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MF2334 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Paul D. Ohlenbush, James W.
Kunkel, James W.   +2 more
core  

Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribed Heather Burning on Peatlands: A Review of Ten Key Claims Made About Heather Management Impacts and Implications for Future UK Policy

open access: yesMires and Peat
In a previous _Mires and Peat_ article, Bacon _et al._ (2017) questioned ten common assumptions frequently made about peatlands “_in the academic literature, practitioner reports and the popular media which are either ambiguous or in some cases ...
Andreas Heinemeyer   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘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

Predicting Post-Fire Change in West Virginia, USA from Remotely-Sensed Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Prescribed burning is used in West Virginia, USA to return the important disturbance process of fire to oak and oak-pine forests. Species composition and structure are often the main goals for re-establishing fire with less emphasis on fuel reduction or
Maxwell, Aaron E.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of climate change on land management and wildland fire smoke in the Southeastern United States

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters
Although prescribed fire is frequently used in the Southeastern United States, land managers in the region and across the country plan to expand burning to mitigate wildfire and achieve other ecological goals.
Megan M Johnson   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL WILDFIRE INTERVENTION REGIMES [PDF]

open access: yes
Wildfires in the United States result in total damages and costs that are likely to exceed billions of dollars annually. Land managers and policy makers propose higher rates of prescribed burning and other kinds of vegetation management to reduce amounts
Abt, Karen L.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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