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Doing retrieval practice better
Get PDFKendra McMahon explains how rehearsing knowledge through retrieval practice helps to consolidate it; as we consolidate knowledge, we can also help students to build up more complex schemas of science knowledge by comparing and contrasting, categorising and connecting, creating and questioning within and beyond the topic context
The Routledge handbook of women's experiences of criminal justice
No full textAlthough there is increasing literature and research on gender, and certain aspects of the criminal justice system (often Western focused), there is a significant gap in the form of a Handbook that brings together these important gendered conversations. This essential book explores research and theory on how women are perceived, handled, and experience criminal justice within and across different jurisdictions, with particular consideration of gendered and disparate treatment of women as law-breakers. There is also consideration of women’s experiences through an intersectional lens, including race and class, as well as feminist scholarship and activism
Wellbeing and coping of UK nurses, midwives and allied health professionals during COVID-19 - a cross-sectional study
Get PDFNurse, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), along with other health and social care colleagues are the backbone of healthcare services. They have played a key role in responding to the increased demands on healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper compares cross-sectional data on quality of working life, wellbeing, coping and burnout of nurses, midwives and AHPs in the United Kingdom (UK) at two time points during the COVID-19 pandemic. An anonymous online repeated cross-sectional survey was conducted at two timepoints, Phase 1 (7th May 2020-3rd July 2020); Phase 2 (17th November 2020-1st February 2021). The survey consisted of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, the Work-Related Quality of Life Scale, and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (Phase 2 only) to measure wellbeing, quality of working life and burnout. The Brief COPE scale and Strategies for Coping with Work and Family Stressors scale assessed coping strategies. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regressions examined the effects of coping strategies and demographic and work-related variables on wellbeing and quality of working life. A total of 1839 nurses, midwives and AHPs responded to the first or second survey, with a final sample of 1410 respondents -586 from Phase 1; 824 from Phase 2, (422 nurses, 192 midwives and 796 AHPs). Wellbeing and quality of working life scores were significantly lower in the Phase 2 sample compared to respondents in Phase 1 (p<0.001). The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on psychological wellbeing and quality of working life which decreased while the use of negative coping and burnout of these healthcare professionals increased. Health services are now trying to respond to the needs of patients with COVID-19 variants while rebuilding services and tackling the backlog of normal care provision. This workforce would benefit from additional support/services to prevent further deterioration in mental health and wellbeing and optimise workforce retention
Applying insights on categorisation, communication, and dynamic decision-making: a case study of a ‘simple’ maritime military decision
Get PDFA complete understanding of decision-making in military domains requires gathering insights from several fields of study. To make the task tractable, here we consider a specific example of short-term tactical decisions under uncertainty made by the military at sea. Through this lens, we sketch out relevant literature from three psychological tasks each underpinned by decision-making processes: categorisation, communication and choice. From the literature, we note two general cognitive tendencies that emerge across all three stages: the effect of cognitive load and individual differences. Drawing on these tendencies, we recommend strategies, tools and future research that could improve performance in military domains – but, by extension, would also generalise to other high-stakes contexts. In so doing, we show the extent to which domain general properties of high order cognition are sufficient in explaining behaviours in domain specific contexts
show us what to do
Get PDFshow us what to do creates an interactive situation for very small children to control a musical performance through pointing at objects. It tries to give them a space to work as part of a group, or more independently and competitively, to see how their decisions impact on the creation of the music. It is related to my series of verbal cueing pieces things to do
Postdigital-biodigital: an emerging configuration
No full textThis dialogue (trilogue) is an attempt to critically discuss the technoscientific convergence that is taking place with biodigital technologies in the postdigital condition. In this discussion, Sarah Hayes, Petar Jandrić and Michael A. Peters examine the nature of the convergences, their applications for bioeconomic sustainability and associated ecopedagogies. The dialogue chapter raises issues of definition and places the technological convergence (‘nano-bio-info-cogno’) – of new systems biology and digital technologies at the nano level – in an evolutionary context to speculate, on the basis of the latest research, future possibilities. The chapter also reviews these developments within familiar landscapes of posthumanism and postmodernism, raises the question of political bioeconomy and the role of postdigital education within it
A systematic review and framework for digital leadership research maturity in higher education
Get PDFDigital leadership in higher education is a sub-field of research that rapidly evolved from e-leadership studies. The practice of effective digital leadership in higher education is urgently needed to keep up with changing demands and opportunities. Yet limited knowledge exists of how it is defined, how it operates and relates to institutional leadership, including both administration and teaching. An updated review of prior empirical studies is overdue, given system-wide digitalization. This article systematically reviews empirical studies on digital leadership in higher education between 1999 and 2022, its value, focus and the research methods involved. The review combined descriptive synthesis and textual narrative synthesis, applying a data-based convergent synthesis design adhering to PRISMA and ENTREQ reporting guidelines. From 231 records, 36 studies remained following application of exclusion criteria. Research has increased, but is still limited in theory, maturity, and evidence. Definitions and theories of digital leadership are varied in scope and how far they are considered in the reviewed studies. Functional rather than critical perspectives predominate. The quality of most research is low, lacking rigour in research questions and methods, rendering findings inconclusive. The review recommends a digital leadership research maturity framework and further research on theoretical definitions and digitalization to address gaps in the literature identified in the review
