The purpose of the research was to assess the impact of the process of professional development of English foreign language teachers in Israel who participated in the Explicit Multisensory Phonics Intervention Programme. Previous research focused on changes in knowledge, practices,…

At a time when it is clear that climate change adaptation and mitigation are failing, this book examines how our assumptions about (valid and usable) knowledge are preventing effective climate action. Through a cross-disciplinary, empirically-based analysis of climate science and…

Attempts to recognize ‘information’ as an asset have led to an increased awareness of why and how this invisible valuable resource does not appear in the financial statements. This paper aims to develop a model based on three-circled sets of…

Self-help groups in the United Kingdom continue to grow in number and address virtually every conceivable health condition, but they remain the subject of very little theoretical analysis. The literature to date has predominantly focused on their therapeutic effects on…

This case study of the use of hospital accident and emergency records to safeguard
children was triggered by Lord Laming’s inquiry into the care of Victoria Climbié, his
follow up report, and government legislation since 1948. Research on the use…

Previous research into the linguistic benefits of study abroad suggests that vocabulary growth among less proficient learners is substantially enhanced by study abroad, whereas more proficient learners make less progress in terms of items gained. This study aims to assess…

The contributors to 'Domestic Service And the Formation of European Identity: Understanding the Globalization of Domestic Work, 16th-21st Centuries' analyze the situation of domestic workers in both the past and present, contributing to existing knowledge concerning their individual characteristics, origins,…

Dictionary entry, That newspapers were, unlike many books, relatively free from external censorship may be attributed to the Regency trials and acquittals for seditious libel of William Hone*
and Thomas Wooler* in 1817, after which the press
acquired freedom from…

An exploration of the possibility that P.B. Shelley contracted syphilis and the use he made of medical knowledge in the creative process. Strong emphasis on biography and medical context.

The 1980s saw an increase in learning support assistants (LSAs’) in colleges for further
education to support post-sixteen learners with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD).
LSAs’ were appointed on an ad hoc basis with little or no experience, or relevant