Inclusive Technologies and Learning: Research, Practice and Policy

Inclusive or Exclusive? Methodological Practice and Policy for Organisationally and Socially Relevant IS Research

In this research essay, we argue that IS researchers demonstrate a high degree of methodological exclusiveness in their preference for a relatively small selection of research methods that primarily follow the positivist tradition. Such exclusiveness is unethical because it severely and unreasonably limits the extent to which IS research and researchers can contribute both to pressing organisat...

Foreword: Lesson learning about getting research into policy and practice

FOREWORD The UK Department for International Development (DFID) is committed to investing in research to combat poverty, reduce high mortality and morbidity in resource poor contexts and support progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Research helps us to identify what works, what does not work and how to understand the local context when introducing new ways of working. Ther...

A Review on the International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice

Brain Research, Learning and Emotions: implications for education research, policy and practice

Recent advances in neuroscience heighten its relevance to education research, policy and practice. Newly developed imaging technologies enable scientists to peer into the learning brain for the first time. Researchers are tackling such questions as: Can too much stress disrupt learning? Is the brain primed for certain types of learning during specific periods in development? Are children’s brai...

investigating the effect of motivation and attitude towards learning english, learning style preferences and gender on iranian efl learners proficiency

تحقیق حاضر به منظور بررسی تاثیر انگیزه و نگرش نسبت به یادگیری زبان انگلیسی، ترجیحات سبک یادگیری و جنسیت بر بسندگی فراگیران ایرانی زبان انگلیسی انجام شد. برای این منظور، 154 فراگیر ایرانی زبان انگلیسی در این تحقیق شرکت کردند. سه ابزار جمع آوری داده ها شامل آزمون تعیین سطح بسندگی زبان انگلیسی آکسفورد، پرسشنامه ترجیحات سبک یادگیری براچ و پرسشنامه انگیزه و نگرش نسبت به یادگیری زبان انگلیسی به م...