Defining Ourselves: Personal Bioinformation as a Tool of Narrative Self-Conception

Defining Ourselves: Personal Bioinformation as a Tool of Narrative Self-Conception

Where ethical or regulatory questions arise about an individual's interests in accessing bioinformation about herself (such as findings from screening or health research), the value of this information has traditionally been construed in terms of its clinical utility. It is increasingly argued, however, that the "personal utility" of findings should also be taken into account. This article char...

Tattoos as Personal Narrative

................................................................................................................ v Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 Section 1: The Sociogenesis of Tattoos in the United States .................................... 4 Section 2: The Erosion of Tradition and the Rise of The Indi...

the effect of using learning logs as a self-assessment tool on the syntactic development among iranian pre-intermediate efl learners

چکیده: هدف از انجام این پژوهش ،بررسی استفاده از یادداشتهای یادگیری به عنوان یکی از ابزار های خود ارزشیابی بر افزایش مهارت دستوری (صورتهای شرطی و مجهول) زبان آموزان در مقطع پیش متوسطه بوده است .بدین منظور یک تست استاندارد در مقطع پیش متوسطه بین 90 نفر زبان آموز در سنین 15 تا 20 سال در آموزشگاه زبان انگلیسی امین و پارسا در شهرستان شاهرود برگزار شد از میان این افراد 60 فراگیر انتخاب شدند. و این 6...

A Narrative as Diagnostic Tool

Ethicality of Narrative Inquiry as a Tool of Knowledge Production in Research

The sociocultural ways of conceptualizing human learning in general education have given rise to various sensitive and time-consuming tools of knowledge production for both the researcher and the researched. The gravity of the situation is more noticeable in narrative inquiry methodology, which has gathered momentum in both general education and second language teacher education (SLTE) because ...