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The Enemy Within: Work-Related Stress and the Education Crisis
No full textStress in the workplace has been recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global health epidemic. Research examining the most stressful industries to work in the UK consistently ranks education among the highest groups, encompassing early years practitioners to higher education academics. One of the most commonly reported contributory factors is poor work–life balance, with high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation—key components of burnout—endemic. Related research has highlighted unprecedented mental health difficulties among children and young people; while many educators feel ill-equipped to manage the levels of mental distress they encounter in the classroom and playground on a daily basis, contributing to their own diminished wellbeing. The current author posits that at the heart of a well-functioning learning environment is the holistic wellbeing of every member of the education community. This paper brings together evidence from across different levels of education to expose systemic failures to address work-related stressors, highlighting gaps in effective support mechanisms to meet the needs of both learners and educators. Philosophical questions concerning professional identities and the function of a contemporary education system with mental health on its agenda are considered. Finally, recommendations are put forward to help tackle the current crisis and curb the exodus of professionals from across the sector
The effects of isothermic heat acclimation on simple and complex cognitive performance in the heat
No full textLonger heat acclimation (HA) protocols more effectively improve physical performance than shorter ones, but the effect of HA duration on cognitive performance remains unclear. Twelve participants performed a 45-min cycling heat stress test [(HST) 40%W max; 40°C; 50% RH] on the first (HST 1), seventh (HST 7), and thirteenth (HST 13) day of testing with five consecutive days of isothermic HA (60-min; rectal temperature ~38.5°C) between each HST. Simple (five-choice reaction time [RT]) and complex (spatial working memory [SWM]) tests were completed before and after each HST. Reaction and Movement times were slower before HST 13 than HST 1. Fewer errors were made in the SWM test before HST 13 in the 6- (0.0v2.7), 8- (1.8v7.6) and 12- (18v31) box tests and before HST 7 in the 6- and 8-box tests (1.9v7.6) compared to HST 1. Search strategy was improved before HST 7 (4.5v6.8) and HST 13 (4.3v6.8). Fewer errors were made in the 8-box test after HST 7 (1.6v8.8) and HST 13 (1.1v8.6). No other differences were observed (p > 0.05). HA improved performance in some of the more challenging tasks but had no effect on the most complex task (12-box) when physiological strain was highest. 10-days of HA was more effective than 5-days at improving some aspects of cognitive performance. </p
The impact of a secondary cognitive task on variables associated with ACL loading during landing: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textSTRIDE D5.1. Collated National Reports:Mitigating inequality in educational outcomes: Evidence from Early Childhood Policy Reforms in Five European countries
Full text linkUtilizing epistemic safe spaces through artwork to amplify dulled voices in initial teacher education in England
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A Theology of Becoming:Body, Blood, Birth, and Sacrament
No full textModern theological approaches to birth have been filtered through an androcentric lens, focusing more on ethical questions of contraception and abortion than on the significance of birth for what it means to be human. In the Catholic tradition, this has been influenced by doctrines and traditions surrounding Mary's virginal conception of Christ and painless birth. This Element considers the challenges posed by maternal life to ideas and theories about pregnancy, childbirth, and the relationship between a woman and her newborn child. Reflecting on her maternal experiences through the lenses of feminist theory and Marian theology, the author sketches the contours of an incarnational theology that endows the birthing body with sacramental significance. She concludes by asking what it would mean for theological anthropology to adopt this as the normative model of the person reborn through baptism into the body of the maternal Church
