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One minute methods - participant observer research
Health, Sports & Psychology

One minute methods - participant observer research

Discover how researchers live within the societies they are studying, sometimes for many years, to gain an insider’s perspective and to share similar experiences...Transcript.
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Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey

...research with a PhD to uncover the untold stories of women in motorcycling? Lorna Stevens talks about her own experiences of competitive motorcycling and her motivations to pursue a PhD in this field. Getting into competitive motorcycle racing Women can get into motorcycling through the influence of fathers, brothers or partners who introduce them to the thrill of the...
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Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research

...research related to carers and their relationship with physical activity. We have not identified any research study findings around carers and their relationship with physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and we are not aware of any research currently being carried out in this field using journey mapping methodology. For all these reasons our proposed study is...
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Teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and other texts
Education & Development

Teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and other texts

...children's books is crucial in teaching practice...In order to successfully foster RfP, the TaRs research project found that teachers need a wide and up to date knowledge of children’s literature and other texts. In this short film researcher Professor Teresa Cremin and teacher Claire Williams explain the implications of the findings and how we can ......
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Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...centred, rather than being focused on the child. In England and Wales, the Children Act 1989 (CA 1989) marked a profound change of approach from previous law. It moved from a frame of reference focused on parental authority and their rights to more of a system focused on the needs the child. A similar shift towards more child-centred legislation and policy has also been...
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Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning
Education & Development

Exploring babies' and young children's development and learning

...research into children’s theory of mind on views about infant social abilities Teasing and deception Professor Vasu Reddy talks about her research into teasing and deception, and gives her perspective on the origins of infants’ social abilities Studying children's development and learning Course chair Dr Dorothy Faulkner gives an overview of Open University course...
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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...research about children and television exposure, but we don’t yet know how much of it applies to interactive screens like tablets and smartphones. There are a few things we do know. Most child development experts agree that while passive screen time – such as putting your child in front of a device for aPeppa Pig marathon – might be entertaining, it isn’t going to...
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When do children develop a sense of gender?
Education & Development

When do children develop a sense of gender?

...research, I’ve found that children don’t begin to notice and adopt gender-stereotyped behaviors (e.g., preferring colors like pink or blue) until the age of two or three. A few years later, their concept of gender becomes quite rigid, and although it becomes more relaxed by middle childhood, even adults have trouble going back to thinking about gender as something...
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