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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Training and Union wages [PDF]

, 2009
This paper investigates whether unions, through imposing wage floors that lead to wage compression, increase on-the-job training. Our analysis focuses on Germany.
Beckmann Michael, Bispinck Reinhard, Böheim Rene, Christian Dustmann, Kölling Arndt, Medoff James L, Stevens Margaret, Uta Schönberg   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of a preprescribing formative assessment on learning in final‐year medical students using hospital inpatient electronic prescribing systems

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Graduating medical students consistently report being unprepared for the complexity of prescribing in clinical practice. Current clinical prescribing teaching and authentic assessment are limited due to patient safety concerns. We aimed to examine the educational utility of supervised preprescribing as a learning process and potential authentic ...
Kellie A. Charles, Lorna Pairman, Emily Moon, Daniel Wong, John Quayle, Tim J. Wilkinson, Matthew Doogue, Paul Chin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attempting Institutional Change: Swedish Apprenticeship, 1890–1917

Nordic Journal of Educational History, 2016
Sweden never got an apprentice law after apprenticeship was de-regulated in 1864. This has been attributed to unified opposition to legislation from industry employers and trade unions, with the craft employers as the only advocates.
Sandra Hellstrand
doaj   +1 more source

Does tertiary vocational education beat academic education? A matching analysis of young men’s earnings developments

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020
This paper shows that young men who completed an apprenticeship education plus a tertiary vocational education have considerably higher earnings during the first half of their career than those who obtained an academic education in addition to their ...
Veronika Lukesch, Thomas Zwick
doaj   +1 more source

Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall, Ed Podesta, Aimee Quickfall, Megan Stephenson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Traditional Apprenticeship Principles Can Teach Us about Active Learning [PDF]

Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2020
Active learning has recently become a popular pedagogical tool, however, its antecedents stretch back to antiquity. While any non-lecture activity will positively affect student attention spans [1], mere activity alone is not sufficient to inspire ...
Steven Ehrlick
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Tacit Aspects of Science Pedagogy in Higher Education

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
In this article, we examine the concept of tacit knowledge and its implications for science education. We suggest that the history of scientific ideas and the personal nature of learning imply that higher education in scientific fields, wherein the ...
Ramakrishnan Sitaraman
doaj   +1 more source