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Can I Be Myself Here? LGBTQ+ Teachers in Church of England Schools
Full text linkSet against the current societal and religious contexts that Church of England schools find themselves positioned in, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Plus (LGBTQ+) teachers must navigate the contested space between their embodied identity and expectations of others. Whilst this research focuses specifically on Church of England schools in England, broader questions of belonging, purpose, and pedagogy are argued to transcend geographical and denominational boundaries. In this series of six interviews with teachers at different career stages who work, or have worked, in Church of England secondary and primary schools, we explore their lived experience of balancing their queer identity against the professional standards of teaching and the views of the school community. Five LGBTQ+ teachers and one ally were interviewed—all but one of whom hold or held senior leadership positions. Key foci for the researchers were discussions around the often-unacknowledged pressure and responsibility that teachers might feel for being a role model for the LGBTQ+ community, with particular nuances due to the Church school context, and, in particular, if the teachers felt that the school environment enabled them to be their authentic selves. An overarching concern was the extent to which LGBTQ+ teachers felt that they were able to thrive in these communities. One consideration for the authors was a hope that key messages could be shared with Diocesan Education Leaders that might enable future generations of LGBTQ+ teachers to feel that they were being appropriately supported and enabled
A forensic linguistic investigation: combining stylistic and stylometric methods to ascertain authorship identification in disputed texts
No full textAdherence to supervised falls prevention exercise in community-dwelling older adults: Secondary analysis of a systematic review
Full text linkExercise reduces falls in older people, and the benefits are stronger with greater exercise adherence. This review summarized adherence and behavior change techniques in fall prevention supervised exercise interventions and investigated the association between adherence, participants’ characteristics, and intervention components. Methods: A secondary analysis of trials from the previous 2019 Cochrane Review and its associated updates, investigating fall prevention exercises in community-dwelling people aged 60+ years. We dichotomized the interventions based on adherence, using the threshold of ≥75% of the sessions provided, or ≥75% of the participants attended ≥75% of sessions. Logistic regression examined the associations between adherence and participant characteristics, and intervention components. Results: One hundred and two studies investigated 136 supervised exercise interventions, of which 116 interventions (85%) reported adherence. The median proportion of exercise sessions attended was 78% (range: 38%–100%). Adherence was associated with exercise frequency with the odds of adherence increased by 167% (95% CI, 12%–536%) for interventions conducted ≥2 times/week, compared to those <2 times/week; 72% higher (95% CI, 12%–85%) for supervised programs without home exercise component, compared to those with 4% more for 1 week less in exercise intervention conducted in trials (2%–7%), and 33% higher (95% CI, 11%–50%) for each behavior change technique not used. Conclusion: Higher adherence was observed in interventions that were shorter, did not have home exercise components, had more weekly sessions (≥2 times/wk), and used fewer behavior change techniques. Clinicians should consider these factors to optimize adherence to supervised programs
Independence, Creativity, Mastery:Juche as Ideology and Theory in Education
No full textWith the revival of academic interest in Kim Il-Sung’s thought on education and society, and communist educational ideas, more broadly, this article explores the ways in which those associated with North Korea’s leader might operate as theory in education. In Part One, I discuss ideology before moving on to develop the relationship between ideology and educational theory beyond the Korean Peninsula, including its instantiation in practices in revolutionary Africa. In Part Two, I argue that this theory shares elements with other progressive and radical educational thinking, but lays a distinctive, decolonising emphasis on concepts of independence, creativity and mastery that have a relevance and application beyond the Korean context. In this article, I argue that Juche can be regarded from (at least) three perspectives: as ideology, as enactment (strategy and policy) and as theory. As I develop my argument, moving from Juche as ideology to Juche as theory, I follow a line that moves from the more general, the subjective experience of objective conditions, to the more specific, the main socially reproductive processes through which subjecthood is interpellated relative to the world, namely via the educative order
The ‘proclamation’ statute of 1454 and its implementation to 1460: an insight into the effectiveness of late Lancastrian government
Full text linkThis article investigates one strand of late Lancastrian government, based on a largely unknown collection of writs ordering proclamations against those accused of riots who had failed to appear before the royal council, dating from 1454 to 1460. These provide key evidence of the attempt to deal with the pressing problem of law and order before the civil war. While not necessarily effective, they show the council was involved in many ‘minor’ cases and not just noble feuding. It concludes that the judicial role of the royal council was rather greater than previously thought, foreshadowing the better-known conciliar fora under the Tudors
Intra-Individual Variability in Sagittal Plane Kinematics During Indoor Cycling Time Trial †
No full textIntra-individual movement variability has historically been discounted as evidence of poor motor control. However, evidence now suggests that it may play a functional role in skill performance and so this study aimed to establish whether this is the case during a simulated indoor cycling time trial. Ten trained cyclists (Age = 31.90 ± 10.30 years, Height = 1.80 ± 0.10 years, Mass = 72.10 ± 9.40 kg) participated in a 10-mile (16 km) time trial while sagittal plane kinematics were captured using 3D motion capture technology. The results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) between knee–ankle and hip–knee coordination variability across pedal phases, with the knee–ankle coupling exhibiting more variability. Notably, faster cyclists demonstrated lower variability, particularly in the knee–ankle coupling, compared to slower cyclists. While no consistent relationship was found between movement variability and time trial performance across all participants, the results suggest that there may be a link between the level of intra-individual movement variability displayed by a cyclist and the time in which they were able to complete a 10-mile simulated time trial task in laboratory conditions
Exploring the creation, use and transformation of the West Hill Cemetery, Winchester, UK
No full textThis chapter explores the creation, use, and transformation of a piece of land made sacred in Winchester, a small Cathedral city on the edge of the South Downs National Park in the South of England, UK; West Hill Cemetery. Established in 1840, West Hill Cemetery (hereon West Hill) was at one time the main cemetery for Winchester’s residents, home to a large Anglican chapel, and a smaller chapel for non-Anglicans, then known as ‘non-conformists’ or ‘Dissenters’. Today however, the site is closed to new internments and the few extant memorials belie the circa 22,500 bodies buried there. Once a well-kept space where the dead were laid to rest with solemnity, from the 1920s the site became a local embarrassment overtaken by brambles, and in the 1950s was taken over by the City Council. Today it functions as a busy thorough-fare linking the University of Winchester to the city and train station, and is a green space where local folk walk their dogs and wildlife thrives. Sadly though, whilst the sacrality of the site is largely maintained by those who visit it, in a few quiet tucked-away locations more secular affairs take place; the occasional drug-deal is conducted, and as evidenced by discarded mattresses, and empty beer cans and vodka bottles, late-night revelling occurs.By exploring the history of this piece of land, and by examining the perceptions of some of those who make use of it today, this chapter will consider the geography of a semi-urban graveyard in terms of its initial creation, use and reuse, over the past circa. 180-years.<br/
An Alternative Route of the Silk Road Through Svaneti (West Georgia) to the Black Sea in the 6th Century AD
No full textTsetskhladze, G., Hargrave, J. and Manoledakis, M. (ed.