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DESIGNING A CURRICULUM FOR CREATIVITY
Get PDFThe author argues that a curriculum rich in creativity enables all individuals, artistically inclined or not, to engage with the creative process. For human beings, creative processes are, and have been, integral to our evolution, progress and future. The richness that a creative process can give any aspect of our lives is invaluable, and it is this capital that will have significant impact on our futures. Creativity is a cross-disciplinary skill and should be found in all areas of the primary curriculum.It is suggested that a curriculum that lacks creativity at its heart, including not only the content but the teacher-driven pedagogy and supportive, creative leadership, will not prepare young people for what lies ahead. As the Durham Commission (2019) states, the application of creative thought is necessary to thrive in a range of jobs and we are currently failing to demonstrate to students how knowledge can be used in creative ways and be a driver for change
SOCIAL MOBILITY
Get PDFThe article places the issue of Social Mobility at the heart of the debate about education. The suggestion is made that most people want is a decent income and good health and that people do not necessarily aspire to be better than their parents.There is the declaration that half the population will always have below-average academic ability and school exam results. In order to overcome the divisions in society revealed by recent political events, all need to feel valued. The argument is advanced that there is need to get back to a more balanced appreciation of those who perform essential jobs, albeit jobs of the hand or heart rather than academic intellect. There is a need, so Lenon suggests, to stop talking about social mobility as simply a way of ‘rescuing’ people from working-class backgrounds and place more emphasis on valuing the full range of worthwhile occupations. Arguments about social mobility are too often based on exam results or incomes, not the value to society of different occupations.It is argued that there is a distortion in the way that social mobility is presented and that by many measures social mobility in the UK is better than most commentators have suggested. The upward mobility of women and almost all ethnic groups since 1970 has been remarkable. Improving education is not enough rather education helps individuals become socially mobile but does not overall create more mobility. The latter is dependent upon a creation of more middle-class jobs.The issues around social mobility are presented as being less about education and as being more related to the expansion of the economy. Increasing infrastructure projects and financial incentives to spread growth outside the south-east of England, allied to a massive expansion of high-quality technical and vocational training for the 50% who do not go to university should be seen as the drivers of social mobility
Taxing Gambling Machines to Enhance Tourism
No full textGambling machines are a key component of global gambling tourism. The taxation of these machines is a highly controversial area of policy debate involving tensions between industry profitability, economic growth and government revenue. We present the background and context to the debate around the optimal taxation of gambling machines, and reach conclusions and recommendations based on the recent and extended literature as to the best way to tax gambling machines in order to enhance tourism. These recommendations provide guidance for jurisdictions in which gambling tourism is a significant actual or potential source of public revenue
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD: ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRACTICAL ENQUIRY IN SCHOOL SCIENCE THROUGH THRESHOLD CONCEPTS
Get PDFThe higher education sector has been working with threshold concepts since they were first postulated in 2003. Threshold concepts offer a way to focus on areas of content which students find challenging to master. Once mastered, threshold concepts explain and integrate further areas of learning. In this sense threshold concepts can be regarded as liminal.Although well established in the higher education sector, the use of threshold concepts has not been extensively explored in schools. This article focuses on Science in the upper secondary school. Yet it is possible to imagine scenarios where highly targeted teaching of liminal content leads to space being created for practical enquiry.There is an established theoretical pedagogical framework within which threshold concepts can sit comfortably and will be familiar to schoolteachers. This framework also provides a route by which troublesome liminal knowledge can be taught.There is then the question of defining and identifying threshold concepts. Threshold concepts do suffer from a lack of definition. Much of the literature explores ideas as diverse as complex physics and attitudes and values of nursery workers. This diversity has led to a discipline specific approach to defining concepts. It is argued that teachers can work with a range of stakeholders to identify troublesome knowledge.This could alter curriculum planning, particularly time allocation, to specific troublesome content and provide time for a more diverse learning experience for pupils
ANTHROPOLOGY OF EVALUATION: THE ‘MACABRE CONSTANT’
Get PDFThe author suggests, arguing from the work of Antibi (2003) that there is an inherent bias in assessment, the macabre constant. It is argued that there is a tendency for markers to create categories of assessment and balance the numbers between these irrespective of pupils / students’ actual performance.Teachers know that if all their students have good grades on a regular basis they will be considered too ‘nice’; conversely, if they consistently give marks below average, they will be considered too “strict”. A ‘good’ assessment thus divides the class into three groups: the ‘good’, the ‘average’ and the ‘bad’. Some students will certainly move to an adjacent group, but the ternary structure will remain. About a third of students are thus condemned to failure regardless of educational conditions: whatever the level of the class, the quality of teaching, the subjects taught, failure will happen.No proposal has so far succeeded in really improving the situation: failure remains. The reason is that all evaluations are finally caught up by the macabre constant. For a significant change to really take place, it is argued that the process of assessment must take account of the central role of the macabre constant
The Register of the Qurʾānic Narratives: SFL-based preliminary observations on Q19 (41-50)
Get PDFA text is an instance of a particular ‘register’, Halliday states. Because text carries indications of its context, it is possible, then, to reconstruct out of it (text) certain features of the situation in which it is produced. Accordingly, the register, being a configuration of semantic features typically associated with the contextual variables of field, tenor and mode, can be established. The aim of this study is to construct the context of situation of a short text (an instance of language) of the Qurʾānic story of Abraham in Q19 (41-50). This pericope represents but a sample of Abraham story told in different sūras of the Qurʾān; and as instance of language (text) in a context of situation, this story belongs to a register of narratives on prophetic stories which subject matter revolves about ‘monotheism’ as propagated by the Qurʾān. This study reports preliminary observations on some features of the Qurʾānic narratives register
Macao Gaming Concession System: Present and Future Direction
No full textMacao gaming concession is about to expire in June 2022, and such issues as the number of concessions and contract period have attracted much attention. This article introduces the evolution of Macao gaming system with emphasis on its concession duration, legal limit on the number of concessions, asset disposal and tax rate. As a result of its gaming liberalization, Macao has developed into the world’s casino capital. The gaming situation in Macao and in the gaming jurisdictions nearby is different from what it was twenty years ago. Although the current law requires a new public tender for awarding concessions, the increased number of gaming jurisdictions to target Macao would entail adjustment in its public policies to keep its gaming industry competitive. Additionally, the evolution of the relevant public policies and their interactions with touristic, infrastructural, environmental and urban planning policies would likely lead to some changes in the core of the current Macao gaming legislation. The authors indicated that the emergence of subconcessions and satellite casinos, the fractioning of spaces and utilities by different entities regarding asset reversion to the government, and the relationship between concessionaires and junket operators are some major issues, which require an improved legal framework designed to react expeditiously and effectively to the fast-moving industry for a sustained and consistent upward regulatory trajectory. Following this, revising and improving the current concession model would be crucial, even though it implies changes to the core of the current Macao gaming legislation
The Standard of Proof in Disciplinary Proceedings: Solicitors Regulation Authority v Sharif (2019)
Get PDFThe January 2019 ruling of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in Solicitors Regulation Authority v Sharif1 highlighted the care that legal practitioners must take in order to satisfy their anti-money laundering obligations and the serious consequences of any failure to do so. This is the subject of a separate note in this issueof the Denning Law Journal.2 However, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal applied the criminal standard of proof in the case. The question as to whether this is now the appropriate approach is the subject of this note
Introduction to the 2019 General Election
No full textThe Editorial Team of the Denning Law Journal are pleased to offer its 2019 General Edition, which covers a range of topical issues that fall within the remit of the journal and keeps faith with Lord Denning’s vision and far-sightedness. The aim of the Denning Law Journal is to provide a forum for the widest discussion of issues arising in the common law world and the Commonwealth, and also to embrace wider global issues of contemporary concern
Study on the nonlinear and chaotic behavior of exchange traded funds listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchanges
No full textThis study examines the nonlinearity and chaotic behavior of the time series of returns of two exchange traded funds (ETFs) listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, namely Hong Kong Tracker Fund (HKTF) and iShares FTSE A50 (ISFT), and the adequacy of autoregressive-generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (AR-GARCH) models to capture nonlinearity. A set of nonlinearity tests consistently indicates the presence of nonlinearity in both return time series and the Brock–Dechert–Scheinkman (BDS) test of nonlinearity on AR-GARCH residuals, and the inability of AR-GARCH models to capture the nonlinearity in the return series at different stages of the model-building process. Testing for chaos is a rather delicate part in this study and is done by estimating the correlation dimension for both ETFs’ return series. The correlation dimension saturates at a finite value, and the saturation indicates the presence of chaos in two ETFs considered for this study