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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley   +1 more source

Redefining social medicine from Latin America: Historical foundations and contemporary directions. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Ortega F, Abarca-Brown G.
europepmc   +1 more source

No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey, Lisa Russell, Ron Thompson, Jo Bishop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La fabrique de la violence : les pratiques de torture lors de l’opération Demetrius comme tournant du conflit nord-irlandais

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
This article analyses the mechanisms behind the surge of violence in the years 1971-1972 during the Northern Irish conflict. It shows how the choice to use internment and the authorisation to use five techniques that amount to torture in the context of ...
Louise Gerbier
doaj  

An Abrupt Mid-1970s Shift in UK Birth Seasonality and Its Implications for Chronobiological Studies. [PDF]

J Biol Rhythms
Hearn TJ, Whitmore D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Trends of the Obesity Epidemic in the United States. [PDF]

J Prev Med Public Health
Zhang Z, Zhang L, Payton M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Childbirth in Early Swedish Television: From Promotion to Criticism of the Welfare State. [PDF]

J Med Humanit
Björklund E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Marine silicon for biomedical sustainability

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustrating marine silicon for biomedical engineering. Abstract Despite momentous divergence from oceanic origin, human beings and marine organisms exhibit elemental homology through silicon utilization. Notably, silicon serves as a critical constituent in multiple biomedical processes.
Yahui Han, Zhibo Yang, Wei Xia, Chengtie Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source