Commonplace Terminology

Descriptive educational terminology

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Leadership is present in the commonplace acts.

Around the time that I was asked to write this column, the January 2003 issue of Canadian Nurse arrived in my mailbox. In the column “Nurse to Know,” Barbara Sibbald introduced us to Michelle Inder-Milley, a 25-year-old nurse from Newfoundland. InderMilley has a clear sense that nursing leadership lies within the purview of every nurse and that leadership is about making a difference. She talks...

Celebrating the Fabric of Commonplace Society

decorate cloth. Although evidence of this art has been documented in many parts of the world, probably its origin is in the Island of Java, Indonesia. The word batik is derived from the Indonesian word ambatik, which means a cloth with little dots. Batik involves brushing or drawing molten wax onto designated areas of a cloth so that those areas can then resist coloration. Next, the cloth is dy...

Descriptive educational terminology

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Terminology.