Gerontology Theory Communicated in the Primary Grades through Picture Books [PDF]
Educational Objectives 1. To recognize children’s first literature as a means of socialization to aging and older people. 2. To identify children’s books that reflect basic principles of gerontology theory. 3.
Ansello, Edward F.
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Vocations as a source of identity: reciprocal relations between Big Five personality traits and RIASEC characteristics [PDF]
Although work is a core part of life, the direction of influence from personality to work has typically been conceived as only unidirectional. The present study aims to contribute to the literature by considering reciprocal relations between personality ...
De Fruyt, Filip, Wille, Bart
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance
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 +2 more
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Visual working memory (VWM) is one of the most investigated cognitive systems functioning as a hub between low- and high-level processes. Remarkably, its role in human cognitive architecture makes it a stage of crucial importance for the study of socio ...
Filippo Gambarota +2 more
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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Beyond the Literal Meaning of Words in Children with Klinefelter Syndrome: Two Case Studies
Literature on children with Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) points to general linguistic difficulties in both comprehension and production among other cognitive functions, and in the majority of cases, these coexist with an intellectual level within the norms.
Sergio Melogno +3 more
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Cultural Responsiveness, Racial Identity and Academic Success: A Review of Literature [PDF]
Commissioned by the Heinz Endowments, this paper reviews the literature on "culturally responsive pedagogy" and the arts. Academic success among African Americans is correlated with education that incorporates racial identity and socialization and a ...
George W. Noblit, Mary Stone Hanley
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
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
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Cognitive traits modulate the effects of images and familiarity on judgments of news accuracy
Recent research has shown that judgments of truth about news are influenced by the ease with which we process such information (i.e., processing fluency); for instance, familiarity with information increases perceived accuracy (i.e., illusory truth ...
Lorenzo Gagliardi +7 more
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Current and future directions in infant research: How can multiple measures help us learn more?
The complexity of early infancy poses relevant challenges for researchers aiming to understand developmental processes. While infants are active learners, their communication modalities remain limited and rudimentary during the first 2 years of life ...
Annamaria Porru +6 more
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