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In Praise of Illusions: Giacomo Leopardi‘s Ultraphilosophy

open access: yesNordicum-Mediterraneum, 2010
Judging from his most prominent works, the Italian poet and writer Giacomo Leopardi (1898-1937) may seem to have been a rather isolated proponent of classical thinking in his backward Recanati during Europe‘s powerful thrust to modernity.
Geir Sigurðsson   +2 more
doaj  

Geometrical illusions are not always where you think they are

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Geometrical illusions are known through a small core of classical illusions that were discovered in the second half of the 19th century. Most experimental studies and most theoretical discussions revolve around this core of illusions, as though all other
Jacques eNinio
doaj   +1 more source

Fostering medication review competence of pharmacy students: An assessment by students and their preceptors after advanced‐level practical internship

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims The aim of this study was to introduce a new assessment method for pharmacy students' real‐life competence in reviewing medications after obligatory advanced‐level practical internship in Finland. Methods The new medication review (MR) competence assessment method consisted of (1) a self‐assessment by pharmacy students and (2) a performance ...
Katja Leiman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

After the Prestige: A Postmodern Analysis of Penn and Teller [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
By mocking the magic community and revealing the secret behind some of their tricks, Penn and Teller perform a kind of parodic and post-modern “anti-magic.” Penn and Teller display an artful use of rhetoric; in exposing the secrets and shortcomings of ...
Miller, Liz, Zompetti, Joseph P.
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Composers Forum presents Works by Student Composers, March 27, 1984 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
This is the concert program of the Composers Forum presents Works by Student Composers performance on Tuesday, March 27, 1984 at 12:30 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue.
School of Music, Boston University
core   +1 more source

Turbine Blade Illusion [PDF]

open access: yesi-Perception, 2017
In January 2017, a large wind turbine blade was installed temporarily in a city square as a public artwork. At first sight, media photographs of the installation appeared to be fakes – the blade looks like it could not really be part of the scene.
George Mather, Robert Lee
openaire   +4 more sources

Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract All children should have access to quality education through a child‐centred pedagogy. An inclusive, child‐centred pedagogy uses a strength‐based view of children that recognises each child as unique and competent, providing children with multiple opportunities to explore and learn at their own pace.
Katherine Gulliver
wiley   +1 more source

In Defence of Modest Doxasticism About Delusions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Here I reply to the main points raised by the commentators on the arguments put forward in my Delusions and Other Irrational Beliefs (OUP, 2009). My response is aimed at defending a modest doxastic account of clinical delusions, and is articulated in ...
C Cherniak   +21 more
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Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Using phenomenology, narrative inquiry and autoethnographic approaches, this study analyses a program of faculty development conducted alongside the delivery of an international field school. Through this study, we explore the value and benefits of inter‐cultural field programming and how these might serve to complement or to redress ...
David Zandvliet, Wiske Rotinsulu
wiley   +1 more source

‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
wiley   +1 more source

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