http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:43:59 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/huelsbergen/ipod/huelsbergen-DesignPhilosphy-1.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/huelsbergen/ipod/huelsbergen-DesignPhilosphy-1.m4v Huelsbergen discusses her service philosophy as a graphic designer. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 16:51:17 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/huelsbergen/ipod/huelsbergen-DesignPhilosphy-2.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/huelsbergen/ipod/huelsbergen-DesignPhilosphy-2.m4v Continued from above. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 16:51:55 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/huelsbergen/ipod/huelsbergen-GraphicDesignPhilosophy.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/huelsbergen/ipod/huelsbergen-GraphicDesignPhilosophy.m4v Huelsbergen talks about graphic design versus the manual arts. 3 Fri, 12 May 2006 16:52:48 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/perna/ipod/perna2-philosophy.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/perna/ipod/perna2-philosophy.m4v Considering the universal drive to make music, Perna appreciates the magic of bringing music to life. 3 Wed, 17 May 2006 21:22:22 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/winfield/ipod/Winfield5-chinesemedia.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/winfield/ipod/Winfield5-chinesemedia.m4v The philosophical underpinnings in the media of China and Japan. 3 Wed, 17 May 2006 19:04:12 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/jonassen/ipod/jonassen3-examples.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/jonassen/ipod/jonassen3-examples.m4v 3 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:36:19 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/garcia/ipod/Garcia03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/garcia/ipod/Garcia03.m4v In addition to teaching farmers and extension educators, Garcia teaches a class at MU in sustainable agriculture, part of the undergraduate major in sustainable agriculture that began last fall. 3 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:26:36 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/garcia/ipod/Garcia08.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/garcia/ipod/Garcia08.m4v “I do these things not because it’s only part of my job responsibility, but because I believe in the things that I’m doing….I don’t think that industrial agriculture is that sustainable. …I think we need to give a long-term perspective to the things we do, and sustainable agriculture has that long-term approach. It’s about future generations. It’s actually leaving our kids and our kids’ children the same opportunities, the same natural resources and the same access to services that we enjoy now.” 3 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:33:22 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/welch/ipod/Welch01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/welch/ipod/Welch01.m4v “What I’m really interested in is called social ethics,” Welch explains. What a society counts as moral or immoral is subject to the particular _zeitgeist_—the spirit of the times. For example, at the time of the slave trade, “most people who were slave owners thought it was moral. Even a few blacks, once they were freed, had slaves.” As a social ethicist, Welch has been trying to understand not just the way individuals make moral choices but how a whole society begins to decide “what counts as moral.” 3 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:46:51 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley01.m4v Dan Hooley first became interested in studying the classics through an “accidental journey,” studying the western classics as an English and Humanities graduate student at the University of Minnesota where he focused his studies on modernism and wrote his dissertation on how Latin poetry was translated by American modernists such as Ezra Pound or T.S. Eliot. 3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:21:41 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hooley/ipod/hooley06.m4v Through Hooley’s work in classical studies he has developed a philosophy about why one should study the classics: “Classics is just good material. The historical distance makes it more refreshing because you see the difference and how we’re the same animals. These texts don’t dictate our ethics and laws, but help our imaginations, which I think is a good reason to study them.” 3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:25:14 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/welch/ipod/Welch06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/welch/ipod/Welch06.m4v Humanities-related research involves studying the work of other scholars (e.g., philosophy and comparative religious ethics) and then synthesizing those ideas. For example, Welch has taken up the challenge to dominant ethics by Native American and Engaged Buddhist philosophers. Using certain techniques like interactive theatre in the classroom, she is applying qualitative measures to determine the effect of these pedagogical techniques. So far she has learned that these interactive theatre experiences can really change the way many students see the world around them. 3 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:51:21 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/west/ipod/West10.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/west/ipod/West10.m4v Reflecting on “the ways in which personal interests affect the professional and how personal motivation often guides professional motivation,” West recalls a story about how she chose her career. “When I was in college at Rutgers University, I thought I would go to law school…. I was very committed to that…. Then one day it was career day, and a lawyer came and talked about her work. She looked so beleaguered and so unimpassioned. And she was followed by an English professor, who totally enchanted me. And that was it! I already had the law school applications and thought, ‘I can’t do this,’ and I told my professors. This was at one of the moments when the job market was just awful, and they told me, ‘Don’t do it…. You’re not going to be able to get a job in English. You’re just going to waste your time. You’re just going to end up really sad and disappointed. Don’t do it.’ I just thought this is a part of who I am. I just had an instinct that it was going to be okay. So I did it and I never regretted it.” Because of this life-changing moment, West tells students curious about pursuing English in graduate school, “You have a really hard road in front of you in terms of the job market, and there is a good chance that you won’t find a job right away. But if this is who you are, if it is part of your being, if you can’t imagine yourself _not_ doing it, then you really don’t have a choice, do you?” 3 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:31:30 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone1.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone1.m4v Chicone discusses the fundamental importance of mathematics for the natural world, observing that mathematics serves an array of practical purposes. He gives the example of one of his students, who freezes tissue for a project in cryobiology. The researchers working on this project are using mathematical models to make predictions about the behavior of living cells. 3 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:13:25 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone2.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone2.m4v Chicone contributes to other fields of science outside of mathematics, cooperating, for example, with MU’s Medical School and School of Engineering to produce the kind of mathematical models that now play an integral role in designing predictions for scientific experiments. 3 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:13:42 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone3.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone3.m4v Chicone believes math is an artistic expression like music, painting, and theatre. Not everyone can identify with this art, he admits, but those who can are able to develop a strong appreciation for problem-solving. 3 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:14:06 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone4.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/chicone/ipod/chicone4.m4v Chicone describes how he became interested in studying mathematics. Beginning with positive experiences he had as a student, his love for the subject continued 3 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:14:41 GMT