy (Hrsg.): Fit for business, Pre vocational education in European Schools. Heidelberg: Springer 2012 [Rezension]
No full textRezension von: Pilz, Matthias / Berger, Susanne / Canning, Roy (Hrsg.): Fit for business, Pre vocational education in European Schools, Heidelberg: Springer 2012 (211 S.; ISBN 978-3-531-18383-1
“Kitchen crafters”: Canning, feminism, and the value of ‘women’s work’
No full textThis thesis examines the enthusiasm and motivations for home canning in the twenty-first century within the context of the DIY movement of the 1990s and the current urban homesteading movement. Using interdisciplinary methodological approaches, including feminist history, feminist auto/biography, and autoethnography, the author provides historical background on home canning and homesteading in Canada and the United States; she also uses her own lived experiences of canning and gardening while pursing an MA in Gender Studies to analyze choice feminism. This thesis examines criticisms of the current interest in home canning by journalists, and the reactions of canning/urban homesteading bloggers to those articles. Ultimately this thesis argues that canning is a valuable skill and that feminism and foodwork are not incompatible; furthermore, blogging about canning and urban homesteading is breaking down the divide between the public and private spheres by providing an income for some bloggers through advertising and book deals
The vocational curriculum in the lower secondary school: Material and discursive practices
No full textThe rationale for the study is to enhance our understanding of how young people learn and engage with vocational subjects within the lower secondary years of compulsory education. The concept of pre-vocational education has recently emerged to describe the initial transitional phase of preparing young people for employment in specific occupational areas in the UK. Although there has been extensive research undertaken in work-based apprenticeship learning, very little research has emerged in pre-vocational education among 14-16 year olds in schools. The research undertakes such an enquiry based upon a case study of North Lanarkshire secondary schools. This local authority has been selected as it has one of the highest rates of young people participating in pre-vocational education in secondary education and has been identified by a recent OECD report as a potential exemplar of best practice in this field. However, concerns remain regarding how to integrate the pre-vocational curriculum with the academic curriculum, whether pre-vocational courses can engage high achievers and, more specifically, how effectively the subject is taught within schools
Older workers in the hospitality industry: valuing experience and informal learning
No full textThe research sets out to identify the learning processes adopted by older workers in the hospitality and visitor attraction industry in Scotland, with a view to determining how employers may better support their education and training within enterprises. The study was undertaken as part of the ESRC project on ‘sustaining the employability of older workers in the hospitality sector: personal learning strategies and cultures of learning. The data collection period was from 2008-2010 and focused on six case studies; three in hospitality and three visitor attraction centres. The conceptual framework of the research is based upon the simple yet important notion of experience and how this enhances the learning lives of older employees. It will be argued that the learning processes used by older employees are primarily recognisable as social practices, based upon the utilisation of existing knowledge and skills. The analysis suggests that organisations should be encouraged to avoid using a ‘one size fits all’ approach to education and training and, in the case of older workers, to make more use of their past work and life experiences in order to facilitate their own and others’ learning
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