862 research outputs found
BIOTECHNOLOGY: OUR FUTURE AS HUMAN BEINGS AND CITIZENS
No full textAcknowledgments -- Introduction: biotechnology, human being, and citizen / Sean D. Sutton -- 1. Biotechnology and our human future: some general reflections / Leon R. Kass -- 2. Who's afraid of posthumanity? A look at the growing left/right alliance in opposition to biotechnological progress / Ronald Bailey -- 3. Bioethics and human betterment: have we lost our ability to dream? / Ronald M. Green -- 4. Biotechnology in a world of spiritual beliefs / Lee M. Silver -- 5. Jewish philosophy, human dignity, and the new genetics / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson -- 6. The bible and biotechnology / Larry Arnhart -- 7. A transcendent vision: theology and human transformation / Richard Sherlock -- Suggested further readings -- About the contributors -- Inde
Appropriations of Irish drama by modern Korean nationalist theatre : a focus on the influence of Sean O’Casey in a colonial context
No full textMy thesis explores how a translated author on the periphery of the host culture’s
translated repertoire can be at once subversive and innovative on the colonial scene,
using as an example the case of Sean O’Casey in colonial Korea. It explores the
importation of Irish drama in modern Korean theatre during the colonial period and
examines the appropriations of O’Casey’s plays by a central Korean playwright, Yu
Chi-jin, in creating his own plays. Under Japanese colonial rule in the early twentieth
century, intellectuals perceived the supreme task for the Korean people to be the
recovery of national sovereignty and independence. The modern Korean theatre
movement which rose among Korean intellectuals and dramatists during the colonial
period was to play a major part in this task. The ultimate goal of this movement was
to establish a modern national theatre promoting Korean culture and educating the
people, thereby recovering national independence. As their modernised dramatic
polysystem was still "young", Korean intellectuals and dramatists who were
involved in the theatre movement had to borrow dramatic models from other
countries. One of the models they chose was Irish playwrights, especially those who
were involved in the Irish dramatic movement. They published or staged the works
of W.B. Yeats, Lord Dunsany [Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett], Augusta
Gregory, J.M. Synge, St. J. Ervine, T.C. Murray and Sean O'Casey. Although
O'Casey was considered an important dramatist in the Irish dramatic movement, he
was a playwright on the periphery in the list of translated Irish dramatists in Korea
due to the colonisers’ censorship. However, he remained as a subversive and
innovative playwright on the colonial scene by virtue of being appropriated by Yu
Chi-jin who used O’Casey’s plays as models when creating his own works. In
discussing the subject matter of my thesis, I use Even Zohar’s polysystems theory as
a starting point in looking at ideological issues surrounding translation and extend
the discussion to offer a postcolonial perspective. While most translation in a
colonial context was considered as "an expression of the cultural power of the
colonisers," my thesis shifts the focus to translation as an expression of the cultural
power of the colonised. I explore how the colonised uses another colonised culture to
subvert the colonisers’ power
Learning theories and interprofessional education: a user's guide
No full textThere is increasing interest in the theoretical underpinning of interprofessional education (IPE) and writers in this field are drawing on a wide range of disciplines for theories that have utility in IPE. While this has undoubtedly enriched the research literature, for the educational practitioner, whose aim is to develop and deliver an IPE curriculum that has sound theoretical underpinnings, this plethora of theories has become a confusing, and un-navigable quagmire. This article aims to provide a compass for those educational practitioners by presenting a framework that summarizes key learning theories used in IPE and the relationship between them. The study reviews key contemporary learning theories from the wider field of education used in IPE and the explicit applications of these theories in the IPE literature to either curriculum design or programme evaluation. Through presenting a broad overview and summary framework, the study clarifies the way in which learning theories can aid IPE curriculum development and evaluation. It also highlights areas where future theoretical development in the IPE field is required
K-12 SCHOOL LEADERS AND SCHOOL CRISIS: AN EXPLORATION OF PRINCIPALS’ SCHOOL CRISIS COMPETENCIES AND PREPAREDNESS
No full textOn any given day, principals could find themselves faced with a situation that could define their roles as crisis leaders. This dissertation research offers an exploratory study in the field of crisis response and educational leadership. From experts in the field of crisis response, the author compiled a list of crisis management competencies specifically for school leaders and then assessed principals’ and assistant principals’ crisis leadership preparation and perceived familiarity with the competencies.
Initially, the researcher contacted forty superintendents from The Western Pennsylvania Forum for School Superintendents and sixty-two superintendents from the Tri-State Area School Study Council to request permission to survey principals and assistant principals in their districts. One hundred ninety-two principals and assistant principals were identified and received email invitations requesting their participation in a brief survey. Of the 192 building administrators contacted, 82 responded to the survey. Two cases were excluded as incomplete, because the respondents completed fewer than half of the survey questions. Of the 80 included participants, 30 worked at the elementary school level, 18 at middle or junior high schools, and 28 at high schools (n = 76 reported). Sixty-three had completed a master’s degree and 12 had completed a
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doctoral degree (n = 75 reported). Respondents had worked as building level administrators for an average of 8.53 years.
The overall results of this exploratory study indicated that building level administrators appear to have varying levels of familiarity with limited formal training in the area of crisis leadership. Further research utilizing the crisis competencies and survey measurement tool developed in this initial research study could provide valuable knowledge and support for the future professional preparation of educational leaders
Absorbing new subjects: holography as an analog of photography
No full textI discuss the early history of holography and explore how perceptions, applications, and forecasts of the subject were shaped by prior experience. I focus on the work of Dennis Gabor (1900–1979) in England,Yury N. Denisyuk (b. 1924) in the Soviet Union, and Emmett N. Leith (1927–2005) and Juris Upatnieks (b. 1936) in the United States. I show that the evolution of holography was simultaneously promoted and constrained by its identification as an analog of photography, an association that influenced its assessment by successive audiences of practitioners, entrepreneurs, and consumers. One consequence is that holography can be seen as an example of a modern technical subject that has been shaped by cultural influences more powerfully than generally appreciated.
Conversely, the understanding of this new science and technology in terms of an older one helps
to explain why the cultural effects of holography have been more muted than anticipated by forecasters
between the 1960s and 1990s
Participation as a tool for interactional work on Twitter: A sociolinguistic approach to social media 'engagement'
No full textThis work approaches the concept of social media engagement through a lens of participation theory. Following the work of Goffman (1981) and others, this dissertation uses the concepts of the participation framework and the participant role to explore engagement as a function of participation in interaction. The purposes of this dissertation are three-fold: to model participant roles as they are built in interaction on Twitter, to discover the ways in which participation is established through the linguistic choices enacted by participants, and to demonstrate the role of the medium as an important factor influencing possibilities for participation. Using discourse analysis as a methodology, tweets from accounts associated with National Hockey League (NHL) organizations are analyzed for the linguistic resources that are used to reference interactional roles traditionally understood as “speaker” and “hearer”. In turn, the linguistic and discursive resources deployed in team tweets are used to reveal these speaker and hearer roles as more detailed and complex production and reception frameworks. The modal affordances of Twitter are also investigated as to their role in influencing the building of participation frameworks through talk, including unique linguistic forms that are available to Twitter users and possibilities for hiding or revealing participants through the Twitter screen.
The findings of this investigation reveal three primary models for production frameworks for NHL accounts: an Impersonal Model that eschews identification of the parties in production roles, an Interpersonal Model that highlights the individuals involved in the interaction, and a Team Model that obscures the individual to focus on the team or organization as a primary participant. Additionally, a framework for understanding recipient audiences on Twitter is proposed, incorporating both actual and intended audiences. Consistent patterns in the language choices used to construct participatory identities for production and reception roles are demonstrated, highlighting the value of using linguistic data as a resource for investigations of participation. Finally, Twitter’s modal affordances are shown to be an integral part of the ways that users enact participatory concepts, such as co-presence and address, revealing the importance of considering the role of the medium in participation studies
Transportation context of Latin American logistics
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2008.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-125).Through increasing globalization and trade liberalization, many third-world and developing countries are experiencing levels of growth that are quickly shifting the world's balance of political and economic power. China and India have dominated the global discussion of emerging economies, but other regions that have received much less attention hold attractive potential as well from the perspective of United States companies -- in particular, Latin America. Domestic companies going international for the first time or even just into a type of foreign market that is very different from previous experience can find the learning curve steep and their ce-reliable intuition no longer useful. Penetrating such a market requires a taut supply chain and while there are many facets to any supply chain, we here focus on the transportation aspect and build the Latin American context surrounding it and affecting logistical decisions and paradigms. By exploring the unsuccessful and ongoing attempts at regional integration, the policies that shape the business environment, the barriers and opportunities presented by a unique geography, and the underdeveloped infrastructure, we build the context necessary to develop a holistic understanding of Latin America and its diverse member nations. Using this context, we explore a way to compare the new environment to old experiences and to provide knowledge required to plan supply chain networks in the region.by Sean D. Sweat.S.M
Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education, and research through duoethnographic pedagogy
No full textPhenomenology and Extreme Sports in Natural Landscapes
No full textHusserl reminded us of the imperative to return to the Lebensweldt, or life-world. He was preoccupied with the crisis of Western science which alienated the experiencing self from the world of immediate experience. Immediate experience provides a foundation for what it means to be human. Heidegger, building upon these ideas, foresaw a threat to human nature in the face of ‘technicity’. He argued for a return to a relationship between ‘authentic self’ and nature predicated upon the notion of ‘letting be’ in which humans are open to the mystery of being. Self and nature are not conceived as alienated entities but as aspects of a single entity. In modern times, separation between self and the world is further evidenced by scientific rational modes of being exemplified through consumerism and the incessant use of screen-based technology which dominate human experience. In contrast, extreme sports provide an opportunity for people to return to the life-world by living in relation to the natural world. Engagement in extreme sports enables a return to authenticity as we rediscover self as part of nature
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