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Book Review: Peter Herman, 'Early Modern Others: Resisting Bias in Renaissance Literature'
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The Experiences of Students with Physical Disabilities in Inclusive Education: A Qualitative Systematic Review
No full textPhysical disabilities can impact a person’s education. The first-hand narratives of students with physical disabilities may be useful for policy makers, teachers and other stakeholders to inform improvements in inclusive education provision. The objective of this systematic review is to understand different aspects of the experiences of students with physical disabilities who participate in inclusive education. This review was conducted according to the JBI methodology for qualitative systematic reviews. Data were extracted from qualitative studies concerning the experiences of students with physical disabilities, aged 6-20, educated in primary or secondary schools, worldwide. From 5326 initial records, 19 relevant studies were included and critically assessed by two independent reviewers. Eighty-seven themes were classified into 9 categories and further pooled into three synthesized statements. Despite being educated in mainstream settings, students with physical disabilities convey challenges in their day-to-day living and with accessibility and participation in school. These challenges may affect their self-perception, their educational progression and their goals and choices for the future. However, barriers in mainstream settings may be overcome through accommodations of curriculum design, providing appropriate supports and including students with PD’s voice(s) in decision-making. Practices and policies that encourage a sense of belonging and enable meaningful participation for students with PD may enhance their experiences of inclusiveness
The demographic transition and stagnation in countries vulnerable to climate change
No full textClimate change, degradation of local essential resources and high population growth could create long-lasting poverty traps and economic stagnation in Sub-Sahara Africa. We develop a theoretical framework that sheds light on mechanisms of economic stagnation that is driven by environmental degradation. Under poor basic infrastructures, environmental conditions impact intra-household labor allocation due to their effects on local essential resources such as water and/or firewood. Climate change damages essential resources, resulting in women having to spend more time collecting them for their families. This, in turn, leads parents to invest less in education for their daughters, resulting in gender inequality in education and income, delaying declines in fertility and creating population momentum. A larger population exacerbates the problem by further degrading essential resources through expanded production, reinforcing stagnation into a low development phase. The interplay between essential resources, gender inequality, and population, under the persistent effect of climate change, may thus generate a slow demographic transition and stagnation. Empirical evidence from 44 Sub-Saharan African countries during the period 1960-2017 confirms our theoretical predictions, emphasizing the urgent need to address these issues to promote sustainable development
AI for Accessibility and Inclusion:Removing Barriers and Empowering Students
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Factorial structure and measurement invariance of the Italian version of the Cooper – Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)
No full textThere is increasing evidence that psychotherapy efficacy can be enhanced by accommodating clients’ preferences regarding their role, the treatment, and the therapist. Several instruments are available to measure these concepts, although only the Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) appears particularly suitable for psychotherapy. This study aimed to validate the Italian version of the C-NIP and to provide norms for both clinical and research use for Italian-speaking individuals. We adopted a multi-step procedure to translate the C-NIP into Italian. Then, 1084 (70.3% females; Mage = 27.22 ± 11 years) Italian adults completed an online survey. Psychometric properties of both the original C-NIP and a revised, 15-item, five-scale version of this questionnaire were analysed through a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), McDonald’s omega coefficients, mean inter-item correlations, measurement invariance, and Pearson correlations. The Italian translation of the original version of the C-NIP scales did not show good psychometric properties. However, the CFA on a revised factorial structure of the C-NIP evidenced adequate fit to the data. We found good support for the unidimensionality of all scales, but only one of the scales demonstrated an acceptable internal consistency. Measurement invariance was confirmed across both patient sex and across individuals who were and were not in psychotherapy. Results showed that the revised version of the C-NIP has satisfactory factorial structure for use with Italian adults. More research is needed to investigate how preferences vary over time and in relation to psychopathologies and client characteristics
