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Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...modes of mind’ (Williams, 2008). Adele was interested in applying what she knew about mindfulness in her practice setting for people in later life. [This illustration shows only the top of an information sheet produced by Adele Pacini, for service users and carers of people with dementia. At the top of the image the viewer sees a person’s hands, opened up to the...
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(50), 15468-15473. Jordan-Young, R. M., 2010. Brain storm: The flaws in the science of sex differences. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. This article was written with expert input from Joseph de Lappe, research student at The Open University. More on superheroes...
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...are truly “conditioned” in terms of their lacking of autonomy. They are de-professionalized and become labourers in an industrialized school system. There is no doubt that the teaching and learning strategies are very different between the UK and China. A typical Chinese teaching style is authoritarian and formal, where the teacher stands in front of a class and explains the textbook, while students sit and listen. ......
Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...Des Moines, Iowa, with lights and security cameras.] A Trump For President sign in a yard in Iowa Here are two recent quotes from Trump: One of the problems that we have and one of the reasons we’re so ineffective is they’re trying to, they’re using [their own families] as shields … We’re fighting a very politically correct war. [Y]ou have to take out their...
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...de ida y vuelta) was created to refer to the mix of Andalusian and Latin American songs that, after being transformed by the Americans, travelled back to Spain in their new hybrid forms. Spaniards found in the New World participatory bodies. The native Americans as well as the slaves of African origin displayed a fondness for physical expressivity which was a perfect...
Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany
History & The Arts

Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany

...the Armistice, convinced that it was the only way to stop the war and prevent further suffering in Germany. He paid for this conviction with his life. __________________ 1 Matthias Erzberger, Erlebnisse im Weltkrieg, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, Berlin 1920, p.329. 2 Ibid, p.339. 3 https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2017/kw12-de-wels-erzberger/499218...
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...de-individuation can lead to a Black officer thinking themselves ‘Blue’ first and not Black which is how communities regard them. A more diverse police force, although a step in the right direction to distilling it, is not the answer to institutional whiteness and systemic racism. Watch a related presentation given as part of Black History Month 2021: [Unknown title]...
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...de ‘ElMundo’: Un diario de clase de Mario Lodiy sus alumnos. M. Vassallo, trans. Barcelona: Editorial Laia. (Original work published in 1980 as Un giornalino di classe (a classroom newspaper), Roma Bari, Guis, Laterza and Figli Spa.) Williams, R. (1984) Keywords. A vocabulary of culture and society, London, Fontana. Zuckerman, H. (1997) Scientific Elite: Nobel...
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