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Saïkou Oumar Sagnane – Journal of International Students, 2024
What is power? What is knowledge? What is the link between power and knowledge? This paper interrogates the relationship between knowledge and power in the context of Guinea's epidemic crises and political events. It draws on observational data collected during the Ebola epidemic (2013-2016), the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022), and the ongoing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Political Power
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McLoughlin, Eilish, Ed.; Finlayson, Odilla E., Ed.; Erduran, Sibel, Ed.; Childs, Peter E., Ed. – Contributions from Science Education Research, 2019
This edited volume presents innovative current research in the field of Science Education. The chapter's deal with a wide variety of topics and research approaches, conducted in a range of contexts and settings. Together they make a strong contribution to knowledge on science teaching and learning. The book consists of selected presentations from…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Dadds, Marion – Educational Action Research, 2008
This paper examines the concept of "empathetic validity," that is, the potential of practitioner research in its processes and outcomes to transform the emotional dispositions of people towards each other, such that greater empathy and regard are created. The paper argues that practitioner research that is high in empathetic validity…
Descriptors: Audiences, Validity, Teacher Researchers, Researchers
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Piot, Peter; And Others – Science, 1988
Discusses some of the worldwide problems associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Calls for programs for the prevention and control of AIDS as an immediate priority in all countries. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Markova, I.; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1984
Eight mothers with their 3.1- to 5.7-year-old hemophiliac children and eight control mothers with their nonhemophiliac children were videotaped while playing two games without tools and three additional games involving use of a knife, a pair of scissors, and a wooden hammer. Mothers of hemophiliac children did not correct their children when they…
Descriptors: Diseases, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Mothers
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Peters, Sylvia A. F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Examination of the relationship between educational attainment and long-lasting, bilateral otitis media with effusion (OME) in 270 Dutch children (ages 2 to 4) found that, at age 7, early bilateral OME affected spelling ability but not reading ability. Effects of treatment with ventilation tubes were not found. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diseases, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Rice, Pranee – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
The conceptual frameworks of Thai children (n=48) related to causes of health and sickness were analyzed using the "Interview-about-Instances" and the "Conceptual Profile Inventory" techniques. The results indicate that Thai schoolchildren hold considerable personal knowledge about the causes of health and sickness that does…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation