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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adult Play and Playfulness: A Qualitative Exploration of its Meanings and Importance

Journal of Play in Adulthood, 2023
Understanding how individuals flourish is critical to understanding adaptation to daily life stressors or the stress of major global and historical life events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christopher Clifford, Jeanne Cadwallader, Kathy Lubbers, Leslie D. Frazier, Qiyang Lin   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Playful Academic An editorial

The Journal of Play in Adulthood, 2021
An editorial for the Special Issue, "The Playful Academic".
Nørgård, Rikke Toft; id_orcid 0000-0003-0481-6683, Moseley, Alex   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

What is a curriculum for life? Using youth participatory action research and applied arts to understand and amplify undergraduate students', children's and young people's mental health and wellbeing recommendations for education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
wiley   +1 more source

Bricks, knots, and bodies: Material encounters and the affective making of masculinity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines how creative research methods do not just capture boys' experiences of masculinity, but actively materialise them. Drawing on two arts‐based activities used in school‐based fieldwork (a mannequin‐based exercise with one participant and a Lego‐building workshop with a small peer group), the paper analyses how materials ...
Huw Berry‐Downs
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Python Training Gap for Bioscientists in Brazil: Improvements and Challenges

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid evolution of high‐throughput technologies in biosciences generates vast and diverse datasets, demanding that bioscientists develop advanced data manipulation and analysis skills. Python, with its versatility and powerful libraries, has become a crucial tool for managing these datasets.
Gustavo Schiavone Crestana, Ubiratan da Silva Batista, Michelli Inácio Gonçalves Funnicelli, Larissa Graciano Braga, Luíza Zuvanov, Rodolfo Bizarria Jr., Raissa Melo de Sousa, Pedro Henrique Narciso Ferreira, Flavia Vischi Winck, Gabriel Rodrigues Alves Margarido, Alessandro de Mello Varani, Diego Mauricio Riaño‐Pachón, Renato Augusto Corrêa dos Santos   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal empathy reconsidered: a multidimensional profile account

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Empathy is the glue that holds societies together and yet several fundamental questions about empathy persist. What is empathy (the definitional question)? Is it uniquely human and, if not, which nonhuman animals possess empathy (the distribution question)? Which type or quality of empathy is realized in different species (the quality question)
Albert Newen, Maja Griem, Ludwig Huber, Thomas Bugnyar, Aaron Blaisdell, Simone Pika   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Media Influencers in Firm‐Based Marketing Campaign Phases—A Content Analysis and Future Research Agenda

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the different phases of social media influencers in firm‐based marketing campaigns using a content analysis. The authors categorized the existing studies into twenty (20) major themes of social media influencers in consumer engagement by considering the analytical framework of Maciel and Fischer ...
Prakash Singh, Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena, Park Thaichon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Playfulness in the Workplace: A Systematic Literature Review

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
The purpose of the study was to synthesize the current knowledge about playfulness in the workplace. It explores antecedents, manifestations, and implications of playfulness across individual, team, and organizational levels, grounded in positive ...
Anna-Kaisa Jarkko, Marjaana Kangas, Katriina Heljakka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The teaching of Mathematics in the Final Years and playfulness: what do teachers and students think?

Educação Matemática Debate, 2020
The present study is an excerpt from an investigation that aimed to understand the presence of playfulness and its repercussions in the process of construction of mathematical knowledge.
Américo Junior Nunes da Silva, Ilvanete dos Santos de Souza, Idelma Souza da Cruz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source