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Australian classroom teacher homework practices in designing homework learning resources

There has been considerable research into the design and development of teaching and learning resources for classroom instruction. However, far less research emphasis exists concerning the design and development of learning resources for homework and out-of-school learning. In Australia the approach tends to be a classroom-up approach to the design, development and implementation of learning resources. In this approach, the classroom teachers’ role is of critical importance in designing, developing and implementing learning resources that support homework. In this respect, Horsley and Walker (2012) have found that a relationship exists between classroom teachers’ homework practices and the teaching and learning resource base of these practices.This paper presents preliminary results from a research investigation concern-ing the approach taken by two primary classroom teachers in the design, development and use of homework teaching and learning resources. The research explored teacher perspectives on homework practices using focus groups, and examined actual teacher homework practices using a stimulated recall method

Biogeography of epiphytic foraminiferans in the tropical Western Atlantic

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THE CHALLENGE OF INTERAGENCY INFORMATION SHARING: A SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO SURE START CHILDREN'S CENTRES

This study investigates a problem facing professionals working in public service agencies, in the current policy context of partnership working. This is the question of how to share personal service user information across agency boundaries, so that there is minimal risk of important information being ‘lost down the cracks' between agencies, while at the same time avoiding the risk of breaching confidentiality. This study aims to understand better the day to day difficulties faced by those grappling with this problem. This research contributes to the theoretical understanding of this challenge by proposing a new model of information sharing behaviour and a conceptual framework for analysing the multi-level influences on interagency information sharing. The research applies these innovations to a systemic analysis of information sharing in two case studies, both Sure Start Children's Centres. The findings confirm assumptions underlying the models proposed in the research. One is that an important dimension, missing from analyses of information sharing thus far, is the appropriateness of the sharing and withholding of the personal information of service users. Another is the complex nature of the interdependent influences on information sharing behaviour. The findings also suggest modifications to the conceptual framework, and implications for policy and practice. The research thus achieves its aim of providing a better understanding of the challenge of interagency information sharing and moves this under-researched topic forward in terms of social policy's theoretical knowledge base

The Salamanca Archive & the Irish Colleges in Spain: New Online Catalogue and Current Research

Migration has always been a big factor in Irish history and from 1600 to 1800 continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. Significant groupings of Irish migrants and exiles were seeking religious refuge, due to a series of penal laws directed towards Catholics and in operation in Ireland from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. These laws precluded the establishment of Catholic seminaries in Ireland as they forbade any type of Catholic teaching or education as well as encouraging the banishment of Catholic clergy in general. Various European cities and towns could provide places of support for the education and well-being of Catholic seminarists. Quickly, a network of Irish colleges began to emerge on the continent predominantly in Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal which educated both clergy and laity. The Irish colleges had the specific task of educating and training students for the priesthood and for the Irish Mission

The Salamanca Archive & the Irish Colleges in Spain: New Online Catalogue and Current Research

Migration has always been a big factor in Irish history and from 1600 to 1800 continental Europe was the main destination for tens of thousands of Irish migrants. Significant groupings of Irish migrants and exiles were seeking religious refuge, due to a series of penal laws directed towards Catholics and in operation in Ireland from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. These laws precluded the establishment of Catholic seminaries in Ireland as they forbade any type of Catholic teaching or education as well as encouraging the banishment of Catholic clergy in general. Various European cities and towns could provide places of support for the education and well-being of Catholic seminarists. Quickly, a network of Irish colleges began to emerge on the continent predominantly in Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal which educated both clergy and laity. The Irish colleges had the specific task of educating and training students for the priesthood and for the Irish Mission

Formation of iodo-trihalomethanes, iodo-haloacetic acids, and haloacetaldehydes during chlorination and chloramination of iodine containing waters in laboratory controlled reactions

Iodine containing disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) and haloacetaldehydes (HALs) are emerging disinfection by-product (DBP) classes of concern. The former due to its increased potential toxicity and the latter because it was found to be the third most relevant DBP class in mass in a U.S. nationwide drinking water study. These DBP classes have been scarcely investigated, and this work was performed to further explore their formation in drinking water under chlorination and chloramination scenarios. In order to do this, iodo-trihalomethanes (I-THMs), iodo-haloacetic acids (I-HAAs) and selected HALs (mono-HALs and di-HALs species, including iodoacetaldehyde) were investigated in DBP mixtures generated after chlorination and chloramination of different water matrices containing different levels of bromide and iodide in laboratory controlled reactions. Results confirmed the enhancement of I-DBP formation in the presence of monochloramine. While I-THMs and I-HAAs contributed almost equally to total I-DBP concentrations in chlorinated water, I-THMs contributed the most to total I-DBP levels in the case of chloraminated water. The most abundant and common I-THM species generated were bromochloroiodomethane, dichloroiodomethane, and chlorodiiodomethane. Iodoacetic acid and chloroiodoacetic acid contributed the most to the total I-HAA concentrations measured in the investigated disinfected water. As for the studied HALs, dihalogenated species were the compounds that predominantly formed under both investigated treatments.C.P. acknowledges support from the European Union 7th R&D Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 274379 (Marie Curie IOF) and the Secretary for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia and the COFUND Programme of the Marie Curie Actions of the EU’s FP7 (2014 BP_B00064). The EU is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. This work has been financially supported by the Government of Catalonia (Consolidated Research Groups 2014 SGR 418-Water and Soil Quality Unit and 2014 SGR 291-ICRA).Peer reviewe