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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Context-dependent frequency alteration in a treefrog. [PDF]

Anim Cogn
Deng K, He QL, Wang TL, Wang JC, Cui JG.
europepmc   +1 more source

Academic misconduct appeal services in China: Platform logics, self‐platformization and implications for integrity education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Academic misconduct appeal services have quietly emerged within China's education marketplace, with commercial agencies promoting themselves on social media to assist international students facing misconduct hearings. While existing research on academic integrity has emphasized prevention and detection, far less attention has been paid to what
Gengyan Tang, Sarah Elaine Eaton, Wei Cai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Poison Dart Frog <i>Ameerega ingeri</i> (Anura: Dendrobatidae): external morphology, tadpoles, natural history, distribution, advertisement call, phylogenetic position and conservation. [PDF]

PeerJ
Diaz-Ricaurte JC, Navarro-Morales A, Malambo C, González-Ibarra JF, Garavito-David Y, Silva de Andrade F, Madrid-Ordoñez MA, Parra-Olarte MJ, Ruiz-Valderrama DH, Murcia-Ordoñez B, Varago A, Santana DJ.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Conceptual metaphors in green advertising

Metaphors are all around us and they shape the way we perceive the world with our senses. Lakoff and Johnson argued that our mind and way of thinking are metaphorical. Following this theory and the approach of cognitive linguistics, the aim of this thesis will be to present how conceptual metaphors can be used in advertising. Advertisements can combine
openaire   +1 more source

‘It is not a topic that should be assessed by a test’: Understanding teachers' assessment literacy in the teaching of ‘difficult histories’ such as the Holocaust

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores how history teachers in secondary education in England (a) see their role as assessors and (b) how they make decisions about assessing a difficult history: learning about the Holocaust. Assessment literacy (AL) is recognised as a potentially valuable aspect of good teaching and central to supporting students' learning ...
Mary Richardson, Rebecca Hale, Tom Haward, Kwaku Adjepong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug advertisements in daily newspapers: a case study with the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (Hannover General Newspaper). [PDF]

Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
Wafai G, Seifert R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Growth mindset is positively associated with mathematics attainment in Scotland—But socioeconomic status plays a greater role

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is currently a gap in knowledge around pupils' growth mindset (GM) and attainment in Scotland, particularly in relation to Socioeconomic Status (SES). This study offers insights on the relevance of growth mindset in Scotland for attainment in mathematics by drawing on large‐scale data from the OECD's Programme for International Student ...
Catherine Reid, Ellen Boeren
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Serra do Quiriri, northeastern Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, with a review of the diagnosis among species of the B. pernix group and proposed conservation measures. [PDF]

PLoS One
Bornschein MR, Pie MR, Nadaline J, Confetti AE, Blackburn DC, Stanley EL, Mari RB, Alves GS, Sandretti-Silva G, Lima FFA, Ribeiro LF.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source