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Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...children’s development. It must be emphasized that temperament is concerned with individual differences and therefore the impact on development centres on associations between temperament and variations in children’s cognitive and social development. There are several ways in which this can occur and these will be considered in turn. Direct effect of temperament on...
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Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...children’s gender development. In particular, researchers have suggested that children’s concepts of themselves as male or female play a critical role in encouraging children to identify and endorse gender roles. This notion was first set out at the same time as the early social learning approaches to gender development. The book that contained ......
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Can we design places to combat loneliness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we design places to combat loneliness?

...researchers led by Dr Marlee Bower from the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney, who set out to understand how people’s loneliness might be related to the places where they spend time. Why the built environment? There is evidence that the kinds of buildings and neighbourhoods people live in can help to shape people’s psychological wellbeing. For this reason,...
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Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...research and innovation to transform education...[Paper illustration - lots of hands reaching for the world in the sky] We all are called to engage in a dialogue based on two fundamental principles: the right to quality education throughout life, and education as a public endeavour and a common good. Home education is a form of educational provision alternative to...
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FGM law and ethics in the UK and Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM law and ethics in the UK and Ireland

...Children can be moved to safety and compulsory supervision orders imposed. Ireland Legislation In Ireland the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 criminalised Irish nationals and residents performing, assisting, or procuring FGM, including extraterritorial acts. Key sections include: performing FGM in Ireland (Section 2) removing or attempting to remove...
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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...research has found measles in the guts of 75 of 91 autistic children with bowel disease. 19 June 2002 Wakefield presents evidence to a US congressional committee claiming that the measles virus identified in the guts of autistic children had been identified by a team led by John O'Leary as originating from the vaccine. The technique was subsequently criticised as being...
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Treezilla
Society, Politics & Law

Treezilla

...children to university students and the general public can get involved with. The idea is to map every tree in Britain. This will create a data-rich platform on which a wide range of citizen science investigations can be built". Treezilla is one of many applications available with The OpenScience Laboratory. It was initiated by researchers, scientists & educators and...
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Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...Research Centre at Griffith University. In the piece, which also screened at Science in the Cinema, a heart perfusion system was used to reanimate a pair of fresh pig hearts during live performances. The work explored organ transplantation and the ambiguous philosophical thresholds between bodies, life and death, echoing many of the themes raised by Blade Runner. The...
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