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Making Room for Women in our Tools for Teaching Logic: A Proposal for Promoting Gender-Inclusiveness

open access: yes, 2015
Logic is one of the most male-dominated areas within the already hugely male-dominated subject of philosophy. Popular hypotheses for this disparity include a preponderance of confident, mathematically-minded male students in the classroom, the historical
Janssen-Lauret, Frederique
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Gender and participation in mathematics and further mathematics A-levels: a literature review for the Further Mathematics Support Programme [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In preparing this report I have considered evidence from over 60 documents that relate to raising girls’ participation in mathematics. These include published research papers and reports compiled by expert bodies that present an evidence base. Although
Smith, Cathy
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The Contribution of Experiential Learning and Sensemaking to the Development of Dynamic Capabilities in Contexts of Planned Organizational Change: A Multiple Case Study in Brazilian Companies

open access: yesKnowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how the interaction between experiential learning and sensemaking helps organizations develop dynamic capabilities essential for maintaining a competitive advantage during turbulent planned changes. It clarifies the microprocesses through which leaders and teams sense, seize, and transform opportunities in emerging market
Adriana Locatelli Bertolini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affirmative action and stereotype threat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In spite of the apparent success of affirmative action (AA) in the past, many oppose such policies. Opponents argue that the cost of attaining proportional representation by preferential policies is too high, reducing the quality of selected groups and ...
Bracha, Anat   +2 more
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Dual Pathways of Loneliness in the Marketplace: Emotional Attachment, Empowerment, and Evaluations of Brand Warmth and Brand Competence

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Loneliness shapes consumer behavior, yet whether it increases preference for warm or competent brands remains unresolved. We argue that this question cannot be answered without distinguishing who is perceived to be lonely. Individual loneliness, which is a person's subjective experience of social disconnection, activates agency‐restoration ...
Aulona Ulqinaku   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilizing the Strengths of Our Cultures: Therapy with Biracial Women and Girls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Historically, psychology has operated from a pathology-based perspective. In the last several years, however, efforts have been made to balance this view with an acknowledgement of individual strengths and assets.
Edwards, Lisa   +1 more
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Some love them, others hate them: Understanding farmers' tree planting decisions in Scotland

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as a sustainable agricultural land use system with potential to sequester carbon, create and repair habitats, enhance biodiversity and offer environmental and socio‐economic benefits, including improved agricultural productivity.
Albert Mvula, Katrin Prager, Josie Geris
wiley   +1 more source

‘Manure gets into your veins’: Navigating plural valuation among rural landowners upstream from a Tribe‐led restoration project

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration projects with diverse interest groups face the continual challenge of engaging values, goals and cultures that may vary greatly among partners. As part of an eco‐cultural, riparian restoration project led by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, our research examines the instrumental, relational and intrinsic ...
Sarah Woodbury   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring perceptions of Italian urban wildlife on TikTok

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In Western cities, some animals are valued for their beauty, rarity or usefulness, while others are dismissed as unwelcome. This distinction reflects the cultural meanings attached to each species and frequently conflicts with ecological priorities.
Gabriele Colombo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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