Possibilities for pedagogy in Further Education: Harnessing the abundance of literacy

In this report, it is argued that the most salient factor in the contemporary communicative landscape is the sheer abundance and diversity of possibilities for literacy, and that the extent and nature of students' communicative resources is a central issue in education. The text outlines the conceptual underpinnings of the Literacies for Learning in Further Education project in a social view of literacy, and the associated research design, methodology and analytical framework. It elaborates on the notion of the abundance of literacies in students' everyday lives, and on the potential for harnessing these as resources for the enhancement of learning. It provides case studies of changes in practice that have been undertaken by further education staff in order to draw upon students' everyday literacy practices on Travel and Tourism and Multimedia courses. It ends with some of the broad implications for conceptualising learning that arise from researching through the lens of literacy practices

A Guide for Occupational Therapist Working with Women with Postpartum Depression and Eating Disorders

An eating disorder (ED) is characterized by regular and constant disturbances in eating or an eating-related behavior that are associated with distress and impairments (Marcus, 2018). Schmidt et al., (2016), noted that the average duration of an ED illness is six years and young women make up the majority of people with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). According to Knoph et al., (2013) the majority of women with AN and BN that were pregnant appeared to turn to adaptive changes in eating behaviors. The researchers in the article by Knoph et al., (2013) found that pregnancy is a risk window for the onset of binge-eating disorder (BED) in the vulnerable individuals. While lots of research and information exists on ED, little is available on EDs in women experiencing postpartum depression (PPD). Postpartum depression is a disabling but treatable mental disorder that represents one of the most common complications of childbearing (Stewart & Vigod, 2016). With the detrimental effects and challenges that are faced in everyday occupations by an individual experiencing PPD and an ED, it is not a surprise that occupational therapists (OT) have a unique role in their treatment