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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Categorization of symbolism in religious architecture; a case study of the Coptic Orthodox church architecture

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2020
In the discipline of architectural history and theory, it is of crucial importance to analyze buildings and building styles that came from the past, thus attempting to interpret the meanings projected by the architecture of these heritage buildings ...
Marianne Nabil Guirguis, Khaled M. Dewidar, Shaimaa M. Kamel, Maged F. Iscandar   +3 more
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Human disturbance impacts the integrity of sacred church forests, Ethiopia

PLoS ONE, 2019
Land-use change can have profound effects on forest communities, compromising seedling recruitment and growth, and long-term persistence of forests on the landscape.
C. Cardelús, Carrie L. Woods, Amare Bitew Mekonnen, Sonya Dexter, P. Scull, Berhanu Abraha Tsegay   +5 more
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian, Miri Yemini, Katarzyna Jasikowska   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tendencies in the development of modern sacral architecture on the example of the Archdiocese of Czestochowa

Production Engineering Archives, 2016
Trends in development of 1945-2015 sacral architecture in Poland are presented in the paper. The issue is analysed on the example of Czestochowa Archdiocese churches.
Aleksandra Repelewicz
doaj  

A pipeline crisis or a sustainability crisis? Local and national succession planning for headteachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recruiting and retaining school leaders is a challenge in many systems worldwide. Previous research has identified three distinct ways in which succession planning can be conceptualised and approached: a ‘pipeline’ approach seeks to match supply and demand for the posts that need filling; a ‘pool’ strategy involves proactively identifying and ...
Toby Greany, Pat Thomson, Tom Perry, Mike Collins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cults in Abruzzo’s small towns: S. Maria delle Grazie in Civitaretenga

In_Bo, 2017
The research aims to address, during the study days concerning the promotion and the future of religious buildings in the various local contexts, the cult of devotion in Abruzzo smaller towns, particularly in Civitaretenga. Navelli’s village, stands on a
Carlos Alberto Cacciavillani, Michele Severini, Simona Rinaldi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source