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Individuals with developmental disabilities make their own stylistic contributions to text written with physical facilitation (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: For individuals with developmental disabilities (DD) such as autism, Down syndrome, or cerebral palsy, learning to express with language is a two-fold challenge because atypical cognitive capacity is compounded by sensorimotor coordinat... Read More about Individuals with developmental disabilities make their own stylistic contributions to text written with physical facilitation.

Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach (2023)
Journal Article

This paper draws on empirical evidence from a 3-year research project in Northern Uganda examining the educational experiences of refugees with disabilities. The authors present the compounded and interrelated challenges children with disabilities an... Read More about Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach.

The manifestations of universality and cultural specificity in national curriculum policy frameworks: negotiations for culturally reflective practice in early childhood education (2023)
Journal Article

This paper presents findings from a review of 19 national curriculum policy frameworks (NCPFs) across the globe and discusses dominant and culturally specific discourses that shape early childhood education (ECE). We combine two frameworks of develop... Read More about The manifestations of universality and cultural specificity in national curriculum policy frameworks: negotiations for culturally reflective practice in early childhood education.

Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis (2023)
Journal Article

This prospective study examined (a) the mediating roles of Carl Rogers' facilitative interpersonal conditions (i.e., genuineness, empathic understanding, and unconditional positive regard) and (b) the moderating roles of femininity ideology in the as... Read More about Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis.

Challenging the neoliberal restructuring of public education : Union renewal and counter-hegemony from below (2023)
Book Chapter

In this chapter, the experience of Europe’s largest education union, the UK’s National Education Union (NEU), is explored as an exercise in union renewal focused on developing a counter-hegemonic response to the neoliberal restructuring of the Englis... Read More about Challenging the neoliberal restructuring of public education : Union renewal and counter-hegemony from below.

The prosocial and pro-environmental aspects of authenticity and the mediating role of self-transcendence (2023)
Journal Article

A considerable body of relevant literature has grown up around the theme of authenticity, showing the critical role it has in relation to a variety of indicators of individual well-being. The personal benefits of authenticity are now well documented.... Read More about The prosocial and pro-environmental aspects of authenticity and the mediating role of self-transcendence.

A mHealth intervention to reduce perceived stress in patients with ischemic heart disease: study protocol of the randomized, controlled confirmatory intervention “mStress-IHD” trial (2023)
Journal Article

Background Stress is highly prevalent in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and is associated with lower health-related quality of life and impaired cardiovascular outcome. The importance of stress management is now recognized in recent guid... Read More about A mHealth intervention to reduce perceived stress in patients with ischemic heart disease: study protocol of the randomized, controlled confirmatory intervention “mStress-IHD” trial.

The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article

In this paper, we address the debate on local skills ecosystems and informal learning. We use the social ecosystem model as a tool to help us analyse the role played by various actors in learning and skills ecosystems and highlight the role of inform... Read More about The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom.

Still surviving, rather than thriving - the need to reimagine post-pandemic wellbeing according to secondary school teachers (2023)
Journal Article

In Spring Term 2021 following the second school closure and third lockdown in England, educational recovery and catch-up were key concerns for secondary schools. Following teacher interviews regarding wellbeing in secondary school teaching practice i... Read More about Still surviving, rather than thriving - the need to reimagine post-pandemic wellbeing according to secondary school teachers.