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Professional rugby coaches' perceptions of the role of the team captain
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of the coach in relation to the perceived function of captains in professional rugby union. Participants were eight elite male rugby coaches purposefully sampled for this study. Participants were interviewed individually to gain an understanding of their experiences and perceptions of the role of the captain. The data were thematically analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Ten super-ordinate themes emerged in the study: types of captain, captain development, challenges, captains role, off field responsibilities, nature of the job, selection, cultural architects, coach-captain relationship, and key attributes. Results suggest coaches view the captain as an extension of their authority in the team, leadership groups are increasingly important to support captains, and that the criteria for the selection of captains is still vague. As a result, future research should explore the development of specific evidence-based approaches to captain selection and development
Christian Leadership in Schools:An initial review of evidence and current practices - Summary Report
Get PDFThis is an initial review of thinking about Christian leadership in schools considering three questions:1.What is Christian leadership in schools?2.What does the evidence tell us about what ‘works’ in Christian leadership in schools?3.How strong is the evidence base?Leadership is one of the most extensively researched of all social processes. It has generated many well-evidenced frameworks and many frameworks or approaches to leadership that have become global brands (sometimes without accompanying research). The subjects of school leadership and Christian leadership have, in recent decades, also generated a considerable amount of research. Christian leadership in schools has also begun to attract interest.In terms of defining Christian leadership in schools, we found no single authoritative definition. A preliminary analysis of Christian leadership in schools reveals a fragmented and diverse emerging field with very many perspectives. Perhaps because of the inevitable tensions between Biblical and secular demands, any consideration of Christian leadership in schools raises more fundamental questions than either the topic of leadership in the abstract, or leadership in schools where success is typically largely defined in terms of student achievement, can answer. We offer a typology (Figure 1, page 9) by which the many issues raised in the literature can begin to be examined.<br/
Bartleby is Dead: Inverting common readings of Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener
Get PDFThis paper argues against dominant philosophical interpretations of Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener and submits it to an educational reading. It problematizes readings (such as those of Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben, and the Occupy Movement) where the character of Bartleby figures a way of being that allows us to escape or challenge our contemporary political and educational exigencies. Our contention is that an encounter with Bartleby is not politically or educationally enabling, but provokes the Lawyer, despite himself, to encounter the unedifying limits of any educational practice and discourse, as well as his necessary complicity in the context that supports them. We argue that anyone interested in education or politics would do much better to scrutinize their unavoidable affinity with the Lawyer, instead of projecting fantasies of escape on the character of Bartleby, who, in the end, only figures a giving up on life
Willystine Goodsell (1870-1962) and John Dewey (1859-1952): History, Philosophy, and Women’s Education
Get PDFThis article explores the work of history and philosophy in publications by Willystine Goodsell, professor of history and philosophy at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the entanglement of Goodsell’s approach to scholarship with that of her doctoral supervisor John Dewey. The article experiments with diffractive reading to examine Dewey’s and Goodsell’s approach to history, as well as Goodsell’s configuration of women’s historical and contemporary participation in education. It looks at Dewey’s comment that women’s ‘philosophising’ would not be the same ‘in viewpoint or tenor’ as that composed from the ‘different masculine experience of things’ and investigates the principles that order liberal and vocational education in Goodsell’s view of a reformed education for women. The conclusion asks whether diffractive reading is an enhanced form of intertextuality
The Politics of Widowhood in Nagorny Karabakh
No full textThis chapter explores the everyday challenges of widows in Nagorny Karabakh. Widowhood is an under-recognized, albeit significant aspect of life in every region and in every country. However, the scant literature dealing with contemporary narratives of widowhood among women as a consequence of conflicts indicates that this aspect of lived experience remains underexplored. Although loss is integral to life in Nagorny Karabakh, it is often overlooked because of the unsettled politics in the region. The long-standing conflict over Nagorny Karabakh has generated and continues to generate severe consequences for society—sporadic clashes along the border with Azerbaijan remain common to this day. Thus, for women married to soldiers, confronting death is part of life. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the everyday experiences of women in the region, understanding and reworking the concepts of widowhood. In this way, this chapter is intended to stimulate discussion on the relatively neglected subject of widowhood, both in the region and in broader comparative terms
Chart-Toppers to Showstoppers:Pop Artists Scoring the Broadway Stage
No full textIn recent years, pop artists and other non-traditional musical theatre song writers have been crossing over to write for the musical theatre with increasing regularity. This chapter considers the various reasons artists who are successful in other areas of the music industry might transition to writing for the musical theatre stage. Artists may be invited by producers to contribute to a score, or they may be seeking new artistic endeavours. However, there are numerous challenges that pop artists face while working within a form that requires song to function dramaturgically in the service of character and plot. The chapter draws on reflections of the artists themselves to help build a comprehensive picture of their experiences writing within a collaborative narrative medium. Finally, the chapter considers how these writers remain authentic to their own style and voice, whilst working to create an authentic musical theatre experience
Re-discovering time
No full textThis Perspectives article reflects on the co-creational practice of Cathy Seago and Lizzie Sykes. In this article we will examine a feeling of ‘place-time’ within our site-based dance film collaboration by reflecting on how the notion of time has had a significant influence on our making together. In sharing our findings we aim to extend the debates around somatic-digital practice and place, and the potential forms for exhibiting such work
Commentary on, ‘‘Afraid to leave the house; issues leading to social exclusion and loneliness for people with a learning disability”.
No full textPurpose:The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on, “Afraid to leave the house; issues leading to social exclusion and loneliness for people with a learning disability”.Design/methodology/approach:This paper considers the impacts of cuts to services, support and care that people with learning disabilities experience and the effects these cuts can have on social inclusion and positive social networks. Ways in which these impacts can be overcome are considered.Findings:Listening to the voices of people with learning disabilities can provide opportunities for positive change which meet the needs of people with learning disability and society more widely.Originality/Value:The commentary uses evidence to consider the effects of cuts to services on the lives of people with learning disability and to provide possible solutions