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Student-produced podcasts as an assessment tool: an example from Geomorphology [PDF]

, 2011
The emergence of user-friendly technologies has made podcasting an accessible learning tool in undergraduate teaching. In a geomorphology course, student-produced podcasts were used as part of the assessment in 2008-2010. Student groups constructed radio
Kemp, Justine, Kotter, Richard, Mellor, Antony, Oesthoek, Jan   +3 more
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Validity of the Medication Safety Self‐Assessment for Long‐Term Care tool in Australian long‐term care: a RAND appropriateness method study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims The validity of using the Canadian Medication Safety Self‐Assessment for Long‐Term Care (MSSA‐LTC) tool in the international context is unknown. This study aims to determine the face and content validity of the Canadian MSSA‐LTC tool for assessing medication safety‐related processes in the Australian long‐term care (LTC) setting.
Ramesh Sharma Poudel, Sabrina J. M. Burer, Kylie A. Williams, Lisa G. Pont   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The education experiences of young people experiencing child criminal and sexual exploitation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School exclusion forms part of the processes that can increase young people's risk of offending and involvement in exploitation and harm. However, little is known about the education experiences of young people impacted by harm, such as child sexual and criminal exploitation.
Jenny Lloyd
wiley   +1 more source

Creation of regions for dialect features using a cellular automaton [PDF]

, 2016
An issue in dialect research has been how to make generalizations from survey data about where some dialect feature might be found. Pre-computational methods included drawing isoglosses or using shadings to indicate areas where an analyst expected a ...
Juuso, Ilkka, Kretzschmar Jr., William A.   +1 more
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Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses examples from Australia and England to explore subject English with regard to the multiple metaphors inherent in the terms ‘settling’ and ‘unsettling’. In doing so we are concerned with imagining a future for a subject English curriculum which dislodges it from its imperial, colonial roots. In the first instance, we outline the
Victoria Elliott, Larissa McLean Davies
wiley   +1 more source

Does school matter for children's cognitive and non‐cognitive learning? Findings from a natural experiment in Pakistan and India

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper reports on the findings of a natural experiment based on a sample of 1123 children aged 4–8 from the provinces of Punjab in Pakistan, and Gujarat in India. It looks at the impact of attendance (or not) in early schooling on the cognitive and social–emotional development of young children.
Nadia Siddiqui, Stephen Gorard, Smruti Bulsari, Beng See, Pauline Dixon, Saba Saeed, Hamza Safaraz, Kiran Pandya   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The five‐year itch: Motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Teacher retention in England continues to be in a state of decline, with early career teachers (ECTs) most at risk of leaving the profession. High attrition rates create an unstable and unsustainable workforce, which negatively affects the educational development of young people. The purpose of this paper was to explore the career‐related push
Thomas Procter‐Legg, Rebecca J. S. Snell, Robert M. Klassen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feature Review of Matthew Bannister (1999) Positively George Street: A personal history of Sneaky Feelings and the Dunedin Sound, Auckland: Reed [PDF]

, 2001
Feature review of the book: Matthew Bannister (1999) Positively George Street: A personal history of Sneaky Feelings and the Dunedin Sound, Auckland ...
McCleay, Colin
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Rigour in interpretive qualitative research in education: Ideas to think with

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There has been a proliferation of qualitative approaches to researching education. While this has resulted in the construction of a rich tapestry of knowledge about education, it has also resulted in disparate research ideas, processes and practices, and created tensions relating to what constitutes rigorous qualitative research in education ...
Anthony J. Maher
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Sustainability and Business Profitability: Profiling Winners and Losers With Machine Learning

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We utilize a rich dataset of manufacturing firms to investigate the heterogeneous effects of ISO 14001 on the financial performance of certified firms. We employ machine learning techniques, specifically causal tree and causal forest, to uncover these effects. Our findings reveal consistently positive average effects of ISO 14001 certification
Xiaoliu Xu, Abdoul G. Sam
wiley   +1 more source