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Borderland (2016) [REF2021 collection]
No full textBorderland is a Research and Development project funded by ACE. Based on the short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman-Perkins, the project explores how the spectres of the past in the present impact our attitudes to women and mental illness. The project culminated in the performance of Borderland and a visual art exhibition at 44AD Gallery, Bath.
This Collection comprises a single-component output of creative practice based research with contextualising information. The central component is Borderland, a dramaturgical project and performance, documented by an edited video of the performance and the trailer for the production edited by Fred Reed. Contextualising information includes a 300-word statement of research, Research Timeline and Research Questions, and documentation of the research and development of the project, including rehearsal. Additionally, the Collection includes an item that documents an image and a Guest Feature about Borderland that was published in Female Arts an online magazine on January 30th 2016 (authored by the researcher). Lastly, the Collection includes items that document two posters, one for the performance of Borderland, and one for the an art exhibition around Borderland which was held in the 44AD Gallery, Bath, from 26th-31st Jan 2016
Pretty Abstract (2015-2018) [REF2021 collection]
No full textExperiments in 2015, using vector based drawing and laser cut plastic, resulted in the creation of reusable matrices which could be inked and assembled in infinite permutations to generate large scale monoprints using multiple colours without complex registration and maintaining crisp edged juxtaposition of clean bold shapes.
Aligning with the modernist sensibility in his printmaking practice, Minott adopted this method to create a new series of prints, entitled Pretty Abstract, which were exhibited at the Black Swan Gallery, Frome in 2016. This led to a workshop at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in China, where the method was tested with a new set of shapes in response to a different graphic culture. These were exhibited at the Xi'an International Printmaking Conference in 2017.
This Collection comprises a multi-component output with contextualising information, documenting the series of prints created by Paul Minott, exhibited in 2016 and 2017, as primary outputs. Contextualising information includes a 300-word statement, research timeline, and research questions, as well as documentation of methods and processes involved in the creation of this new approach to printmaking practice
Confocal microscopy 3D imaging of diesel particulate matter
Get PDFTo date, diesel particulate matter (DPM) has been described as aggregates of spherule particles with a smooth appearing surface. We have used a new colour confocal microscope imaging method to study the 3D shape of diesel particulate matter (DPM); we observed that the particles can have sharp jagged appearing edges and consistent with these findings, 2D light microscopy demonstrated that DPM adheres to human lung epithelial cells. Importantly, the slide preparation and confocal microscopy method applied avoids possible alteration to the particles’ surfaces and enables colour 3D visualisation of the particles. From twenty-one PM10 particles, the mean (standard deviation) major axis length was 5.6 (2.25) μm with corresponding values for the minor axis length of 3.8 (1.25) μm. These new findings may help explain why air pollution particulate matter (PM) has the ability to infiltrate human airway cells, potentially leading to respiratory tract, cardiovascular and neurological disease
Developing a loving pedagogy in the early years: how love fits with professional practice
No full textCare and caring are key to early childhood education and yet love can be viewed as a taboo word within early childhood settings. This book guides practitioners through the potentially problematic area of loving the children they care for. It shows where a loving pedagogy can fit within professional practice and how this can enrich experiences for children and educators.
The book explores how educators can support their children by holding them in mind, valuing them and promoting their best interests
Middle class parental aspiration and the transmission of advantage in contrasting locales
Get PDFThis thesis investigated parental aspirations regarding children's futurity, how they relate to parenting styles and to what extent their sense of belonging to their neighbourhood might be underpinned by values, personal and intergenerational biography and resources. This study considered how families help to reproduce social advantage and disadvantage through the perspective of Bourdieu's conceptual framework regarding social and cultural reproduction, with the family viewed as a habitus generating institution. Taken from a series of semi-structured interviews with parents of children at key transition points in the English primary school, qualitative data examined parental aspirations for children's futurity in three urban settings. In this thesis it is argued that locational habitus can be seen as a structuring device, mediated through embodied capital within education, cultural practices and family socialisation. Findings from this study illuminated how some parents are seeking to map the life of their children, particularly through the acquisition of specific personality traits which facilitate social fluency, adaptability and resilience. An original contribution arising from this research is how these desirable dispositions are transformative at times of transition and form the basis for future occupational competencies. Findings also propose changing parental attitudes to higher education with ambiguity regarding the pursuit of a university degree accentuated by high tuition fees, economic instability and uncertainty as to its value and whether future investment is likely to be suitably rewarded. No longer seen as purely securing educational advantage based upon the value of a 'good degree', parental rationale for university attendance is more explicitly linked to the accumulation of personal capital to maximise employability
Enhancing mathematics education in developing countries
No full textIn this chapter, some of the recent developments in mathematics education in countries with high mathematical attainment are considered. The most important innovations and initiatives that developing countries should and could take in order to become competitive in the global economy are discussed. The authors first look at the push towards problem solving and, in particular, how to teach and learn mathematics through problem solving. The development of the UK's Core Maths course, based on applications in the real world, is detailed. They also consider the importance of enhanced mathematics subject knowledge in the primary sector for developing countries as well as the development of mathematical foundation courses that provide learners with an appreciation of mathematical thinking, confidence and capability in tackling mathematical problems
Skylarks with Rosie: a Somerset spring
No full textAs spring arrives, Stephen Moss’s Somerset garden is awash with birdsong: chiffchaffs, wrens, robins and more. Overhead, buzzards soar, ravens tumble and the season gathers pace.
But this equinox is unlike any other. As the nation goes into lockdown, Stephen records the wildlife around his home, with his fox-red Labrador, Rosie, by his side. When old routines fall away, and blue skies are no longer crisscrossed by contrails, they discover the bumblebees, butterflies and birdsong on their local patch