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Feedback literacy for language teachers and learners
No full textFeedback has been an important topic in language education. The notion of feedback has evolved from static information transmission to a learner-centered, sense-making, and action-driven process, necessitating the emphasis on creating a learning ecology, or environment, where shared responsibilities between feedback receivers and feedback providers are emphasized. The concepts of student and teacher feedback literacies encapsulate characteristics that are conducive to such an effective and learning-oriented feedback process. This article traces the development of the concepts and related research, focusing specifically on Language Education
Identifying differences between those with suicidal ideation-with-action, compared to ideation alone, using a community representative sample
No full textBackgroundFew studies examine suicidal ideation in the general population and who might act on suicidal thoughts. It is important to understand ideators, the largest group on the suicidality continuum.ObjectivesThis study examines factors associated with suicidal ideation among community-dwelling individuals, and sociodemographic, health and help-seeking factors associated with ideation accompanied by planning or suicide attempt (‘ideation-with-action’) compared to ideation alone.MethodsUsing the 2002 and 2012 Canadian Community Health Surveys – Mental Health cycles (CCHS-MH), this cross-sectional cohort study examined 14,708 Ontarians 15 years and older who answered questions about suicidal ideation, and compared characteristics between non-ideators, ideators with a plan or previous attempt, and ideators alone, with chi-square tests and logistic regression.Results2.1% of CCHS respondents reported past-year ideation alone (n = 302) and another 0.5% reported ideation with plan or past-year suicide attempt (n = 76). The risk profile of ideators compared to non-ideators was similar to that of ideators-with-action compared to ideators-without-action: male, younger, unpartnered, less educated, have lower income, no job, have a mood and anxiety disorder, a substance use disorder and seek help for mental health problems. Most ideators (65%) do not seek help, and those with a plan or previous suicide attempt are more likely to do so.ConclusionIdeators differ in profile in terms of whether they have ideation only, have made a plan or had previous attempts. Risk factors differentiating ideators from non-ideators are the same factors that further differentiate ideators-with-action compared to those with only ideation, suggesting the existence of a suicidality continuum and opening up the opportunity for targeting common risk factors in prevention efforts
Structure–property relationships in disodium anthracene dicarboxylate for sodium-ion storage <i>via</i> 3D electron diffraction
No full textOrganic materials are increasingly commanding attention as a sustainable choice for charge storage in rechargeable batteries. To fully realise their promise, significantly more understanding is needed in terms of structure–property correlations. Here we report a highly conjugated molecule, disodium anthracene-9,10-carboxylate (Na2ADC), synthesised using rapid microwave-assisted heating and evaluated as an anode material in sodium-ion batteries. Detailed material characterisation is reported, including the crystal structure determined from three-dimensional electron diffraction (3D ED) studies, demonstrating the suitability and advantage of this method for the structural characterisation of organic electrode materials. This study highlights the role of molecular design and structural properties in facilitating the delivery of high-performing organic electrode materials
Location-based games for language learning:a scoping review
No full textLocation-based games for language learning is an emerging and innovative domain that has gained momentum over the past twenty years. Such games situate learning in real-world locations, incorporating interactive elements such as collaborative tasks and location-specific prompts, often supported by digital resources like augmented reality. This scoping review maps current research on location-based games for language learning, examining their role in language acquisition, key features of the games and how their effectiveness is assessed. Following PRISMA guidelines, we formulated research questions, identified relevant publications and analysed data from six databases, resulting in 19 included studies. Each study was coded for key characteristics such as data collection methods, intervention types and theoretical frameworks. Our findings show a variety of approaches to implementing location-based games in language learning. While some studies examine their effects on engagement and motivation, others explore language pragmatics and the co-construction of meaning in social interactions. However, inconsistencies in methodological approaches, participant numbers and theoretical underpinnings limit the comparability of findings. We recommend further studies grounded in robust theoretical frameworks across a variety of geographical locations, language learning settings and learner demographics to build on existing work and advance understanding of how location-based games can enhance language learning
Daily rhythm in DNA methylation and the effect of total sleep deprivation
No full textSummary Numerous hormones and genes exhibit diurnal 24-hr rhythms that can also be affected by sleep deprivation. Here we studied diurnal rhythms in DNA methylation under a 24-hr sleep/wake cycle and a subsequent 29?hr of continual wakefulness (1?night of sleep deprivation). Fifteen healthy men (19?35?years) spent 3?days/nights in a sleep laboratory: (1) adaptation; (2) baseline; (3) total sleep deprivation day/night. DNA methylation was analysed from peripheral blood leukocytes, collected every 3?hr for 45?hr (starting at 15:00?hours) during the baseline period and the total sleep deprivation period. Epigenome-wide DNA methylation variation was assessed with the Infinium MethylationEPIC v2.0 Beadchip kit. Rhythm analysis was performed separately for the baseline and the total sleep deprivation time-series data. Pairwise analysis between diurnal samples and sleep deprivation samples at the same timepoint was also carried out to detect differentially methylated positions related to sleep deprivation. Of all DNA methylation sites, 14% exhibited a diurnal rhythm in methylation on the baseline day/night that was altered by sleep deprivation. During sleep deprivation, the number of differentially methylated positions increased towards the end of the sleep deprivation period, with a dominating pattern of hypomethylation. Among differentially methylated positions, an enrichment of genes related to the FAS immune response pathway was detected. In conclusion, DNA methylation exhibits diurnal rhythmicity, and this time-of-day variation needs to be considered when studying DNA methylation as a biomarker in biomedical studies. In addition, the observed DNA methylation changes under wakefulness might serve as a mediator of sleep deprivation-related immune response alterations
Vietnamese preservice teachers’ agency in negotiating the tensions between aspired and experienced identities
No full textThis chapter examines three Vietnamese preservice teachers’ agency in negotiating identity tensions while learning to become teachers of English. Drawing on data from narrative frames and individual interviews, the qualitative case study reveals that while Anna directed her agency towards finding a balance between implementing a relaxing teaching approach and meeting curricular demands, Hailey exercised her agency in bridging the gaps between her personal qualities as a stiff person and her professional self as a teacher with a sense of humour, and Tina in further developing her language and pedagogical knowledge. They exercised their agency through, for example, investing in language learning, drawing on past experiences, increasing teaching experience, and engaging in further learning. The chapter ends by suggesting the ways in which support can be provided and teacher agency can be fostered through teacher education to bridge the gaps between preservice teachers’ aspired and experienced identities
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No full textThe people in modern political thought:an outline history
No full textThe people is a significant presence in the political thought of the modern era. Popular sovereignty is a key concept of modern political thinking. Yet the people itself, the possessor of that sovereignty, is given little attention in the history of modern political thought. This article sketches an outline history of how modern political thought has answered the question of how it is possible to conceive of the population of a nation as united into being a single corporate entity, such that the fact that a population comprises many individuals with many different preferences and points of view is no obstacle to describing it as having a single will and a capacity for single action. Hobbes is the point of departure, and the first half of the article describes responses to Hobbes on the part of, among others, Pufendorf, Locke, and Rousseau. It then turns to the conceptualisation of the revolutionary period and its aftermath, focusing in particular on liberalism’s failure to develop a proper theory of the people. The article ends with Schmitt’s critique of this failure, and with early twentieth-century liberalism’s move to dispense with the people altogether
