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Field-based pedagogies for developing learners' independence
No full textFor fieldwork to be effective in fostering independent thinking it requires careful design and alignment
within the degree programme (Fuller et al., 2006; Fuller, 2012). In this chapter we draw
from our own research evidence and experience to provide examples that illustrate how
fieldwork can be successfully embedded in the geography undergraduate curriculum from
first to final year adopting specific pedagogies to develop, enhance, and refine students as
independent learners throughout their undergraduate career
Innovative Pedagogies
No full textWe scope eight innovative pedagogies that have the potential to provoke major shifts in teaching, learning, and assessment in geography at the undergraduate level. There are further opportunities for geography educators to embrace newly emerging pedagogies to the positive benefit of students, staff, and the health of the discipline. The next decade of higher education geographical pedagogy might focus less on
individual elements of our practice and more on how to integrate latent pedagogies into an effective process for future-facing lifelong learning, which might be achieved by focusing on heutagogy in borderland spaces of learning; bringing together a multiplicity of geography and other disciplinary students over diverse spaces and times to co-construct understanding dialogically, allowing them to determine their own learning needs, and preparing them to be successful citizens in a dynamic and uncertain future
A single parameter approach to enhance the microstructural and mechanical properties of beta Ti-Nb alloy via open-air fiber laser nitriding
Get PDFIn this study, the idea of applying open-air laser nitriding to improve the microstructural and mechanical properties of beta Ti-45 at.% Nb alloy was demonstrated. Surface cracking after laser nitriding is one of the main reasons impeding direct translation of the laser nitriding technique from the laboratories to industries as cracks can be the weak points to initiate mechanical and corrosion failures in long-term usage. With proper selection of duty cycle (DC) between 40% (modulated mode) and 100% (continuous wave, CW mode) to control the laser energy input and laser-material-gas interaction time, the cracking problems of laser nitriding can be alleviated and even solved. A crack-free and uniformly gold-coloured nitrided surface was successfully obtained at the DC of 40% in this study. The morphology, microstructure, composition and mechanical properties of the nitrided samples were studied and analysed by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), SEM-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Vickers micro-hardness tests. The OM results indicated that minimum overlapping between the laser tracks would give desirable results to obtain the crack-free surface. The measurements from the SEM micrographs indicated the depth of the laser-nitrided areas ranged between 22 and 43 µm. The XRD findings showed that a clear conversion of the TiNb surface to a nitride as a result of laser nitriding was observed. The maximum hardness, as measured by the Vickers method in cross-sections, lay in the range of 780 to 870 HV after laser nitriding. To summarise, control of DC to obtain a crack free and quality surface via fiber laser nitriding in open air is a simpler and quicker approach in comparison with the conventional substrate preheating and nitrogen (N) dilution approaches. The single-parameter approach is more efficient than parameter optimisation via design of experiments (DOE) employed in conventional methods
Appendix 1: Questions of attribution. 'Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist'.
No full textThis appendix considers questions of attribution arising in the published work of Marie Duval
I Know How This Ends: Stories of Dementia Care
Get PDFI Know How This Ends is the second volume in a series that started with Parables of Care: Creative Responses to Dementia Care (2017). The project explores the potential of comics to enhance the impact of dementia care research. This comic book presents, in synthesised form, stories crafted from narrative data collected via interviews with professional caregivers, educators, and staff at Douglas College in Vancouver, Canada, who have cared for relatives and people with dementia in hospital.The intention of the book is to show the importance of feeling in care-giving, the professional aspects of which are sometimes at odds with the family systems aspect of dementia
Displacement in Casamance, Senegal: Lessons (Hopefully) Learned, 2000–2019
Get PDFThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Canadian Journal of African Studies on 05/09/2021, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00083968.2020.1869571The paper reflects on fieldwork conducted since 2000 with displaced communities in Lower and Middle Casamance, Senegal, amid arguably West Africa’s longest-running civil conflict. While this is a small conflict in a geographically confined space, Casamance presents a microcosm of dynamics common to other displacement situations in Africa. In this context the paper explores how the understandings, lived experiences and practices of the displaced transcend normative categories used by aid actors to define and manage such situations. Five thematic areas are examined: enumeration of the displaced; complex mobilities, both rural-urban and transnational; historiographic understandings of displacement; political manipulation of displacement situations; and the dynamics of return and reconstruction. The paper concludes by summarising failures of understanding in these areas among much of the aid community, and their consequences. It argues that well-grounded and socially nuanced understandings of displacement may inform more effective aid interventions and enhance the peace process
Fortress Salopia: Exploring Shropshire's Military History from the Prehistoric Period to the Twentieth Century
No full textFortress Salopia is the culmination of contributions from heritage and historic professionals, practising archaeologists and academic historians that explores the unique military past of the county of Shropshire from the prehistoric period to the 20th century. Shropshire is one of the most characteristic counties of the Welsh Marches and occupied a strategic position between England and Wales. Consequently, the county boasts the highest numbers of Iron Age hillforts in England and the greatest density of Motte & Bailey castles. The archaeological remains that adorn the landscape are a prescient reminder that Shropshire was once a frontier battleground, although such reminders are often lost amongst the picturesque rural landscape that prevails today
Employment support needs of personnel undergoing a medical discharge: a phenomenological and IPA study based on the experiences of British Army Veterans and Stakeholders
Get PDFWounded, injured and sick (WIS) military personnel from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan 2003-14 initially lacked comprehensive holistic recovery support. An Army Recovery Capability (ARC) evolved to improve such support. Future employment is an important factor in recovery and transition. This study examines the employment support needs of Army WIS likely to be medically discharged. Until this study, little research specifically considered such needs.
The study examines military to civilian Transition in its widest sense. Holistic Transition involves coming to terms with ‘the new me’, including a civilian identity in a timeframe preceding and extending beyond military discharge. The voice of individual WIS personnel has been lacking in reviewing recovery and transition. Using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), data from twelve medically discharged veterans was triangulated against data from five specialist employment consultants and six military and charity stakeholders.
The main findings are that the employment needs of the WIS are not fully defined, identified, assessed or reviewed by the chain of command. Methods of effectiveness (MOEs) are lacking in the MOD, hampering the Army’s capability to manage change and assess the effectiveness of its processes and programmes. A lack of resources, unsynchronised policy, poor communications, and a gap between intent and delivery causes variation in support from the chain of command; whilst compensating charity resources mask inefficiencies in the MOD.
Recommendations include a major review of the ARC and the medical discharge process; treating employment support as a subset of a broader Transition; the development of MOEs; greater compliance with policy and improved assurance; further research to examine individual WIS needs and outcomes and the use of identity process theory to enhance understanding of the challenges of change facing service leavers crossing the military-civilian divide. A life-course view is recommended to improve military reintegration and the optimisation of available resources
A Research Portfolio: Transformational change by nursing, midwifery and care staff across health and care
Get PDFThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Finnegan, A. P. & Aitkenhead, S. (2020). A Research Portfolio: Transformational change by nursing, midwifery and care staff across health and care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76, 7-8., which has been published in final form at 10.1111/jan.14228. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.It is widely accepted that nursing research is paramount to help address the challenges facing the international nursing workforce in caring for a growing and ageing population. Nursing, midwifery and care staff make up the largest proportion of the workforce across the NHS. In the UK, there are over 693,000 registered nurses and midwives (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2018), all striving to prevent and tackle health inequalities and improve the care experience for patients, individuals and populations. The role that nursing, midwifery and care staff play should not be underestimated and specifically in this editorial, we describe a new research portfolio which signposts to examples of nursing, midwifery and care staff led research to demonstrate the significant academic contribution of these professions to transformational change across the health and care system. The Research Portfolio (NHS England, 2019a) showcases examples of research studies that demonstrate leadership in research and practice, all aligned to the key priorities outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) (NHS England, 2019b). Evidence underpins so much of what we do and there is a huge opportunity to quantifiably demonstrate the contribution staff bring to the LTP, harnessing intelligence in closing gaps and addressing unwarranted variation in health and care
Educating nurses to deliver optimum care to military veterans and their families
Get PDFThe aim of the project was to help prepare the future nursing workforce to provide optimum care for the Armed Forces Community.
Structured evidenced-based educational sessions were designed and then delivered at two Universities in England. This educational model included a flipped approach, didactic classroom teaching, blended learning, and information technology.
Educational sessions were provided to 468 first year Bachelor of Nursing undergraduate students in 2017 and 2018. A mixed methods evaluation included a quasi-experiential design with pre and post-test data followed by research interviews conducted by student nurses and analysed using a modified Grounded Theory.
Post session evaluation demonstrated a significant improvement in students' knowledge. 93% agreed that the training was useful, 95% felt that nurses should be aware of the healthcare needs of the Armed Forces Community, and 89% indicated that the subject matter should be included in the undergraduate curriculum. A qualitative theoretical model was built from four major clusters: the military community; student's identity, clinical engagement, and future practice.
These educational sessions are being introduced into a growing number of United Kingdom Universities to create future nursing leaders with a better insight into the large and diverse Armed Forces Community
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