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Flourishing through adventure learning: A (semi)cautionary tale

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies suggest that adventure learning can develop children's cognitive skills and promote social and emotional learning. However, evidence is needed as to whether the design of adventure learning—school‐based or external/residential—plays a role in that development/promotion, and whether learning gains are maintained.
Ben Willis, Sarah Reaney‐Wood
wiley   +1 more source

‘In a small school, it's just capacity all of the time’: Delivery and experiences of a national early career teacher development initiative across diverse school settings in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective early career support is associated with a variety of professional and personal benefits for teachers and their schools. However, research indicates that the contextual features of schools, such as their size and geographic location, influence the support that new teachers receive.
Ellen Turner, Alexandra Bates, David Aldridge, Roisin Ellison, Grace Healy, Jen Knowles, Katy Micklewright, Grace Stevens, Calum Davey   +8 more
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Out of Place and Out of Time. Queering the Polish Countryside in the Work of Adam Łucki

Er(r)go
The text discusses the work of the Polish artist Adam Łucki in the context of the “rural turn” in queer studies and visual arts. Referring to the notion of “metronormativity” and the American discourse of the “anti-idyll,” I examine how these concepts ...
Karolina Kolenda
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The epistemic ceiling: Veteran practitioners' perspectives on primary qualification entry standards for teaching secondary mathematics in Scotland

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents an exploratory analysis of contemporary curricular and professional qualification policies in the Scottish education system, focusing on minimum qualification thresholds for mathematics teaching. The study examines how veteran secondary mathematics practitioners perceive the structural and pedagogical implications of using ...
Paul Argyle McDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate‐Community Land Governance for Peace: A Governance Materiality Framework for CSR, ESG, and Sustainable Agribusiness

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), there is a gap. This paper aims to fill that gap by building on a previous empirical study. It introduces the Land Governance Materiality Framework (LGMF), which redefines land governance as a critical governance skill that impacts ESG performance ...
Ifedayo Grace Malachi, Reza Eslamipoor
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The Western European Countryside From An Eastern European Perspective: Case Of Migrant Workers In Norwegian Agriculture

European Countryside, 2014
Etter EU-utvidelsene i 2004 og 2007 flyttet mange øst-europeere til de vesteuropiske landene for å arbeide i de rurale primærnæringene. I artikkelen diskuterer jeg hvordan denne flyttestrømmen utfordrer sentrale perspektiver i den bygdesosiologiske ...
Rye Johan Fredrik
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Re-envisioning the Nation: Film Neorealism and the Postwar Italian Condition

ACME, 2007
Emerging out of the ashes of Fascism, Italian Neorealist films were inexorably tied to the social, political, and economic reorganization of the nation in the immediate postwar years. Coupled with the advent of new cinematic techniques that characterized
Brent J. Piepergerdes
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Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

“Hurry-hurry to Vermont!”: Joe Brainard’s Rural Refuge

Er(r)go
This article considers the many important functions of Joe Brainard’s summer retreat in rural Vermont: as a haven from city life, as an opportunity to spend time with his long-term partner Kenward Elmslie and their mutual artist friends and as a space ...
Wojciech Drąg
doaj   +1 more source

Governing Agriculture or Farmers? Problem Representations of Biodiversity and Farm Loss in Swedens Strategy for the Common Agricultural Policy

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European Union (EU) strategies for food supply address challenges of increasing, or at least maintaining, today's level of agricultural food production. At the same time, European farmland biodiversity continues to deteriorate despite considerable investments in measures to promote environmentally friendly farming practices.
Johanna Tangnäs, Tuija Hilding‐Rydevik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source