National Philosophy

Dialogue ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. Sparshott
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Time Pass ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

Four years ago, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada asked Professor T.H.B. Symons, an historian and a former President of Trent University, to undertake a study of “the state of teaching and research in various fields of study relating to Canada at Canadian Universities.” The first two volumes of his report have now been published under the title To Know Ourselves. In his Preface, the President of the AUCC observes that few reports commissioned by his organization have been more eagerly awaited by the university community. That is the ideology of Cloudcuckooland. In reality that community, except that part of it that comprises deans and their assistants and the assistants to the assistants of deans, awaits no report of any body with eagerness: it awaits them rather as our forefathers looked forward to the annual descent of the passenger pigeon, and believes that reading and writing reports unfits a person for teaching and scholarship. But this report is one that takes notice of what we are doing and not doing and urges us to change our ways, and the aspects of our practice it considers are ones which in any case a responsible teacher will from time to time pass under review. Others will read the report, if we do not, and will ask themselves and us how we stand on it: it will become part of the background against which we are judged. So it seems fitting to use this occasion to say something about the report, “Though for no other cause, yet for this: that posterity may know we have not loosely through silence permitted things to pass away as in a dream…”. It is the occasion, and no skill or interest of the speaker, that determines the subject; for by an unhappy accident the office that goes with this address is filled this year by one who has concerned himself less with public policy than any of his recent predecessors. But if the occasion thus leads the speaker to mouth ignorant and disconnected platitudes instead of philosophizing to some purpose, that in itself may serve either to point Professor Symons' moral or to exemplify the bad effects of reports on academic life.

scholarly journals ACESSIBILIDADE FÍSICA NA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ SOB O OLHAR DE ESTUDANTES COM DEFICIÊNCIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Carolline Septimio ◽  
Genylton Odilon Rêgo Da Rocha ◽  
Geovana Mendonça Lunardi Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Physical Accessibility

 O artigo ora apresentado é derivado de um recorte da dissertação de mestrado desenvolvida na Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Nosso objetivo foi investigar a acessibilidade física no campus de Belém, a partir do olhar de Estudantes com deficiência. A pesquisa qualitativa foi realizada por meio de entrevistas aos Acadêmicos com diferentes tipos de deficiência e cursando graduações distintas, a fim de observar a diversidade de percepções no uso do espaço, em uma abordagem teórica ancorada em Goffman(1988), Pinto e Buffa (2009) e Diniz (2012). Como resultados destacamos que, para os Discentes, a acessibilidade física não é um conceito fixo e universal, mas construído na relação sujeito-ambiente e que as atuais obras de acesso ao espaço físico da UFPA têm sinalizado avanços para a vida acadêmica e precisam ser expandidas. Para os Estudantes, faz-se necessário o fomento a pesquisas que abordem a questão da acessibilidade física na universidade pois o campus é considerado pelos Acadêmicos como o melhor espaço de socialização de conhecimentos, ainda que existam barreiras de acesso à sua estrutura física.Palavras-chave: Acessibilidade física. Estudantes com deficiência. Universidade Federal do Pará.Physical accessibility at the Federal University of Pará through the eyes of disabled studentsAbstract: This article is derived from a part of the master's thesis developed at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Our goal was to investigate the physical accessibility on campus in Belém, through the eyes of disabled Students. The qualitative research was conducted by interviews with Students with different types of disabilities who were attending different degrees programs, in order to observe the diversity of perceptions about the use of the space, in a theoretical approach anchored on Goffman (1988), Pinto and Buffa (2009) and Diniz (2012). As a result we noticed that for Students, physical accessibility is not a steady and universal concept, but a concept built in the subject-environment relationship and that the current improvements of access to UFPA's physical space have indicated progress to the academic life but still need to be expanded. For Students, it is necessary to promote research about physical accessibility at the university because the campus is considered by scholars as the best knowledge socialization space, although there are access barriers to its physical structure.Keywords: Physical accessibility. Disabled students. Federal University of Pará. Accesibilidad física en la universidade federal do pará bajo la mirada de estudiantes con deficienciaResumen: Este artículo es derivado del recorte de la disertación de maestria desarollada en la Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Nuestro objetivo fue investigar la accesibilidad física en el campus de Belém desde la mirada de los Estudiantes con deficiencia. El estudio cualitativo fue realizado a través de entrevistas a los Académicos com diferentes tipos de deficiencia y cursando distintos grados, con el propósito de observar la diversidad de percepción en el uso del espacio, en un abordaje teorica fundamentado en Goffman (1988), Pinto e Buffa (2009) e Diniz (2012). Como resultados hemos destacado que, para los Alumnos, la accesibilidad física no es un concepto fijo y universal, pero sí construido en la relación sujeto-ambiente y que las atuales obras de acceso al espacio físico de UFPA han señalado avances para la vida académica y necesitan expandirse. Para los Estudiantes, es necesario el fomento a investigaciones que aborden la questión de la accesibilidad física en la universidad, pues el campus es considerado, por los Académicos, el mejor espacio de socialización de conocimientos, aunque existan barreras de acceso a su estructura física.Palabras clave: Accesibilidad física. Estudiantes con deficiencia. Universidade Federal do Pará.  

scholarly journals Next Industrial Relations Conferences in Canadian Universities

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-574
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Labour Management

In the following months, two Industrial Relations Centers of Canadian Universities will hold their Industrial Relations Conference. At McGill University, September 9th and 10th, will be studied the problem of Canadian autonomy in Labour-Management Relations under the title of DOMINATION OR INDEPENDANCE? The Center of the University of Toronto is organizing its founding Conference, October 13-15. The subject is INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE NEXT DECADE: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES. Here are the programs.

4. How universities and colleges work

2017 ◽  
pp. 62-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Palfreyman ◽  
Paul Temple
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Lay Members ◽  
The University

‘How universities and colleges work’ considers how the university and college actually work in terms of their structures, funding, governance, and management. Universities and colleges are complex operations trying to fulfil a multitude of potentially conflicting tasks and expectations, with a wide variety of demanding stakeholders. Despite facing numerous challenges today, universities and colleges continue to predominantly focus on teaching and research. Many also contribute, through consultancy and the exploitation of intellectual property, to their local economy, pursuing ‘civic engagement’. The balance of power or influence within the triangle of academic staff (faculty), managers (the executive), and lay-members (the trustees) varies greatly from one university and college to another.

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

MANAGEMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF STUDENT’S LEARNING BASED ON THE MARKOV MODEL

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
M. V. Noskov ◽  
M. V. Somova ◽  
I. M. Fedotova
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Markov Process ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Automated Information System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Near Future

The article proposes a model for forecasting the success of student’s learning. The model is a Markov process with continuous time, such as the process of “death and reproduction”. As the parameters of the process, the intensities of the processes of obtaining and assimilating information are offered, and the intensity of the process of assimilating information takes into account the attitude of the student to the subject being studied. As a result of applying the model, it is possible for each student to determine the probability of a given formation of ownership of the material being studied in the near future. Thus, in the presence of an automated information system of the university, the implementation of the model is an element of the decision support system by all participants in the educational process. The examples given in the article are the results of an experiment conducted at the Institute of Space and Information Technologies of Siberian Federal University under conditions of blended learning, that is, under conditions when classroom work is accompanied by independent work with electronic resources.

A Quantitative Assessment of the Need for Offering Counselling Services to Medical Students attending University of Zambia, School of Medicine.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Gretchen Slover
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Background: This research was birthed in 2017 during a trip to Lusaka, Zambia, with the purpose of offering fourth-year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine, lectures on psychology topics as part of their clinical studies.  Students were also offered brief therapy sessions where they could process thoughts and feelings causing them internal struggles.  The subject of offering counseling on a regular basis was randomly discussed with the students.  From these discussions the need for this research became evident, with the intent of becoming the launching pad to brainstorm the most effective ways of developing a plan to offer counseling services for all medical students attending the University of Zambia School of Medicine. Methods: An-experimental research design, consisting of completion of a 12-item questionnaire administered by paper and pen. The inclusion criteria were the fourth year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. Results:  The student responses revealed that most of them had little to no experience with counseling services, but a strong desire for them. Discussion: The goal of this study was to simply establish a need for an on-campus counseling service, the need of which has been established by the very students who would benefit.  With the acceptance of this need, the future plan is to explore the different ways in which this need can be fulfilled with minimal costs to the Medical School Program. Conclusion:  This study is the first step towards identifying the needs of the medical students and sets the ground-work for further research into the specific areas of need and mental health challenges.  More specificity in the area of demographics of students will produce a more comprehensive picture of the areas of concentration for the therapists offering services.

Hendrik Draye, tegenstander van de uitvoering van de doodstraf

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-152
Author(s):  
Luc Vandeweyer
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Penal Policy ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Second World ◽  
Young Professor

Hendrik Draye, opponent of the carrying out of the death penaltyIn this annotated and extensively contextualised source edition, Luc Vandeweyer deals with the period of repression after the Second World War. In June 1948, after the execution of two hundred collaboration-suspects in Belgium, the relatively young linguistics professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, Hendrik Draye, proposed, on humanitarian grounds, a Manifesto against the carrying out of the death penalty. Some colleagues, as well as some influential personalities outside the university, reacted positively; some colleagues were rather hesitant; most of them rejected the text. In the end, the initiative foundered because of the emphatic dissuasion by the head of university, who wanted to protect his university and, arguably, the young professor Draeye. The general public’s demand for revenge had not yet abated by then; moreover, the unstable government at that time planned a reorientation of the penal policy, which made a polarization undesirable. Nevertheless, Luc Vandeweyer concludes, "the opportunity for an important debate on the subject had been missed".

The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Zines
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
Policy Paper ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
National University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common

This article originally was published as a Law and Policy Paper. The Law and Policy Papers series was established in 1994 by the Centre for International and Public Law in the Faculty of Law, the Australian National University. The series publishes papers contributing to understanding and discussion on matters relating to law and public policy, especially those that are the subject of contemporary debate. In 1999 the papers were published jointly by the Centre for International and Public Law and The Federation Press. This article is reproduced in the Federal Law Review with the permission of the original publishers.

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