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Examining how the presence, absence and numerical value of a grade affects students’ perceptions of assessment feedback.
Get PDFWe explored whether the academic grade a student sees influences how positively or negatively they interpret written assessment feedback. Specifically, an experimental design was used where N = 94 psychology students each read an identical passage of neutrally worded feedback. Depending upon which of three experimental conditions they had been allocated to, they also saw with the feedback either a grade of (i) 75% (High Grade; n = 33); (ii) 45% (Low Grade: n = 31) or (iii) No Grade (control condition; n = 30). Next, they answered seven questions relating to their perceptions of the feedback they had read. As predicted, those in the High Grade and No Grade conditions provided significantly more positive perceptions of the neutral feedback compared to those in the Low Grade condition. Implications for those within higher education, who are responsible for deciding how and when grades and feedback are released to students, are discussed
Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch? Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks
No full textMoveable Feasts: Unusual Learning in Unexpected Places
No full textThis chapter is being published by UCL/IoE Press in the book Reframing Space for Learning; this publication focuses on learning and teaching practice which explores the importance and impact of learning spaces and places in university teaching.All lead authors are NTFs and it is a follow up to For the Love of Learning: Innovations from Outstanding University Teachers' (2013).The chapter Moveable Feasts explores the notion of space within a theoretical and practical paradigm, and examines different cases and concepts of space; indoors, outdoors, formal and informal, serious and play. it argues that our conceptions of appropriate use of space for tertiary learning are being, and should be, re-evaluated and loosened to create new and stimulating opportunities for learning.<br/
The importance of play and playful learning in higher education
No full textThis encyclopaedia entry is a scholarly article, rooted in the literature, research and theory of play, and situating play within university learning. The mantle of innovation is particularly relevant in this context as while play is accepted and mainstream in primary and secondary education it is far less familiar in the post compulsory sector. The chapter will set the argument for the importance of play within this theoretical context and cite numerous examples of play in tertiary learning to illustrate this
Ethical and scientific pitfalls concerning laboratory research with non-human primates, and possible solutions
No full textBasic and applied laboratory research, whenever intrusive or invasive, presents substantial ethical challenges for ethical committees, be it with human beings or with non-human animals. In this paper we discuss the use of non-human primates (NHPs), mostly as animal models, in laboratory based research. We examine the two ethical frameworks that support current legislation and guidelines: deontology and utilitarianism. While human based research is regulated under deontological principles, guidelines for laboratory animal research rely on utilitarianism. We argue that the utilitarian framework is inadequate for this purpose: on the one hand, it is almost impossible to accurately predict the benefits of a study for all potential stakeholders; and on the other hand, harm inflicted on NHPs (and other animals) used in laboratory research is extensive despite the increasing efforts of ethics committees and the research community to address this. Although deontology and utilitarianism are both valid ethical frameworks, we advocate that a deontological approach is more suitable, since we arguably have moral duties to NHPs. We provide suggestions on how to ensure that research currently conducted in laboratory settings shifts towards approaches that abide by deontological principles. We assert that this would not impede reasonable scientific research
Metaphors of Migration in the East End Imaginary
Get PDFThis article focuses on the metaphors at play in the construction of Brick Lane and its surrounding locale. Drawing from a range of literary and non-fiction texts, the article deconstructs the metaphors and mythologies which form an East End imaginary in order to explore points of friction. In this way, rather than reading Brick Lane as a location that exemplifies a seamless and inevitable vertical sequence, in which each group of successive immigrants arrives, adapts and then moves on, the article explores the more horizontal interactions that take place between past and present and the sometimes jagged and lumpy interfaces that occur between Jews and other racial, ethnic and cultural groups
Challenging the negative image of postcolonial, post-conflict and post-disaster destinations using events:The case of Haiti
Get PDFDead Ringers: Plato and Turning the Camera Back
No full textThis chapter proposes and evaluates two models relating the Socratic practice of philosophy to cinema via the Delphic imperative gnōthi seauton (“know thyself”). Its purpose is to point towards complexities in the relationship between self-knowledge and right action, while initiating a critique of a recent shift in film theory. The first proposed model of this Socratic-cinematic relation is shown to run into ethical difficulties, before being put aside for its dependence on the questionable notion of the auteur. The second model has a similar structure yet functions without reference to an auteur, depending on the recent turn in film theory towards focusing on an audience encountering its own gaze on screen. This so-called “objective gaze” is tracked back to Sartre’s account of shame as a necessary mediator in self-knowledge, leading in turn to Plato as a transitional figure in the history of self-knowledge and shame (aidōs). The Ring of Gyges from the Republic is then considered as a possible model of cinematic experience in relation to the gaze. Finally, Herodotus’s version of Gyges’ story and Diderot’s Letter on the Blind are used to indicate some ethical complications with this second model, suggesting that the turn to the objective gaze in film theory is not unambiguously an advance
Validity and reliability of lower-limb pulse-wave velocity assessments using an oscillometric technique
Get PDFNew Findings: What is the central question of this study? There is growing interest in the effects of sedentarism on central and peripheral cardiovascular health. To permit further investigation, including larger epidemiological studies, there is a need to identify arterial health assessment tools that are valid (accurate) and reliable (precise), yet practical. What is the main finding and its importance? Lower-limb vascular health (femoral–ankle pulse-wave velocity) can be determined in a supine position with accuracy and precision using an oscillometrically based device. This technology might help to improve our understanding of the pathological mechanisms linking cardiovascular disease to sedentarism, including the interaction between peripheral and central vasculature. Abstract: There is a growing interest in the deleterious effects of sedentary behaviour on lower-limb arterial health. To permit further investigation, including larger epidemiological studies, there is a need to identify lower-limb arterial health assessment tools that are valid and reliable, yet simple to administer. In this study, we sought to determine the validity and between-day reliability of femoral–ankle pulse-wave velocity (faPWV) measures obtained using an oscillometrically based device (SphygmocCor XCEL) in supine and seated positions. Doppler ultrasound was used as the criterion. A total of 47 healthy adults were recruited for validity (n = 32) and reliability (n = 15) analyses. Validity was determined by measuring faPWV in seated and supine positions using the XCEL and Doppler ultrasound devices, in a randomized order. Between-day reliability was determined by measuring seated and supine faPWV using the XCEL on three different mornings, separated by a maximum of 7 days. The validity criterion [absolute standard error of estimate (aSEE) < 1.0 m s −1 ] was met in the supine [aSEE = 0.8 m s −1 , 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.4–1.0], but not in the seated (aSEE = 1.2 m s −1 , 95% CI 1.1–1.2) position. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) estimates revealed that the XCEL demonstrated good reliability in the supine position (ICC = 0.83, 95% CI 0.65–0.93), but poor reliability in the seated position (ICC = 0.29, 95% CI 0.23–0.63). The oscillometric XCEL device can be used to determine lower-limb pulse-wave velocity with acceptable validity and reliability in the conventionally recommended supine position, but not in the seated position. </p
