Whose data are they? Ethics in case study research
Professor Jerry Wellington provides a commentary on a sample chapter on ethical issues from 'Case Study Research In Practice' by Helen Simons. Most people undertaking research in their own school or college will be involved in some form of ‘case study research', for example by investigating their own classroom practice or teaching methods. Few will have the time or resources to conduct a large scale, ‘randomised' investigation - hence this chapter on the ethics of conducting case study work
Effective Classroom Practice: A mixed-method study of influences and outcomes
This is the full research report of a two-year mixed method study funded by the ESRC into effective classroom practice in both the primary and secondary phases of schooling. This research, which was undertaken between 2006 and 2008 by a team at the University of Nottingham, built on an existing longitudinal four-year research project involving 80 teachers, and aimed to draw out the key factors that contribute to effective teaching.
Genetics of obesity, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Nicholas Timpson, of the Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, gives a talk on Genetics of obesity, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children on the 9th November 2009
The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction
This site helps students discover the fundamentals of neurobiology and how drugs change the brain. Among the topics: functions of specific brain areas; anatomy of the neuron; neurotransmission; drug action on neurons; genetic, behavioral, and environmental influences on drug addiction; and addiction as a chronic disease.
The impact of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment on the language development of deaf and hearing chi
Recent decades have seen the emergence of sign linguistics as a sub-discipline of linguistic research, accumulating a body of knowledge that has enlightened linguists about the complex grammatical properties of sign language. Researchers have also begun to show how sign language is acquired as a first language by deaf children who can then use this resource to develop spoken and written language for education and social communication in the hearing majority community. These findings have demonst
The impact of Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment on the language development of deaf and hearing chi
Recent decades have seen the emergence of sign linguistics as a sub-discipline of linguistic research, accumulating a body of knowledge that has enlightened linguists about the complex grammatical properties of sign language. Researchers have also begun to show how sign language is acquired as a first language by deaf children who can then use this resource to develop spoken and written language for education and social communication in the hearing majority community. These findings have demonst
Four Big Ideas from the Carnegie Study on Medical Education: What Would Flexner Think? (Audio)
knowledge explosion, medical education, translational medicine, Flexner, 1910, science, curriculum reform, biomedical research , clinician, advocate, policy analyst, specialization, speciality, clerkship, MD, team-learning, residency, leadership,Â
Four Big Ideas from the Carnegie Study on Medical Education: What Would Flexner Think? (Video)
knowledge explosion, medical education, translational medicine, Flexner, 1910, science, curriculum reform, biomedical research , clinician, advocate, policy analyst, specialization, speciality, clerkship, MD, team-learning, residency, leadership,Â
3. DRAM Errors in the Wild: A Large-Scale Field Study (October 21, 2009)
science, technology, engineering, computer, dynamic random access memory, DRAM, failure, error, data, disk drives, hard, soft, chipset, CPU, google, correctable, temperature, DIMM
5. Integrating More Than 50% Wind on the Grid: A Case Study (February 3, 2010)
economics, energy policy, grid, impacts, renewable energy, smart grid, wind
Ideas Cafe- The Study of Memory -Bart Sheehan, Health Sciences Research Institute
Bart Sheehan, Health Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School discusses the impact of permanent Memory Loss and the physical aspects to Memory.
Ideas Cafe- The Study of Memory -Susan Bassnett, Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Stu
Susan Bassnett shares her views on this topic, covering literary shifts, translations and how these could be considered an actual act of memory.
Ideas Cafe- The Study of Memory -Andrew Hoskins, Department of Sociology
Andrew Hoskins from the Department of Sociology shares his views on this topic, covering areas including the growth of memory studies& the memory boom. Andrew Hoskins is also the Director of the Warwick Centre for Memory Studies.
