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Minstead Trust Literature Review Report
Get PDFMinstead Trust provides a range of service and activities for people with intellectual disabilities.Minstead Trust commissioned this review of academic literature. Minstead Trust wished to better understand the ways in which relationships between parents and Minstead Trust staff could be enhanced. While Minstead Trust felt it was working extremely hard to meet parents’ needs and was committing significant amounts of unfunded staffing to working on these relationships, they were aware there were differences between parental expectations and the operational deliverable outcomes which the Trust could feasibly provide. Minstead Trust therefore wanted to find out whether recent research suggested this was an isolated phenomenon and if not, whether research suggested any possible trends and solutions.A review of academic literature was undertaken. Results are presented and solutions from academic literature are reported. Findings suggest this is a global phenomenon and that parents themselves also want to work closely with services. Parents themselves report a range of practical solutions. <br/
‘Beddoes, Thomas Lovell’, in Poets THEN and NOW: the 1910-1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Romantic Poetry Project, edn 1.0
No full textAbsent in (life and) death? Examining the tombs of Navarre’s regnant queens and the shaping of their memory
No full textNavarre has long been seen as a liminal state, torn between influence and interference from its French and Iberian neighbors. The five regnant queens of Navarre exemplify this situation through their own lives which saw them pulled politically and even physically between France and Iberia—from Juana I who lived the whole of her life in France, to queens like Juana II and Catalina I who moved back and forth over the Pyrenees during their reign, to the queens Blanca I and her daughter Leonor who spent their reigns (though not their whole lives) largely in Iberia. The diverse location of these queens’ death and burial reflect the geographical context of their lives—significantly, none of the regnant queens of Navarre are buried in their own capital city of Pamplona and only one is buried in Navarre itself. This article will examine the tombs of these five women, unpicking the situational, dynastic and political context which resulted in their virtual absence from the kingdom they ruled in death and the individuals and factors involved in the shaping of their memory
Creative Thinking in Schools:A leadership playbook
No full textA professional learning guide for leaders that promotes creative thinking in schools and develops creative learning habits in the classroom.Forewords by Professor Dame Alison Peacock and Andreas Schleicher.Written by an internationally renowned team of thought-leaders, researchers and facilitators, Creative Thinking in Schools: A Leadership Playbook is a practical guide that draws together understanding about school leadership with a deep experience of cultivating creative thinking in all aspects of school life and promoting creative learning habits in the classroom.This leadership playbook has been published to coincide with the global release of the first PISA test results on creative thinking, the Creativity Collaboratives under way in England and the growing importance of creative thinking in countries across the world. Creative Thinking in Schools focuses on how leaders can create capacity among their staff to embed creative thinking, both in their own lives and in the lives of their pupils. It offers a framework for improving creative thinking based on the widely used five creative habits framework developed by the Centre for Real-World Learning. The framework focuses on developing learners who are inquisitive, persistent, collaborative, disciplined and imaginative.Underpinned by research and analysis of practice in hundreds of schools across the world, and more recently by an in-depth study of fifty schools in England, Creative Thinking in Schools provides a range of accessible resources, planning tools and practical examples. These support leaders to reflect on their core purposes, understand the changes needed to embed creative thinking, develop leaders across their staff, facilitate the development of their teachers, plan, teach and assess creative thinking, and work with external partners, all the while developing a vibrant professional learning community.Complemented by a dedicated website which contains additional downloadable materials and case studies, the playbook will allow leaders and teachers around the world to connect with each other and share their own experiences in order to develop, spread, extend and evaluate creative thinking within and across schools.Creative Thinking in Schools will support a professional learning community of leaders and teachers who see creative thinking as a core purpose of education and are interested in making it a priority in their school. It will encourage pupils to develop their creativity in the classroom, allowing future generations to thrive in a world that is increasingly complex.Creative Thinking in Schools: A Leadership Playbook has been supported by the Mercers Company, Creativity, Culture and Education and the Arts Council of Wales.Suitable for school and system leaders, teacher leaders and policy makers who see creative thinking as a core purpose in education.Contents include:Foreword by Andreas SchleicherForeword by Professor Dame Alison PeacockPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Warning UpPart 2: Playing the Whole Game of LearningResource
On the Relationship between Monarchy, Tyranny and Liberty
No full textInvited to contribute this piece for Liberty Fund (Liberty Matters) Forum: Is there a Role for Monarchy in a Free Society, along with three academic colleague
The diagnosis, management and prevention of intertrigo in adults: a review.
Get PDFIntertrigo is a common inflammatory skin disorder caused by skin-on-skin friction in skin folds, due to moisture becoming trapped because of poor air circulation. This can occur in any area of the body where two skin surfaces are in close contact with each other. The aim of this scoping review was to systematically map, review and synthesise evidence on intertrigo in adults. We identified a wide range of evidence and performed a narrative integration of this related to the diagnosis, management and prevention of intertrigo. A literature search was conducted within the following databases: Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed and EMBASE. After reviewing articles for duplicates and relevance, 55 articles were included. The incorporation of intertrigo in the ICD-11 provides a clear definition and should improve the accuracy of estimates. With regards to the diagnosis, prevention and management of intertrigo, the literature demonstrates consensus among health professionals in approach and this forms the basis for the recommendations of this review: identify predisposing factors and educate patient in reducing these; educate patients in skin fold management and adopt structured skin care routine; treat secondary infection with appropriate topical agent; consider using moisture-wicking textiles within skin folds to reduce skin-on-skin friction, wick away moisture and reduce secondary infection. Overall, the quality of evidence on which to determine the strength of any recommendations for practice remains low. There remains the need for well-designed studies to test proposed interventions and build a robust evidence base.</p
Effect of home-based, overground robotic-assisted gait training on vascular health in people with chronic stroke
Get PDFOverground robotic-assisted gait training (O-RAGT) has been shown to improve clinical functional outcomes in people living with stroke. The purpose of this study was to identify whether a home-based O-RAGT program, in combination with usual care physiotherapy, would demonstrate improvements in vascular health in individuals with chronic stroke, and, whether any changes in vascular outcomes would be sustained 3 months after completing the program. Thirty-four participants with chronic stroke (between 3 months and 5 years post-stroke) were randomized to either a 10-week O-RAGT program in combination with usual care physiotherapy, or to a usual care physiotherapy only control group. Participants' (n = 31) pulse wave analysis (PWA), and regional [carotid-femoral pulse wave analysis (cfPWV)] and local (carotid) measures of arterial stiffness were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 3-month post-intervention. Analysis of covariance demonstrated a significant reduction (improvement) in cfPWV between BL and PI for O-RAGT (8.81 ± 2.51 vs. 7.92 ± 2.17 m/s, respectively), whilst the control group remained unchanged (9.87 ± 2.46 vs. 9.84 ± 1.76 m/s, respectively; p < 0.05; ηp 2 = 0.14). The improvement in cfPWV was maintained 3 months after completing the O-RAGT program. There were no significant Condition by Time interactions for all PWA and carotid arterial stiffness measures (p > 0.05). A significant increase in physical activity, as determined by the time spent stepping, was observed for O-RAGT between baseline and post-intervention assessments (3.2 ± 3.0–5.2 ± 3.3%, respectively) but not for CON (p < 0.05). The improvement in cfPWV, in combination with an increase in physical activity whilst wearing the O-RAGT and concomitant reduction in sedentary behavior, are important positive findings when considering the application of this technology for “at home” rehabilitation therapy for stroke survivors. Further research is needed to determine whether implementing “at home” O-RAGT programs should be a part of the stroke treatment pathway. Clinical trial registration: https://clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT03104127. </p
The Impact of Feminist Approaches on Masculinity Scholarship
No full textThis article reviews recent research in masculinity studies, highlighting theoretical approaches and topical examinations of men's masculinity in relation to feminism. It shows a historical shift from masculinity making to categorical interests of men. The first examines journals explicitly aligned with critical feminism, where men are viewed as the cause of women's harm. Journals only broadly aligned with feminism examine men with more variance, considering both privilege and harm. Journals not explicitly aligned with feminism make room for problems that men face, and how masculinity is shifting to be less problematic