136 research outputs found
Down East Bookshelf piece on Allan Lockyer, author of Clamdiggers and Downeas
No full textDown East Bookshelf piece on Allan Lockyer, author of Clamdiggers and Downeast Country Stores
Learning objects and learning designs: an integrated system for reusable, adaptive and shareable learning content
No full textThis paper proposes a system, the Smart Learning Design Framework, designed to support the development of pedagogically sound learning material within an integrated, platform-independent data structure. The system supports sharing, reuse and adaptation of learning material via a metadata-driven philosophy that enables the technicalities of the system to be imperceptible to the author and consumer. The system proposes the use of pedagogically focused metadata to support and guide the author and to adapt and deliver the content to the targeted consumer. A prototype of the proposed system, which provides proof of concept for the novel processes involved, has been developed. The paper describes the Smart Learning Design Framework and places it within the context of alternative learning object models and frameworks to highlight similarities, differences and advantages of the proposed system
An Intersectional Perspective of Entrepreneurial Growth Aspirations: Gendering Process of Transnational Women Entrepreneurs in a Superdiverse Context
No full textEntrepreneurship is a gendered discourse that disadvantages women, with a growing trend among recent studies attending to entrepreneurial growth aspirations from the perspective of gender. Meanwhile, intersectionality theory provides a multi-layered inter-relational analysis on the effect of race, gender and migration status in the social constructions of migrant women entrepreneurs. Hence, intersectionality theory is particularly relevant in examinations of women entrepreneurs’ gendering process. Notably, Birmingham as the second largest metropole in the UK is celebrated for its superdiverse metropolitan culture and the rich entrepreneurial tradition, with continued growth of international migration from a superdiverse range of countries and regions. In particular, transnational migrants from Hong Kong and mainland China are the two major Chinese diaspora groups in the city of Birmingham, which are under-researched with reference to entrepreneurial growth aspirations from a gender perspective. Therefore, the primary objective of this research is to comprehend, critique, and deconstruct the capitalist patriarchy as experienced by Chinese women entrepreneurs from divergent migrant groups within the Chinese diaspora communities in Birmingham. Specifically, it has been witnessed by women entrepreneurs in family businesses from Hong Kong and women student entrepreneurs from mainland China. This research project employed a qualitative case study design to explore how Hong Kong and mainland Chinese women entrepreneurs interact with the Chinese diaspora communities to achieve entrepreneurial growth in a superdiverse and transnational city context of Birmingham. Taking into account the sampling strategy and data saturation, six individual cases, leading to six in-depth semi-structured interviews, were conducted for the fieldwork. This research found that the Chinese catering industry, as the main sector of Chinese diaspora entrepreneurship in the UK, demonstrated evident male dominance. Women entrepreneurs in family businesses from Hong Kong and women student entrepreneurs from mainland China have both experienced gendered bias in their entrepreneurial growth processes, with human capital playing a crucial role in the formation of their growth aspirations, as a reflection of entrepreneurial identity in a superdiverse, transnational gendering process. It is evident that the gendering process of women entrepreneurs from both Hong Kong and mainland China was developing entrepreneurial growth aspirations with them, in order to avoid the gender bias that is rife in the male-dominated traditional Chinese catering industry, albeit with divergent contextual conditions. In the future, further examinations will attend to the various discriminatory dynamics as intersecting forms of exclusions in relation to the superdiverse entrepreneurial context, with a focus on women entrepreneurs from the disadvantaged and marginalised as well as the advantaged and privileged social groups to explore the social, cultural, and political potentials of migrant women entrepreneurs in general and Chinese migrant women entrepreneurs in particular
Women's Paid and Unpaid Work in the UK Voluntary Sector since 1978: A Qualitative Study of Small and Medium Size Organisations in Bradford
No full textSince the publication of the Wolfenden Report The Future of Voluntary Organisations in 1978, the UK voluntary sector has grown exponentially and become an important actor in the delivery of welfare services. In this thesis, I examine women’s reported experiences of paid and unpaid work within this sector. I investigate why women continue to outnumber men in the sector’s workforce, and identify the ways in which voluntary-sector work is gendered. To do this, I draw on twenty-eight semi-structured ‘work history’ interviews with women who were volunteers, paid staff or both within voluntary organisations in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
The analysis is split into three chapters. The first explores women’s initial engagements with the voluntary sector and pinpoints the times in women’s lives when they are more likely to enter into either paid or unpaid work in the sector. The second focuses on working conditions in the sector, and examines what factors make voluntary-sector work both desirable and possible for women. The third discusses how the voluntary sector has developed since 1978 and how these changes have impacted on its predominantly female workforce, with a particular focus on changes since the 2008 financial crash.
Unlike previous research, this thesis focuses on women’s work in the voluntary sector specifically. My findings demonstrate that voluntary-sector work is particularly accessible to women and more aligned to their work prioritisations, career trajectories and lifestyles. I also discuss what the persistence of gender segregation in the sector means for the women who work within it
Tackling coronary heart disease: A gender sensitive approach is needed
No full textEditorialsTackling coronary heart diseaseBMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7320.1016 (Published 03 November 2001)Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:1016ArticleRelated contentMetricsResponsesA gender sensitive approach is neededAlan White, senior lecturer in nursing ([email protected]), Lesley Lockyer, research fellow ([email protected])Author affiliationsCoronary heart disease is the commonest cause of death in the United Kingdom, with marked gender differences in incidence, presentation, referral, recovery, and rehabilitation.1–6 Current policy on coronary heart disease is written in gender neutral language at a time when treatment has been moving towards a more behavioural model, where cardiac rehabilitation is a therapeutic option and changing cardiac health behaviour a major objective. Given the importance of this there is a need for health strategy that is gender sensitive.The government views the national service framework for coronary heart disease as its “blueprint” for tackling heart disease.7 It lays out 12 standards and sets out services that should be available throughout England. Although the framework acknowledges gender differences, there is no clear recognition in the guidelines of how these are to be addressed
Examining the everyday entrepreneurial experiences of ‘Jua Kali’ women entrepreneurs in rural Kenya
No full textThis paper examines the everyday entrepreneurial experiences of jua kali women entrepreneurs in rural Kenya. Jua kali is a Swahili term that means fierce sunlight, and refers to an informal economy whose unlicenced enterprises operate in open-air marketplaces, literally “under the hot sun”. This qualitative study investigated the everyday work- and care experiences of jua kali women entrepreneurs in rural Kenya. The study drew on observation data captured in fieldwork photographs and in-depth interviews with 40 jua kali women entrepreneurs from Vihiga and Kisumu counties. All data were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, coded in NVivo 12 Pro, and analysed thematically and interpreted through a feminist intersectionality lens. The findings reveal that, due to a lack of childcare support and an absence of social welfare benefits for the elderly, jua kali women are confronted with time–income trade-offs and the unresolved tension of a work–family balance. They negotiate a triple burden of work- and care roles in their everyday experiences, dominated by household chores, childcare, and elderly welfare care roles, as well as subsistence farming work. They also face uncertainty due to sudden evictions and demolitions of marketplaces, and harassment by kanjo (council tax officials). In conclusion, these findings extend critical entrepreneurship research that suggests, by itself, entrepreneurship does not ameliorate the negative effects of subordination for rural women. Rather, it reproduces structural and contextual constraints that trap women in the same old conventional structures of misogyny in rural Kenya
Women’s enterprise policy effects on women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in rural Kenya
No full textThis research investigated the influence of women’s enterprise policy on women entrepreneurs in informal sectors, called 'jua kali' in rural Kenya. Current research is dominated by functionalist notions of entrepreneurship, which emphasise the importance of economic growth and the role of entrepreneurship in securing it (Gartner, 1990: Shane & Ventakaraman, 2000). Although entrepreneurship has traditionally been considered a masculine domain, recent studies emphasise women’s contribution, yet their businesses are labelled as feminine, ‘lifestyle’, of low growth potential, and largely situated in informal economies (Welter et al., 2015). Consequently, as the concept of women’s entrepreneurship is increasingly regarded as a matter of global importance (De Vita et al., 2014), a proliferation of entrepreneurship policies financing its agenda continues to be witnessed globally (for example The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals), cascading down to continental and national levels. The Kenyan government established the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF), in 2007, as a semi-autonomous government agency in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs and Special Programmes, as an affirmative action fund to support women’s businesses across the country. The WEF fund symbolised a commitment by the Kenyan government to realise the 1st and 5th Sustainable Development Goals and Vision 2030. Despite the presence of these policies, women entrepreneurs have not been on the same footing as men entrepreneurs in accessing opportunities and financial resources. Thus, this study’s objective and context are justified as timely to investigate the influence of women’s enterprise policies on rural women jua kali entrepreneurs in developing economies. The study drew on document analysis of several government financing policies, particularly the WEF, and 26 in-depth interviews with 40 jua kali women entrepreneurs in Vihiga County, Kenya. All data were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, coded in NVivo 12 Pro, and analysed thematically. The study identified several contextual constraints (political, economic, social and cultural) that influence the effectiveness of women entrepreneurship policies in a rural setting in Kenya. First, the analysis showed poor governance and rural marginalisation were the main institutional political constraints to policy implementation in Kenya, where connectivity and infrastructural constraints are structural barriers that disadvantage women entrepreneurs in accessing enterprise funds. Second, many of the women revealed high levels of corruption in the county governments, which prevent the distribution and reach of the funds to the targeted beneficiaries, whilst the high cost of operations and harassments by county council officials, kanjo, are economic constraints that impede the sustainability of their businesses. Third, the lack of ownership of property and low levels of education of rural women are some of the cultural constrains embedded within the patriarchal society
[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0582]
No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Herbert Lockyer, internationally known theologian as author, will speak at the spring Bible conference May 18-25 of the Grace Institute of the Bible, room 604 of the YMCA.
Beginning teacher network: The design of an online community of practice for beginning teachers in Australia
No full textThe high attrition rate of teachers in their first five years of teaching coupled with an ageing teacher profile necessitates innovative approaches to beginning teacher support and professional development. This paper argues (and provides a theoretical framework) for the development, implementation and evaluation of an online community of practice that involves cross-sectoral collaboration and which is linked to professional standards. The online community allows new teachers to be mentored by expert teachers and to communicate with peers, and provides access to a range of resources including lesson plans, videos of exemplary teaching, annotated lists of useful websites and frequently asked questions. Such access may help to lessen the feelings of isolation and lack of support felt by many beginning teachers, and provide a link between the practical realities and constraints of the classroom and the more innovative, research-based methods and strategies teachers learn while at university
Corrigendum to “Reproductive cycles of marine mammals” [Anim. Reprod. Sci. 124 (2011) 184–193]
No full textThe author regrets the following errors in the paper above: Table 2 was previously published in “Todd R. Robeck, Shannon K.C. Atkinson, and Fiona Brook (2001) ‘Reproduction’, in CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine Health, Disease, and Rehabilitation, Edited by Leslie A. Dierauf and Frances M.D. Gulland: CRC Press, pp. 193–236” and is reproduced with permission. Table 4 was previously published in “Boyd, I.L., Lockyer, C., & Marsh, H. (1999). Reproduction in marine mammals. In J.E. Reynolds III, & S.A. Rommel (Eds.), Biology of Marine Mammals. (pp. 218–286). Smithsonian Institution Press” and is reproduced with permission. The author would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.</p
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