"‘Hear My Voice’: Children and Young People in Schools and Research

Pupil ‘voice’ is heralded as a key tenet of education policy, practice and research; however, ensuring that voice is authentically heard in the spaces that children occupy remains a challenge. Models of participation – relating to the degree of power either shared or transferred – range from tokenistic approaches to true pupil–teacher partnerships in which pupils initiate ideas and share decision-making with adults. Shier’s (2001) five-step Pathway to Participation model is considered and practitioners are invited to reflect on their own position and identify necessary steps to increase pupil involvement in their local setting. For guidance, a philosophy club intervention for early years and primary-age children is presented as a real-world example of facilitating voice on both group and individual levels. This chapter argues the case for schools to genuinely embrace and utilise pupil voice as part of a whole-school approach to enhance mental health and wellbeing within learning communitie

The role of Music in supporting young children’s holistic learning and wellbeing in the context of Froebel’s Mother songs

Researchers have criticised the pragmatic focus on the value of music education for its contribution to the acquisition of children’s academic skills such as literacy and numeracy development in schools across the international contexts driven by neoliberalism. In the context of Froebel’s Mother Songs, this paper via documentary research focuses on a Froebelian approach to music education in early childhood context to counterpart the neoliberal pragmatism in educational landscapes. The Froebelian perspective brings in implications for early childhood practice, research, and policy making by addressing the important role of music in supporting young children's holistic learning and wellbeing in responding to the neoliberal pressures on children and practitioners in the 21st century

Hard Times

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Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis of Machine Learning Applications in Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Analysis

The leading cause: diabetic retinopathy global blindness, affects 10% to 24% of individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in primary care. Early detection using deep learning methods is critical for timely intervention and preserving vision. Our comprehensive review, including a meta-analysis, evaluates the effectiveness of these algorithms in DR detection. This study extensively assessed machine learning’s diagnostic accuracy in identifying diabetic retinopathy across diverse cases using color fundus images, aiming to pinpoint the most advanced ML strategy available. We extensively reviewed relevant literature from January 2015 to December 2022, utilizing EMBASE, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. Following PRISMA guidelines, we focused on machine learning-based study designs. Two authors independently assessed articles for inclusion based on predefined criteria, and data were collected using a standardized form. The meta-analysis reveals strong performance of machine learning in detecting diabetic retinopathy in color fundus photos, indicating readiness for clinical use. However, caution is advised due to methodological limitations in some earlier studies, such as lack of external validation and potential biases in participant selectio

Football Disasters and Pilgrimage: Commemoration through Religious and Non-Religious Ritual and Materiality

Although the relationship between religion and football has gained considerable interest during the last twenty years, scant attention has been paid to the relationship between pilgrimage and football. This paper seeks to advance the study of this relationship through an exploration of collective memory about football disasters that throws fresh light on central themes within pilgrimage studies ‒ pilgrimage as both a journey to a sacred place and the performance of diverse rituals at such places. The paper explores in particular the ways in which three different tragedies involving English football clubs have been commemorated through journeys to and ritual performance at places seen as sacred to those involved in commemoration ‒ football stadiums and urban spaces, cathedrals and pilgrimage shrines in England, Germany and Italy. Through this analysis we seek to show how the commemoration of football disaster is linked to pilgrimage as a process where people seek healing and reconciliation through the public performance of rituals that link the local to the global

Aging, Nostalgia and Older Punk Women’s Fandom.

Despite their continued engagement as audience throughout their lives, there is some suggestion that ageing, or older, fans have been at large omitted from fan studies (Middlemost, 2022). This does seem to be shifting, however, and there is a growing body of fandom scholarship concerning ageing fans. Indeed, in the context of punk, there has been a growing recognition of the continued significance of punk to older participants and fans (e.g. Andes, 2002, Bennett, 2006, Davis, 2006), contrasting earlier work which theorized punk as a youth subculture (see, for example, Hebdige, 1998). This reflects the increasing academic interest in the ageing popular music audience more broadly (Bennett and Hodkinson 2012). Despite such positive shifts, ageing women continue to be marginalised in such discussions concerning punk and older fans, meaning that much theoretical and conceptual understandings of ageing punks have failed to fully consider the interaction between ageing, gender and fandom