548 research outputs found
Teaching fundamental British values in primary schools : project summary
No full textThis project developed out of academic research carried out by Alison Struthers into the practice of Fundamental British Values (FBV) and Human Rights Education (HRE) in English primary schools. In this research, the author explored the problems with the Government’s FBV agenda, and argued that because human rights values are rooted in universality, couching FBV in this broader framework would be likely to contribute to societal cohesion to a far greater extent than the potentially discriminatory FBV guidance. This project sought to action these findings by showing how teaching about FBV can be linked effectively to broader human rights values
Repositioning the graphic designer as researcher
No full textIn academic terms, the discipline of graphic design is relatively young. Consequently the position of the discipline within academic territory, and the role of the designer, continue to be debated. In part, these debates have been a product of attempts to define and defend the discipline’s borders from within, in order to establish a sense of the role of graphic design and the graphic designer as commensurate with other disciplines both within and beyond art and design. In recent years graphic designers have variously been defined as ‘authors’, ‘producers’ and ‘readers’, yet none of these definitions seem to have provided any kind of productive or lasting impact within the academy. This paper suggests that rather than continue to seek territorial definitions and positions from within, it could be more productive to look beyond the confines of the discipline. Gaining a broader, interdisciplinary perspective on, and understanding of, qualitative research methods from other disciplines may enable the graphic designer to more fully position his or her practice within the wider academy. Such a perspective could help facilitate the repositioning and redefinition of the graphic designer as ‘researcher’ - a move that would be productive in relation to the future development of postgraduate research within the discipline
Critiquing approaches to countering extremism : the fundamental British values problem in English formal schooling
No full textTeaching fundamental British values in schools to deter and counter extremism is seen as a central part of counter-terrorism policy. We critique the current approach, highlighting the more controversial aspects of the fundamental British values agenda and point to other values frameworks more suited to the role of combatting extremism within schooling
Teaching human rights in primary schools : overcoming the barriers to effective practice
No full textTeaching Human Rights in Primary Schools delves into the important issue of Human Rights Education (HRE) implementation, exploring the nature and extent of HRE in education policy and practice in English primary schooling, and seeking to understand the reasons for deficiencies in practice in this area. HRE enables people not only to identify rights violations in their own lives, but also equips them with the knowledge, values and skills required to accept, defend and promote human rights more broadly. An awareness of human rights is therefore crucial, no matter what a person’s age, and as such it is vital that information about human rights is included within formal education.
Beginning with an overview of the relevant international obligations and agreements related to HRE, Struthers then demonstrates that these are ostensibly not currently being met in either policy or practice in England. The book then draws upon current literature and empirical research with teachers to explore and analyse the barriers to HRE implementation. While the book uses the specific context of English primary education, it makes broad interdisciplinary recommendations concerning how the provision of HRE could be improved, which will be relevant to other countries instituting programmes of HRE or values and citizenship education.
Interdisciplinary in nature and addressing HRE at both the international and domestic levels, this book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students in both education and law. It will be of particular interest to those engaged in the study of human rights, children’s rights and education law, as well as those interested in curriculum policy and development, teaching methodologies and the sociology of education. It should also be essential reading for teacher educators, teachers and policymakers
(The) man, his body, and his society: masculinity and the male experience in English and Scottish medicine c.1640-c.1780.
No full textThis thesis examines the relationship(s) between medicine, the body and societal codes of masculinity in England and Scotland between c.1640 and c.1780. It responds to the way in which the men in histories of post-1660 masculinity are often disembodied, and to the comparative absence of men’s gendered experiences from the history of medicine. Its findings show that in both centuries the experience of being a man with a body that was the site of health and sickness was an open, candid, and often communal, one, inside and outside of the formal medical encounter. Thus, and on both sides of 1700, ill men had full freedom in the pursuit and acceptance of medical, familial and social assistance, while their physical suffering, and associated emotional distress, was met with sympathy. With their sick bodies the sites of honest self-examination and open discussion, it was in part this very public nature of their sicknesses that allowed men, as a gender and as individuals, independence and agency in their non-commercial health care. Indeed, later-seventeenth- and eighteenth-century men suffered no constraints in their ability to respond to the vulnerabilities of their bodies, even where this involved behaviours or attributes allegedly associated with women and femininity, or inconsistent with ideals of active, independent, masculinity.
These findings indicate, therefore, great continuity across the period 1640-1780, and not only in masculine ideals of and involving the male corporeality. There seems to have been significant consistency across time in men’s social and medical experiences of both sickness and their pre-emptive preparation for it, and in an apparent collective self-confidence concerning their corporeal masculinity, their sex, and, possibly, even their sexual potential. Indeed, these sources suggest that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century men had a resilient sense of self-identity (and personal masculinity), conceptually separable from the corporeal body and its known fragilities
Neurophysiological Correlates of Sensory-Based Subtypes in Autism
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Date Presented 3/30/2017
Substantial heterogeneity within the population of children with autism suggests possible sensory subtypes that may help to explain behavioral differences. This study considers objective neurophysiological measurements in response to sensory exposure as a means to better characterize such subtypes.
Primary Author and Speaker: Kelle DeBoth
Contributing Authors: Stacey Reynolds, Shelly J. Lane, Henry Carretta, Alison E. Lane, Roseann C. Schaaf</jats:p
A latent semantic analysis of gender stereotype-consistency and narrowness in American English
No full textPalladium (II) / sulfoxide - promoted strategies for efficient and selective allylic C-H oxidations
No full textThe scientific community has born witness to incredible advancements in organic chemistry. Exemplified by total syntheses of molecules of astonishing complexity, it is becoming more clear that the conquest of a molecular target is less a question of overall feasibility, and more a question of practical resources. This has consequently provoked the need for transformations that allow for the rapid generation of molecular complexity with high efficiency and practicality. Selective C–H activation reactions provide a novel approach for synthesizing complex small molecules, which traditionally have been designed with sites of preincorporated oxidation for further manipulation. The ability to introduce sites of functionality directly onto simple hydrocarbon precursors offers immense potential for streamlined synthetic routes and improved chemical efficiency. Palladium(II) / sulfoxide catalysis has demonstrated broad applicability toward a wide array of allylic C–H functionalizations, starting from abundant and simple α-olefins. The development of such transformations has been classically guided by the reaction’s serial ligand catalysis mechanism, requiring weakly-binding ligands for the palladium catalyst, and the requirement for utilizing non-basic nucleophiles. Developing advancements toward addressing these major challenges has been the subject of this work.
By leveraging the serial ligand catalysis mechanism via a combination of palladium(II)/bis-sulfoxide C–H activation and Lewis acid co-catalysis, we have accomplished the synthesis of six-membered oxygenated heterocycles (chromans, isochromans, and pyrans). The discovery that a wide range of alcohols were competent nucleophiles under uniform reaction conditions (catalyst, solvent, temperature) highlighted the generality of the method. From mechanistic studies, we have hypothesized that the reaction proceeds via an initial C–H activation, followed by chelation-assisted deprotonation and inner-sphere reductive elimination functionalization pathway. Consistent with this, the reaction displayed orthogonal reactivity trends to traditional Pd(0)–catalyzed allylic substitutions.
Due to the weakly-coordinating nature of the bis-sulfoxide ligand, we required a different approach toward achieving asymmetric catalysis. Critical to the success of this goal was the development and utilization of a novel chiral aryl sulfoxide-oxazoline (ArSOX) ligand. We have reported the enantioselective synthesis of isochromans via Pd(II)-catalyzed allylic C–H oxidation from terminal olefin precursors. The reaction proceeds with broad scope and high levels asymmetric induction (avg. 92% ee). Additionally, we observed stereochemically-defined substitution on the isochroman to be well-tolerated, with asymmetric catalysis affording either enhanced diastereoselectivity or a modest turnover. Mechanistic insights indicated that functionalization of the π-allylpalladium intermediate is the enantiodetermining step. Additionally, the utility of the Pd/ArSOX platform is demonstrated with an enantioselective intermolecular allylic C–H alkylation reaction, which proceeds with high levels of asymmetric induction under conditions open to air and moisture.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2019-12-01The student, Stephen Ammann, accepted the attached license on 2017-10-04 at 09:08.The student, Stephen Ammann, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-10-04 at 10:27.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-10-05 at 15:56.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #11667 on 2018-03-13 at 10:32:56Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-13T17:29:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Do UK based weight management programmes cause weight loss maintenance in adults? A systematic review
No full textThe aim of this dissertation was to examine whether UK based weight management programmes promote weight loss maintenance (follow up of 12 months to assess effectiveness of intervention in weight loss) in adults through the process of a systematic review. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described obesity as a "global epidemic". Weight management comprises two phases; weight loss and weight loss maintenance. The latter phase is the true goal for obesity and the most difficult element of weight management to achieve. However much less is know about this as compared with the weight loss phase. There is little purpose in committing time and money to reducing obesity if the weight is regained. This is counter-productive and weight loss maintenance is essential to combat the obesity epidemic. Searches were made for relevant information from a variety of scientific online databases and journals,. Seven articles met the inclusion criteria and were analysed in the review. All studies incorporated a multi-component (diet, exercise, behaviur modification) intervention approach. All control and internvetion groups reported weight loss at 12 months when compared with baseline. All groups recieved an intervention. One study reported a significant difference (P<0.05) between groups. Four studies reported on at least one component (diet, physical activity, behaviour modification) however there was not enough information to conclude whether they complied with national guidelines (NICE CG43 and SIGN 115). High attrition rates and loss to follow up are problematic for each study except one. Analysis on an intention to treat basis was common however this is problematic and there are alternative methods which may be more suitable for dealing with missing data
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