Sentences with phrase «fieldwork as»

«Ice cores are really cool because we have the best record of what the climate has been in the past,» says Taylor, a research professor at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nev., who did his first polar fieldwork as a graduate student in the early 1980s.
In 2011, a close friend told Clancy, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, that she had been sexually assaulted while doing fieldwork as a graduate student.

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The datasets rarely use definitions when presenting terms such as «own child», «step - parent», «lives with», «main residence» or «shared care 50 - 50» to research respondents in fieldwork instruments.
Taking the latest Populus poll (fieldwork conducted 17th - 19th April) as an example — and as I say, this is by no means limited to Populus, everyone does it — of the 2,048 respondents only 61 per cent said that they were absolutely certain to vote.
As the fieldwork for this poll was conducted before that of the most recent Ipsos MORI poll, our poll of polls also continues to be dated 1 June.
Take the UKIP scores with a slight pinch of salt because the timing of the fieldwork (it was mostly done during or in the fortnight following the European elections, so when UKIP were on a bit of a publicity high), but it's another potential pointer as to where they could do well.
YouGov did the fieldwork for two academic election surveys (the British Election Study and the SCMS) as well as their daily polling, and all three used different question ordering (daily polling asked voting intention first, SCMS after a couple of questions, the BES after a bank of questions on important issues, which party is more trusted and party leaders) so will allow testing of the effect of «priming questions».
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For most zoologists, fieldwork involves lying low and watching quietly as animals wander by.
Another drawback was that Malawian involvement was mostly limited to providing staff for fieldwork and as study subjects.
Although a good portion of my time is now devoted to administrative duties such as project management, meeting with colleagues, and communicating results in written and oral form, I do make time for laboratory and fieldwork, which still gives me the excitement it did when I was a student.
Drs. Harmand and Lewis co-directed the fieldwork and analysis of the findings as part of an international, multidisciplinary team of archaeologists, paleontologists, geologists, paleoanthropologists; there are 19 other co-authors on the paper.
Ibrahim wants colleagues in the international research community to hold fieldwork in Morocco, and more generally Africa, to the same high standards as elsewhere, insisting on geological context in published papers and not supporting the commercial trade of undocumented fossils.
As a curator in entomology at the Natural History Museum in London, Erica McAlister is responsible for everything from maintaining collections to fieldwork.
Copiously illustrated and suitable for general readers as well as the science savvy, Darwin's Fossils is a quick, easy read that provides a fascinating overview of the naturalist's wide - ranging fieldwork during the Beagle voyage.
But as technology made both underwater photography and fieldwork more accessible, the glass sculptures became obsolete.
Sparrow; her advisor, John Kessler, an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences; and a team of scientists from the Universities of Rochester, California Irvine, Minnesota Duluth, and Colorado Boulder, as well as the US Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, conducted fieldwork just offshore of the North Slope of Alaska, near Prudhoe Bay.
A cross-disciplinary examination involving socio - cultural, historical and ecological as well as entomological knowledge and fieldwork has allowed for a report on the poison sources, their preparation, use and antidotes for the two largest San groupings in Namibia and also summarise the scattered information about other seven groups.
Organisations such as Global Vision International and Real Gap offer expeditions and fieldwork experience that lasts from a few weeks to many months.
For archaeologists, Afghanistan is virtually off - limits for fieldwork, as Taliban forces battle the Kabul government in far - flung provinces and security remains tenuous even in the capital.
But situations that demand monolingual fieldwork, without the aid of a common tongue, aren't as common as they were, say, a hundred years ago, he said.
Rather than asking questions about the Pirahãlanguage in a shared second language, he conducted his research in a style known as monolingual fieldwork.
Little is known about the climate of the scientific fieldwork setting as it relates to gendered experiences, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.
Since 1973, the fieldwork at Hadar has produced more than 370 fossil specimens of Australopithecus afarensis between 3.4 and 3.0 million years ago — one of the largest collections of a single fossil hominin species in Africa — as well as one of the earliest known fossils of Homo and abundant Oldowan stone tools (ca. 2.3 million).
Her smock - front denim onesie may be farmer - inspired, but as soon as Diane Kruger turned around to reveal she's wearing a shrunken tee, we realized this outfit is all about fashion, not fieldwork.
A labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers» association is the backdrop against which Jim Nolan (Franco) becomes involved in the labor movement and rapidly matures as he learns what it means to do organizational fieldwork.
Brendan Fraser stars as scientist Trevor Anderson, whose brother Max (Jean Michel Par) went missing a decade earlier while conducting fieldwork during a spree of unusual seismic activity.
Useful for paper 3 especially as it covers the fieldwork planning element of the course.
I have included the fieldwork booklet from 2017 - 2018 as a work booklet.
I recommend starting small and building upon these ideas as your fieldwork experience progresses.
Academic fieldwork clearly enhances the teaching of science and geography, but other subjects such as history, art and design and citizenship can also be brought to life by high quality educational visits.
In our site - based work, which included in - depth interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, we examined 24 high schools with varying legal environments situated across three states (New York, North Carolina, and California), stratified by school type (traditional public, charter, and Catholic) as well as by student socioeconomic composition.
After six years teaching middle school humanities, I took on a new role as coordinator of fieldwork and place - based education.
Students in environment - based education (EBE) programs such as expeditionary learning participate in community and fieldwork activities.
«As a PhD student, I now work with two talented educationalists who have supported me through my first year of study, improving my theoretical knowledge and preparing me for the fieldwork stage of my research.
There should also be a renewed commitment towards the concept of fieldwork and the use of maps, as well as written communication.
The recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation, Partnerships, and Improved Student Learning, which will be unveiled this spring, also will serve as a template for the Washington - based organization to upgrade its clinical - fieldwork accreditation standard.
Other studies of preservice teachers» decision making have used the TPACK framework as a basis for understanding their choices when completing design tasks during educational technology courses or during fieldwork experiences in general education classrooms.
The core courses (14 credits) include coursework in special education policy, emotional challenges as well as autism, classroom and behavioral management, and fieldwork focused on learners with emotional behavioral challenges.
With the same highly selective admissions criteria as the on - campus programs, our research - based online degree programs blend theory and fieldwork to help educators build and develop their skills and knowledge.
The central plank of a teacher academy program is an array of clinical opportunities to try teaching, such as job shadowing, observational fieldwork, and, ultimately, student teaching internships in a local classroom for several hours each week.
She said the fieldwork was where a student teacher could see herself as a real teacher, the first steps in the journey.
As in most states, in Vermont, teacher education programs are a combination of curricula and fieldwork.
Students also take classes and experience fieldwork in professional settings such as school districts and Fresno Family Counseling Center.
If you are a current teacher, you will complete fieldwork in your own classroom, as well as a Capstone project that involves implementing an action - research project in an area of your own interest.
As a certified teacher, I can remember the hours of fieldwork, lesson planning, student - teaching, and reflection with mentor teachers and university professors that had decades of K - 12 experience.
Most courses include a fieldwork component and the degree will culminate in a 12 - credit student teaching practicum at a local public school as well as a 3 - credit licensure portfolio seminar.
For both on - campus and online teaching degrees, teaching internships or fieldwork are commonly required, as are a master's thesis, capstone, or comprehensive examination.
Over the past three years, we have had the chance to interact with hundreds of educators and to present emerging versions of this book at venues hosted by leading organizations such as ASCD, the Education Trust, the National School Boards Association, High Schools That Work, the Center for Innovation and Improvement, the American Association of Educational Service Agencies, the National Title One Association, the Kentucky School Boards Association, the Idaho State Department of Education, Boise State University, Castleton State University, Georgia Southern University, Hosei University (Tokyo, Japan), and Louisiana State University, as well as the Minneapolis Principals Network and the following school districts from our fieldwork: Boise, Idaho; Fairfax, Virginia; Godwin Heights, Wyoming, Michigan; Granger, Washington; Lapwai, Idaho; Molalla, Oregon; Port Chester, New York; Queens, New York; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Tekoa, Washington.
Morton weaves together her own exciting fieldwork with scientific discoveries about the huge black - and - white dolphins known as killer whales.
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