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Searching for a "pedagogy of hope": teacher education and the social sciences
Perspectives in Education, 2017 I analyse module outlines within a particular school of social sciences located in a faculty of education, and uncover the evolving systems of teaching social sciences in a teacher education curriculum.
Michael Samuel
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Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2019 The main contention of this essay is that sciences can be seen as belonging to two broad categories: a) demonstrative; b) interpretative. Demonstrative, or «tough», sciences are «natural» sciences; interpretative sciences are philosophy, history, all the
Franco Ferrarotti
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Initiatives, public trust, and citizen engagement during crises: A comparative analysis across Baltic states [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2023 The purpose of this study is to investigate the interplay between government initiatives, public trust in government, and citizen engagement within the context of two distinct crisis scenarios: a global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Rasa Smaliukienė +2 more
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Simulating Public Administration Crisis: A Novel Generative Agent-Based Simulation System to Lower Technology Barriers in Social Science Research [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This article proposes a social simulation paradigm based on the GPT-3.5 large language model. It involves constructing Generative Agents that emulate human cognition, memory, and decision-making frameworks, along with establishing a virtual social system capable of stable operation and an insertion mechanism for standardized public events.
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BJGP OpenBackground: Debate surrounding the organisation and sustainability of primary care in England highlights the desirability of a more integrated approach to patient care across all settings.
Catherine Saunders +3 more
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How to foster innovation in the social sciences? Qualitative evidence from focus group workshops at Oxford University [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This report addresses challenges and opportunities for innovation in the social sciences at the University of Oxford. It summarises findings from two focus group workshops with innovation experts from the University ecosystem. Experts included successful social science entrepreneurs and professional service staff from the University.
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A cultural ecosystem service perspective on the interactions between humans and soils in gardens
People and Nature, 2021 Gardens are culturally shaped environments in which natural processes can be experienced. Thus, they offer insights into the relation people have with these processes and the biophysical domain.
Sandra Teuber
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Social media emotion macroscopes reflect emotional experiences in society at large [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Social media generate data on human behaviour at large scales and over long periods of time, posing a complementary approach to traditional methods in the social sciences. Millions of texts from social media can be processed with computational methods to study emotions over time and across regions.
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Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Language, 2021 It can be said that there are two different factors that determine social behavior. One of them is motor movements, that is, hand and mimic movements, while the other one is language.
Seyat Polat
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What have the social sciences ever done for equity in health policy and health systems?
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018 Background The social sciences can be defined as the scientific study of human society and social relationships. Main text A number of underpinning disciplines within the social sciences, notably sociology, social psychology and anthropology, as well as ...
Trisha Greenhalgh
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