An Outline of a Theory of Play
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
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Designing their Own Story: A Meta-Ethnography of Health Promotion Among Adolescents with Parental Substance Use Problems. [PDF]
Romedal S +4 more
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Queers Queering STEM: Reimagining Inclusive STEM Education
ABSTRACT Grounded in queer theory, this study explores the intersections of queerness and STEM trajectories through the lived experiences of three queer adults with postgraduate degrees in STEM and contributes their insights for queering STEM education.
Nelly K. M. Marosi +2 more
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The body in language, the language beyond the body: embrainment and graded embodiment in the evolution and use of language. [PDF]
Arbib MA, Cuccio V.
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Abstract Considering applied linguistics as a problem‐centered discipline, we address an enduring challenge in the field: the need to ensure that research provides findings that can contribute to solving everyday challenges faced by language practitioners.
Hyun‐Bin Hwang, Matthew D. Coss
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USING METAPHOR ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND PERSONAL AND FAMILIAL EXPERIENCES WITH BEHAVIORAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA. [PDF]
May M +6 more
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It's Not You, It's the System: Women Professors in TESOL and the Persistence of Gender Bias
Abstract Although progress has been made with respect to the role and position of women in academia, overt and covert discrimination as well as structural and systemic bias persist. In this article, we report on research conducted with 14 women professors from 10 different countries to explore to what extent these issues affect women professors in ...
Sarah Mercer +3 more
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Developing public health risk messages about antibiotic resistance using metaphors: an international co-design and e-Delphi consensus study. [PDF]
Krockow EM +8 more
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35 Years of the Continua of Biliteracy: A discussion of what has been, what is, and what is to come
Abstract This issue of the Forum celebrates the 35th anniversary of the seminal publication on the continua of biliteracy (Hornberger, 1989). The issue has brought together scholars who each shed light on the continued need for such conceptual framing, illuminating ways in which “the hope for understanding biliteracy, as well as literacy and ...
Nancy H. Hornberger, Jamie L. Schissel
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The role of vocabulary concreteness in modulating embodied semantic representations in learners of Chinese as a foreign language. [PDF]
Cai Z, Wang L, Bu J, Fan N.
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