scholarly journals Forbilder og danning i profesjonsutdanningene: Casestudie – Krigsskolen

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-46
Author(s):  
Leif Inge Magnussen ◽  
Glenn Egil Torgersen ◽  
Ole Boe
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Army Officer ◽  
Future Demands ◽  
Reality Orientation

This research paper investigates the meaning of role models in higher education. As a case, the Norwegian Military Academy (NMA), which educates military officers for the Norwegian army, is used. Particularly investigated is how role models can be seen as resources in the “learning landscape” surrounding the army officer cadets through their 3 years of learning and Bildung processes. Data used in this work stem from an ethnographic fieldwork following a class of cadets at the NMA through their practical training, off-campus. Officer cadets in interviews report both intentional and unintentional use of role models as a resource in their learning landscapes. By critical educational interpretation of this ongoing practice, using the frame of Wolfgang Klafkis Bildungstheory and “the perfect action principle”, the relationships between this practice and the NMA’s own Bildungideals are questioned. Role models are at the NMA linked to their own leaders, culture and practice. This narrows what is valid practice and can enforce a self-driven power structure and a one-dimensional understanding of how leadership should be performed, where only people within this culture can be seen as participants. We argue that the risks of this NMA practice are related to organisational narcissism and a possible distorted reality orientation, where the NMA fails it’s given educational tasks related to the need of the society and future demands of war.

scholarly journals Wilful entanglements: Extractive industries and the co-production of sovereignty in Mozambique

Ethnography ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resources ◽  
The State ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Private Industry ◽  
Extractive Industry ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Industry Sector

This article looks at how actors commonly associated with the separate spheres of the state, private industry, and civil society, are engaging in wilful entanglements to improve the Mozambican state’s capacities in managing the country’s nascent extractive industry sector. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in and around the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, the article suggests that these entanglements renegotiate and co-produce ideas and practices of the state. Historicising and ethnographically unpacking these interactions invites us to rethink one-dimensional accounts of a hollowing out of bounded, nation-state sovereignty under the influence of globalised capitalism.

Alexander Von Mörk and Poldi Fuhrich: The Conception of Heroes in Cave Exploration in the Early Twentieth Century

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Mattes
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
World War I ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
World War ◽  
Military Equipment ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Personality Cult ◽  
The Social ◽  
Iconic Status

The Austrians Alexander von Mörk (1887-1914) and Poldi Fuhrich (1898-1926) became two of the leading cave explorers in the early twentieth century. After qualifying as an academic painter, Alexander von Mörk fell as an officer in World War I. Poldi Fuhrich, who worked as a teacher, received international recognition during her lifetime as one of the very few female cave explorers. She died in a cave accident in Styria, Austria. Mörk and Fuhrich achieved iconic status as martyrs of cave science and became role models for speleologists. My research examines the parallels in the conception of these heroic figures and the ‘parameters’ of their memorial. How and to what end was their memory perpetuated and exploited by the following generation of explorers? Expedition diaries, protocols of caving clubs, and obituaries in newspapers are used as sources for analyses. The results show a strong correlation between the commemoration of the fallen soldiers of World War I and the conception of heroic figures in speleology. While the personality cult of Fuhrich declined in the mid-thirties due to the social exclusion of women from the scientific study of caves, Mörk was increasingly celebrated as a mythical and self-sacrificing founder and enthusiastic German nationalist. The commemoration of the deceased in cave science was related to the militarisation of club life during the twenties. This is reflected in the radicalisation of language, the usage of military equipment in cave exploration, and the nomination of military officers as club officials.

Review: Rod-Shaped Nanoparticle Assembly Using an Electric Field

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieseok Oh ◽  
Jae-Hyun Chung ◽  
Woonhong Yeo ◽  
Yaling Liu ◽  
Wing Kam Liu
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Chemical Sensors ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Assembly Method ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Demands ◽  
Future Direction

Various nanowire or nanotube-based devices have been demonstrated to fulfill the future demands on semiconductor industries and bio/chemical sensors. To fabricate such devices, an electric field-based assembly method has demonstrated a great potential for parallel- and one dimensional assembly of nanowires. In this review paper, the future direction of electric field guided assembly of nanowires is discussed with our recent results. The challenges and opportunities of the assembly are also introduced with the current trends of the nanowire assembly.

Equality in Engineering-outcomes of a workshop (Bristol 2020)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Coraggio ◽  
Thomas Cairnes ◽  
Giulia Giani ◽  
Sebastian Gnann ◽  
Melike Kiraz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
National Level ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Unconscious Bias ◽  
Engineering Sciences

<p>Science has a diversity problem, and engineering sciences are no exceptions. While equality and diversity issues are gaining attention and progress is being made, tackling discrimination and creating an inclusive environment remains an open challenge. Women, people belonging to minority groups and people with disabilities are under-represented in higher academic ranks, which may discourage early-career researchers of these groups to pursue a career in engineering sciences. Conscious and unconscious bias, insecurity in how to intervene in inappropriate situations, amongst other things, compromise both the potential of research groups and the well-being of individuals.</p><p>We will present the outcome of a one-day workshop that will be held in Bristol on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of April 2020: Equality in Engineering.  This is the "spin-off" of an event we organised last year for water scientists at the national level (UK), which attracted a lot of interest and where we were asked to organise an event specifically for PhD students in Engineering. Therefore, the workshop aims at educating and engaging Engineering PhD students on equality issues. PhD students had the opportunity to express their interests on specific topics on an online survey. Thus, we will invite speakers at different career stages to talk about problems related to 1) Work-life balance (e.g. parenting & maintaining a career in academia), 2) The importance of role models and lack of leaders from minority groups and 3) unconscious biases and micro-inequalities. The discussions will be followed by a practical training session on race/ethnicity, equality and privilege. Finally, a group discussions session will be held aiming at identifying major issues related to equality in engineering, which still restrain an inclusive academic environment and ideas on how to overcome these issues. Moreover, during this session participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and reflect upon the things highlighted during the previous sessions.</p><p>We aspire that the outcomes of this discussion can serve as a call or guideline for future actions, both at the local scale and at the institutional level (e.g. larger research organisations such as the EGU). We also hope to initiate or follow-up on discussions during the EGU General Assembly as we regard overcoming equality-related issues in our society as an ongoing process.</p>

scholarly journals Undergraduate Education in Anaesthesia: The Influence of Role Models on Skills Learnt and Career Choice

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Watts ◽  
J. Marley ◽  
P. Worley
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Undergraduate Study ◽  
Contact Hours

Undergraduate teaching of anaesthesia occurs in about two-thirds of Australian departments of anaesthesia: however, student contact hours are limited compared with those of other disciplines. Seventy-five directors of anaesthesia were surveyed by written questionnaire concerning the time devoted in their department to undergraduate study and teaching of practice/skills to undergraduate students (40 responded). One hundred and sixty final year students were surveyed regarding career choice, anaesthesia skills taught them and role models identified during their training (101 responded). Most final year students had been taught and had learnt the basic skills of life support such as bag and mask ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and intravenous cannulation. However, fewer were taught more specialized skills such as induction of anaesthesia and spinal anaesthesia. Positive role models in teaching anaesthetists were identified by 66% of students, more commonly if they were taught advanced skills, and were significantly associated with satisfaction with theoretical and practical training. For those students intending a career in anaesthesia (18%), 94% identified a positive role model compared to 65% who did not (P=0.03).

Professional Military Education in China: A Visit to the Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army

1980 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 122-128
Author(s):  
William R. Heaton
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Education ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Professional Military Education ◽  
Military Forces ◽  
The Military ◽  
Education In China

A key to understanding the armed forces of any nation may be found in the manner in which it selects and trains its senior military officers. Although China's military forces are unique in many respects, they are similar to those of other countries in that a great deal of emphasis is placed on professional military training for the officer corps. Comparatively little is known about precisely how the Chinese conduct this education.

What Makes a Military Professional? Evaluating Norm Socialization in West Point Cadets

2021 ◽  
pp. 0095327X2110263
Author(s):  
Risa A. Brooks ◽  
Michael A. Robinson ◽  
Heidi A. Urben
Keyword(s):  
Military Culture ◽  
The State ◽  
West Point ◽  
Military Officers ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Normative Beliefs ◽  
Us Military ◽  
Civilian Leaders

Scholars have contended that norms of professionalism are critical to understanding how militaries interact with civilian leaders and when they intervene in politics. Yet, few studies have directly examined the normative structures of military officers. Through a survey of 1468 US Military Academy cadets, this study evaluates cadets’ views toward professionalism, and in particular what is often presumed to be the dominant framework of those norms based on Samuel Huntington’s The Soldier and the State. We identify five patterns of normative beliefs based on cadets’ views of civil–military interaction and the nonpartisan ethic: orthodox, unorthodox, inconsistent, non-committal, and motivated norms. Cadets fall into each of these categories, but approximately one-quarter demonstrate motivated norms, adhering when convenient, and otherwise dispensing with them when the rules they prescribe clash with their partisan identities. These findings, especially our novel conceptualization on norm adherence, contribute to a greater understanding of military culture and professionalism.

A one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas

1966 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lecar
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Phase Space Distribution ◽  
Dimensional Phase Space ◽  
The Mean

“Dynamical mixing”, i.e. relaxation of a stellar phase space distribution through interaction with the mean gravitational field, is numerically investigated for a one-dimensional self-gravitating stellar gas. Qualitative results are presented in the form of a motion picture of the flow of phase points (representing homogeneous slabs of stars) in two-dimensional phase space.

Electron-Mirror Microscopic Aspects of Ferroelectric Domains of BaTiO3 And Ca2Sr (C2H5CO2)6

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 478-479
Author(s):  
Teruo Someya ◽  
Jinzo Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Ferroelectric Domain ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Surface Pattern ◽  
Crystal Surfaces ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ferroelectric Domains

Recent progress in the electron-mirror microscopy (EMM), e.g., an improvement of its resolving power together with an increase of the magnification makes it useful for investigating the ferroelectric domain physics. English has recently observed the domain texture in the surface layer of BaTiO3. The present authors ) have developed a theory by which one can evaluate small one-dimensional electric fields and/or topographic step heights in the crystal surfaces from their EMM pictures. This theory was applied to a quantitative study of the surface pattern of BaTiO3).

Structure and function of neural networks in the retina

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Peter Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Ganglion Cells ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Synaptic Connections ◽  
Visual Axis ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Cat Retina ◽  
Ultrathin Sections ◽  
And Function ◽  
Insight Into

The synaptic connections in cat retina that link photoreceptors to ganglion cells have been analyzed quantitatively. Our approach has been to prepare serial, ultrathin sections and photograph en montage at low magnification (˜2000X) in the electron microscope. Six series, 100-300 sections long, have been prepared over the last decade. They derive from different cats but always from the same region of retina, about one degree from the center of the visual axis. The material has been analyzed by reconstructing adjacent neurons in each array and then identifying systematically the synaptic connections between arrays. Most reconstructions were done manually by tracing the outlines of processes in successive sections onto acetate sheets aligned on a cartoonist's jig. The tracings were then digitized, stacked by computer, and printed with the hidden lines removed. The results have provided rather than the usual one-dimensional account of pathways, a three-dimensional account of circuits. From this has emerged insight into the functional architecture.

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