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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The "Ecology of Pressures" in the Shift of an Indigenous Language to Spanish. The Presentation of a Model

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2006
Mexico represents a multilingual context in which certain pressures bring about a language shift among speakers of indigenous languages (IL) to speak Spanish. This occurs when the balance of "linguistic ecology" is disturbed (MÜHLHÄUSLER 1996).
Roland Terborg
doaj  

Ecology and the Common Good: Sustainability and Catholic Social Teaching [PDF]

, 2007
In recent years official Roman Catholic documents have addressed the ecological crisis from the perspective of Catholic social teaching. This expansion of Catholic social thought addresses the social and ecological question.
Butkus, Russell, Kolmes, Steven
core   +1 more source

Supported Decision‐Making Rights in Behaviour Support Policies

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability policy emphasises that people with disability have the right to exercise their will and preferences in their lives, and decision‐making support must be provided to realise this right if they request. One context in which people's will and preferences are often restricted is behaviour support.
Sally Robinson, Karen R. Fisher, Julian Laurens, Alinka Fisher, Sabrina Forte, Katrina Reschke, Rosemary Kayess   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of dyslexia and quantitative reading skill improves gene discovery

Translational Psychiatry
The ability to read is an important life skill and a major route to education. Dyslexia, characterized by difficulties with accurate/ fluent word reading, and poor spelling is influenced by genetic variation, with a twin study heritability estimate of 0 ...
Hayley S. Mountford, Else Eising, Pierre Fontanillas, Adam Auton, 23andMe Research Team, Evan K. Irving-Pease, Catherine Doust, Timothy C. Bates, Nicholas G. Martin, Simon E. Fisher, Michelle Luciano   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploration of Language Ecological Niche [PDF]

Proceedings of the 2018 International Seminar on Education Research and Social Science (ISERSS 2018), 2018
Tongtao Zheng, Xiaoyan Zeng
openaire   +1 more source

Critical Collaborations: Indigeneity, Diaspora, and Ecology in Canadian Literary Studies edited by Smaro Kamboureli and Christl Verduyn [PDF]

, 2015
Chad Weidner reviews Critical Collaborations: Indigeneity, Diaspora, and Ecology in Canadian Literary Studies edited by Smaro Kamboureli and Christl ...
Weidner, Chad
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Technobiological Pathways for High‐CO₂ Capture Using Micro‐/Macroalgae: Genetic Engineering, Process Automation, and Value‐Added Bioproducts

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as one of the most critical drivers of climate change; this is primarily due to high concentrations and long atmospheric life of carbon dioxide (CO2). For a significant amount of time, various biological processes such as microalgal cultivation, cyanobacterial systems, photosynthetic microorganisms ...
Sadhana Semwal, Harish Chandra Joshi
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Buddhism in the Language Ecology and Vitality of Tai Phake in Assam (India) and Wutun in Qinghai (China)

Religions
This study examines the role of Buddhism in the vitality of local languages as an asset of indigenous traditions, focusing on two geographically disconnected minority language communities: Tai Phake in the state of Assam, India, and Wutun (Ngandehua) in ...
U-tain Wongsathit, Erika Sandman, Chingduang Yurayong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From the ecology of the human spirit to the development of the orchestral theory of communication: the inclusion of the medium-message axiom [PDF]

, 2011
The contributions of the biologist, anthropologist and communication theorist Gregory Bateson (1904- 1980) form the nucleus of the cross-disciplinary theoretical principles which led to the founding of the web of thought spun by Watzlawick, Weakland ...
Lopes, Maria da Conceição de Oliveira
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