Scientific Careers and Vocational Development Theory (Super, Donald E.)

Quantifying the impact of weak, strong, and super ties in scientific careers

Scientists are frequently faced with the important decision to start or terminate a creative partnership. This process can be influenced by strategic motivations, as early career researchers are pursuers, whereas senior researchers are typically attractors, of new collaborative opportunities. Focusing on the longitudinal aspects of scientific collaboration, we analyzed 473 collaboration profile...

Complexity Theory , Adaptation , and Administrative Law Donald

Recently, commentators have applied insights from complexity theory to legal analysis generally and to administrative law in particular. This Article focuses on one of the central problems that complexity theory addresses, the importance and mechanisms of adaptation within complex systems. In Part I, the Article uses three features of complex adaptive systems—emergence from self-assembly, nonli...

The Theory and Practice of Vocational Guidance

DONALD E . LUMAN Preserving the Past : The Development of a Digital

The University of Illinois Map and Geography Library maintains a collection of approximately 60,000 individual prints of historical aerial photography that were acquired during the years 1936-1941, for which there are no remaining negatives. Because of high use by library patrons, the collection is deteriorating and a method of preservation is needed. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the...

Implementing Situated Learning Theory into E-Learning: Vocational Special Education Students' Learning Outcomes

The purpose of this study was to explore the learning outcome of vocational special education students with the teaching strategy of "Combining Situated Learning Theory with E-learning", as well as the opinions of experimental group students toward E-learning. Using the class as a unit, the students were divided into two groups: the experimental and control group. Students in both groups took t...