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Interdisciplinary learning: ITAP on selecting and utilising ISMs
No full textThis will explore research around the use of ‘Initial Stimulus Material’ (Phillips, 2001; Roberts, 2013) to motivate and stimulate pupils’ subject disciplinary thinking at the start of lessons. It will explore the lessons learnt from a 5-day subject specific ITAP which was designed to enable trainees to analyse and deconstruct practice in both selecting and utilising ISMs related to a clear subject focus, prior to the commencement of their first placement. With schools increasingly focused on inert knowledge retrieval and ‘do now’ tasks this ITAP was designed to help trainees to start lessons with an ISM which drew upon student's schema, and created ‘a need to know’ (Roberts, 2013)
No longer a boy's club
Get PDFThis chapter discusses the important strides women have made in business and financial news over the past several decades as well as the challenges that remain. It draws on in-depth interviews with 20 women in the United States and the United Kingdom who have spent their careers in business and financial journalism. Some important trends emerge from the interviews. For instance, movements like #Metoo have shifted what is described as a men’s club newsroom culture of the 1970 and 1980s, and there are many positive reasons women cite for joining the sector. But issues remain, such as pay disparities and the need for financial and business sectors to change their cultures. Their insights, along with available data and relevant research, paint a picture of the current status of women in business journalism and make the case for full participation of women in the field
Job demands-resources theory extended: stress, loneliness, andcare responsibilities impacting UK doctoral students’ and academics’ mental health
Get PDFGiven the increasing challenges in academia since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is crucial to understand how work demands, life demands, and job resources affect the mental health of academic researchers. In extending the job demands-resources theory, the present study investigates the relationships between job resources, research work demand, life demand (i.e. caring responsibility), stress, loneliness and mental health among doctoral students and academics. The results from a secondary dataset of 4,563 academic researchers (academics undertaking research and doctoral students) in the UK indicate that job resources are positively associated with mental health, while caring responsibility and loneliness negatively impact mental health. Stress is also found to partially mediate (explain) the relationships between job resources, research work demand, and mental health. Moreover, loneliness moderates the positive impact of job resources on mental health, particularly attenuating this relationship for academic researchers who experience higher levels of loneliness. Surprisingly, during Covid-19, the moderation effect of gender on the path from caring responsibility to stress is significantly stronger for males than for female colleagues. Feeling unprepared, male colleagues who were pressured to take on caring responsibilities experienced higher stress. We suggest strategic interventions to enhance job resources and support researchers who have caregiving responsibilities, while also alleviating stress and feelings of loneliness. Future research should engage alternative perspectives at both individual (e.g. age, familial wealth) and institutional (e.g. education system, discipline/field) levels
Individual differences in sharing false political information on social media: deliberate and accidental sharing, motivations and positive schizotypy
Get PDFFalse political information – misinformation or disinformation - is widely spread on social media. Individual social media users play a large part in this. However, only a minority actively share false material. It is important to establish what sets these individuals apart from those who do not, and why they do it. Motivations for sharing may vary and are likely to differ between people who share false material unknowingly and on purpose. In this paper we consider the extent to which individual differences in personality and other variables, and motivations for sharing, are associated with the likelihood of people sharing false political information both accidentally and deliberately.
In a series of four studies (Ns=614, 563, 627, 113) we examined predictors of sharing false political information using different methodological approaches.
Across the four studies, a key finding was that positive schizotypy is associated with measures of sharing false information both accidentally and deliberately. Motivations for sharing political information online were also relevant, with sharing for reasons of 'raising awareness' appearing particularly important. Implications for research and practice are discussed
Early photographic work included in 'Worlds in Motion: 30 Years Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg', Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
No full textEarly Photographic work of Billingham's was included in the exhibition 'Worlds in Motion. 30 Years' Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (25 May - 4 August 2024) This major exhibition marked the 30th aniversary of the Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg. It included work from the museum’s permanent collection as well as various new donations, exhibited in public for the first time. Besides Billingham, other artists included Andreas Gursky, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Douglas Gordon, Elizabeth Peyton, Franz Ackermann, Gilbert & George, Jeff Koons, Luc Tuymans, Michel Majerus, Phyllida Barlow, Thomas Schütte, Tony Cragg and others
A pilot study for testing feasibility and preliminary influence of early intervention using text messaging for pressure ulcer prevention in individuals with spinal cord injury
Get PDFBackground
This pilot study assessed text messaging as an early intervention for preventing pressure ulcers (PrUs) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) post-hospital discharge.
Method
Thirty-nine wheelchair-users discharged after acquiring a SCI, underwent randomisation into an intervention group (n = 20) with text messages and a control group (n = 19). All participants received standard post-discharge care and completed a skincare questionnaire before and 6-month after discharge. Primary outcomes included feasibility and acceptability of early intervention using text messaging, alongside performance, concordance, and attitudes toward skincare. Secondary outcomes measured perception and the incidence of PrUs.
Results
Baseline demographics were comparable between the intervention and control groups. Eight of 20 participants completed 6-month follow-up questionnaires in the intervention group, six participants completed the 6-month questionnaires in the control group,. Participants expressed high satisfaction with text messages, understanding of content, and increased confidence in preventing PrUs. At 6-month post-discharge, the intervention group showed improved prevention practices, heightened awareness of PrU risks, and increased perceived importance of prevention, which were not observed in the control group. However, there were no significant differences in PrU incidence, possibly due to the small sample size and short follow-up.
Conclusion
The study demonstrates that using text messaging as an early intervention for PrU prevention in individuals with SCI is feasible and well-received. Preliminary results suggest a positive impact on participants' attitudes and practices, indicating the potential of text messaging to reduce PrU incidence. However, further research with larger samples and extended follow-up is crucial to validate these promising initial findings
The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway for men in England and Wales: a qualitative study of pathway user views about services, perceived impact on psychological wellbeing, and implications for desistance
Get PDFThe offender personality disorder (OPD) Pathway is a network of services across prison, health and community settings in England and Wales providing psychological support for high-risk people who have offended and are thought to have a personality disorder. As part of a national evaluation of the Pathway, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 36 Pathway users to determine their views about their experiences in these services; and whether and how these impacted on their psychological wellbeing. Framework analysis was used to analyze the data. Participants reported positive therapeutic relationships with staff; improved psychological wellbeing; and for some, a shift away from antisocial toward more pro-social identities. They also described a negative impact of staff turnover and uncertainty about the role of prison officers and psychologists within prison services. Pathway services are able to engage individuals who have not previously engaged with services. Constancy of staff is fundamental to the Pathway
Callahan & Witscher
No full textThe duo might mock tired tropes of experimentalism with their genre pastiches but they’re as serious as they come
Gaining insight into user behaviour and systematically determing user location via Bluetooth low energy beacon optimisation
Get PDFThe multiuser challenge within the field of Intelligent Environments, specifically concerning Indoor Positioning systems needs to be addressed. Solving this challenge is paramount for enabling customised services in indoor locations. This investigation aims to distinguish between multiple users in an Intelligent Environment and identify their specific locations at a given time by employing a visual interface to deploy localised and personalised services to specific individuals in real-time. The investigation is conducted in the Smart Spaces Lab of Middlesex University London (i.e., a fully functional Intelligent Environment). The investigation leverages the Lab's existing technology and uses BLE Beacons with a novel placement approach to complete the User Location challenge. User Data was also generated in the process, giving rise to many insights. On the other hand, Machine Learning was utilised to predict User Activity using the generated Data. The study also offers insight into the latest research concerning indoor positioning systems and their approaches. Additionally, the investigation benchmarks its approaches against the methods published in recent literature and reviews the limitations of this investigation, emphasising future work. Video-based evidence is provided to establish the investigation's authenticity and complement the description in this paper
The pedagogy of action learning facilitation – a critique of the role of the facilitator in an organisational leadership programme
Get PDFThis paper explores the professional practice of the Action Learning (AL) facilitator through a process of critical inquiry, self-reflection and evaluation of action learning practice within a Higher Education Leadership Programme, commissioned by an English NHS Mental Health Trust. Action research was adopted as the overarching research approach which was built into the one-year post graduate programme. This enabled planning, fact-finding, and taking actions in analysing the role of the AL facilitator as an iterative process to explore the practice of action learning facilitation. It involved examination of the complexities and dynamics within an AL process and how learning and action is facilitated, as well as different relational dimensions that the facilitator must be aware of to effectively manage and support AL set members. Thematic analysis, which involved a 5-step process, was used to collate and investigate the research data. Results from this research reinforce the significance of the role of the AL facilitator in the learning process and offer a framework for pedagogy of AL facilitation presented as the art, craft and apparatus of AL facilitation practice. This framework contributes to the current AL literature by offering a holistic point of reference for the learning and practice of AL facilitation