This study explores the ways in which story is used as a resource for learning and teaching in the primary school classroom. Definitions of story are explored and theoretical perspectives on narrative modes of cognitive processing, metaphor and analogy are discussed. Story is widely used in the primary school classroom in Scotland, particularly in the Early Years (primaries 1-3), and an attempt is made to ascertain how far this is systematised, drawing on the perspectives of teachers and pupils in Scottish primary schools. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods is used to attain an understanding of the way that story is used and perceived in the classroom. The data that inform the study were collected in five parts – focus group interviews with storytellers and teachers; a local (Angus) teacher survey and student teachers’ observations; surveys undertaken with schoolchildren in a Dundee primary school; interviews with teachers and primary school pupils in Angus, and a national teacher survey. Results from the study show that systematic approaches to story are in use in Scotland, and that in addition to teachers, pupils also demonstrated a good deal of knowledge about the use of story in the classroom. Results from the national survey also indicated systematic approaches to story use. There is some discussion on the articulation of story-based approaches to learning and teaching with the Scottish national curricular guidelines (Curriculum for Excellence), and suggestions are made as to how story might be used in Initial Teacher Education programmes.

Le sujet de notre thèse concerne le récit de vie d'un Laotien au Laos de 1920, date de naissance de notre narrateur, à 1975, date de la prise du pouvoir par les communistes laotiens, avec une petite incursion ayant un rapport avec l’année 1978, date de départ de notre narrateur comme rapatrié sanitaire pour la France. Reposant sur un document audio de 14 cassettes sur lesquelles nous avons enregistré et transcrit fidèlement le récit de l’interviewé, nous avons alors opté pour une pratique méthodologique désormais courante en histoire contemporaine, qui consiste à faire appel à un ou plusieurs témoins. Cette pratique, issue de l'histoire orale américaine, popularisée par l'école de Chicago au début des années 1920 et fut plus connue grâce aux sociologues W. I. Thomas et Florian Znaniecki. Une fois notre corpus constitué, nous l'avons soumis à une analyse sémantique par ordinateur pour en dégager une lisibilité quantitative. Ensuite, nous avons rédigé des notes de bas de page concernant la linguistique, l'ethnographie, l'anthropologie, l'économie, la politique, l'histoire et la géographie, essayant de restituer de façon plus précise concernant le contenu du corpus ainsi constitué. Pour parvenir au but fixé, nous avons consulté en outre les ouvrages et articles concernant cette époque, mais aussi les archives du ministère des Affaires étrangères de la Courneuve concernant la période s’étendant de l’année 1955 à 1978 au Laos provenant de l’ambassade de France à Vientiane. / The subject of our doctoral thesis focuses on the life story of a Laotian in Laos from 1920-the birth date of our narrator-to 1975, the date of the taking up of power by Laotian communists, with a small incursion into 1978-when our narrator was repatriated to France for health reasons. Based on audio document of 14 tapes on which we recorded an faithfully transcribed the narrative of the interviewee, we then opted for a methodological practise now common in contemporary history, which consists in appealing to one or more witnesses. This practise, derived from American oral history, was popularised by the Chicago school at the beginning of the 1920s and was generalised by sociologie W.I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki.Once our corpus was constituted, we have subjected it to a semantic analysis by computer to obtain a quantitative readability. Then, we added footnotes in the fields of linguistics, ethnography, anthropology, economics, politics, history and geography, trying to give a more accurate view of the content of the corpus thus constituted. In order to attain this objective, we also consulted books and articles on this period, as well as the archives of Ministry of foreign Affairs at La Courneuve for the period extending from 1955 to 1978 in Laos, from the Embassy of France in Vientiane.

What is our relationship with nature? How do we represent nature in written text? The short stories that compose this book relate with how to address the interaction between mankind and the space it occupies on Earth. Cambió todo tanto offers different voices that tackle how human activity (precisely, industry) alter the physical realm. And how that alteration reciprocates in human behaviour and consciousness.

No description available.

The early years of childhood are characterize d by new ideas; experimentation; the building of relationships; fears, both real and imagined; and play, through which the child tries to assemble these experiences into a meaningful whole. The early years are an exciting, complex and vibrant time of learning while the child grows in his understanding of himself and the world around him.

This project is an exploration of the endless negotiation of the va, the relationships that consistently define and redefine themselves in the space between two cultures. The va consists of relationships between people and things, unspoken expectations and obligations: the inherent and changeable patterns, of obligations and expectations between people and their environment. The va space can be viewed as the stage upon which all patterns and motifs carry meaning. How the patterns and motifs change meanings are subject to other elements in the va. Meaning in my work will evoke the interweaving connections of past and present through oral history, genealogy, and fagogo¹ (story telling) memory and artist sentiment. As participant, the artist reflects through the remembrance of sifting through images, person, family, events, time, and space. An emphasis will be placed on the exploration of pattern and motif as a signifier of events and sign of respect, with a focus on notions of the va. The project explores notions of visual patterns and motifs to be utilized as a vehicle to signify in that all patterns and motifs carry meaning in that they signify an event, person, time, and space. Written from a Samorians² perspective of one who lives in the space between. ¹ See Sean Mallon (2002) for an explanation on fagogo in Samoan Art and Artists O Measina a Samoa p. 163). ² The term ‘Samorians’ refers to a play on words of Samoans and an American treat called ‘samores’ containing a marshmallow that is cooked in the microwave or roasted in the fire and then placed in between two chocolate biscuits. It can also refer to an afakasi (half-caste).

Raphael is leading a hedonistic life when he has a traumatic realization that the world is indifferent about who lives and who dies, and Raphael is no exception. This is a story, written by Raphael, about seeking to reconcile the fleeting world he and everyone else has been subjected to.

Inom lyckoforskningen finns kvantitativa studier däribland Veenhoven (2008) som via sin studie belyser hur lycka påverkar hälsa. Denna studies syfte är att genom en kvalitativ analys identifiera essensen i detta mångtydiga begrepp och belysa dess komplexitet. Ett antagande finns om att kvinnor tenderar att behöva mer uppskattning än män. Deltagarna var 79 kvinnor och 40 män. De beskrev en händelse då de upplevt lycka. Meningskoncentrering, tolkning och strukturering av materialet utifrån en narrativ fenomenologisk ansats resulterade i fem aspekter som visade sig vara centrala i människors upplevelser av lycka: (1) nära relationer, (2) socialt nätverk, (3) prestation, (4) uppskattning och (5) optimism. Fler män än kvinnor nämnde prestation medan fler kvinnor än män nämnde uppskattning. Samtidigt som vissa komponenter är allmänmänskliga, behövs olika komponenter för att män och kvinnor ska uppleva lycka. Denna insikt kan användas för att förhoppningsvis främja hälsa och motverka olycka.

No description available.

The objective of this research is to discuss the scientific story intergrated in science curriculum about the students¡¦ attitude towards science and conceptions of the nature of science . This research made use of the Static-group comparison design method for use in quasi-experimental research. The first step was to collect the related scientific background and a scientists¡¦ information, and then create a fictitious story according to the situation in an experimental teaching process, and finally issue a questionnaire in order to understand the students¡¦ experience and conviction. Our research samples were 4 grade 5 classes from a school in Kaohsiung, selected as our test group. Our control groups were 5 classes chosen from another school in Kaohsiung City. We made use of both quantitative and qualitative analysis to collect the data and analyze the information, and the research included the original Questionnaire on the nature of science, Questionnaire on learning science, and an interview information sheet. The questionnaire on the nature of science was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the t-test to obtain a quantitative analysis. The questionnaire on learning science uses percentiles and inductive analysis to obtain a quantitative analysis, with an interview providing qualitative information. The research results indicated that the students enjoyed the fictitious story curriculum, and especially enjoyed hearing about the scientists¡¦ background, as the students believed the stories could assist them in their learning. The students¡¦ attitudes were found to be positive, as the stories were thought to assist them in their learning. Thus, the students were highly interested in the curriculum, though the attitude towards the image of the scientists was not as positive, as was their attitude towards science career planning. On the point of the nature of science, students in the test group were modern minded, and the test group achieved more than the control group. On the quantity and quality of the students¡¦ knowledge, there were significant differences between the test group and the control group. Therefore, the recommendation of this research is that teachers, if interested in this teaching approach, should attempt to collect information on the scientists and their backgrounds. Also, the history of science should be taught to training teachers during their teaching training program. This will assist the teacher in becoming an effective aid towards the students learning of science.