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The aesthetic zone of interaction. How are aesthetic design qualities experienced? [PDF]

, 2005
The aim of the present position paper is to raise issues concerning aesthetic experience in relation to an ongoing work of designing an artefact encouraging video reporting of personal experiences.
Katzeff, Cecilia, Ware, Vanessa
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The ugly in fine arts. The sensory nature of terror in the tales of the Brothers Grimm [PDF]

, 2017
The author, inspired by philosophical aesthetic reflection, presents one of the aesthetic qualities: ugliness. Based on the assumption that “Grimms’ Fairy Tales” directly reach the realm of the unconscious, utilising towards that end not only symbolic ...
Szwajkowska, Anita
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Exploring personality traits and mental toughness in early career teachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While some teachers thrive, in similar circumstances other teachers encounter considerable difficulties. This is particularly concerning in England, where high numbers of teachers with five or fewer years' experience leave the profession to take another job outside of teaching, and pupil numbers are outpacing teacher numbers (Bryan & Price ...
Joanne E. Taberner, Sarah MacQuarrie
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System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
wiley   +1 more source

Moderate moralism: the aesthetic virtue and defect in Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters of War’ and ‘Neighbourhood Bully’ [PDF]

, 2017
No one can argue against the fact that the first thing that will keep the reader wanting to complete reading or to reread a literary text is the aesthetic experience that the work affords.
Alotaibi, Sumaya Monaif
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Form flows function: Learner‐centered game Re‐design in a STEM classroom

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Re‐designing games facilitates interest‐driven learning and immerses learners in systems thinking. However, there are limited studies exploring how the form and function of tabletop games influence learners' design decisions and learning experiences. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed‐methods study in a STEM classroom in western Canada.
Farzan Baradaran Rahimi, Beaumie Kim, Shima Dadkhahfard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Gap Between Aesthetic Science and Aesthetic Experience [PDF]

, 2017
For over a century we have attempted to understand human aesthetic experience using scientific methods. A typical experiment could be described as reductive and quasi-psychophysical.
Makin, ADJ
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Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Writing as life performed [PDF]

, 2014
In this chapter I explore the interrelatedness of practice, rehearsal, and performance and their applicability in the domain of “life.” These relationships are complicated when, in reference to Adorno’s Minima Moralia, the content of critical-essayistic ...
Parker Dixon, Martin J.C.
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‘It is not a topic that should be assessed by a test’: Understanding teachers' assessment literacy in the teaching of ‘difficult histories’ such as the Holocaust

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores how history teachers in secondary education in England (a) see their role as assessors and (b) how they make decisions about assessing a difficult history: learning about the Holocaust. Assessment literacy (AL) is recognised as a potentially valuable aspect of good teaching and central to supporting students' learning ...
Mary Richardson, Rebecca Hale, Tom Haward, Kwaku Adjepong   +3 more
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