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The rise of informed consent and retreat from dependence upon unclaimed bodies in anatomy: An overview and assessment

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The development of anatomy has been marked by ethically questionable practices. This has been because the dissection of human bodies has always existed on the periphery of conventional society, necessitating a range of dubious ways of obtaining dead bodies for educational and research purposes.
David Gareth Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Using artificial intelligence thanabots as “thanatobots” to assist anatomy learning and professional development: Ghosts masquerading as opportunity?

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Thanabots—AI‐generated digital representations of deceased donors—could enhance anatomy education by linking medical history with anatomy and fostering humanistic engagement. However, their use poses ethical questions and carries psychological risks, including issues around consent, authenticity, and emotional harm.
Jon Cornwall, Sabine Hildebrandt
wiley   +1 more source

Literacy and numeracy skills and labour market outcomes in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes
Australian adults are above the OECD average in literacy but only average in numeracy, according to a staff paper released by the Productivity Commission.
Anthony Shomos, Matthew Forbes
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Breaking Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Examines the capacity of community colleges to enable low-income, low-literacy, low-skilled adults to acquire the skills and credentials necessary to succeed at work.

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“Am I being responsible?”: Navigating coming‐of‐age transitions through personal financial information management

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This research explored how young adults (ages 18–25) learn to use financial records and the roles financial records play in their experiences in coming to see themselves as financially mature social actors. The contribution of this paper is a revised model of transitions theory that includes personal information management (PIM) as an ...
Robert Douglas Ferguson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Collaborative Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background An expectation of baccalaureate nursing education is to prepare nurses to implement evidenced-based practice (EBP). This expectation extends far beyond a basic understanding of the research process.
Whalen, Kimberly J, Zentz, Suzanne E
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How multilingual is scholarly communication? Mapping the global distribution of languages in publications and citations

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Language is a major source of systemic inequities in science, particularly among scholars whose first language is not English. Studies have examined scientists' linguistic practices in specific contexts; few, however, have provided a global analysis of multilingualism in science. Using two major bibliometric databases (OpenAlex and Dimensions),
Carolina Pradier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Literacy Environment and Children’s Literacy Skills in Grade 2

open access: yesPsichologija
We investigated the extent to which different aspects of home literacy environment (HLE) relate to literacy skills among Grade 2 students in Lithuania. The participants were Lithuanian second-graders (n = 522; 48% girls; Mage = 8.29 years, SD = .32) and their parents (88.3% mothers).
Šilinskas, Gintautas   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A companion report to Carnegie's Time to Act, focuses on the specific skills and literacy support needed for reading in academic subject areas in higher grades.
Anika Spratley, Carol D. Lee
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