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Bacteria : staph, strep, clostridium, and other bacteria
\"This book examines bacteria that are found in virtually every environment-- including those that are characterized by extreme heat, cold, and depth-- and of course, bacteria that are found inside our bodies.\"--P. [4] of cover.
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INTRODUCTION: DEFENCE OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION: A QUEST FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSE
In education circles, I've heard the term often, mostly tossed about in the context of a 'personal philosophy of education,' generally represented in a one page statement written by a teacher candidate in order to regurgitate the theoretical buzz words required to get a job. The backdrop to the examination of the importance of philosophy in education is remarkably similar in the bulk of the essays; clearly, the development of the \"practical,\" \"vocational,\" or \"skills\" in students versus individual, moral, intellectual development is a topic weighing heavy on the minds of Canadian philosophers and in education.
Trade Publication Article
Roberta Bondar : Canada's first woman in space
A biography of Roberta Bondar, who in 1992 became the first Canadian woman in space.
Book
Towards a Theory for Supporting Creativity in Schools
Education recognizes that creativity is important for students and society. However, teachers have scant direction about how to support it, in part because current understanding of what works is piecemeal, as is the empirical research on creative school environments. This dissertation explores the breadth and depth of the experiences afforded to secondary students in a Western context that support and stifle creativity. This work focuses on student perspective as the meanings that students make of their creativity-experiences determine their consequences. I used a constructivist grounded theory methodology to guide this research, with the focus of study secondary school experiences of creativity encouragement and discouragement. The experiences students described to me encompassed both the human and non-human elements in the learning environment with which students interacted, and students’ responses to these interactions. In this retrospective study, postsecondary students chose and reflected on experiences that they had two to five years earlier and described the consequences of the experiences in their current lives. Three hundred and sixty-nine students communicated the experiences and their reactions to them through an online questionnaire, and fourteen students through more in-depth, iterative interviews. Through constructivist analytic approaches, three conditions for the support of creativity in secondary schools were conceived: freedom, meaningful challenge, and teacher belief. The parallel opposite conditions—constraint, lack of meaningful challenge, and lack of teacher belief— led to creativity discouragement. In my study, the consequences of creativity-encouragement entailed expanded creativity behaviour and beliefs, enhanced learning, and prosocial beliefs and behaviour. In parallel opposition, creativity-discouraged students consequently curtailed their creativity behaviour and took on diminished beliefs, contracted from learning, and took up anti-social beliefs and behaviour. These consequences lasted into the present day for many students. The responses were psychologically driven by students’ positive/negative emotions and students’ decisions about competence and identity. These findings are discussed in light of intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, and self-fulfilling prophecy. The grounded theory developed in this dissertation enriches understanding of the conditions required to support youth in their creativity in education contexts and describes the consequences of this support (or its lack) on students’ future behaviour and beliefs.
Dissertation
Fungi : mushrooms, toadstools, molds, yeasts, and other fungi
\"Features an examination of the four major groups of fungi: yeasts, toadstools, chytrids, and bread molds\"--P. [4] of cover.
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One for the stock pot
Homo sapiens is an omnivore. Our teeth say so. Eating meat is what archeologists might call \"natural.\" So, I like to eat fruits and vegetables and I like to eat animals too.
Newspaper Article
One for the stock pot
\"So you don't miss,\" I confirmed. \"And in one fell swoop it will be over. Quickly.\"
Newspaper Article
Earth Alive
[...] this exercise is a mind-stretcher and an eye-opener, without being difficult. Because of the evil spirits, Salcantay is not a good mountain to farm, and agriculture is not practiced on her slopes.
Magazine Article