51 research outputs found
Enthymema
No full textrivista internazionale di letterature comparate, filosofia del linguaggio, semiotica della cultura
Trembling on the Precipice of Possibility: A Story About Becoming a Teacher Educator for Social Justice
No full textAbstractThis article describes the strategy of creating an illustrated story book as an attempt to invite teacher education candidates to engage in deeper reflection and critical analysis common sense which shapes their teaching. In the process of describing how to teach preservice teachers to teach for social justice the author uses examples from her own development as a teacher educator for social justice. The author suggests four elements that may be critical to teaching teacher candidates to persevere in rigorous critique of their own common sense. They are imagery and intensifying metaphor; foolishness; a dialectic of criticality and joy; and communal sharing. Keywords: teacher education, critical analysis, preservice teachers, social justic
Disentangling Preservice Teachers from the Webs of Idle Talk: A Grounded Theory for Generative Teacher Education
No full textThe purpose of this research was to understand the possibilities for helping preservice teachers develop cynicism and joy dialectically so that they might engage in critique and develop hopefulness. A sustained dialectic of cynicism and joy in teacher education enables preservice teachers and other educators perceive injustices and inequities and to remain hopeful about the possibilities for liberatory education. Thus, it is possible to sustain conviction, resist oppression and act creatively.
I analyzed 161 preservice teachers' philosophy papers produced over three semesters in seven sections of Introduction to Teaching course I taught at a major research university in the South. I used grounded theory methods to develop a generative theory for teacher education.
Three major conceptual constructs developed from my analysis: reality, fun and passion. Using these as a framework, theory was developed to understand preservice teachers' attitudes against critique and towards naïve optimism. Using the constructs reality, fun and passion I discovered deep roots that bound preservice teachers to stereotypes of good teachers and appropriate pedagogies. Cultural, historical and social structures kept preservice teachers from recognizing the possibilities for thinking critically without giving up hope. These deeply embedded structures interfered with preservice teachers' ability to engage in conversations and struggle with the meanings of good teaching beyond management and control.
Most preservice teachers in this study had not engaged in critical analysis of common sense discourses about teaching. Most entered a state of denial when pressed to question inequitable, unjust and disproportionate institutions in education. Denial limited the possibilities for moving past despair and into hope and action. Preservice teachers in denial survive by maintaining the status quo. They do not experience joy which is a force for social action because they do not engage in critique. When teachers are in denial imagination, energy and faith are severely limited.
Questions my research centered on the value of integrating spirituality into critical teacher education, the necessity of social foundations, and the validity of interdisciplinary research in teacher education
Maternal intake of fat, riboflavin and nicotinamide and the risk of having offspring with congenital heart defects
No full textWith the exception of studies on folic acid, little evidence is available concerning other nutrients in the pathogenesis of congenital heart defects (CHDs). Fatty acids play a central role in embryonic development, and the B-vitamins riboflavin and nicotinamide are co-enzymes in lipid metabolism. Aim of the study To investigate associations between the maternal dietary intake of fats, riboflavin and nicotinamide, and CHD risk in the offspring. Methods A case-control family study was conducted in 276 mothers of a child with a CHD comprising of 190 outflow tract defects (OTD) and 86 non-outflow tract defects (non-OTD) and 324 control mothers of a non-malformed child. Mothers filled out general and food frequency questionnaires at 16 months after the index-pregnancy, as a proxy of the habitual food intake in the preconception period. Nutrient intakes (medians) were compared between cases and controls by Mann¿Whitney U test. Odds ratios (OR) for the association between CHDs and nutrient intakes were estimated in a logistic regression model. Results Case mothers, in particular mothers of a child with OTD, had higher dietary intakes of saturated fat, 30.9 vs. 29.8 g/d; P <0.05. Dietary intakes of riboflavin and nicotinamide were lower in mothers of a child with an OTD than in controls (1.32 vs. 1.41 mg/d; P <0.05 and 14.6 vs. 15.1 mg/d; P <0.05, respectively). Energy, unsaturated fat, cholesterol and folate intakes were comparable between the groups. Low dietary intakes of both riboflavin
Nikolaj I. Nikolaev, La critica non ufficiale al «metodo formale» nella cultura russa degli anni '20
No full textIl brano che presentiamo in traduzione è tratto dall’articolo M. M. Bachtin, Nevel’skaja škola filosofii i kul’turnaja istorija ’20-ch gg. (M. M. Bachtin, La scuola filosofica di Nevel’ e la storia culturale degli anni ’20), uscito nella curatela di V. L. Machlin intitolata Bachtinskij sbornik (Moskva 2004). Esso intende ricostruire la storia della critica non ufficiale (e quindi non marxista) al metodo formale nel corso degli anni ’20 attraverso una ricca documentazione bibliografica fra cui spiccano i carteggi, gli articoli e le recensioni pubblicate fra il 1921 e il 1930 da parte di numerosi intellettuali del periodo, come il poeta e critico Vladislav Chodasevič (1886-1939), il teorico simbolista Vjačeslav Ivanov (1866-1949), il poeta Andrej Belyj (1880-1934) e il filosofo Michail Bachtin (1895-1975). A questo composito materiale si aggiungono le testimonianze e i saggi di coloro che invece hanno gravitato attorno agli ambienti formalisti e che poi ne hanno preso le distanze; è questo il caso di Viktor Žirmunskij (1891-1971), dei membri del gruppo della rivista «Hermes» legati all’ermeneutica filosofica di Gustav Špet, e dello studioso Viktor Vinogradov (1894-1970)
From the Hill
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Do estuaries pose a toxic contamination risk for wading birds?
No full textThe impact of potentially toxic chemicals on wildlife is commonly assessed by comparing the intake of the contaminant with the “no observable effects level” (NOAEL) of intake. It is known, however, that there are considerable uncertainties inherent in this method. This study presents a Monte-Carlo based model to assess the degree of risk posed to birds (dunlin, Calidris alpina) from important estuarine habitats, and to show the limitations of such risk assessments, particularly with regard to data availability. The model was applied to predict the uptake of metals (Hg, Pb) in this shorebird species in Poole Harbour and the Severn Estuary/Bristol Channel, UK, two internationally important shorebird habitats. The results show that in both areas, Pb and Hg concentrations may pose an ecologically relevant toxic risk to wading birds. For Pb, uncertainty in NOAEL values dominates the overall uncertainty. Use of lethal toxicity data (LD50/100) was investigated as a method for assessing sub-lethal impacts from Hg. It was found that this method led to a significant under-estimate of the potential impact of Hg contamination, compared with direct estimation of NOAEL
La plurivocità "ipocrita". A proposito dei testi controversi di Michail Bachtin
No full textÈ noto come oltre a un brevissimo articolo uscito a Nevel’ nel 1919, dal titolo Iskusstvo i otvestvennost’ (Arte e responsabilità), oltre alla monografia su Dostoevskij stampata a Leningrado nel 1929 poco prima dell’arresto (Problemy tvorčestva Dostoevskogo, Priboj), e a parte due introduzioni tolstoiane scritte su commissione sempre nel 1929, fino al 1963, anno della seconda monografia dostoevskiana che ne decreterà la fama internazionale, Michail Bachtin, nato nel 1895, non pubblichi nulla. Escono invece negli anni Venti alcuni testi altrui che a partire dal 1973 verranno con certezza crescente – a cominciare da Vjačeslav Vs. Ivanov e Roman Jakobson – attribuiti a Bachtin. Si tratta dei volumi Frejdizm. Kritičeskij očerk (Freudismo. Saggio critico) (1927), Marksizm i filosofija jazyka (Marxismo e filosofia del linguaggio) (1929), degli articoli Po tu storonu social’nogo. O frejdizme (Al di là del sociale. Sul freudismo) (1925), Slovo v žizni i slovo v poèzii. K voprosam sociologičeskoj poètiki (La parola nella vita e la parola nella poesia. Sui problemi della poetica sociologica) (1926) firmati dal linguista e teorico della letteratura Valentin Vološinov; quindi del volume Formal’nyj metod v literaturovedenii (Il metodo formale nella scienza della letteratura) (1928) e dell’articolo Učënyj sal’erizm. O formal’nom morfologičeskom metode (Salierismo scientifico. Sul metodo formale-morfologico) (1925) recanti la firma del critico letterario Pavel Medvedev. A questi testi si sono aggiunti in seguito diversi articoli usciti tra il 1920 e il 1930, sempre a nome di Vološinov, e altri a nome del biologo Ivan Kanaev. I punti di vista sulla questione dell’autorialità di tali scritti si differenziano in vario modo: da chi sostiene la piena paternità bachtiniana costretta a camuffarsi con identità e stili di pensiero altrui (cfr. per esempio l’intera serie editoriale uscita negli anni Novanta siglata come “Bachtin pod maskoj” [Bachtin dietro la maschera]), a chi esclude con forza per questi testi qualsivoglia responsabilità di Michail Michajlovič, a chi infine ne afferma la co-autorialità nell’ambito del cosiddetto “Circolo di Bachtin”, formatosi durante gli anni Venti a Vitebsk, Nevel e Leningrado, dove si rivelano fondamentali altre figure di intellettuali amici e collaboratori come Lev Pumpjanskij e Matvej Kagan. Qui la partecipazione di ciascuno dei componenti del gruppo viene identificata in misura diversa a seconda degli studiosi del corpus bachtiniano. La discussione è ancora viva, e ha assunto anche recentemente toni molto aspri. Il presente intervento vorrebbe dunque provare a fare il punto della questione alla luce degli studi più recenti, sostanzialmente non tradotti in italiano. Si terrà conto in particolare dei risultati emersi dall’edizione completa delle opere di Bachtin in sette volumi (Sobranie sočinenij) avviata nel 1996 e conclusasi nel 2012, e di studi di specialisti quali Sergej Bočarov, Nikolaj Nikolaev e Vitalij Machlin, ma anche del dibattito internazionale in area italiana, europea e americana
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