‘A Spearhead into the Future'—Swedish comprehensive school reforms in foreign scholarly literature 1950‐80

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive School ◽  
School Reforms ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Future

MOOCs Evolution and Perceptions of Library and Information Science Professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Anna Kaushik
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Science Domain ◽  
Main Barrier

This chapter provides the genesis of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) concept and perceptions of library and information science professionals towards the evolution of MOOCs in libraries and the information science domain by using a survey. The results of this study revealed that a majority of library and information science professionals who participated in this survey were working in academic libraries and aware of the MOOCs concept from three years, by scholarly literature. The MOOCs concept was updated and useful in libraries and the information science domain, while a lack of MOOCs related specific to competencies and skills emerged as the main barrier. This survey also showed that the concept of MOOCs will continue to grow in the future. This chapter will be helpful to understand the concept of MOOCs and the insights of library and information science professionals in the MOOCs context.

scholarly journals The value of econometrics to economists in business and government: a study of the state of the discipline

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric R. Sowey
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
The Future ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Town And Gown

This paper is the first ever in-depth study of the econometric practice of quantitative economists outside academia. It goes further, to examine empirically the often-heard proposition that academic and nonacademic economists nowadays seem to analyse the same applied quantitative problems in markedly separate ways. Nine indicators of separation between the approaches of ‘town’ and ‘gown’ economists are developed. The study rests on detailed interviews with 50 nonacademic economists drawn widely from a single area of professional activity: the Australian housing sector. These economists' use of econometric methods, and their views on the value of these methods, are documented and compared with the academic approach to applied econometric work, as reported in the scholarly literature. The evidence on the nine indicators supports the existence of a state of separation. The paper points to some undesirable consequences of separation and concludes with practical ideas on what should be done about it. There are lessons in the findings of this study for the future of other quantitative disciplines that are widely practised in government, business and industry.

Democracy before Tocqueville: Michel Chevalier's America

2006 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Jennings
Keyword(s):  
American Culture ◽  
Alexis De Tocqueville ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Revolution Of 1848 ◽  
The Revolution

This article explores the writings of Michel Chevalier, a contemporary of Alexis de Tocqueville, on America. Despite widespread praise, Chevalier's text Lettres sur l'Amérique du Nord has been largely ignored in the scholarly literature. This article, therefore, reveals the nature of the account of America provided by Chevalier and, thereby, compares and contrasts his account with the more famous account penned by Tocqueville. In particular, it shows that Chevalier, viewing America from a Saint-Simonian background, was more aware of the economic dimensions of American culture and society than was Tocqueville. However, both recognized the differences that separated a democratic America from an aristocratic Europe and that the future lay with the former. The article concludes by examining the views of both Tocqueville and Chevalier on America in the wake of the Revolution of 1848, showing how America now figured as the model of a moderate republic for both authors.

Introduction of the Surgical Site Fire Risk Assessment at The Lister Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 122-128
Author(s):  
Rose Parremore
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Risk Assessment Tool ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Fire Risk Assessment ◽  
Operating Theatres

Introduction A surgical site fire within the operating theatres is a continuous risk in modern surgery. When such an event does happen, clinical personnel can feel stunned, because such events are rare, and often happen rapidly. At The Lister Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK, a Fire Risk Assessment Tool and Protocol was developed to reduce such risks. Method Reviewing the scholarly literature and case studies relating to surgical site fires provides information and recommendations to highlight and improve such dangerous incidents from occurring in the future. Conclusion From the review of literature, two extensively documented cases of surgical site fire concluded in the identification of the elements of the fire triangle that create risk. From the recommendations a Fire Risk Assessment Tool and Protocol were developed and implemented at The Lister Hospital, including an addition to the WHO five Steps to Safer Surgery Checklist.

Caring Science or Science of Caring

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian C. Turkel ◽  
Jean Watson ◽  
Joseph Giovannoni
Keyword(s):  
Science Inquiry ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Caring Science ◽  
The Future

The concepts caring science and science of caring have different meanings; however, they are often used interchangeably. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the synthesis of the scholarly literature on the definitions of the science of caring and caring science and to affirm the authors’ perspective relating to the language of caring science. Caring science advances the epistemology and ontology of caring. Ideas related to caring science inquiry are presented, and the authors acknowledge the future of caring science as unitary caring science.

Synopsis publishing for improving the accessibility of 'grey' scholarly information

1985 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk G. van der Heij
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Early Discontinuation ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Docu Ments ◽  
Bibliographic Information ◽  
Early Results ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Constraints

In the 1970s, synopsis publishing was one of the topics raised in discussions on the future of primary communication. Tradi tional publishing practices were widely felt to be inefficient for users and producers alike. Since economic constraints were the main incentive for most synopsis publishing experiments, inter est in this idea faded away when journal publishers no longer felt that their journals' future was jeopardized, though author resistance was the main cause of the early discontinuation of many of these experiments. In this paper a plea is made for the virtues of synopsis publishing, not only as an economic necess ity but also for fundamental reasons, for the possibility it gives to separate physically the access, dissemination and archival functions of primary journals. Several attempts have been, and are being, made to improve the accessibility and availability of 'grey' scholarly literature, a large proportion of the world's scientific literature. Thus paper discusses some of these attempts and suggests that the dissemi nation function could be improved by bridging the gap between the bibliographic information in databases and the full docu ments in depositories. Most experiments in synopsis publishing so far have been based on full papers used as back-up for the synopses; the full papers were either published in mini- or microform, or made available on request. Grey literature as back-up to synopses has hardly been discussed in the literature, and the only standard on synopsis publishing issued so far treats this possibility only in an aside. This paper discusses the applicability of the synop sis publishing principle to grey reports and concludes that such ventures are likely to meet less disapproval and resistance from authors and other parties involved than are article-based sys tems. In 1984, Pudoc established the Netherlands Agricultural Report Depository (NARD), a venture in synopsis publishing based on Dutch unpublished reports in agriculture and (ap plied) biology. NARD's approach, procedures and early results are briefly discussed.

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