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The UK geography of the E-Society: a national classification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
It is simplistic to think of the impacts of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in terms of a single, or even small number of, 'digital divides'. As developments in what has been termed the ?e-society?
Li, C, Longley, PA, Webber, R
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Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Scotland's volatile political and electoral geography [PDF]

open access: yesScottish Geographical Journal, 2018
This issue features three thought-provoking and insightful essays on Scottish politics. Two of them are by world-leading political geographers, John Agnew and Ron Johnston (and his research team).
Clayton, Daniel W., Warren, Charles R.
openaire   +2 more sources

Contested Ruralities: Housing in the Irish Countryside [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
End of project reportThe purpose of the study is to examine housing in the Irish countryside. Housing in the countryside has become an increasingly contested issue in Ireland due to processes of rural change.
Keaveney, Karen
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‘Literal torture’: Vulnerability, resilience and young people's experiences of pressure in physical education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper combines vulnerability and resilience theory to explore the pressure young people experience in Physical Education (PE) and sport at secondary school. The theoretical framework was used to understand both how young people experience PE in school and how vulnerability and resilience function interdependently in social contexts like ...
David Littlefair, Michael Jopling
wiley   +1 more source

Poland Divided: Spatial Differences in the June 2003 EU Accession Referendum. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, Vol. 4 No. 1, January 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
(From the introduction). Thus, our purpose here is to describe and analyze geographical patterns within Poland of approval, disapproval, and abstention from this crucial vote on joining the EU, and to link those outcomes to the social and economic ...
Chodakiewicz, Marek Jan., Clem, Ralph S.
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‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

California's Political Geography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Based on PPIC Statewide Survey data, outlines regional variations in party representation in the U.S. Congress and the state legislature, residents' party affiliation, and ideology on social and fiscal issues.
Daniel Krimm, Eric McGhee
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Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper quantifies the corpus of forenames and surnames in Spain in 2004 using the telephone directory. It describes their frequency patterns, major measurable characteristics, and gives some geographical distributions, international comparisons, and ...
Mateos, P, Tucker, DK
core   +1 more source

Measuring relative opinion from location-based social media: A case study of the 2016 U.S. presidential election [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Social media has become an emerging alternative to opinion polls for public opinion collection, while it is still posing many challenges as a passive data source, such as structurelessness, quantifiability, and representativeness.
Cai, Tengteng   +4 more
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