Why scientific practices are not included in Science lessons? What does it go unnoticed for teachers

Psychogenic pain-what it means, why it does not exist, and how to diagnose it.

The concept of psychogenic pain has stimulated controversy in the field of pain medicine, not only regarding its prevalence, but indeed its very existence. Some would even hold that the term is fundamentally meaningless. Whether meaningless or not, it is often hated—by physicians in pain medicine whose patients have been harmed by not having been taken seriously, and by patients who experience ...

The Risky Shift Phenomenon: What Is It, Why Does It Occur and What are the Implications for Outdoor Recreationists?

The Risky Shift Phenomenon: What Is It, Why Does It Occur and What are the Implications for Outdoor Recreationists? “Climbing is high risk. But for me, there are intrinsic rewards in this risk—an ability to fill the desire for adventure, which we have 7-Elevened out of our life” Conrad Anker Introduction It is generally accepted that a certain amount of risk is an inherent part of any adventure...

'Care and compassion': why does it go wrong?

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Social Mobility : What is it and why does it matter ?

Teacher agency: what is it and why does it matter?

The concept of teacher agency has emerged in recent literature as an alternative means of understanding how teachers might enact practice and engage with policy (e.g. Lasky, 2005; Leander & Osbourne, 2008; Ketelaar et al., 2012; Priestley, Biesta & Robinson, 2013). But what is agency? Agency remains an inexact and poorly conceptualised construct in much of the literature, where it is often not ...