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Pedagoguery

Academic Radiology — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:45:53 +0100

I am not a pedigreed pedagogue. In college, I took no courses in education psychology or technology. I did not aspire to make a career as a teacher. My intention was to be a very energetic, efficient, and insightful journalist. I would, so I dreamed, be a reporter who could explore, investigate, and write penetrating prose that would be part of news in newspapers and magazines, on radio stations, and even on that new medium, television. (Source: Academic Radiology)

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Angola: Students, Teachers Urged to Join Sensitisation on HIV/Aids

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:55:28 +0100

[ANGOP] Luanda - Teachers and students were urged to join sensitisation and monitoring rogrammes on serious endemic diseases, such as hiv/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, ANGOP has learnt. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

Depression forecasts difficulties with peers in middle childhood

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Society for Research in Child Development) A longitudinal study of children in the middle years of childhood has found that depression forecasts problems in peer relationships, including being victimized by peers and problems being accepted by peers. For the study, researchers looked at 480 youths from fourth through sixth grades and used child, classmate, parent, and teacher surveys to gather data. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Teaching Teachers to Teach (Frances E Biagioli MD)

Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Discussion for the Medical Student Education STFM conference in Long Beach California. 2012 (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)

Should Teachers and Students Be “Friends” Online?

Psychology Today Parenting Center — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:44:27 +0100

While most educators behave appropriately online, there are a few who don't. And as the saying goes, one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)

'Green' yoga teachers could kill

Telegraph Health — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:37:04 +0100

Performing yoga while being instructed by an inexperienced teacher can be deadly as they sometimes put pupils in life threatening positions, an expert on the activity has warned. (Source: Telegraph Health)

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Help! My Kid Is Being Treated Like an Outcast

Psychology Today Parenting Center — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:49 +0100

My 7-year-old son has recently started coming home saying that he isn't wanted at school. He asks me: Why is it that he is not accepted amongst his peers? Is there something wrong with him? He is the only second grade and has been identified as gifted and talented. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)

Critical narrative review to identify educational strategies promoting physical activity in preschool

Obesity Reviews — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:44:22 +0100

SummaryThe aim of this narrative review is critically to evaluate educational strategies promoting physical activity that are used in the preschool setting in the context of obesity prevention programmes. Literature search was conducted between April and August 2010 in English and German databases (PubMED, PsychINFO, PSYNDEX, ERIC, FIS Bildung). Outcomes considered were time and intensity of physical activity, motor skills or measures of body composition. A total of 19 studies were included. Ten studies added physical activity lessons into their curriculum, one study provided more time for free play, eight studies focused on the social and play environment. Studies reporting positive outcomes implemented physical activity sessions that lasted at least 30 min d−1. Several studies show...

Angola: Education Ministry Points Out Plans for Combat HIV/Aids

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:32:10 +0100

[ANGOP] Luanda - The national director for social actions of Education Ministry, Domingos Torres Júnior mentioned the training of teachers and students next three years, as one of the goals of study and strategic plan of the sector in fighting HIV/AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

Program Puts Smackdown on Bullying (CME/CE)

MedPage Today State Required CME — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:43:13 +0100

(MedPage Today) -- An integrated program to encourage respectful student behavior in schools reduced the number of teacher-reported bullying incidents and the prevalence of peer rejection, researchers said. (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)

Parenting after Traumatic Events: Ways to Support Children

Psych Central — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:35:07 +0100

One of the most important messages for parents about traumatic experiences—such as car accidents, medical trauma, exposure to violence, disasters—that may impact them and their children is that while children of all ages can be impacted, most are resilient and able to cope and recover. Dr. Ann Masten from the University of Minnesota wrote in the journal American Psychologist (2001) about resilience as “ordinary magic.” That is, given normal protective factors, most children will be able to cope, recover, and be fine after witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event. Some children and adolescents may develop symptoms following a disaster, especially if they have experienced traumatic events earlier such as losses or other difficult situations. The symptoms related to trauma may ap...

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The Impact of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports on Bullying and Peer Rejection: A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial [Article]

Archives of Pediatrics — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions The results indicated that SWPBIS has a significant effect on teachers' reports of children's involvement in bullying as victims and perpetrators. The findings were considered in light of other outcomes for students, staff, and the school environment, and they suggest that SWPBIS may help address the increasing national concerns related to school bullying by improving school climate. (Source: Archives of Pediatrics)

Modifying instruction within tiers in multitiered intervention programs

Psychology in the Schools — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This article provides a simple model for evaluating the current instruction to look for areas in which it can be adjusted before more restrictive measures are taken. The model draws from the literature on functional assessment of academic performance. Teachers and consultants are advised to check (a) the skills targeted for instruction, (b) guided practice, (c) independent practice, (d) implementation fidelity, and (e) the motivating conditions that are present during instruction. The role of each area in student learning and progress is discussed, and recommendations are made for adjustments. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: Psychology in the Schools)

Response to intervention in mathematics: Critical elements

Psychology in the Schools — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This article explores some of the key elements of RtI practices in mathematics, including screening for identification of struggling learners and progress monitoring for gauging instructional effectiveness. In addition, several of the pressing needs regarding the importance of mathematics proficiency for all students are discussed. We describe some of the similarities and differences between RtI processes in reading and mathematics. The article addresses the use of diagnostic data and details the importance of “core” instructional practices that reflect the standards included in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards and Common Core Mathematics standards, among others. The article concludes with a discussion of some evidence‐based interventions in mathematics, and ...

Birdbooker Report 208 | @GrrlScientist

Guardian Unlimited Science — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes books about mosses, scientific art and stream ecology that have been newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a long-running weekly report listing the wide variety of nature, natural history, ecology, animal behaviour, science and history books that have been newly released or republished in North America and in the UK. The books listed here were received by Ian during the previous week, courtesy of these various publishing houses. New and Recent ...

Peter Seeberger: we can treat malaria for less

Guardian Unlimited Science — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:05:11 +0100

Artemisinin is the most effective malaria treatment yet discovered. Peter Seeberger has found a way to to make it from the waste products of its current manufactureArtemisinin, a drug extracted from the sweet wormwood plant, is the most effective treatment for malaria ever discovered. Every year, millions of doses of artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) are donated to Africa and Asia, greatly reducing the worldwide burden of the parasitical disease. But extracting artemisinin is expensive and because it takes time to cultivate the plant there are often bottlenecks in supply.But Peter H Seeberger, the director of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, has just announced that he and colleague François Lévesque have discovered a simple and cost-effectiv...

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Patterns of Adolescents' Beliefs About Fighting and Their Relation to Behavior and Risk Factors for Aggression.

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study examined adolescents' patterns of beliefs about aggression, and how these patterns relate to aggressive and prosocial behavior, and to risk factors associated with aggression. A sample of 477 sixth graders from two urban schools and a school in a nearby county completed measures of beliefs, behavior, and individual, peer and parental factors associated with aggression. Teacher ratings of participants' behavior and emotion regulation were also obtained. The urban sample was 84% African American; the county school was in a rural fringe area with a student population that was 45% Caucasian and 40% African American. Latent class analysis of items on a beliefs measure supported hypotheses predicting three groups: (a) a Beliefs Against Fighting (BAGF) group that opposed the use of agg...

DIY science: should you try this at home?

Guardian Unlimited Science — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:59:00 +0100

When Richard Handl was arrested for attempting to split the atom on his stove, he joined a growing band of home experimenters cooking up all kinds of trouble behind the kitchen doorÄngelholm is a pretty southern Swedish town, famed for its clay cuckoo manufacturing, a clay cuckoo being a kind of ocarina, which is a kind of flute. The crime rate here is practically zero. Except one of its residents was last year arrested for trying to split the atom in his kitchen. His name is Richard Handl and he buzzes me into his first-floor flat.I wanted to meet Richard because I keep seeing reports of home science experimenters clashing with the authorities. There's been a spate of them this past year or two.I glance into Richard's kitchen and recognise his cooker from the news. It was horrendously, a...

Well Blog: What Doctors Can Learn From Musicians

NYT Health — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:18:04 +0100

Could a coach bring back the intellectual vibrancy from medical-school days for one doctor, the way a music teacher inspires constant growth? (Source: NYT Health)

Well: What Doctors Can Learn From Musicians

NYT Health — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:18:04 +0100

Could a coach bring back the intellectual vibrancy from medical-school days for one doctor, the way a music teacher inspires constant growth? (Source: NYT Health)

"Social justice needs to be everywhere": imagining the future of anti-oppression education in teacher preparation - Kelly DM, Minnes Brandes G.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:18:19 +0100

This article analyzes a social-justice teacher education project in a larger teacher education program in Western Canada. This program-within-a-program took an anti-oppressive education approach designed to help teacher candidates to understand and challen... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Kenya: Plug Loopholes to Ensure Success of Medical Scheme

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:04:22 +0100

[Business Daily] The medical cover deal signed between the National Hospital Insurance Fund and the Kenya National Union of Teachers represents a corporate coup of sorts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Perceptions of Social Support, Empowerment and Youth Risk Behaviors

The Journal of Primary Prevention — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:09:19 +0100

This study examined the association of perceived social support and community empowerment among urban middle-school students living in Matamoros, Mexico and the risk behaviors of fighting, alcohol and tobacco use, and sexual activity. Middle school students (n = 1,181) from 32 public and private Mexican schools were surveyed. Weighted multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted. Among girls, lack of parent/teacher interactions regarding school increased odds for fighting, alcohol and tobacco use. Among boys, lack of empowerment increased odds of alcohol and tobacco use and lack of parent/teacher interactions regarding school increased odds for sexual activity. Community empowerment and perceived social support are uniquely associated with risk behaviors for girls a...

The behavioural profile of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and of their siblings

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:55:54 +0100

Abstract The behavioural profiles in N = 69 index children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), N = 32 siblings with ADHD, N = 35 siblings without ADHD, and N = 36 normal controls were compared by the use of standardized parent and teacher rating scales. The four groups were matched by age and IQ. The behavioural profiles of the two ADHD groups were very similar not only in the behavioural domains of ADHD, but also in scales measuring emotional and conduct problems. Siblings without ADHD shared more similarities with normal controls except for more emotional problems. These general trends were stronger in the parent compared to the teacher ratings. These findings indicate that not only ADHD-related but also other behav...

Me, Miss! Why blurting out the answers can be good for pupils

Guardian Unlimited Science — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:01:12 +0100

Louder children can outperform quieter classmates and lift overall performance by encouraging others to become engagedWhile it may be frustrating for a teacher attempting to control a class, researchers say blurting out the answers can be good for pupils.Children who shout out the answer can be nearly nine months ahead in reading and maths when compared with quieter classmates, according to a study by academics at Durham University.Research which looked at more than 12,000 children aged between four and five finds that, on the whole, pupils who act impulsively in school do less well than those who can control their behaviour.But when the academics compared children with similar levels of inattentiveness, they found the louder ones did better.Boys are much more likely to blurt out the answe...

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MPs attack 'national scandal' of asbestos in schools

Telegraph Health — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:48:32 +0100

Urgent action is needed to protect children and teachers from exposure to deadly asbestos in schools, MPs warned today. (Source: Telegraph Health)

Mark Berndt: Profile of Perversion

Psychology Today Sex Center — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:28:27 +0100

LA teacher molested, bound, gagged, and blindfolded children. Follow the twisted path from Teacher to Pedophile.read more (Source: Psychology Today Sex Center)

Phys Ed a 'Must' in Fighting Obesity [Op-Ed]

RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:28:38 +0100

For budget cutting purposes, removing two full-time physical education teachers from the staff would save the school district approximately $140,000 next year, according to a front-page article in this newspaper by reporter Paul Schott last Friday. This is pennywise and pound foolish (no pun intended). As one physical education teacher, Joyce Evans of Coleytown Elementary School, put it at the meeting: "Physical education is a necessity, not a luxury, for the health and well-being of the whole child. It is an integral part of the educational process." (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)

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Ophthalmology — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

We would like to begin by thanking Zabalza et al for their thoughtful questions and comments. In our article, we describe complication rates by year of residency. We certainly think that correlating complications with surgical experience on a resident-by-resident basis is an interesting topic, however, we feel it is a separate question. We are not seeking to elucidate the mechanisms of the resident learning curve for phacoemulsification. Rather, we are trying to draw conclusions about the overall complication rate for residents of a particular level. Since residents have varying levels of exposure to particular surgeries and natural ability (and since we as teachers can control neither), studies are needed that examine the issue in aggregate in order to inform teaching policy. The concern ...

Assessing the impact of faculty development fellowship in shiraz university of medical sciences.

Archives of Iranian Medicine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

CONCLUSION: Our faculty development program appears to have a significant positive effect on medical teachers' competencies, and we suggest that our educational intervention is effective in achieving its aims. Further research should investigate whether this faculty development program actually results in improved teaching performance. PMID: 22292575 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine)

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Tourette's Syndrome, Chronic Tics, and Comorbid Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Elementary Students.

Archives of Iranian Medicine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

CONCLUSION: This is the first study to provide the prevalence of chronic tics in elementary school students in Iran. ADHD is more common among students with chronic tics and Tourette's syndrome. PMID: 22292574 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine)

School Lunches Feature Local Produce

RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Each month, the Farm to School program helps connect local farmers and school food service staff to bring a new Harvest of the Month product into Wood County schools. The program highlights a single, locally grown fruit or vegetable to taste test. Students, teachers and parents also receive educational materials about that item. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity)

Differential association between the norepinephrine transporter gene and ADHD: role of sex and subtype.

J Psychiatry Neurosc... — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: The results obtained in this family-based study suggest that haplotype blocks within different regions of SLC6A2 show differential association with the disorder based on sex and subtype. These associations may have been masked in previous studies when tests were conducted with pooled samples. PMID: 22297068 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: J Psychiatry Neurosc...)

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, seasonal photoperiods, nocturnal movements and diurnal agitation.

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

CONCLUSIONS: According to these results, this type of research should be reproduced in other Nordic countries and should include a larger sample group of children diagnosed with ADHD. PMID: 22299015 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

A Theory of Planned Behavior Research Model for Predicting the Sleep Intentions and Behaviors of Undergraduate College Students

The Journal of Primary Prevention — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:32 +0100

Abstract The purpose of this study was to operationalize the constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict the sleep intentions and behaviors of undergraduate college students attending a Midwestern University. Data collection spanned three phases. The first phase included a semi-structured qualitative interview (n = 11), readability by Flesch-Kincaid, face and content validity by a panel of six experts. The second phase included stability reliability by test–retest (n = 37). The final phase included construct validation applying confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency by Cronbach’s alpha, and predictive validity (n = 197) employing multiple regression analysis. The majority of the participants reported receiving i...

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Science Teachers Discuss Living Beyond 100

Health — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:44:02 +0100

The UA College of Science's popular spring lecture series, "Living Beyond 100," is under way. The next talk, "The Biology of Aging: Why Our Bodies Grow Old" by Janko Nikolich-Zugich, professor and department head of immunobiology, is tonight at 7 p.m. in Centennial Hall. (Source: Health)

The Convex-Concave Rules of Arthrokinematics: Flawed or Perhaps Just Misinterpreted?

The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Donald A. NeumannThe convex-concave rules purportedly help describe the roll-and-slide relationships that naturally occur between moving articular surfaces. There are 2 components of this rule, depending on whether the convex or concave articular member of the joint is considered the moving segment. As a teacher of kinesiology and a physical therapist, I have always respected these rules, primarily because of their ability to assist with the mental imaging of joint motion. Recently, I have been perplexed by questions from experienced physical therapists as to why the convex-concave rules are still being taught in college or continuing education venues, when research has shown that they are flawed. Perhaps I am so hopelessly infatuated with, and blinded by, the educational charm and utility...

VIDEO: Singing teacher's speech problems

BBC News | Health | UK Edition — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:29:36 +0100

A singing teacher - who once auditioned for the Spice Girls, is trying to raise awareness of the rare neurological condition that's paralysed her voice box. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Is your yoga teacher keeping you safe?

CNN.com - Health — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:50:59 +0100

There isn't a government oversight committee dedicated to yoga practice. And that's because many practitioners prefer it that way. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

Stephen Hester: perhaps his potty training was to blame

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:48:38 +0100

Why was the RBS chief so keen to hang on to all that money? Glad you asked …What's the matter with socialism? I think it's rather a good idea. "You're not talking about communism, are you?" says Rosemary, panicking. "You mustn't even say that word out loud." Of course not. I wouldn't dream of it. I just fancy more equal sharesies.Rosemary agrees. "Do you remember that dripping-down theory," says she. "I didn't notice anything dripping down on us in a benevolent way, did you?"No I didn't. It seems to me that capitalism isn't working, because it's making people poorly. Look at that Mr Hester. He is not a well man. How could he be? Why cling for so long to his bonus even though the whole country was horrified, Jesus deplored such behaviour, politicians were begging him to give up his bonus,...

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Good Kindergarten Attention Skills Predict Later Work-Oriented Behavior

Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0100

Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. Elementary school teachers made observations of attention skills in over a thousand kindergarten children. Then, from grades 1 to 6, homeroom teachers rated how well the children worked both autonomously and with fellow classmates, their levels of self-control and self-confidence, and their ability to follow directions and rules... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Corporeity and social representations: acting and thinking about teaching

Psicologia e Sociedade — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:36:33 +0100

Este estudo procurou refletir sobre as manifestações corporais do professor e as representações construídas sobre sua profissão. Participaram da pesquisa estudantes de pedagogia e estudantes de pós-graduação em gestão escolar. Os sujeitos examinaram três fotografias extraídas de uma dinâmica de grupo onde pessoas representavam os papéis de professores. Eles foram requisitados a apontar dentre as figuras quais eram reais professores e a justificar as respostas. Com esta metodologia, foi possível identificar quais manifestações corporais foram identificadas como típicas de ser professor. Percebeu-se que os julgamentos baseados nas fotografias refletiam as formas de interação professor-aluno. Para os graduandos em pedagogia, a palavra "postura" e descrições de gestos ind...

Reading instruction in tier 1: Bridging the gaps by nesting evidence‐based interventions within differentiated instruction

Psychology in the Schools — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:33:48 +0100

AbstractResponse to Intervention (RtI) has brought about many changes in the way educational services are being provided to students who are at risk of school failure. Schools are seeking strategies that will be beneficial to more and more students, including those students whose instruction is primarily in the core, or Tier 1. Nesting proven, evidence‐based practices more widely in an RtI model is discussed as an efficient strategy for closing achievement gaps and research‐‐practice gaps. To differentiate instruction relative to RtI and the core curriculum, the application of strategies typically reserved for Tiers 2 and 3 is suggested. An example of embedding, or nesting, interventions at Tier 1 is given. Organizational tools are provided for Tier 1 whole‐class, differentiated in...

Is your yoga teacher being safe?

CNN.com - Health — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:32:46 +0100

There isn't a government oversight committee dedicated to yoga practice. And that's because many practitioners prefer it that way. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

The "Bright Child" vs. the "Gifted Learner": What's the Difference?

Psychology Today Parenting Center — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:59:51 +0100

Though the child may sail through what the teacher offers, this doesn't mean he's gifted.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)

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Opinion: Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term

NYT Health — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:03:01 +0100

Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help? (Source: NYT Health)

Learn Chemistry - hundreds of high-quality education resources in one place

RSC News — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:04:21 +0100

The RSC's huge collection of modern, relevant resources is a boon to teachers and students everywhere (Source: RSC News)

Body size and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer subtypes in the California Teachers Study cohort

Cancer Causes and Control — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:55:04 +0100

Conclusions The effects of body size on postmenopausal breast cancer risk differed by hormone receptor subtype, and among women with ER+PR+ tumors, by HT use and early adult body size. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original paperPages 1-13DOI 10.1007/s10552-012-9897-xAuthors Alison J. Canchola, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300, Fremont, CA 94538, USAHoda Anton-Culver, Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USALeslie Bernstein, Division of Cancer Etiology, Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USAChristina A. Clarke, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300, Fremont, CA 94538, USAKatherine Hend...

Study design of FRIENDS for Life: process and effect evaluation of an indicated school-based prevention programme for childhood anxiety and depression

BMC Public Health - Latest articles — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study is a controlled trial with one pre-intervention and three post-intervention measurements (directly after, and 6 and 12 months after the end of the programme). The study sample consists of children aged 10-12 years (grades 6, 7 and 8 of Dutch primary schools), who show symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder. Data are collected through self-report, teacher report and peer nomination. A process evaluation is conducted to investigate programme integrity (whether the programme has been executed according to protocol) and to evaluate children's and parents' opinions about 'FRIENDS for Life' using online focus groups and interviews.DiscussionThe present study will provide insight into the effectiveness of 'FRIENDS for Life' as an indicated school-based prevention programme for chil...

Teaching the Concept Curricula: Theory and Method.

The Journal of Nursing Education — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

We present a semiotic framework for teaching conceptually, in addition to outlining three core components necessary for conceptual learners: addressing misconceptions, developing enduring understandings, and acquiring metacognitive skills. Five teaching methods that are particularly fitting for concept-based curricula and useful across all program levels are described and outlined. Active and learner-centered activities can also be designed and adapted to develop the mindset necessary to learn conceptually. PMID: 22283151 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The Journal of Nursing Education)

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Writer Questions The Benefits Of Yoga

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:40:21 +0100

BOSTON (CBS) – Yoga enthusiasts swear by the health benefits of this ancient form of exercise and meditation. But all it took was one article in the New York Times to knock the Zen out of the yoga community. The headline: How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body. While the article angered yoga instructor Gina Minyard, she admits she herself has been injured. She says she hurt her hamstring and her shoulder about a year after she started practicing yoga. But she says the injury wasn’t all bad. “The same poses where I hurt myself, I actually was able to create healing,” she said. In the article, New York Times senior writer, William J. Broad, writes that Yoga can cause serious injuries such as nerve damage, strokes, muscle damage, torn cartilage even crack ribs. Minyard and others have criti...

Abilities of preschoolers: comparing different tools

Italian Journal of Pediatrics — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Our data show that there are significant correlations between different neuropsychological and behavioural measures. It is therefore possible to rationalize diagnostic protocols without a significant information reduction. A deeper analysis will require a preliminary definition of the psychometric properties of used tools. (Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics)

Science Education Experts Respond to Obama's Speech

Scientific American - Official RSS Feed — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:54:00 +0100

Obama delivering his 2012 State of the Union address In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama spent less time than in years past discussing his ambitions to reform science education. He referred to his administration’s offer to let states opt out of No Child Left Behind (” … grant schools flexibility to teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test …”). And he brought up the Common Core State Standards in math and language arts which 45 states plus the District of Columbia have now adopted (“we ve convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning — the first time that s happened in a generation”). (By the way, a state survey out today from the Center on...

Uganda: Ayo - the Rejected HIV-Positive Teacher Gets Back Her Job

AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:07:02 +0100

New Vision (Kampala)-Remember Proscovia Ayo? She is that HIV-positive headteacher from Tororo district, whose deadlock story we published in New Vision's Mwalimu on March 2, 2011. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)

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This could be Carl Jung's century | Andrew Samuels

Guardian Unlimited Science — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:29:20 +0100

The psychoanalyst saw himself as a sort of therapist for western culture, and his diagnosis of its ills resonates todayThe presence in David Cronenberg's new film, A Dangerous Method, of Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein (Carl Jung's patient and lover) ensures we will hear more about the analyst Jung's affair: the impact on his marriage, how Spielrein shuttled between Jung and Sigmund Freud – the two narcissistic oligarchs of the early psychoanalytic world (a compelling emblem of the belittlement of women's role in intellectual endeavour, then and now). And finally, how this made the rupture between the men, which was always on the cards, into an inevitability. Sex, not the theory of sexuality, is going to be the main interest.Sadly, there is unlikely to be much focus on what Jung actu...

Some of Nations Finest Talk About Teaching in Rural America

News stories via the Rural Assistance Center — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0100

ED.gov Blog tells how the White House recently celebrated the latest class of National Board Certified teachers with several of the honorees traveling to Washington from some of Americas most remote and distant rural communities to receive the teaching professions highest credential. During their visit these rural teachers shared their stories about what its like to teach in rural America. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)

So how do you see our teaching? Some observations received from past and present students at the Maurice Wohl Dental Centre

European Journal of Dental Education — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study explores student perceptions of clinical teaching delivered at the Maurice Wohl Dental Centre, King’s College London Dental Institute. An on‐line survey together with two paper‐based questionnaires were used to invite three immediate past cohorts of final‐year dental students to reflect and comment on their experiences during their year of attendance. Supporting data from current student focus group and face‐to‐face interviews were also included in the study. The principal findings from these triangulated methodologies were that the overwhelming majority of students felt they got on very well with their teachers. The development of a positive professional relationship with the teacher appeared to motivate students to work better. Teaching thought to be overly didacti...

Why Men (and Women) Do and Don't Rebel: Effects of System Justification on Willingness to Protest

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Three studies examined the hypothesis that system justification is negatively associated with collective protest against ingroup disadvantage. Effects of uncertainty salience, ingroup identification, and disruptive versus nondisruptive protest were also investigated. In Study 1, college students who were exposed to an uncertainty salience manipulation and who scored higher on system justification were less likely to protest against the governmental bailout of Wall Street. In Study 2, May Day protesters in Greece who were primed with a system-justifying stereotype exhibited less group-based anger and willingness to protest. In Study 3, members of a British teachers union who were primed with a "system-rejecting" mind-set exhibited decreased system justification and increased willingness to ...

The teacher and the cop: the role of 'private space' in increasingly transparent clinical practice

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Education and enforcement have been two contrasting ways of managing clinical performance. Both are needed but recently health policy has placed greater emphasis on the latter, possibly to the detriment of the former. This paper examines the ways in which education and other formative aspects of clinical practice can be conducted. The boundary between education and enforcement involves a distinction between public and private space. Private space is the territory within which clinicians can review their performance and improve it from an educational perspective. The boundary between public and private space is fluid, particularly since the advent of systems to ensure clinicians' competence. The sensitive management of this boundary will determine whether the benefits of transparent clinica...

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Provision of learning and teaching materials for pupils with visual impairment: Results from a National Survey in Zambia

British Journal of Visual Impairment — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

The aim of this study was to determine the provision of learning and teaching materials for pupils with visual impairment in basic and high schools of Zambia. A survey approach utilizing a questionnaire, interviews and a review of the literature was adopted for the study. The findings demonstrated that most schools in Zambia did not provide adequate and suitable learning and teaching materials to pupils with visual impairment. Further, many schools did not have resource rooms for storage and use of learning and teaching materials for these pupils. Though most schools have a policy for procurement of learning and teaching materials, their budgetary allocations for such activities are usually too small or non-existent. Consequently, most children with visual impairment appear to perform poor...

Adverse Childhood Experiences of referred children exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Consequences for their wellbeing.

Child Abuse and Neglect — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that children who witnessed Intimate Partner Violence were also exposed to other adverse experiences. The results of this study may imply that in this high-risk clinical sample of children exposed to IPV, additional adverse experiences have a limited relationship to psychological outcomes. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: A thorough assessment and inclusion of all Adverse Childhood Experiences is necessary for a comprehensive treatment program. PMID: 22280846 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Child Abuse and Neglect)

The Highly Sensitive Boy

Psychology Today Parenting Center — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:54:15 +0100

Does your boy cry often? Has he ever been bullied? Does he enjoy his time alone and quiet space? Is he deeply affected by violence? Or keenly perceptive to how you are feeling or thinking? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be raising a highly sensitive boy. Highly sensitive boys come with deep talents but can be "trying" if you seek to raise them in the regular way.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)

Philip Lawley obituary

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:29:13 +0100

Researcher who helped provide the first convincing evidence that DNA is the key target for chemicals that cause cancerWith his fellow researcher Peter Brookes, Philip Lawley, who has died aged 84, provided the first convincing evidence that DNA is the key target for chemicals that cause cancer. This insight laid the foundation for the now universally accepted idea that cancer is a genetic disease.Lawley joined the Chester Beatty Research Institute, now the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), in Chelsea, London, in 1953 to study the chemistry of anti-cancer drugs. By 1956, he had concluded that positively charged atoms in carcinogens could react with negatively charged atoms in DNA bases – the "letters" of the genetic code, A, G, T and C – to form chemically stable DNA adducts (complexe...

A longitudinal integrated placement and medical students' intentions to practise rurally.

Rural Remote Health — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:37:27 +0100

Conclusions The richness of the informal curriculum in a longitudinal rural placement powerfully influenced students' intentions to practise rurally. It provided an important context for learning and evolving notions of professionalism and rural professional identity. This richness could be reinforced by developing formal curricula using educational activities based around service-led and interprofessional learning. To overcome the contextual barriers, the rural workforce development model needs to focus on socialising medical students into rural and remote medicine. More generic issues include student selection, further expansion of structured vocational training pathways that vertically integrate with longitudinal rural placements and the maintenance of rurally focused support through...

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An Interview With Marianne Williamson: The Essential Steps To Finding Love

Psychology Today Relationships Center — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:13:50 +0100

I’m honored to have Marianne Williamson share her wise insights about the path to romantic love. Marianne is one of America’s most beloved spiritual teachers, and the New York Times bestselling author of numerous spiritual classics. In this interview, she shares some invaluable--and unexpected--insights about how to find and keep true love. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)

Researchers Believe That Physical Exercise Has Been Downgraded For Norwegian Children

Health News from Medical News Today — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100

Youngsters in Norway today are not as fit as earlier generations, and even the best perform less well. Researchers now warn that a wave of inactivity could have a major long-term health impact. The conclusions about the physical condition of young people build on a survey of Norwegian schoolchildren's performance in the 3 000-metre race from 1969 to 2009. Associate professors Leif Inge Tjelta and Sindre Dyrstad at the University of Stavanger (UiS) have drawn on notes kept by a number of physical education teachers... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Access to and use of reproductive health information among in-school adolescent girls in Lagos State, Nigeria

Health Education Journal — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: The National Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curriculum should be implemented in all the secondary schools in Lagos State and elsewhere in Nigeria. Access to and use of reproductive health information should be promoted through regular workshops, seminars, symposia, lectures and talks for parents, teachers, and students. (Source: Health Education Journal)

Perceptions of teachers' support, safety, and absence from school because of fear among victims, bullies, and bully-victims. - Berkowitz R, Benbenishty R.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:05:52 +0100

This study examines the distribution of the types of involvement in school violence (bullies, victims, bully-victims, and students not involved in violence) among the general population of Israeli school students. The prevalence of these different types of... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

On being a pathologist—passing on the torch of knowledge

Human Pathology — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:03:59 +0100

Ours was a family that valued education. My father, Herman Moe Roth, was an engineer and physicist. Before marriage, my mother, Blanche Brown, was a high school English teacher in Canadian, Oklahoma, a small rural town in the southeastern part of the state. She had studied at Washington University in St. Louis for a year and then completed her education at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. My father obtained his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He earned his PhD in astrophysics at the Mendenhall Laboratory of Physics of Ohio State University in Columbus during the great depression. He was the only surviving boy among 7 children and used to joke that he got the education and his sisters each got a dowry. Before World War ...

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Goal Attainment Scaling as an Outcome Measure in Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychosocial Interventions in Autism.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Ruble L, McGrew JH, Toland MD Abstract Goal attainment scaling (GAS) holds promise as an idiographic approach for measuring outcomes of psychosocial interventions in community settings. GAS has been criticized for untested assumptions of scaling level (i.e., interval or ordinal), inter-individual equivalence and comparability, and reliability of coding across different behavioral observation methods. We tested assumptions of equality between GAS descriptions for outcome measurement in a randomized trial (i.e., measurability, equidistance, level of difficulty, comparability of behavior samples collected from teachers vs. researchers and live vs. videotape). Results suggest GAS descriptions can be evaluated for equivalency, that teacher collected behavior samples are represe...

Defending Climate Science's Place In The Classroom

NPR Health and Science — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0100

The National Center for Science Education has long defended educators' right to teach evolution in public schools. Now climate science too is under attack. NCSE executive director Eugenie Scott talks about how teachers and parents can fight the push to get climate change denial into the classroom.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)

Enhancing meaningful learning and self‐efficacy through collaboration between dental hygienist and physiotherapist students – a scholarship project

International Journal of Dental Hygiene — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:15:03 +0100

Conclusion: The scholarship model made the teachers aware of the importance of evidence‐based teaching. Furthermore, the indicators for meaningful learning and increased self‐efficacy were high, and the students became more engaged by practising in a real situation, more aware of other health professions and reflected about tacit knowledge. (Source: International Journal of Dental Hygiene)

Influence of the quality implementation of a physical education curriculum on the physical development and physical fitness of children

BMC Public Health - Latest articles — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Specialist PE teachers were more successful than generalist teachers in achieving greater improvement of children's physical fitness, but no differences were observed in physical development of quasi-test and quasi-control group. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)

US education advocates prepare to take on climate change skeptics

Physics Today News Picks — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

New Scientist: After decades of fighting over the teaching of evolution in classrooms, US science education advocates are bracing themselves for the next battle—concerning the teaching of human-caused climate change. Over the past few years, several states, including Texas, Louisiana, and South Dakota, have introduced legislation that requires teachers to include the views of climate change skeptics. "Climate change education is kind of where evolution education was 30 years ago," says Steven Newton, programs and policy director for the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California. Whereas creationism is a religious belief, however, climate change denial is mainly political and therefore may be harder to fight in court. (Source: ...

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To Touch and Be Touched

Psychology Today Relationships Center — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:15:07 +0100

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When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts

ScienceDaily Headlines — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:39:39 +0100

For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology teachers, researchers found that a quick intuitive notion of how right an idea feels was a powerful driver of whether or not students accepted evolution -- often trumping factors such as knowledge level or religion. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

Web life

PhysicsWorld Articles — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0100

Faraday's Cage Is Where You Put Schrödinger’s Cat – Cherish Bauer-Reich’s blog about physics and engineering – offers an unusual perspective on the life of a PhD student, teacher and researcher (Source: PhysicsWorld Articles)

Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea) [video] | @GrrlScientist

Guardian Unlimited Science — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100

This video gives us a clearer understanding of the context and underlying motivations for SOPA/PIPASo a new day has begun and you have checked your personal email, glanced over your facebook and google+ pages whilst eating breakfast, and even watched a video whilst sipping your coffee. Wikipedia, Google, Boing Boing and Reddit are all back online. Even a few US senators have changed their minds and announced on twitter that they now oppose PIPA. So it looks like the internet hasn't been irreparably broken despite the voluntary blackout of a number of large sites yesterday. So now what? Should we all just go on with our lives as if nothing has happened? This is the end to the legal attacks upon our right to share information with others, right? Wrong. This isn't the end. The SOPA/PIPA bills...

Relationship between muscle volume and muscle torque of the hamstrings after anterior cruciate ligament lesion

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:55:58 +0100

Conclusions Neurological dysfunction does not appear to exist in knee flexor muscles after ACL injury, unlike the quadriceps. Since the mechanism of muscle weakness will differ depending on the muscle, it is important for clinicians to take this discrepancy into consideration. Level of evidence II. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory KneePages 1-5DOI 10.1007/s00167-012-1888-7Authors Yu Konishi, Department of Physical Education, National Defence Academy, 1-10-20 Hashirimuzu, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa 239-8686, JapanRyuta Kinugasa, Future Institute for Sports Sciences, University of Waseda, Saitama, JapanToshiaki Oda, Health and Life Sciences, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Hyogo, JapanSatoshi Tsukazaki, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Japan...

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When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

(Ohio State University) For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study. In an analysis of the beliefs of biology teachers, researchers found that a quick intuitive notion of how right an idea feels was a powerful driver of whether or not students accepted evolution -- often trumping factors such as knowledge level or religion. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

The GLAMA (Girls! Lead! Achieve! Mentor! Activate!) physical activity and peer leadership intervention pilot project: A process evaluation using the RE-AIM framework

BMC Public Health - Latest articles — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Factors that have the greatest impact on intervention success are those that come from within the school setting including: the structure of the curriculum, pressure to meet curriculum and assessment content, lack of support for new initiatives, multiple programs already running within the school, time allowances for teachers, appropriate training for teachers, and support for students to participate. These barriers need to be considered when developing all secondary school interventions. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)

Meningitis: is a major cause of disability amongst Papua New Guinea children?

Disability and Rehabilitation — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: A multidisciplinary approach is required to manage the child with meningitis. Adequate knowledge, resources and assistance about the condition among the health professionals, carers and teachers would enable the children to achieve the quality of life. [Box: see text]. PMID: 22256779 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)

Bereaved Family Members as Teachers: Educating Medical Students in What Matters Most (752)

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:24:50 +0100

Identify a teaching method to advance palliative care medical education that can be beneficial to bereaved family members as well as the students they teach. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)

Public school teaches in need

USATODAY.com Health — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0100

American Idol winner Kris Allen may sing for a living, but he knows all too well the challenges public school teachers face thanks to his wi ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

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Kings’ School, Winchester: 11 classes in 1 month!!

Support for International Change : HIV AIDS — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:44:23 +0100

During November, HIVE Southampton welcomed the challenge of teaching a grand total of 11 Science classes at Kings School in Winchester, over a two-week period. Pupils were encouraged to think independently in deducing the fundamental differences between bacteria and viruses. They eagerly took to applying their knowledge through our teaching tool “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” learning about HIV transmission and methods of prevention. Through the transmission practical, pupils appreciated the asymptomatic nature of initial HIV infection, thus learning the importance of screening in developing countries, to prevent rapid population dissemination. Many thanks to the pupils for offering a diverse and intuitive array of questions, and Kings School teachers for their inv...

Making visible teacher reports of their teaching experiences: The Early Childhood Teacher Experiences Scale

Psychology in the Schools — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:55:03 +0100

AbstractThe study developed multiple independent scales of early childhood teacher experiences (ECTES). ECTES was co‐constructed with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers in a large urban school district. Demographic, ECTES, and teaching practices data were collected from 584 teachers. Factor analyses documented three teacher experience constructs: Teacher Efficacy, Job Stress, and School Support. Findings showed differences in teaching practices based on ECTES dimensions in hypothesized directions. Teachers experiencing higher levels of stress spent less time teaching literacy and numeracy and interacting with parents, whereas teachers experiencing higher levels of efficacy spent increased time teaching both cognitive skills and social‐emotional skills and communicating w...

Role of student engagement in the resilience of african american adolescents from low‐income rural communities

Psychology in the Schools — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:55:02 +0100

AbstractThe study sought to determine whether behavioral and psychological engagement in middle school served a protective or promotive role, thereby contributing to the resilience of African American youth from low‐income rural communities. Teacher reports of adjustment (i.e., aggression, academic competence, popularity) in the sixth grade were gathered. Data on behavioral and psychological engagement across the seventh and eighth grade were collected from student self‐reports. In the ninth grade, achievement data were obtained from school grades and peer assessments measured aggression. To identify profiles across multiple behavioral measures that increase risk, early adjustment configurations were derived from sixth grade teacher reports. Regression analyses indicated that youth wit...

A comparison of the mystery motivator and the Get 'Em On Task interventions for off‐task behaviors

Psychology in the Schools — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:55:00 +0100

This study examined the impact of two class‐wide positive behavior support programs. The Mystery Motivator and Get 'Em On Task interventions were implemented in an alternating treatments design with fifth grade participants to decrease off‐task behaviors. Results indicated that both interventions effectively decreased off‐task behavior at the class‐wide level. Implications and suggestions for future research on evidence‐based behavioral interventions are discussed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Source: Psychology in the Schools)

Exploring the Gender Gap in Referrals for Children With ADHD and Other Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Journal of Attention Disorders — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: The current study adds to previous literature on gender bias in ADHD referrals by providing evidence for the differential referral of ADHD boys and girls to treatment based on presentation of symptoms. (Source: Journal of Attention Disorders)

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Relationships Between Learning Disability, Executive Function, and Psychopathology in Children With ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: The addition of LD to ADHD appears to be associated with worse executive dysfunction, but it does not affect ADHD or non-ADHD psychopathology according to both parents and teachers. (Source: Journal of Attention Disorders)

Characteristics of DSM-IV Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Combined and Predominantly Inattentive Subtypes in a Turkish Clinical Sample.

Child Psychiatry and Human Development — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Oner O, Oner P, Cop E, Munir KM Abstract Consecutively referred subjects (N = 537) to an outpatient clinic were evaluated to compare the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Combined (ADHD-C) and predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI) subtypes using parent and teacher ratings and neuropsychological variables. Statistical significance was at P < 0.002 adjusted for multiple comparisons. ADHD-PI subjects were older, more likely to be female, higher socioeconomic status, had lower Child Behavior Checklist and Teacher Report Form Aggression, Delinquency and Social Problems scores, and higher Withdrawal and Competence scores, compared to ADHD-C subjects. Comorbid conduct problems were more common among ADHD-C subjects. There were no differences in terms of anxiety/depres...

Margot Campbell: the pilates that made Pippa's rear admirable

Telegraph Health — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:51:49 +0100

Pilates teacher Margot Campbell tells Anna Tyzack how hard work pays off in the derrière department. (Source: Telegraph Health)

VPM Job Opportunity.

Support for International Change : HIV AIDS — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:58:25 +0100

Volunteer Program Manager Job Description SIC seeks a dynamic and organized individual to take leadership of Tanzania-based volunteer programs in rural villages. This is an eight month position with possibility to extend. The position in based in Arusha, Tanzania, but may require a long term stay (eight to ten weeks) in Babati town. Responsibilities: The Responsibilities of the position are to: • Take overall responsibility for all Tanzania-based aspects of the development, planning, execution and evaluation of volunteer programs for International Volunteers and Tanzanians, including to • develop relationships with local leaders, teachers, and other nongovernmental organizations; • identify appropriate homestays; • ...

VPM Job Opportunity

Support for International Change : HIV AIDS — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:58:25 +0100

Volunteer Program Manager Job Description: SIC seeks a dynamic and organized individual to take leadership of Tanzania-based volunteer programs in rural villages. This is an eight month position with possibility to extend. The position in based in Arusha, Tanzania, but may require a long term stay (eight to ten weeks) in Babati town. Responsibilities: • take overall responsibility for all Tanzania-based aspects of the development, planning, execution and evaluation of volunteer programs for international volunteers and Tanzanians, including to • develop relationships with local leaders, teachers, and other nongovernmental organizations • identify appropriate homestays • organize a ten day orientation seminar • ...

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Richard Feynman: My Favourite Scientist [video] | GrrlScientist

Guardian Unlimited Science — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:41:00 +0100

Richard Feynman was a brilliant Nobel Prize winning physicist with a "rock 'n roll" personalityRichard Feynman was a talented mathematician and Nobel-prize winning physicist whose startlingly clear answers to questions earned him the unofficial title, the "Great Explainer". As a student at Far Rockaway High School in Queens, a borough of New York City, Feynman learned differential and integral calculus. As a sophomore at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he applied his interest in mathematics; he took every physics course offered. After receiving his PhD in physics from Princeton University, he participated in the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World War II, a secret project with the goal to develop the atomic bomb before Nazi Germany. Later, Dr Feynman was asked by the Presid...

Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms

Los Angeles Times - Science — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0100

Some states have introduced education standards requiring teachers to defend the denial of man-made global warming. A national watchdog group says it will start monitoring classrooms.A flash point has emerged in American science education that echoes the battle over evolution, as scientists and educators report mounting resistance to the study of man-made climate change in middle and high schools. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)

Difference in Mother‐Child Interaction Between Preterm and Term Born Preschoolers With and Without Disabilities.

Acta Paediatrica — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Five years after birth, mother‐child interaction of very premature children and their mothers compared unfavourably to term children and their mothers. Mothers with sociodemographic disadvantages, raising a preterm child with severe disabilities, struggle most with giving adequate sensitive support for the autonomy development of their child. Focused specialised support for these at risk groups is warranted. (Source: Acta Paediatrica)

Evolution advocate turns to climate

Nature — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Nature 481, 7381 (2012). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/481248a Author: Susan Young Education centre known for battling creationists aims to help science teachers convey understanding of global warming. (Source: Nature)

Difference in mother–child interaction between preterm‐ and term‐born preschoolers with and without disabilities

Acta Paediatrica — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Five years after birth, mother–child interaction of very premature children and their mothers compared unfavourably with term children and their mothers. Mothers with sociodemographic disadvantages, raising a preterm child with severe disabilities, struggle most with giving adequate sensitive support for the autonomy development of their child. Focused specialized support for these at risk groups is warranted. (Source: Acta Paediatrica)

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How Can You Stop A Habit?

PediatricEducation.org — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:30:18 +0100

Discussion In 1973, Azrin and Nunn published the first paper on habit reversal. Their 12 patients (ages 5-64 years) had immediate improvement in a variety of problems including nail-biting, thumb-sucking, hair pulling and tic behaviors. Others have built upon their methods and shown efficacy in a number of habits including tics, stuttering, hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, finger sucking, etc. Habits can be automatic or focused. Automatic being that the habit occurs when the patient is not aware (e.g. studying, sitting in a car, etc.). Patients are not aware of the habit until sometime later or the episode is complete (e.g. nail is ripped off). Focused is when there is a awareness of the episode, but the patient does the habit anyways. As patients need some cognitive awarness to ...

Motivating Tomorrow's Biologists

Eye on Education — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:32:21 +0100

"How do you make the biology we teach as exciting as the biology that we do?" was the challenging question posed by V. Celeste Carter to participants at the National Academy of Sciences convocation, "Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education across the Life Sciences," held in October. Carter, program director at the National Science Foundation, and others at the convocation discussed the converging efforts to improve biology education, to better motivate students, and to integrate evolution across learning experiences. Simply regurgitating the biological knowledge generated by the scientific community or conducting "cookbook" laboratory experiments does not result in genuine understanding or excitement on the part of students, Carter and other speakers stressed. Instead, the nature and...

[Editorial] It's the Teachers

Science: Current Issue — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:42:26 +0100

Author: John E. Burris (Source: Science: Current Issue)

School Engagement Among Aboriginal Students in Northern Canada: Perspectives From Activity Settings Theory

Journal of School Health — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:03:46 +0100

CONCLUSION: This study applies an activity setting analysis to school engagement, thereby allowing researchers to investigate the dynamic and nested nature of context or environmental influences on engagement. It provides grounded observations that invite direct opportunities for action on dimensions that teachers and practitioners might not otherwise “see.” (Source: Journal of School Health)

The power of mnemonics

Guardian Unlimited Science — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:26:01 +0100

You can trick your mind into remembering useful but dull facts by weaving the information into vivid mental shorthand• Click here to download your daily memory taskPerhaps the core insight to be taken from our study of memory is this: anything that grabs our attention in the outside world will also do so in our inner world of memory.Memory, just like our eyes and ears, adores anything vivid or unusual: whether it is movement, beauty, ugliness, violence, colour, suddenness, nakedness or humour. Such ingredients evoke emotion and energise us.The opposite is, of course, equally true: boring, grey, unexceptional events slip from our memories as adeptly as they escape the attention of our eyes and ears. This is indeed an important design feature of our memory (and vision): neither would ...

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Richard Dawkins celebrates a victory over creationists

Guardian Unlimited Science — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:06:18 +0100

Free schools that teach 'intelligent design' as science will lose fundingLeading scientists and naturalists, including Professor Richard Dawkins and Sir David Attenborough, are claiming a victory over the creationist movement after the government ratified measures that will bar anti-evolution groups from teaching creationism in science classes.The Department for Education has revised its model funding agreement, allowing the education secretary to withdraw cash from schools that fail to meet strict criteria relating to what they teach. Under the new agreement, funding will be withdrawn for any free school that teaches what it claims are "evidence-based views or theories" that run "contrary to established scientific and/or historical evidence and explanations".The British Humanist Associati...

Patient selection for bedside teaching: inclusion and exclusion criteria used by teachers

Medical Education — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:54:53 +0100

Conclusions Patient selection for bedside teaching is based on several criteria. Non‐representative patient selection may narrow the learning experiences of medical students. Curriculum planners need to be aware that specific aspects of medical care may be neglected as a result of the exclusion of some patients. Teacher training and additional teaching formats should be provided to ensure that these are covered. (Source: Medical Education)

A longitudinal integrated placement and medical students’ intentions to practise rurally

Medical Education — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:54:46 +0100

Conclusions The richness of the informal curriculum in a longitudinal rural placement powerfully influenced students’ intentions to practise rurally. It provided an important context for learning and evolving notions of professionalism and rural professional identity. This richness could be reinforced by developing formal curricula using educational activities based around service‐led and interprofessional learning. To overcome the contextual barriers, the rural workforce development model needs to focus on socialising medical students into rural and remote medicine. More generic issues include student selection, further expansion of structured vocational training pathways that vertically integrate with longitudinal rural placements and the maintenance of rurally focused support thr...

Are schools making people sick?

CNN.com - Health — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:25:09 +0100

Studies have estimated that a third or more of U.S. schools have mold, dust and other indoor air problems serious enough to provoke respiratory issues like asthma in students and teachers. (Source: CNN.com - Health)

Tributes to a teacher and mentor: Prof. P. Sen

Indian Journal of Pharmacology — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

A Ray, SK BhattacharyaIndian Journal of Pharmacology 2012 44(1):148-148 (Source: Indian Journal of Pharmacology)

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Development of a CD-ROM on written language for the continuing education of elementary school teachers

Journal of Applied Oral Science — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:27:33 +0100

Conclusions: Brazil is a developing country. The use of technologies for education reduces cultural isolation among education professionals. It is necessary to focus on making teaching materials for distance education. In order to provide an effective learning environment, the learners reality should be considered. A multidisciplinary team should prepare the materials. The development of educational material for distance education on the acquisition and development of written language seems not only appropriate, but also warranted to provide professional growth opportunity for teachers who need time flexibility and/or live far away from academic centers. (Source: Journal of Applied Oral Science)

Psychometric assessments of life quality and voice for teachers within the municipal system, in Bauru, SP, Brazil

Journal of Applied Oral Science — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:27:33 +0100

Conclusion: One may conclude that the teachers who reported vocal alterations better realize the impact of voice in different dimensions of voice quality of life. (Source: Journal of Applied Oral Science)

Target Inquiry: Helping Teachers Use a Research Experience To Transform Their Teaching Practices

Journal of Chemical Education — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:15:31 +0100

Journal of Chemical EducationDOI: 10.1021/ed1006458 (Source: Journal of Chemical Education)

A State-Wide Partnership to Promote Safe and Supportive Schools: The PBIS Maryland Initiative

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:51:18 +0100

We describe some lessons learned from the partnership and identify potential areas for future research on the prevention partnership model. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for both researchers and community partners engaged in translational research in school settings. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperPages 1-13DOI 10.1007/s10488-011-0384-6Authors Catherine P. Bradshaw, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAElise T. Pas, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAJerry ...

Teamwork in Stride: Using Teamwork to Improve Performance and Patient Safety

DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:25:34 +0100

In 2008, Duke Medicine's early adoption of system-wide teamwork strategies caught the attention of the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, a branch of the US Department of Health & Human Services. At their invitation, Duke became one of five medical centers nationwide to become a training center for TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety). Improving Communication As the program's name suggests, TeamSTEPPS includes methodologies to bolster teamwork among health care providers at all levels. For Duke's Cardiothoracic OR (CT OR) team, that has meant placing improved communication as priority number one. "Given the acuity of the patients we see, communication is clearly a component of good care," says Joseph Mathew, MD, chief of the Duke Divisio...

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Faculty development in the health professions: call for papers

MEDEV News — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:11:50 +0100

Faculty development has always been a major element supporting the education and continuing development of health professions educators. The provision of faculty development, from short courses to Masters and Doctoral programs, is a feature of many institutions, where doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists, dieticians, and other health professionals are educated. Faculty developers have a pivotal role in these institutions being teachers, trainers, course organizers, assessors, leaders, mentors, innovators, and champions. In fact, their knowledge and skills often lie at the heart of successful health education programs. The main aim of this special issue of Education Research International is to bring together research and review contributions from an interprofessional group of facult...

Ready, willing and able? Specialist community public health nurses' views of their public health role

Journal of Research in Nursing — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This paper is a report of a research study to explore specialist community public health nurses’ views of their public health role. Three key objectives were set:to identify what their public health role was; to explore what the influences are on that role are; to investigate what they felt the solutions were to enhance this aspect of their role. The study design consisted of a small qualitative study that used three focus groups to collect data from practice teachers from health visiting, occupational health nursing and school nursing. The data was combined for thematic analysis of their responses to the three key topics identified. The results showed that the participants were somewhat knowledgeable about their role as public health nurses; were influenced by lack of resou...

Urban health educators' perspectives and practices regarding school nutrition education policies

Health Education Research — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Although nutrition-related health education policies exist at national, state and local levels, the degree to which those policies affect the everyday practices of health education teachers who are charged with executing them in schools is often unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the nutrition-related health education policy matrix that affected one urban school district, the health education teachers' awareness of those policies, the impact of nutrition policies on teachers' instruction and challenges teachers perceived in executing comprehensive nutrition education. The study used interpretive ethnography to examine the educational contexts and perspectives of 27 health educators from 24 middle schools in one urban district in the Midwestern United States. Data were collec...

Physical activity in child-care centers: do teachers hold the key to the playground?

Health Education Research — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Many (56%) US children aged 3–5 years are in center-based childcare and are not obtaining recommended levels of physical activity. In order to determine what child-care teachers/providers perceived as benefits and barriers to children’s physical activity in child-care centers, we conducted nine focus groups and 13 one-on-one interviews with 49 child-care teachers/providers in Cincinnati, OH. Participants noted physical and socio-emotional benefits of physical activity particular to preschoolers (e.g. gross motor skill development, self-confidence after mastery of new skills and improved mood, attention and napping after exercise) but also noted several barriers including their own personal attitudes (e.g. low self-efficacy) and preferences to avoid the outdoors (e.g. don’...

Associations between the school environment and adolescent girls' physical activity

Health Education Research — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study demonstrates how schools can maximize their environment to increase girls' PA and offers encouraging findings for those with limited sports facilities. (Source: Health Education Research)

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Myths, methods and making a difference (2012-02-10)

Institute of Psychiatry | Events — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:36:11 +0100

’Myths, Methods and Making a Difference’ The field of Special Educational Needs has so much to learn from recent developments in Neuroscience. With a new generation of children entering our schools with Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (CLDD), teachers need new insights that can illuminate the learning pathways of these children. This conference is the first event for the new Neur (Source: Institute of Psychiatry | Events)

Mobile Medical Education (MoMEd) - how mobile information resources contribute to learning for undergraduate clinical students: a mixed methods study.

BMC Medical Education — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: This is the first study to describe the learning ecology and pedagogic basis behind the use of mobile learning technologies in a large cohort of undergraduate medical students in the clinical environment. We have developed a model for mobile learning in the clinical setting that shows how different theories contribute to its use taking into account positive and negative contextual factors.The lessons from this study are transferable internationally, to other health care professions and to the development of similar initiatives with newer technology such as smartphones or tablet computers. (Source: BMC Medical Education)

'Many voices, one song': a model for an oral health programme as a first step in establishing a health promoting school.

Rural Remote Health — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Macnab A, Kasangaki A Abstract Four health promoting (HP) schools were established in rural communities in Uganda by a joint Ugandan/Canadian university team. The model was based on a successful Canadian health promotion initiative designed to address poor oral health in Aboriginal children in rural and remote communities. Careful situation analysis, orientation of partner schools and collaborative development of educational materials and evaluation methodology preceded implementation. The intervention had three elements: inclusion of health topics by teachers in regular classroom activities; health education delivered by the university team to reinforce key educational concepts; and daily in-school tooth brushing to develop healthy practices. All children entering Grade 1...

A case of pyometra treated with endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:55:30 +0100

Abstract A 90-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of a high-grade fever and appetite loss. On computed tomography scan, a huge cystic lesion about 10 cm in diameter was observed in the pelvic cavity, attached to the vagina and the neck of uterus. Pyometra was strongly suspected; however, a probe could not be inserted into the opening of the uterus because of atrophic changes. Therefore, we decided to perform endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided drainage of the pyometra using the transrectal route. Foul-smelling yellow–brown pus was aspirated. A guide-wire was inserted and a 7 Fr catheter was inserted into the pyometra through an external fistula. We thus completed the treatment of pyometra without surgical resection. Content Type Journal Artic...

Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?

ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:33:54 +0100

Source: Vinod Khosla, The Crunch Content: “I was asked about a year ago at a talk about energy what I was doing about the other large social problems, namely health care and education. Surprised, I flippantly responded that the best solution was to get rid of doctors and teachers and let your computers do the [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)

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Relating Kindergarten Attention to Subsequent Developmental Pathways of Classroom Engagement in Elementary School.

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Authors: Pagani LS, Fitzpatrick C, Parent S Abstract We examine the relationship between children's kindergarten attention skills and developmental patterns of classroom engagement throughout elementary school in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods. Kindergarten measures include teacher ratings of classroom behavior, direct assessments of number knowledge and receptive vocabulary, and parent-reported family characteristics. From grades 1 through 6, teachers also rated children's classroom engagement. Semi-parametric mixture modeling generated three distinct trajectories of classroom engagement (n = 1369, 50% boys). Higher levels of kindergarten attention were proportionately associated with greater chances of belonging to better classroom engagement trajectories compared to the ...

Early school attainment in late-preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions Children born late-preterm are less likely to be successful in early school assessments than those born at term. This group of vulnerable children warrants closer surveillance for early identification of potential educational failure. (Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood)

Re-assessing the current assessment practice of children with special education needs in Europe

School Psychology International — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This article reports the results of the European ‘DAFFODIL’’ (Dynamic Assessment of Functioning and Oriented at Development and Inclusive Learning) Project on the question of how functional and learning assessment systems facilitate or inhibit participation of children with developmental difficulties in inclusive education. Questionnaires were sent to medical, psychological, educational professionals, and parents in Sweden, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Romania, Norway, and the Virgin Islands. Interviews and focus groups were organized. Results (95%) showed that static standardized psychometric tests of intellectual, behavioural, and language functioning were mainly used, with the WISC-III being the most frequent test applied. Less than 5% of the 166 professionals in our sa...

Testing a multi-stage screening system: Predicting performance on Australia's national achievement test using teachers' ratings of academic and social behaviors

School Psychology International — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This study addresses the predictive validity of results from a screening system of academic enablers, with a sample of Australian elementary school students, when the criterion variable is end-of-year achievement. The investigation included (a) comparing the predictive validity of a brief criterion-referenced nomination system with more comprehensive behavior ratings, and (b) determining the optimal combination of scores to gather from this system for identifying academic difficulties. Students (n = 360) were rated using both the Performance Screening Guides (PSGs; Elliott & Gresham, 2007) and the Rating Scales (Gresham & Elliott, 2008) of the Social Skills Improvement System. The PSGs were highly sensitive (0.95) predictors of below minimum standard performance on the national tes...

Why Are Children Experiencing a Crisis of Imagination?

Psychology Today Parenting Center — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:44:22 +0100

Educator and author Gloria DeGaetano shares a revealing insight from a second grade teacher at one of her workshops. The teacher said that on the first day of class, when she began reading the children a story, one boy, Tommy, started fidgeting anxiously. Looking up, he asked what he should be doing. "Just listen to the story," she answered. He looked at her blankly.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)

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Long-term effect of lamivudine treatment on the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis B virus infection

Journal of Gastroenterology — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:42:03 +0100

Conclusions These results suggest that the incidence of HCC in HBV patients with cirrhosis can be reduced in those with an MVR induced by consecutive LAM treatment. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original Article—Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary TractPages 1-9DOI 10.1007/s00535-011-0522-7Authors Mika Kurokawa, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, JapanNaoki Hiramatsu, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, JapanTsugiko Oze, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, JapanTakayuki Yakushijin, De...

Willingness to use ADHD treatments: a mixed methods study of perceptions by adolescents, parents, health professionals and teachers

NeLM - Mental Health — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Source: Social Science and Medicine Area: Evidence > Medicines Management > References Little is known about factors that influence willingness to engage in treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From 2007 to 2008, in the context of a longitudinal study assessing ADHD detection and service use in the United States, we simultaneously elicited ADHD treatment perceptions from four stakeholder groups: adolescents, parents, health care professionals and teachers. We assessed their willingness to use ADHD interventions and views of potential undesirable effects of two pharmacological (short- and long-acting ADHD medications) and three psychosocial (ADHD education, behaviour therapy and counselling) treatments. In multiple regression analysis, wi...

The SingAboutScience.org database: An educational resource for instructors and students

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

AbstractPotential benefits of incorporating music into science and math curricula include enhanced recall of information, counteraction of perceptions that the material is dull or impenetrable, and opportunities for active student engagement and creativity. To help instructors and others find songs suited to their needs, I created the “Math And Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere” database in March of 2004. Recently rebranded as the SingAboutScience.org database, it now covers >5,500 songs varying widely in topic and grade level. Website visitors may search the database using such criteria as keywords from lyrics, performer/songwriter names, and age ranges targeted by songs. Changes in the database's contents over the past 7 years suggest that the online availability of ed...

Early retirement in the day-care sector: the role of working conditions and health

European Journal of Ageing — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:24 +0100

This article studies the role of working conditions and health for elderly female day-care teachers’ decision to enter early retirement. Entry into retirement is analysed in a duration framework that allows for unobserved heterogeneity in the baseline hazard. Data are from a Danish longitudinal data set based on administrative register records for 1997–2006. Working conditions are measured by four indicators. First, work pressure is measured by the child-to-teacher ratio, which varies across municipalities and over time. Second, working conditions are measured by the proportion of children with a problematic social background. Third, the share of trained teachers is considered an indicator of working conditions. And fourth, the size of the institution is assessed as an indicator ...

Effects of a Universal Parenting Program for Highly Adherent Parents: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

Prevention Science — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:35:35 +0100

Abstract This paper examines the effectiveness of a group-based universal parent training program as a strategy to improve parenting practices and prevent child problem behavior. In a dissemination trial, 56 schools were first selected through a stratified sampling procedure, and then randomly allocated to treatment conditions. 819 parents of year 1 primary school children in 28 schools were offered Triple P. 856 families in 28 schools were allocated to the control condition. Teacher, primary caregiver and child self-report data were collected at baseline, post, and two follow-up assessments. Analyses were constrained to highly adherent parents who completed all four units of the parenting program. A propensity score matching approach was used to compare parents fully expo...

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Physical and emotional abuse of primary school children by teachers. - Theoklitou D, Kabitsis N, Kabitsi A.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0100

The existence of child abuse is unfortunately a reality of contemporary society. Although various organizations and researchers have been making progress in the struggle against abuse, it has not been decisively dealt with thus far. Most of the research on... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

"Kids not rights, is their craving": sex education, gay rights, and the threat of gay teachers. - Graydon M.

SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0100

In July 1977, the Ontario Humans Rights Commission recommended adding sexual orientation to the Code. This move was generally supported but Toronto newspapers and evangelists sought assurances that school boards could still dismiss homosexual teachers. The... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

The preoperative assessment clinic: the Keele experience

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:37 +0100

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Focus on underperformance, and how to address this

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:35 +0100

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Poachers to gamekeepers: students as examiners

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:33 +0100

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Teacher to headmaster: trainer to leader

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:32 +0100

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Online resources for medical ethics

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:30 +0100

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It’s all sleight of hand

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:28 +0100

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Feedback delivery as a peer‐tutor

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:26 +0100

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Learning biomedical ethics in the clinical context

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:25 +0100

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A novel 3D stereoscopic anatomy tutorial

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:23 +0100

Discussion: This technology has the exciting potential to use the radiographic libraries in hospitals for medical education. The computer software, however, has some limitations at present. It is not able to effectively distinguish between tissues of similar densities. Furthermore, not all tissues are amenable to CT scanning of a high enough resolution for presentation. Despite these limitations, the software continues to advance and is capable of producing very high quality anatomy images. (Source: The Clinical Teacher)

Pre‐prescribing: a safe way to learn at work?

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:21 +0100

This study took place in the National Health Service (NHS) Fife where, in common with all health boards in the UK, medical students are not permitted to prescribe. University of Edinburgh final‐year medical student volunteers took part in the study.Innovation: Medical, pharmacy and nursing staff collaborated to design and implement a controlled process (pre‐prescribing) that allows medical students to write instructions on in‐patient drug charts, and requires a doctor’s countersignature before drugs are dispensed. Key features of the pre‐prescribing protocol include fluorescent stickers for drug charts, bookmark aide‐memoires to guide countersigning and ward‐based information sheets. Twelve final‐year medical students wrote 586 pre‐prescriptions, and no adverse events ...

Improving patient safety: lessons from rock climbing

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:20 +0100

SummaryBackground: How to improve patient safety remains an intractable problem, despite large investment and some successes.Context: Academics have argued that the root of the problem is a lack of a comprehensive ‘safety culture’ in hospitals. Other safety‐critical industries such as commercial aviation invest heavily in staff training to develop such a culture, but comparable programmes are almost entirely absent from the health care sector.Innovation: In rock climbing and many other dangerous activities, the ‘buddy system’ is used to ensure that safety systems are adhered to despite adverse circumstances. This system involves two or more people using simple checks and clear communication to prevent problems causing harm. Using this system as an example could provide a...

A study of innovative patient safety education

The Clinical Teacher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:25:18 +0100

Conclusion: With the caveats of a small sample size, first experience of high‐fidelity simulation, the ‘halo’ effect in the evaluation, and with possible omissions from our evaluation, the students reported predominantly positively on the experience. We believe that the use of high‐fidelity simulation in patient safety is a promising, safe and low‐cost curricular development in undergraduate medical education. It is transferable worldwide and has the potential to improve patient safety outcomes by reducing medical error. (Source: The Clinical Teacher)