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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Bourdieu and Educational Research
No full textThis book is the first international reference work to showcase the diversity of ways of using Bourdieu's sociological toolkit in educational research. Written by scholars based in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA, the handbook provides a unique and cutting-edge picture of how Bourdieu has been both used and adapted in educational research globally. The book will be useful for those who may only have a cursory knowledge of Bourdieu's tools as well as those who are already familiar with Bourdieu's work. The chapters cover a wide range of topics including educational leadership, teacher preparation, space/place, educational policy, literacy education, marginalised students, and student mobility
Exploring the barriers that may be affecting ethnic minority groups accessing or developing into Advanced Practice Roles in the NHS within the East of England
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Effects of retrofit strategies on thermal comfort and energy performance in social housing for current and future weather scenarios
Get PDFWith growing concerns over energy and heat-related mortality/morbidity rates, enhancing building performances is key to improving the health and well-being of building occupants while reducing CO2 emissions, in line with the UK Government’s Net-Zero targets. This study investigates the impacts of different retrofitting scenarios on overheating risk and energy performance in social housing for current and future climate conditions. Dynamic thermal simulations were carried out using Design Summer Year (DSY) weather files in DesignBuilder software for selected case study buildings. Winter performance was analysed using the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) index, while summer results were assessed according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Technical Memorandum 59 (CIBSE TM59) guidelines. The findings revealed that bedrooms, especially those facing south, were at high risk of overheating. Factors such as building construction, the number of exposed surfaces, and window area influenced the risks. External wall insulation outperformed internal wall insulation in improving summer comfort. In the winter, Passivhaus standards with natural ventilation ensured thermal comfort across all zones, with a 41–53% reduction in heating energy consumption under current weather conditions. The risk of overheating and associated health issues significantly increased for the future weather scenarios. Further investigation into ventilation strategies, occupant behaviour, and passive design is required to mitigate overheating risks while reducing energy consumption in buildings
Midwifery higher education – who are we and who do we teach?
Get PDFThis series of six articles is inspired by themes initially arising from the Royal College of Midwives (RCM 2023) State of Midwifery Education report. These papers will be aimed at exploring the current landscape and challenges in educating the future midwifery workforce, particularly those that pertain to the Higher Education workforce itself. Every other month, the series will examine a key theme describing and commenting on the current Higher Education (HE) environment in the context of the international literature, making suggestions for improvement that student midwives, midwives and midwifery educators can consider in their practice. We discuss issues of gender, ethnicity and diversity, pay and conditions, practice, and the academic level of our profession here and in the final paper.
This, our first paper, introduces the concept of a profession using sociological theories. It considers who we are, individually (as authors, academics, and midwives) and collectively considers our identity as a profession alongside those who we teach. The inspiration for this project came from conversations between the two of us, Jo Divers and Sam Chenery-Morris, in new roles in a new academic School. We want to ensure the staff and students, most of whom are women, are supported to succeed and hopefully thrive too. We believe in the power of education to transform lives, so that our current and future midwives can make a difference in providing safe, compassionate care for our service users
Review of Grant H Kester: The Sovereign Self – Aesthetic Autonomy from the Enlightenment to the Avant-Garde
No full textThis review covers the first of two books written by Grant Kester that explores the relationship between aesthetics and social formation
Predicting animal abundance through local ecological knowledge: an internal validation using consensus analysis
Get PDFGiven the ongoing environmental degradation from local to global scales, it is fundamental to develop more efficient means of gathering data on species and ecosystems. Local ecological knowledge, in which local communities can consistently provide information on the status of animal species over time, has been shown to be effective. Several studies demonstrate that data gathered using local ecological knowledge (LEK)-based methods are comparable with data obtained from conventional methods (such as line transects and camera traps).
Here, we employ a consensus analysis to validate and evaluate the accuracy of interview data on LEK. Additionally, we investigate the influence of social and bioecological variables on enhancing data quality. We interviewed 323 persons in 19 villages in the Western and Central Amazon to determine the level of consensus on the abundance of hunted and non-hunted forest species. These villages varied in size, socio-economic characteristics and in the experience with wildlife of their dwellers. Interviewees estimated the relative abundance of 101 species with a broad spectrum of bioecological characteristics using a four-point Likert scale.
High consensus was found for species population abundance in all sampled villages and for 79.6% of interviewees. The village consensus of all species abundance pooled was negatively correlated with village population size. The consensus level was high regardless of the interviewees' hunting experience. Species that are more frequently hunted or are more apparent had greater consensus values; only two species presented a low consensus level, which are rare and solitary species.
We show in our study in the Amazon that information gathered by local peoples, Indigenous as well as non-Indigenous, can be useful in understanding the status of animal species found within their environment. The high level of cultural consensus we describe likely arises from knowledge sharing and the strong connection between the persons interviewed and the forest. We suggest that consensus analysis can be used to validate LEK-generated data instead of comparing these types of data with information obtained by conventional methods
Educación Abierta: avances, desafíos y espacios de colaboración con ecosistemas abiertos
No full textPresentation at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, held in Santiago, April 15 to 18, 2024