Changes in Beginning Teachers\u27 Attitudes Towards Individualised Teaching Approaches During the First Year of Teaching

It is generally acknowledged that the beginning months of teaching can be a formidable and even painful ordeal for many teachers. For this reason, the beginning teacher has been the focus in a number of key studies conducted recently in various countries. The recent Auchmuty Report has recommended that teacher education research should include Iongitudinal studies of the socialisation of teachers, covering ... the early years of teaching, with particular reference to the acquisition of professional attitudes and values. The present research is consistent with this recommendation because it represents one of the few existing studies of specific pedagogical attitudes among beginning teachers

Global Journalist: Prospects for George Bush’s second term and Middle East peace

In this November 4, 2004 episode of Global Journalist, Stuart Loory and political correspondents from around the world discuss foreign attitudes regarding the re-election of President George Bush. Also, Loory speaks with journalists in Japan and London about troop involvement in the Middle East

A Framework for Analysing Interactivity in a Remote Access Field Exploration System

Abstract: The research described in this paper is the investigation of interactivity between learners and system in the context of remote access to educational field explorations (field trips)

Spinning, Spooning and the Seductions of Flirtatious Masculinity in Contemporary Politics

This paper explores the relationships between masculinity, flirtation and fantasy within the promotional arena of politics and PR. Flirtation is associated with coquetry and play, connoting a lack of seriousness, and in political flirtation, the desire to move between different opinions and ideas. Flirtation is often linked with femininity. Yet against a backdrop of masculinity in crisis, the study of flirtation, with its connotations of ambiguity and frustrated desire, is useful to explore the uncertainties of masculinities today. Dilemmas about flirtation as a tantalising performance resonate with misgivings about the seductive nature of political spin and the desire of politicians to woo audiences by flirting to the camera. Taking examples of politicians such as Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama, this paper discusses the possibilities of flirtatious masculinity as a counter-hegemonic strategy within the symbolic battleground of Western politics, a struggle largely played out in print and digital media

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Exploring the Difficulties of Caring for Bereaved Relatives in a General Hospital: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Doctors and Nurses.

This study reports upon the views of 28 doctors and 36 nurses, whose work in a large general hospital involved high levels of contact with bereaved relatives. It sought to illuminate, from the point of view of the doctors and nurses, issues, which the literature has implicated in the problems of working closely with bereaved relatives. These include; the nature of the stresses contingent upon communicating with bereaved relatives; the professional constraints, which add to these stresses; the extent to which the doctors and nurses felt that their professional education prepared them for this work; and the effectiveness of work place support. The study adopted a qualitative approach to the research design. It sought to explore the meanings of this work, and its contingent stresses, from the point of view of the doctors and nurses. This approach reflected the researcher's commitment to generating a deep and textured understanding of the clinical situation, by adopting an open approach to data collection. Interviews were conducted with the participants in the study; these were audiorecorded and transcribed. The transcriptions of the interviews were analysed in the manner described by Strauss and Corbin (1990), which involved a constant interplay between the raw data and the researcher's theorising about that data. The results of this study chimed with the findings of previous research, and also offered new ways of understanding the phenomena. The nurses and doctors found their close work with bereaved relatives stressful, especially early in their careers, when they shouldered a heavy responsibility for this work. Conflict between the doctors and nurses made this work far more taxing. Many participants reported feeling ill-prepared and poorly supported in this work. The study also offered new ways of understanding and addressing the problems. In particular, it highlighted the confusion in the minds of the participants about the underlying philosophy of medicine. It emphasised the importance of placing the ethos of care at the heart of medical education and practice, of developing effective multi-disciplinary teamwork, and establishing multi-disciplinary educational workshops on working with bereaved relatives

Exploring the difficulties of caring for beareaved relatives in a general hospital A qualitative study of the views of doctors and nurses; a portfolio of study, practice and research

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