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What are scientific inquiry practices like today? How should schools approach inquiry in science education? Teaching Inquiry Science presents the scholarly papers and practical conversations that emerged from the exchanges at a two-day conference of distinctive North American ’science studies’ and ‘learning science’ scholars. The conference goal: forge consensus views about images of inquiry that could inform teaching science through inquiry. The conference outcomes: recommendations for “Enhanced Scientific Method”, “Extended Immersion Units of Instruction”, and “Teacher Professional Development Models”. The edited volume will appeal to individuals interested in science learning as well as the design of learning environments. Scholars, policy makers, teacher educators and teachers will find this volume’s recommendations provocative and insightful. Twentieth century scientific advances with new tools, technologies, and theories have changed what it means to do science, to engage in scientific inquiry and to describe science as a way of knowing. Advances in ’science studies’ disciplines are updating views about the nature of scientific inquiry. Advances in the cognitive and ‘learning sciences’ are altering understandings about knowledge acquisition, meaning making, and conditions for school learning. The conference papers, commentaries and panel reflections advance novel views about both children’s learning and the nature of science.

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This quick yet thorough review of all the pertinent issues of managing breast cancer and performing breast surgeries also covers the controversial issues in the treatment of breast cancer without bias. The many tables and figures allow quick review of topics and a Key Ideas section at the beginning of each chapter outlines the content and goals of the chapter. The purpose is to give surgical practitioners a quick reference to the management and treatment of patients with breast cancer. With the quickly changing environment in the treatment of breast cancer, this book fills the need for a single resource that thoroughly covers all aspects of care for breast patients. It is intended as a review for general surgeons with practices that include breast patients as well a resource for breast surgeons or fellows. It is also a good reference for general surgical residents on a surgical oncology rotation. The book covers all aspects of breast surgery from anatomy to the treatment of both benign and malignant breast disease. It also covers the medical treatments involved in the care of patients with breast cancer. The surgical chapters include detailed procedure descriptions as well as indications, contraindications, and possible complications with treatment strategies. This small book offers surgeons a complete and up-to-date account of the management of patients with breast disease. It would be a great addition to the library of any general surgeon or surgical oncologist, as well as a surgical resident rotating through surgical oncology.
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評論者：Julie Ann Guidroz, MD(University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)

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The authors of this book, world-class clinical neuroscientists from one of the world’s greatest medical centers, have done a masterful job of integrating basic anatomy and neurologic diagnoses based on the patient’s signs and symptoms. The fundamentals of neuroanatomy are explained and their clinical applications are illustrated. Detailed drawings illustrate structure, function, and dysfunction in a single view. The book features major manifestations of regional nervous system disturbances and presents rapid anatomic localization and provides approaches to common neurologic diagnosis with accompanying illustrations of key anatomic and clinical concepts. This book is intended for medical students, residents, and practicing clinicians who are interested in reviewing or wish to understand the basic anatomic concepts of neurologic diagnosis. The authors focus on signs and symptoms elicited by the clinician at bedside as paramount in a neurologic diagnosis. After an introductory chapter on neuro-embryology (Part I), the book is organized by regions and functional systems. Part II presents a series of chapters on the anatomy or regional parts of the nervous system and the region’s cardinal manifestation in disease. Part III comprises a series of chapters on functional systems which describe the basic anatomy of the system as well as the practical approach to the patient with a system disorder. Part IV presents a chapter on the vascular system and a chapter on cerebrospinal fluid. Ample tables summarize key points. The correlation between neuroanatomy and clinical findings is unique. The book is concise and comprehensive in its overall coverage of neurological diagnosis. Each chapter provides color illustrations showing the anatomic basis of the patient’s signs and symptoms. Students, trainees, and clinicians will use it frequently for quick reference.
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評論者：Joseph I. Sirven, MD(Mayo Clinic Hospital)

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The study of bioactive peptides involves the identification of new species, the synthesis of structural analogs, and diverse applications in biology and medicine. This book explains the biology, pharmacology, and therapeutic applications of endogenous peptide mediators and their analogues. It gives examples of common methodologies employed to identify, characterize, and develop bioactive peptides from a range of natural sources. Part I, on receptor ligands, provides details on bioactive peptides that interact with common drug targets, and Part II looks at research on nonribosomal peptides, which hold promise as sources of endogenous mediators. Part III is devoted to bioactivity of host-defense peptides and antimicrobials, and Part IV explores uses of venom components and toxins. B&w and color illustrations, histograms, diagnostic images, tables, schematic diagrams, and visual explanations of complex processes are included. Howl and Jones are affiliated with the Research Institute in Healthcare Science at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This is a collection of tables to assist clinicians in developing a differential diagnosis of the commonly encountered complaints in the primary care setting. The strength of this book lies in the compare and contrast concept that this format makes intuitive. The information is presented in an easy to use manner, highly useful for busy practitioners. The stated purpose is to provide primary care practitioners a way to formulate a differential while intentionally stopping before therapeutics are considered. This significantly adds to the utility and longevity of the book, as therapeutics significantly change over time while the art of developing the differential diagnosis remains fairly stable. Because of this emphasis, this book is a highly valuable tool. U.K. general practitioners working in the outpatient arena are the primary audience, but the book also has tremendous utility for all healthcare students to help them understand that each patient’s case in unique, with a sometimes overlapping or confusing spectrum of symptoms, and the value of constructing a differential before concluding what the working diagnosis may be. The tables are organized by symptoms and outline the major possibilities according to background and key signs and symptoms. There is a great list of abbreviations, and although the thrust throughout the medical community is to avoid such abbreviations, the reality is that many practitioners still use them. There is also a highly useful and complete index to help find specific terms quickly. This is a highly useful book to keep readily available in the outpatient office as a memory aid when confronted with a less-than-textbook presentation of symptoms.
來源：Doody’s Reviews
評論者：Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP(Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)

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This book provides a basic and informative guide to learning and applying group leadership skills. The purpose is to provide readers the theory and skills needed to lead and participate in group activities. Group and committee work are essential components of most positions in healthcare, and learning more about how to best manage group interactions is a valuable skill and asset. The ideal audience would be students who are learning how to develop their own leadership skills and interactivity in groups. This book also would be an excellent resource for new leaders or anyone else wanting to know more about the psychology and management of group interactions. Each chapter is well designed and supported with prominent research in the area which supports the theory development with current and historical evidence. Many important topics for team leaders or managers are addressed: how to form groups, how best to structure and delegate group tasks, how to deal with special groups, and useful leadership skills. The book is well designed with large print, good use of white space, and bulleting and bolding of headings to enhance navigability. Multiple highlighted group leader challenges are available throughout the book to promote reflection on the theory and encourage application of some of the principles. The book includes many useful tips on how to operate in groups and manage conflict, with wonderful simulation activities at the end of each chapter to sharpen learning in this area. The simulation activities are excellent resources for use in a workshop or teaching environment. This is an excellent guide for key principles of leadership in managing group dynamics. The author obviously is very skilled and knowledge about human and organizational behavior. A very good resource for leaders.
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評論者：Helen Ewing, DHSc, MN(A. T. Still University)

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- How many times have you heard the phrase: `it’s all political correctness gone mad!’

- Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether they are actually trying to address serious concerns about discrimination and harassment?

- Have you ever wanted to get to the bottom of what all the fuss is about?

This book is the first major study of political correctness in post compulsory education to be published in the UK. For readers in the UK unfamiliar with the nature of the controversies in US college campuses this book offers a comprehensive assessment of the key themes, including who and what was behind key campaigns. For readers in the US unfamiliar with how this cultural export has faired in the UK this book looks at the significant similarities and differences in the ways that the phrase has been used in both societies.

Apart from addressing the roots of political correctness the book seeks to show how the phrase has helped to complicate the traditional boundaries between those on the political Left and those on the political Right. The book also demonstrates in clear terms how the phrase is integral to understanding key themes in cultural theory, such as postmodernism and identity politics.

- This book is intended to be of interest to a number of readers:

- Teachers working in colleges and universities;

- Teacher educators and student teachers working on programmes of initial teacher education;

Students studying undergraduate programmes in comparative politics and/or sociology and cultural studies

Finally, the book will seek to capture the reflections of prominent academics and educationalists bon both sides of the Atlantic, who have worked in environments where the phrase has impinged on aspects of their work over the last twenty five years.

If you think that `political correctness’ simply amounts to what jokes you are allowed to tell in a classroom, hopefully this book will challenge you to think again.

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Multiversities are sprawling conglomerates that provide liberal undergraduate, graduate, and professional education. As well-springs of innovation and ideas, these universities represent the core of society?s research enterprise. Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy forcibly argues that, in the contemporary world, multiversities need to be conceptualized in a new way, that is, not just as places of teaching and research, but also as fundamental institutions of democracy.

Building upon the history of universities, George Fallis discusses how the multiversity is a distinctive product of the later twentieth century and has become an institution of centrality and power. He examines five characteristics of our age ? the constrained welfare state, the information technology revolution, postmodern thought, commercialization, and globalization ? and in each case explains how the dynamic of multiversity research alters societal circumstances, leading to the alteration of the institution itself and creating challenges to its own survival. The character of our age demands reappraisal of the multiversity, Fallis argues, in order to safeguard them from so-called ?mission drift.? Writing from a multi-national perspective, this study establishes how similar ideas are shaping multiversities across the Anglo-American world.

Ultimately, Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy seeks to uncover the ethos of the multiversity and to hold such institutions accountable for their contribution to democratic life. It will appeal to anyone interested in the role of education in society.

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This book describes approaches to understanding cultures in higher education and pays particular attention to cultures and cultural construction at departmental level. Implications of cultural characteristics for issues around change initiatives, including the enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment are a key focus of this book.

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Social work curriculum changes that really work.

The Boyer Report and the Council on Social Work Education have placed expectations on universities and social work programs to make sure undergraduate students know how to develop, use, and communicate empirically-based knowledge. Building Excellence is a handbook for integrating research into undergraduate curriculums, using the curriculum of the University of Tennessee College of Social Work as an example. This unique book showcases social work research conducted by UT seniors, who were paired upon graduation with doctoral students who helped them place their research in publication form.

Building Excellence demonstrates how universities can develop into communities of learners by strengthening critical thinking, independent thinking, and creative imagination at the undergraduate level. For several years, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has created opportunities for students to gain professional experience in their fields of interest through research projects that establish the connection between study and knowledge. The results of several projects conducted by UT seniors are presented here, reaffirming that faculty mentoring is crucial to this effort.

Student research findings presented in Building Excellence examine:

- emotional and behavioral symptoms of sexually abused children using two symptom scales—internalizing and externalizing

- stress and strain experienced by personal care assistants caring for people suffering from dementia

- the relationship between childhood abuse and adult suicide

- the effectiveness of court-mandated treatment of recidivism among juvenile offenders

- barriers to effective medication adherence among the elderly

Building Excellence demonstrates how the University of Tennessee’s social work curriculum has enhanced student capacity and practice effectiveness. The book is an essential read for social work academics working at all levels.

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Amongst the many books on the rights and wrongs of higher education each year, occasionally one appears with the power to truly transform the landscape and all those who learn, labor, lead and live within it. Such is the book, Teach Them to Challenge Authority: Educating for Healthy Societies by Gregory Prince. He builds on a traditional foundation of liberal learning in educating for critical thinking and the spirit of inquiry, expanding its role to meet the challenges of the 21st century by advocating for important global issues, such as civil liberties - even when these impinge on controversial issues such as reproductive rights - and social justice….Gregory Prince shows the path ahead with clarity, elegance and with ideas and writing that will move anyone who reads this book. — David K. Scott, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst

During a lifetime in higher education Gregory Prince has learned that exceptional universities in America and abroad refuse to be neutral about the great moral issues of their time. Students deserve and demand that their institutions be as brave as they are. Mr. Prince certainly is, as he cogently and courageously presents the case for colleges to be involved in their communities and their country. He takes us to Africa, Australia and Europe to provide inspiring examples of how students and educators can respect and motivate each other to improve their societies. You can’t put this book down, and you won’t. — Paul Gambaccini, BBC Radio

Prince’s message is of particular relevance in today’s fractured and dangerous world….Education is a fundamental force in the historical evolution of civilization in its broadest sense, encompassing a plethora of cultures and societies. This book is essential reading for educators at university level and of great benefit to the general reader concerned with the role of education in our changing society. — Iqbal Riza, former Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

The first intelligent book written about what the educational process has the capacity to accomplish. — Andrew Sigler, former CEO of Champion International and former member of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College

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Contrary to popular opinion, college and university faculty often experience a greater amount of stress than professionals in many other occupations. Faculty Stress takes a comprehensive look at faculty stress, its causes, and its consequences. This unique book explores the wide range of factors associated with work-related stress, the sources and perceptions of stress in differing academic environments, and the importance of gender factors in understanding and dealing with work stress in academia. Respected authorities discuss quantitative and qualitative research, case studies, and provide helpful policy recommendations.

As higher education rapidly changes, the importance of understanding and effectively dealing with the stress that faculty endures increases. Faculty Stress explores in detail how change affects work and personal lives of faculty. This revealing book is crucial for current faculty and administrators who want to understand and effectively deal with stress, as well as future faculty who need to know how to better prepare for the rigors of their college and university academic profession.

Faculty Stress is a valuable resource for faculty, higher education administrators, graduate students who intend to become faculty, librarians, higher education scholars, and scholars who study work and occupations.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

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