2,115 research outputs found
Expectations of ability and disability at university: the fine art of managing lives, perceptions and curricula
No full textBeyond Binaries in Education Research explores the ethical, methodological, and social justice issues relating to conceptualizations of binary opposites in education research, particularly where one side of the dualism is perceived to be positive and the other negative. In education research these may include ability-disability, academic-vocational, adult-child, formal-informal learning, male-female, research-practice, researcher-participant, sedentary-mobile, and West-East. Chapters in this book explore the resilience of binary constructions and present conceptual models for moving beyond them and/or reconceptualizing them to facilitate more productive approaches to education provision. With contributors from authors working in a multitude of educational fields and countries, this book provides a significant contribution to the ongoing challenge to seek new ways to move beyond binaries in education research. [Book Synopsis
The Owl of Minerva: A Memoir
No full textMary Midgley was born in London in 1919. She is one of the most renowned moral philosophers of her generation and the author of many books, including Beast of Man, Wickedness and The Myths We Live By. She has taken part in many broadcast events, including The Moral Maze and Woman\u27s Hour.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-world-history/1005/thumbnail.jp
Response to Maria Papadima’s commentary on MacKean et al. (2023) and Midgley et al.’s (2021) papers about an internet-based psychodynamic treatment
No full textWe welcome a chance to respond to Maria Papadima’s commentary on the papers by MacKean et al. (Citation2023) and Midgley et al. (Citation2021). Papadima raises some important questions about how we understand the apparent increase in adolescent mental health difficulties, and the way in which psychoanalytically-trained child psychotherapists can respond to potential innovations or new developments in mental health support.</p
Participants and research method design: the development of narrative discussion group method
No full textThis chapter outlines the development of a method of data collection that the author called narrative discussion group method. The method was developed and employed in a doctoral research project in which the researcher (an English-speaking Australian) was exploring the experiences of Saudi students at an Australian university. In an attempt to de-emphasize the Western influence of the researcher over the study, this method was developed in consultation with potential participants, and scholarly sources relating to Saudi culture. The resulting method represented the way some Saudi participants indicated they would prefer data to be collected. It opened spaces for Saudi participants to discuss topics that might not otherwise have been discussed. In this way, the role of the participants was reimagined to include contributing to the methodological design. The chapter outlines the rationale for and the process of developing this method, the differences between this method and other narrative methods of data collection, and some of the outcomes of employing this method. The chapter demonstrates one way in which the role of participants can be reimagined
Regulatory space in local government audit: An international comparative study of 20 countries
No full textThis article compares audit regulatory space in local government for 20 countries. Building upon prior research, it shows four themes of new audit space, namely 'organization and fragmentation', 'independence and competition', 'audit scope', and 'inspection' are relevant internationally, although suggests inspection is better categorized as performance assessment. Audit construction through these themes is shaped by a country's constitutional framework, but also modern state theories consensus around audit as an assessment of government quality that meant performance audit is increasingly popular
Challenging a dogma of exercise physiology: does an incremental exercise test for valid VO(2) max determination really need to last between 8 and 12 minutes?
No full textAdrian W. Midgley, David J. Bentley, Hans Luttikholt, Lars R. McNaughton and Gregoire P. Mille
The Supporting Parents Project: A randomised controlled trial of the Lighthouse Parenting Programme Addendum 09.09.2021
No full textSleed, M., Fearon, P., Midgley, N., Martin, P., Byrne, G., & Zywek, L. (2021, October 14). The Supporting Parents Project: A randomised controlled trial of the Lighthouse Parenting Programme. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GXYS
Data and R code for Midgley et al (2023) The Reflective Fostering Programme fidelity rating scale: development and inter-rater reliability. Journal of Children's Services
No full textThis is a pseudonymised data set of ratings using the Reflective Fostering Fidelity Rating Scale, and associated R code to reproduce all tables, figures, and results published in:
Midgley N, Cirasola A, Sprecher EA, Redfern S, Wright H, Rider B, Martin P. (2023) The Reflective Fostering Programme fidelity rating scale: development and inter-rater reliability. J Child Serv 2023;doi:10.1108/JCS-01-2022-0002.</p
Effects of an acute bout of static stretching on 40 m sprint performance: influence of baseline flexibility
No full textThis study investigated the effect of stretching on sprint performance. Ten trained male subjects (age 22 ± 2.3 yrs; body mass 77.1 ± 6.9 kg; height 179 ± 5.5 cm) were randomly assigned to “Rest” and “Stretch” conditions. A low intensity 5 min running warm-up was followed by either 12 min of inactivity (Rest) or lower-limb stretches (Stretch). Subjects walked for 60 s before completing three maximal effort 40 m sprint trials. There were no statistically significant differences in measures of sprint performance between conditions (p > 0.05); however, there was a significant correlation between baseline sit-and-reach scores and mean change in mean velocity between conditions (r = –0.68; p = 0.03). There was a tendency for stretching to negatively effect sprint performance in subjects with comparatively high baseline flexibility. An acute bout of stretching did not exert a significant effect on sprint performance under prescribed conditions.John-Paul Favero, Adrian W. Midgley and David J. Bentle
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