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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...children have been well researched in the psychological and sociological disciplines. Those who live and work with children can draw on a wide spread of knowledge for assessing and meeting children’s needs across a range of areas: physical and developmental needs cognitive and learning needs social and environmental needs emotional and affectional needs behavioural...
Sickle cell disease: a lethal advantage
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sickle cell disease: a lethal advantage

...children are born with the illness. Sickle cell and the gene What is sickle cell disease? And if it cannot be caught or contracted, who is at risk and what are their chances of inheriting it? Slave ships and sickle cells Take a look at some myths surrounding the disease, and discover how genetics can explain the mysteries. Dr Anthony Allison also discusses research he...
What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?

...Research Institute International, Kyoto and Centre of Information and Neural Networks, Osaka, led the research: "In effect, the features of the memory that were previously tuned to predict the painful shock, were now being re-programmed to predict something positive instead." The team then tested what happened when they showed the volunteers the pictures previously...
Rupesh Shah On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Rupesh Shah On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice in the School of Management. Rupesh has worked as a participatory development practitioner and community educator, designing and managing a range of international and local projects in the UK, India, Argentina and Nigeria. In describing himself, Rupesh imagines a rich picture with a cartoon of body in a dynamic yoga...
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...centres, heritage sites and children's museums Provided here are links to three accounts of the ways in which museums and galleries can be used with pupils. First, a visit by older secondary school pupils to a large national museum. These visits are available for pupils of all ages. Click on 'view document' below to download Looking at paintings at the National Gallery...
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...children grow up, our research shows that they are encouraged to increasingly distance themselves from other animals and to perceive humans as radically different and superior. Debra Merskin calls this ‘a reification of dis-identification with animals’ (2018, p.73). We saw this process plainly laid out in the famous toy shop Hamleys, in London (Cole & Stewart, 2014)....
Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people
Education & Development

Alternative education: listening to the voices of young people

...presented at the Education Conference highlighted the use of photovoice by young people in alternative education environments, in Scotland and England...Research presented at the Education Conference highlighted the use of photovoice by young people in alternative education environments, in Scotland and England. Photovoice, a participatory method commonly employed with...
Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...research suggests that wearing headgear during rugby can put players at greater risk. Andrew Barnes explains his research...[All Navy and Marine Corps Rugby Team play the Old Aztecs] The All Navy and Marine Corps Rugby Team claimed a 47-10 victory over their division-one oponents, the Old Aztecs, at Dust Roads Park in San Diego in 2014. But is it time to look again at...