The legacy of positivism and the role of ethics in animal science

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 ◽  
pp. 263-264
Author(s):  
Paul B. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Animal Science ◽  
Do So

A slow but steady shift in perspective on the need to address ethical issues within the professional activity of animal scientists has been underway for almost twenty years. Increasingly the issue is less whether animal scientists should be discussing ethical issues in their classes, at their professional meetings and in their interactions with client groups, but how they should do so. This paper will provide some arguments in support of this general trend, and will make some suggestions about how animal scientists can increase their capacity to address ethical issues as part of their professional responsibility.

The legacy of positivism and the role of ethics in animal science

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 242-243
Author(s):  
Paul B. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Animal Science ◽  
Do So

A slow but steady shift in perspective on the need to address ethical issues within the professional activity of animal scientists has been underway for almost twenty years. Increasingly the issue is less whether animal scientists should be discussing ethical issues in their classes, at their professional meetings and in their interactions with client groups, but how they should do so. This paper will provide some arguments in support of this general trend, and will make some suggestions about how animal scientists can increase their capacity to address ethical issues as part of their professional responsibility.

scholarly journals The role of responsive mediation in the development of a novice English teacher’s understanding of the teaching of listening / O papel da mediação responsiva no desenvolvimento do ensino de compreensão oral de uma professora de inglês em início de carreira

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1099
Author(s):  
Matheus André Agnoletto ◽  
Adriana Kuerten Dellagnelo ◽  
Maria Ester Wollstein Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Experienced Teacher ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Teaching Of Listening ◽  
Teacher's Manual ◽  
Do So

Abstract: when adopting a Vygotskian approach to teacher education, it is believed that social interaction between an experienced teacher and a novice one has the potential to propel teacher development as the former provides mediation that is responsive to the latter’s current needs. With this in mind, the present study is aimed at investigating how a novice English as a foreign language teacher develops her understanding regarding the teaching of listening as she is mediated by a more experienced other who uses the teacher’s manual suggestions as a starting point to inquire into her practice. To do so, the study counted on nine classroom observations which were followed by interviews in which a more experienced peer mediated the teacher towards a better understanding of her teaching, using the teacher’s manual to elucidate the pedagogical concepts behind the textbook activities. Results indicate that responsive mediation provided to the teacher led her to revisit her practice, imbue it with meaning, and consequently (re)conceptualize it as the teacher’s professional activity seemed to have become closer to a communicative one – in consonance to the teacher’s manual suggestions – both her actions and justifications reverberating the moments of interaction with the more experienced teacher. In short, the study illustrates how interaction with a more experienced peer may potentially allow teachers to (re)conceptualize their teaching and, consequently, develop in the profession.Keywords: social interaction; responsive mediation; teacher development; teaching listening.Resumo: uma abordagem Vigotskiana à formação de professores concebe a interação social entre um par experiente e um professor em início de carreira como um elemento que pode potencializar o desenvolvimento deste profissional, o caráter responsivo da mediação às necessidades do professor sendo um elemento chave no processo. Dito isso, o presente estudo visa investigar como uma professora de inglês como língua estrangeira em início de carreira desenvolve seu entendimento em relação ao ensino de compreensão oral ao ser mediada por um professor mais experiente que parte das sugestões do manual do professor para mediá-la. A professora teve nove de suas aulas observadas, seguidas de entrevistas nas quais um professor mais experiente a mediou – ao usar o manual do professor para elucidar os conceitos pedagógicos que regem as atividades do livro-texto – a caminho de um melhor entendimento de sua atividade profissional. Os resultados indicam que a mediação responsiva levou a professora a revisitar sua prática, atribuir significado a ela e, consequentemente, (re)conceituá-la ao passo que as aulas pareceram aproximar-se de uma abordagem comunicativa ao ensino de línguas – indo ao encontro das sugestões do manual – sendo que suas ações e justificativas reverberaram os momentos de interação com o professor mais experiente. Por fim, o estudo ilustra como a interação com um par mais experiente tem o potencial de levar professores a (re)conceituar sua prática, consequentemente impulsionando seu desenvolvimento profissional.   Palavras-chave: interação social; mediação responsiva; desenvolvimento docente; ensino de compreensão oral.

scholarly journals Humanistic values as a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-306
Author(s):  
Vladimir Petrovich Bezdukhov ◽  
Oksana Konstantinovna Pozdnyakova
Keyword(s):  
Moral Values ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Humanistic Approach ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Interpersonal Collaboration ◽  
Do So

Critically important question concerns the problem of humanistic values as a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher. That is motivated by the necessity of solving the task of educating a humanistically-oriented student in the framework of a damaged value paradigm. The article proves the values in the professional activity of the teacher and emphasizes the role of humanistic values as a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher. That is important in the framework of the humanistic ethics. The article shows that the focus of humanistic ethics has always been under consideration. Moreover that is important to show that the key vision of the humanistic ethics is the knowledge of a man which is necessary concerning the values and norms of life as an individual, and society as a whole. It shows that humanistic ethics consider humanistic values to be accepted by all higher forms of culture and common to these forms. The authors of the article analyze humanistic values and find it is important to show that some scientists identify humanistic and universal values. The article shows that humanism values is a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher and it helps the teacher to form, to educate and to develop the human in a child, participate in his up-bringing process. Thus, the teacher aims not to remain outside his field of humanistic vision. The article analyzes the factors affecting the effectiveness of the realization of values. Moreover the article describes the fact that moral values are becoming humanistic values. To do so, it is necessary to consider interpersonal collaboration between a student and a teacher. Humanistic approach has a big role. The authors of the paper believe the importance of reflection-in-itself-reflection and-in-another in a teaching process for further warm cooperation between a student and a teacher as well as understanding of the role and mechanisms of humanistic values. The essence of normative professional activity of the teacher is revealed.

scholarly journals Free and paid software on Architecture and Urbanism: Essential tools for the contemporary professional activity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alber Francisco dos Santos Neto ◽  
Gabriel Dias Venâncio
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Illegal Activity ◽  
Urban Planner ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Do So

Nowadays, the architect and urban planner’s professional have their professional practices intrinsically tied to the use of computers and software. Besides the acquisition of hardware, the prices of these softwares are a barrier for many professionals that are just now entering the job market, who end up using them by improper means -violating intellectual property laws. Such practice incurs illegal activity and creates distortions in market prices practiced by professionals. That’s why there is a need to study architects’ and urban planners’ workflow to formalize guidelines as to the possibilities of free and paid software. To do so, it’s pursued to creating an infographic about the workflow of architects and the free and paid software that can e used. It’s about raising awareness of the legal aspects of the professional activity, bringing recommendations for the academic environment, and enhancing the role of the architect and urban planner

A Re-Appraisal of the Role of Blood Coagulation and Platelets in the Generalized Shwartzman Phenomenon

1966 ◽  
Vol 15 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 519-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Levin ◽  
E Beck
Keyword(s):  
Blood Coagulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Coagulation System ◽  
Renal Lesions ◽  
Intravascular Coagulation ◽  
Renal Glomeruli ◽  
Coagulation Mechanism ◽  
Shwartzman Phenomenon ◽  
Do So

SummaryThe role of intravascular coagulation in the production of the generalized Shwartzman phenomenon has been evaluated. The administration of endotoxin to animals prepared with Thorotrast results in activation of the coagulation mechanism with the resultant deposition of fibrinoid material in the renal glomeruli. Anticoagulation prevents alterations in the state of the coagulation system and inhibits development of the renal lesions. Platelets are not primarily involved. Platelet antiserum produces similar lesions in animals prepared with Thorotrast, but appears to do so in a manner which does not significantly involve intravascular coagulation.The production of adrenal cortical hemorrhage, comparable to that seen in the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, following the administration of endotoxin to animals that had previously received ACTH does not require intravascular coagulation and may not be a manifestation of the generalized Shwartzman phenomenon.

‘Wheels have been set in motion’: Geocentrism and Relativity in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Campos
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Quantum Uncertainty ◽  
Galilean Relativity ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
20Th Century Physics ◽  
Time Specific ◽  
Do So

By decentring our reading of Hamlet, Stoppard’s tragicomedy questions the legitimacy of centres and of stable frames of reference. So Liliane Campos examines how Stoppard plays with the physical and cosmological models he finds in Hamlet, particularly those of the wheel and the compass, and gives a new scientific depth to the fear that time is ‘out of joint’. In both his play and his own film adaptation, Stoppard’s rewriting gives a 20th-century twist to these metaphors, through references to relativity, indeterminacy, and the role of the observer. When they refer to the uncontrollable wheels of their fate, his characters no longer describe the destruction of order, but uncertainty about which order is at work, whether heliocentric or geocentric, random or tragic. When they express their loss of bearings, they do so through the thought experiments of modern physics, from Galilean relativity to quantum uncertainty, drawing our attention to shifting frames of reference. Much like Schrödinger’s cat, Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are both dead and alive. As we observe their predicament, Campos argues, we are placed in the paradoxical position of the observer in 20th-century physics, and constantly reminded that our time-specific relation to the canon inevitably determines our interpretation.

THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE FUTURE MILITARY SPECIALIST’S PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (98) ◽  
pp. 176-188
Author(s):  
OLEG N. MONAKHOV
Keyword(s):  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Pedagogical Analysis ◽  
Methodological Aspects

The article deals with the problem of studying the future military specialist’s professional responsibility in modern conditions. The paper provides an analysis of the “professional responsibility” concept, outlines the existing approaches to its study from the perspective of modern research in psychology and pedagogy. On this basis, taking into account the peculiarities of military professional activity, the author defines professional responsibility of the future military specialist.

ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN TEACHING INFORMATION LITERACY IN ZIMBABWEAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe Mugwisi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Information Skills ◽  
The University

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the Internet have to a large extent influenced the way information is made available, published and accessed. More information is being produced too frequently and information users now require certain skills to sift through this multitude in order to identify what is appropriate for their purposes. Computer and information skills have become a necessity for all academic programmes. As libraries subscribe to databases and other peer-reviewed content (print and electronic), it is important that users are also made aware of such sources and their importance. The purpose of this study was to examine the teaching of information literacy (IL) in universities in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and the role played by librarians in creating information literate graduates. This was done by examining whether such IL programmes were prioritised, their content and how frequently they were reviewed. An electronic questionnaire was distributed to 12 university libraries in Zimbabwe and 21 in South Africa. A total of 25 questionnaires were returned. The findings revealed that IL was being taught in universities library and non-library staff, was compulsory and contributed to the term mark in some institutions. The study also revealed that 44 per cent of the total respondents indicated that the libraries were collaborating with departments and faculty in implementing IL programmes in universities. The study recommends that IL should be an integral part of the university programmes in order to promote the use of databases and to guide students on ethical issues of information use.

Helping when desire is low: The role of Expectancy in helping

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kossowska
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Do So

One might assume that the desire to help (here described as Want) is the essential driver of helping declarations and/or behaviors. However, even if desire to help is low, helping behavior may still occur if the expectancy regarding the perceived effectiveness of helping is high. We tested these predictions in a set of three experimental studies. In all three, we measured the desire to help (Want) and the Expectancy that the aid would be impactful for the victim; in addition, we manipulated Expectancy in Study 3. In Studies 1 and 3, we measured the participants’ declaration to help while in Study 2, their helping behavior was examined. In all three studies, we used variations of the same story about a victim. The results supported our hypothesis. Thus, the studies help to tease apart the determinants of helping behavior under conditions of lowered desire to do so, an issue of great importance in public policymaking.

History and Transport Policy

Transfers ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ueli Haefeli ◽  
Fritz Kobi ◽  
Ulrich Seewer
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Direct Knowledge ◽  
Academic System ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Policy Solutions ◽  
Do So

Based on analysis of two case studies in the Canton of Bern, this article examines the question of knowledge transfer from history to transport policy and planning in the recent past in Switzerland. It shows that for several reasons, direct knowledge transfer did not occur. In particular, historians have seldom become actively involved in transport planning and policy discourses, probably partly because the academic system offers no incentive to do so. However, historical knowledge has certainly influenced decision-making processes indirectly, via personal reflection of the actors in the world of practice or through Switzerland's strongly developed modes of political participation. Because the potential for knowledge transfer to contribute to better policy solutions has not been fully utilized, we recommend strengthening the role of existing interfaces between science and policy.

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