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Black and minority ethnic traineesâ experiences of physical education initial teacher training
The official published version can be accessed at the link below.This report draws together the findings of research that aimed to explore black and minority ethnic (BME) traineesâ experiences of Physical Education (PE) initial teacher training (ITT). Although the numbers of BME trainees opting to enter teaching have improved considerably over the last few years, PE remains one of three specific subject areas where they remain significantly under-represented. Current figures suggest that PE attracts approximately 3% of trainees from BME backgrounds, compared with 11% for new entrants into teaching overall. The relative lack of success in attracting BME trainees into PE teaching compared to other subject areas suggests that the subculture of the subject may be a compounding factor. Over the last decade or so, a number of studies have explored the impact of ethnicity on teachersâ professional socialisation and their experiences as teachers in school, but none have focused on experiences within specific subject cultures. The centrality of the body in PE, and the link between this and the perceived low status of the subject, are influencing factors highlighted in the broader literature, including sports studies. For example, research exploring racism and the under-representation of BME participants in sport has highlighted the prevalence of stereotypical attitudes about their physicality and abilities held by coaches, administrators and spectators. Other research has suggested that some minority ethnic groups favour higher status, better paid, careers in areas such as law or medicine rather than teaching. As yet, there has been little attention to âraceâ and ethnicity within PEITT, although studies have shown the impact of gender on traineesâ developing professional identities, and how teachersâ gendered bodies are important âtoolsâ of their work. In addition, there has been little research that has acknowledged traineesâ multiple identities, or the complex ways in which âraceâ, ethnicity, class and gender and other identity markers intersect to impact on the professional socialisation process. The research on which this report is based sought to fill some of these gaps in our understandings of BME traineesâ experiences of PEITT, and to identify strategies that might help in their recruitment and retention in the longer term. The research was funded through a small Recruitment and Retention Challenge Grant from the Teacher Development Agency (TDA). These grants form part of the TDAâs wider policy agenda to widen the diversity of new intakes opting into teaching. Higher education institutions have been encouraged, through targets and financial support and incentives, to develop specific strategies aimed at widening the diversity of their cohorts. Examples of such strategies include the provision of specialist admission help for BME prospective trainees; opportunities to gain experience in schools; open days and âtasterâ events; advertising in the ethnic minority media, and the development of good practice guides and staff training to help ITT providers address issues of âraceâ and ethnicity. 5 The impetus for this research resulted, in part, from presentations and discussions at a one day PEITT Network1 staff seminar on diversity held in October, 2007. The quantitative research conducted by the Association for Physical Education (AfPE) and the Ethnic Minority Foundation (EMF) presented here, showed the extent of the national under-representation of BME students in PEITT. Although the day focused on addressing reasons for BME under representation and strategies that might be used for improving recruitment, we felt it was also important to learn about the qualitative experiences of trainees that have been attracted into PEITT. Understanding the experiences of our current BME trainees might offer useful insights into how we might recruit and retain future such trainees. Our choice of qualitative research was supported by a national study published shortly after the network day, investigating the links between gender, ethnicity and degree attainment (Higher Education Academy, HEA, 2008), which specifically calls for further qualitative studies of studentsâ experiences of different subject areas.Funding from the Training and Development Agency (TDA
Black and Minority Ethnic Trainees' Experiences of Physical Education Initial Teacher Training: Report to the Training and Development Agency
The first high-amplitude delta Scuti star in an eclipsing binary system
We report the discovery of the first high-amplitude delta Scuti star in an
eclipsing binary, which we have designated UNSW-V-500. The system is an
Algol-type semi-detached eclipsing binary of maximum brightness V = 12.52 mag.
A best-fitting solution to the binary light curve and two radial velocity
curves is derived using the Wilson-Devinney code. We identify a late A spectral
type primary component of mass 1.49+/-0.02 M_sun and a late K spectral type
secondary of mass 0.33+/-0.02 M_sun, with an inclination of 86.5+/-1.0 degrees,
and a period of 5.3504751+/-0.0000006 d. A Fourier analysis of the residuals
from this solution is performed using PERIOD04 to investigate the delta Scuti
pulsations. We detect a single pulsation frequency of f_1 = 13.621+/-0.015 c/d,
and it appears this is the first overtone radial mode frequency. This system
provides the first opportunity to measure the dynamical mass for a star of this
variable type; previously, masses have been derived from stellar evolution and
pulsation models.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, for submission to MNRAS, v2: paper size
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X-ray sources and their optical counterparts in the globular cluster M 22
Using XMM-Newton EPIC imaging data, we have detected 50 low-luminosity X-ray
sources in the field of view of M 22, where 5 +/- 3 of these sources are likely
to be related to the cluster. Using differential optical photometry, we have
identified probable counterparts to those sources belonging to the cluster.
Using X-ray spectroscopic and timing studies, supported by the optical colours,
we propose that the most central X-ray sources in the cluster are cataclysmic
variables, millisecond pulsars, active binaries and a blue straggler. We also
identify a cluster of galaxies behind this globular cluster.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Microwave-Induced Dephasing in One-Dimensional Metal Wires
We report on the effect of monochromatic microwave (MW) radiation on the weak
localization corrections to the conductivity of quasi-one-dimensional (1D)
silver wires. Due to the improved electron cooling in the wires, the MW-induced
dephasing was observed without a concomitant overheating of electrons over wide
ranges of the MW power and frequency . The observed dependences of
the conductivity and MW-induced dephasing rate on and are in
agreement with the theory by Altshuler, Aronov, and Khmelnitsky \cite{Alt81}.
Our results suggest that in the low-temperature experiments with 1D wires,
saturation of the temperature dependence of the dephasing time can be caused by
an MW electromagnetic noise with a sub-pW power.Comment: 4 pages with 4 figures, paper revised, accepted by Phys Rev Let
Multiangle static and dynamic light scattering in the intermediate scattering angle range
We describe a light scattering apparatus based on a novel optical scheme
covering the scattering angle range 0.5\dg \le \theta \le 25\dg, an
intermediate regime at the frontier between wide angle and small angle setups
that is difficult to access by existing instruments. Our apparatus uses
standard, readily available optomechanical components. Thanks to the use of a
charge-coupled device detector, both static and dynamic light scattering can be
performed simultaneously at several scattering angles. We demonstrate the
capabilities of our apparatus by measuring the scattering profile of a variety
of samples and the Brownian dynamics of a dilute colloidal suspension
High spatial resolution observations of CUDSS14A: a SCUBA-selected ultraluminous galaxy at high redshift
The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com '. Copyright Blackwell Publishing DOI : 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03822.xWe present a high-resolutionmillimetre interferometric image of the brightest SCUBA- selected galaxy from the Canada-UK deep SCUBA survey (CUDSS). We make a very clear detection at 1.3 mm, but fail to resolve any structure in the source.Peer reviewe
The Subillimeter Properties of Extremely Red Objects in the CUDSS Fields
We discuss the submillimeter properties of Extremely Red Objects (EROs) in
the two Canada-UK Deep Submillimeter Survey (CUDSS) Fields. We measure the mean
submillimeter flux of the ERO population (to K < 20.7) and find 0.4 +/- 0.07
mJy for EROs selected by (I-K) > 4.0 and 0.56 +/- 0.09 mJy for EROs selected by
(R-K) > 5.3 but, these measurements are dominated by discrete, bright
submillimeter sources. We estimate that EROs produce 7-11% of the far-infrared
background at 850um. This is substantially less than a previous measurement by
Wehner, Barger & Kneib (2002) and we discuss possible reasons for this
discrepancy. We show that ERO counterparts to bright submillimeter sources lie
within the starburst region of the near-infrared color-color plot of Pozzetti &
Mannucci (2000). Finally, we claim that pairs or small groups of EROs with
separations of < 10 arcseconds often mark regions of strong submillimeter flux.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Ap
Electron dephasing near zero temperature: an experimental review
The behavior of the electron dephasing time near zero temperature,
, has recently attracted vigorous attention. This renewed interest
is primarily concerned with whether should reach a finite or an
infinite value as 0. While it is accepted that should
diverge if there exists only electron-electron (electron-phonon) scattering,
several recent measurements have found that depends only very
weakly on temperature, if at all, when is sufficiently low. This article
discusses the current experimental status of "the saturation problem", and
concludes that the origin(s) for this widely observed saturation are still
unresolved
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