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Potentials of Reflection for Better Practice
This chapter describes how adult learners in competency-based degree programs learn to reflect actively on their learning and performance. Vignettes of adult learners portray what they perceive as the benefits of reflective...
Drives and Motives During Online Degree Completion
Catherine Cherrstrom
Jan 01, 2024
This study examined the motives and drives of adult students during online degree completion, including the commonalities among and differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic adult students. Participants included 364 adult...
Citizenship and Social Studies Curricula in British Columbia, Canada
Catherine Broom
Jan 31, 2020
This chapter begins by reviewing the history of citizenship education in social studies curricula in British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a way of framing how the topic has been understood. It then discusses the latest curriculum...
Twenty-First Century Immersion Technologies in Health Professions Pedagogy
Catherine Hayes
Jul 01, 2024
This encyclopedia entry provides insight into the justification of pedagogy in the context of extended reality (XR), which itself encompasses virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed/hybrid reality (MR), and how...
Digital Social Media in Adolescents' Negotiating Real Virtual Romantic Relationships
Previous grounded theoretical analyses of rural adolescents' romantic relationship discussions identified media as critical conditions in negotiating gender expectations in intimate relations. More recent emergent fit analyses...
Ed Tech in Adult Online Learning
Educational technology facilitates convenient access to online programs for adult students but also presents challenges. Using a conceptual framework of Knowles' andragogy process of program development and learner interaction...
Self-Directed/Community-Supported Learning
MOOC designers seeking to address evolving ambitions of MOOCs to support workforce development confront a fundamental design dilemma: on the one hand, the self-paced nature of online learning is efficient for busy learners...
The ‘ownership’ of science
C Rhodes, J Harris, S Chan, J Sulston
Aug 10, 2017
Dr Catherine Rhodes is a research fellow at the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation specialising in the international regulations relevant to control of biotechnology. Professor John Harris is director of the Institute...
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Learning, Adults, and Competency-Based Education
Because competency-based education (CBE) programs ask students to demonstrate what they know and can do and because CBE students often work at their own pace, competence-based learners need to be able to articulate and to manage...
Concept of Temporal Pretopology for the Analysis for Structural Changes
Pretopology is a mathematical model developed from a weakening of the topological axiomatic. It was initially used in economic, social and biological sciences and next in pattern recognition and image analysis. More recently, it...
Unconventional secretion of annexins and galectins.
Eukaryotic cells have a highly evolved system of protein secretion, and dysfunction in this pathway is associated with many diseases including cancer, infection, metabolic disease and neurological disorders. Most proteins are...
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“It Is a Big Spider Web of Things”
Background: Sensory processing differences are commonly experienced by autistic individuals, and some sensory experiences can greatly impact the mental health and quality of life of individuals. Previous research suggests that...
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Are we asking the right questions? Working with the LGBTQ+ community to prioritise healthcare research themes.

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Conversations about research priorities with members of the public are rarely designed specifically to include people who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) and are not...
Appoggio Demystified
Catherine Robbin
Jan 30, 2014
The semantics of vocal technique can be barriers to its comprehension and practice by singers as well as potential stumbling blocks for teachers of singing. Voice teachers use terms such as support, contract, extend, expand...
Published by: Faculty of Education
“It Is a Big Spider Web of Things”
Background: Sensory processing differences are commonly experienced by autistic individuals, and some sensory experiences can greatly impact the mental health and quality of life of individuals. Previous research suggests that...
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