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Teacher agency, professional development and school improvement

, 2020
Highlighting the role of teachers in school change, this book explores the important related issues of professional identity, teacher self-efficacy, leadership and autonomy in the context of contested improvement agendas.
Durrant, J.
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Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
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Teacher agency in the dynamics of educational practices: a theory synthesis

Frontiers in Education
In this study, a theory synthesis was conducted from a sociocultural perspective to specify the situated processes involved in teacher agency development in the dynamics of educational practices.
Anita Emans, Helma Oolbekkink-Marchand, Cok Bakker, Cok Bakker, Elly De Bruijn   +4 more
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Safety and Tolerability of Givinostat: Evidence From Real‐World and Clinical Practice

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of our study was to establish the prevalence of adverse events in a real‐world setting in boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treated with givinostat as part of an Expanded Access Program (EAP) in Italy. Methods The cohort included 90 ambulant boys, with age when treatment started between 6 and 23 years (mean ...
Marika Pane, Anna Capasso, Chiara Arpaia, Adele D’Amico, Emilio Albamonte, Federica Trucco, Maria Sframeli, Riccardo Masson, Francesca Magri, Luca Bello, Romina Venditti, Claudia Dosi, Michela Catteruccia, Michele Tosi, Claudio Bruno, Sonia Messina, Giacomo Comi, Elena Pegoraro, Valeria A. Sansone, Eugenio Mercuri   +19 more
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Teacher identity, teacher agency and teaching competence in COVID-19 turn

, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressing need for teachers to develop competence in harnessing digital technologies for teaching and learning. This urgency was exacerbated at the start of the pandemic when remote teaching was non-negotiable. At
Tan, Lynde (R17979)
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Making sense of EFL teacher agency: Insights from an Iran case study [PDF]

Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2017
This investigation set out to look into the issue of teachers’ exercise of agency in the Iranian EFL context. More specifically, as part of a larger study, it reports on the ways two Iranian Ministry of Education teachers make sense of and operate in the
Rahman Sahragard, Alireza Rasti
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Neurochemical Endpoints to Inform Early‐Stage Trials of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2 and 3 in a Multisite Setting

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neurochemical levels measured by brain MR spectroscopy (MRS) have been proposed as endpoints for clinical trials in early‐stage spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) trials. We tested their trial‐readiness by quantifying neurochemicals in three affected brain regions in early‐stage cohorts of SCA2 and SCA3, examining their reproducibility in ...
James M. Joers, Yaqiao Wei, Dinesh K. Deelchand, Adam Berrington, Young Woo Park, Guita Banan, Michal Povazan, Jens T. Rosenberg, André J. W. van der Kouwe, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Khalaf O. Bushara, Chiadi U. Onyike, Sub H. Subramony, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Brian J. Soher, Peter B. Barker, Thomas H. Mareci, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Lynn E. Eberly, Gülin Öz   +19 more
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Impact of Age on the Diagnostic Yield of Routine EEG in People With Childhood or Juvenile Absence Epilepsy: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We aimed to identify the proportion of individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) or juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) who show a negative routine EEG (rEEG), and to determine the main factors associated with this finding.
Francesco Fortunato, Alessia Giugno, Miriam Sturniolo, Enrico Fratto, Pio Zoleo, Francesca Felicia Operto, Ilaria Sammarra, Antonio Gambardella   +7 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Male Participants in a Multicenter Longitudinal Australian Study Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin, Dylan Hansen, Laura Ross, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Susanna Proudman, Gabor Major, Maryam Tabesh, Mandana Nikpour, Jennifer Walker, Lauren Host, Nava Ferdowsi, Alannah Quinlivan, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar, Diane Apostolopoulos   +14 more
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Academic work and proletarianisation : a study of higher education-based teacher educators [PDF]

, 2014
This article reports on a one year, mixed methods study of 13 teacher educators at work in English and Scottish higher education institutions. Framed by cultural-historical activity theory, itself a development of a Marxian analysis of political economy,
McNicholl, Jane, Viv Ellis, Allan Blake, McNicholl, J, Jane McNicholl, Blake, Allan, Ellis, V, McNally, Jim, Ellis, Viv, Jim McNally, Blake, A, McNally, J, McNally, James   +12 more
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