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Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...artificial ideal types of constructs. In fact, all leadership models can be dismissed a little more than stereotypes. If questioned, most leaders would prefer to describe themselves as transformational and at times, they probably are. However, if we are to observe their day-to-day practices, we might well observe a transactional approach. Most leaders are both depending...
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...artificiality of an interview context can induce anxiety which can mean participants give one-word/short responses to questions. Occasionally, this can create a dynamic where the researcher falls to closed questioning leaving little space for the participant to give lengthy and detailed answers. If this happens, ask open-ended questions and avoid closed questions which...
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...intelligible language of madness and misery. Ecstasy only smiles--despair laughs.” [Interior of a pub]Interior of a pub - Wikimedia Commons Future ghosts and monsters to come: Twenty-First Century Irish Ghost Fiction In this final section of the article, you will move forward to the twenty-first century, to examine the contribution of three contemporary writers to the...
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...intelligent in our relationships with others. Others’ wellbeing can be supported by adopting an honest, open manner and acknowledging the very personal way we all deal with stress and anxiety. Part B How resilient are you? Complete the simple resilience test we have devised. Select the tick box next to any of the following statements that you feel apply to you....
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...intelligent. I felt reassured, and continued more in the vein which hospitality indicated, to bid her welcome, and to tell her how much pleasure her accidental arrival had given us all, and especially what a happiness it was to me. I took her hand as I spoke. I was a little shy, as lonely people are, but the situation made me eloquent, and even bold. She pressed my hand,...
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...intelligible and engaging manner. As you can see, applied linguistics is serious business...Language in the real world: Acknowledgements - Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary...
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...intelligence and behavior across urban, suburban, and rural areas in Belgium: A longitudinal birth cohort study of twins’, PLoS Med, 17(8). Day, L. (2019) The Science of Fresh Air and Sunshine. Available at: https://admin.babysensory.com/ content/ S636886817516118420/ The%20Science%20of%20fresh%20air%20and%20sunshine.pdf (Accessed: 12 April 2023). Dinkel, D., Snyder,...
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...artificial dialogue of a novel as ‘real’ although it is a construct, quite different from a recording of actual speech. In addition, what we accept in practice is so varied. Among the texts of our own time, for example, this might range from an experimental novel by John Fowles to a social realist novel by Margaret Drabble, from an historical romance by Georgette...