Introduction to Mental Health and Disaster Preparedness
This presentation introduces the topics of disaster mental health services, mental health surge capacity, and psychiatric first aid.
Health Issues for Aging Populations
Introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons. Presents an overview on aging from different perspectives: demography, biology, epidemiology of diseases, physical and mental disorders, functional capacity and disability, health services, federal and state health policies, social aspects of aging, and ethical issues in the care of older individuals.
Critical Analysis of Popular Diets and Dietary Supplements
There is much controversy and anecdotal information about popular diets and dietary supplements, but all too often little scientific or controlled clinical data. We examine the science behind normal mechanisms of weight control, and how weight loss diets are constructed and work. The aim of the course is to acquire the knowledge to critically appraise a weight control diet or dietary supplement and choose the best plan for success, both in the short-term and the long run. Students taking the act
Berkeley Writers at Work: Elaine Kim
Berkeley Writers at Work: Asian American literary figure Elaine Kim
Elaine Kim, UC Berkeley professor of Asian American Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies , will read from her work, be interviewed about her writing process, and answer questions from the audience for the Writers at Work series. Kim has been an important figure in Asian American literature and culture for over three decades and has won numerous awards. She writes on a wide range of subjects, among them identity in Asia
Memory, Inequality and Power: Palestine and the Universality of Human Rights
Said, author of the groundbreaking work "Orientalism" and a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, was one of the most prominent literary and cultural critics in the United States. His writings about the Middle East and its relationship to the West have had a major influence on both scholarship and public opinion.
This event took place on February 19, 2003 in Zellerbach Auditorium.
Relationships and the Internet
This forum looks at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. Research on the role of the Internet in meeting new people is an increasingly vital area of inquiry, and is illustrated by a burgeoning literature on such topics as online dating. However, the Internet may shape many other aspects of relationships beyond introducing individual
Peter McDonald on Literature
Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford.
Tim Kendall: 'Ivor Gurney: First War Poet'
Professor Tim Kendall considers what composer and poet Ivor Gurney understood by the phrase 'war poet' and how he saw his own work as belonging to (and eminent amidst) a tradition of writing about war. Tim Kendall examines the ways in which Gurney represents poetry, and the figure of the poet, in his own work; and assesses Gurney's hopes for the efficacy of such poetry - whether as acts of witness, of escapism, or of political intervention. Tim Kendall is Professor of English Literature at the
Teaching WW1 Literature: Victoria Syme-Taylor
Victoria Syme-Taylor 'Teaching WW1 Poetry to the Armed Services' Victoria Syme-Taylor 'Teaching WW1 Poetry to the Armed Services' part of the Teaching World War One LIterature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Meg Crane
Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools' Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools', part of the Teaching World War One Literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Jon Stallworthy
Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry' Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry', part of the Teaching World War One Literature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Guy Cuthbertson
Guy Cuthbertson 'WW1 Poetry in Higher Education' Guy Cuthbertson 'WW1 Poetry in Higher Education', part of the Teaching World War One Literature Conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Teaching WW1 Literature: Andrea Peterson
Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature' Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature' part of the Teaching World War One literature conference, Oxford University, 12/11/07.
Colloquium Week 7: "What are the social work types and why should we care?"
A paper presented on Tuesday 9th June 2009 at the St Cross College Colloquium Recent literature and policy movements in the UK and USA have given a great deal of focus to evidence-based practice (EBP) in social services, however there remains little clarity in the literature as to the realities of what these concepts look like in practice. As educational models in the social sciences and policy pressure on human services continue to develop, it is imperative to examine what is being considered a
Episode 23: Interview with Douglas Miles (Apache) and Yatika Fields (Osage)
Miles and Fields, artists-in-residence at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, shared their unique creativity with IPS students, joining budding artists from Arsenal Tech High School, Harshman Middle School and Schools 14 and 54, to create a mural that will travel to each of the schools and find a permanent home at the John H. Boner Community Center on the Indianapolis' East Side.
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting
The word "Renaissance" in the exhibition title refers, in the traditional sense, to the rebirth of antiquity—the revival of interest in classical art, literature, and philosophy. But here it also signifies that Venetian painting was transformed—reborn—in the opening decades of the sixteenth century. The exhibition focuses on the period from 1500 to 1530, which represents, visually and intellectually, the most exciting phase of the Renaissance in Venice, when three great masters, the old Be
ASSIMILATE project - exploring assessment at Masters level
Key things about assessment - exploring assessment at Masters degree level in the UK and internationally.
Assessment driving learning
-Assessment is the major driving force on learning for most students. If assessment is well-designed, there are positive effects on how students go about their learning.
Global literature has confirmed this over
the last 30 years. (Boud, Mentkowski,
Knight and Yorke and many others).
-The design of assessment shapes
students patterns of studying (marks as m
AFFIRM Assessment and Formative Feedback In Research Methods - literature review
‘AFFIRM’ is part of Leeds Met’s efforts to promote research-informed teaching. A pilot project, it is concerned with computer-assisted assessment (CAA) related to the teaching of research methods. Over a 12-month period in 2007-8 it will create, test and evaluate a small computerised bank of quality-checked items to support undergraduate and taught postgraduate-level research methods teaching. Although the items are likely to have several potential uses, i.e. to be ‘reusable learning obj
1.4 The contribution of culture: policy as meaning making
Much literature on the public policy process focusses narrowly on the policy-making part. This unit widens the focus to examine the implementation phase, and how change happens as a result of new policies: that is, policy – action relationship. It does this by looking at four different models of how this relationship can work through examples from varying fields. The unit will be of interest to public sector managers, their staff and the general reader.
1.3 The perils of partnetship: policy as an adaptive system
Much literature on the public policy process focusses narrowly on the policy-making part. This unit widens the focus to examine the implementation phase, and how change happens as a result of new policies: that is, policy – action relationship. It does this by looking at four different models of how this relationship can work through examples from varying fields. The unit will be of interest to public sector managers, their staff and the general reader.
