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Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Psychometric Properties of a Tool to Assess the Talents of Children with Special Needs in Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research
Background: This study aims to explore the psychometric properties of a tool designed to assess and improve the identification of talents in children with special needs in Indonesia.
Subagya Subagya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Marine silicon for biomedical sustainability

open access: yesBMEMat, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parallels Between Second Language Mastery and Musical Proficiency: Individual Differences in Auditory Phonological Pattern Recognition

open access: yesLanguages
Research has shown that language ability can vary enormously depending on variables such as musical ability, musical training, and second and/or foreign language experience.
Markus Christiner, Christine Groß
doaj   +1 more source

The art of non-verbal communication in perlocutionary giftedness

open access: yesLingBaW, 2019
Language aptitude and perlocutionary acts and effects have been subjects of extensive research since their true beginnings in the 1950’s and 1960’s, respectively.
Adam Świątek
doaj   +1 more source

Christian Insights into Plotinus' Metaphysics and his Concept of Aptitude (Ἐπιτηδειότης) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Modern scholarship on Late Antique philosophy seems to be more interested than ever before in examining in depth convergences and divergences between Platonism and Early Christian thought. Plotinus is a key gure in such an examination.
Pavlos, Panagiotis
core  

Organising for Circularity: An Empirical Analysis of Project Organising and the Development of Circular Economy Firm Capabilities

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms pursue the circular economy (CE) by using projects as organisational forms. However, the transformative role of project organising (PO) in developing circular firm capabilities (FC) remains underexplored. In this study, we examine the effects of PO on the development of critical circular FC in CE‐based firms. We draw on primary data from
Ambisisi Ambituuni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language aptitude: Desirable trait or acquirable attribute? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The traditional definition of language aptitude sees it as “an individual’s initial state of readiness and capacity for learning a foreign language, and probable facility in doing so given the presence of motivation and opportunity” (Carroll, 1981, p. 86)
Singleton, David
core   +3 more sources

Mesh sensitivity in discrete element simulation of flexible protection structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The Discrete Element Method (DEM) has been employed in recent years to simulate flexible protection structures undergoing dynamic loading due to its inherent aptitude for dealing with inertial effects and large deformations.
Castellanza, Riccardo   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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