In recent years, we have witnessed changing fashions in curriculum policy (Priestley and Biesta 2013) in many countries. A particular trend is an apparent reinstatement of the teacher as an active agent of change in developing the curriculum, seen in a shift from input regulation of the curriculum to output regulation (Kuiper and Berkvens 2013). The former is about tight front-door prescription...

In 1978, China opened its door to the outside world. This study investigates how Open Door Policy affected educational choices of workers born 1960–1970. Using measures local labor markets’ export exposure, we find decreased attainment; youths from 1965 70 facing mean exposure were 5.6–13.3 p.p. less likely complete high school than those in 1960. Our findings suggest a complicated relationship...

The civil war that occurred in Syria has since made many Syrians flee to various countries and one of them is Turkey. Since the beginning Syria, Turkey implemented an open policy for Syrians. In formulation foreign policy, there are variables need be considered, namely environment international situation personality leader. Given strong leadership influence Turkey's political life, such approac...

In previous research 2-year-olds have failed to show knowledge of solidity in a search task in which a ball rolled behind a screen and was stopped by a barrier. The screen had four doors and the barrier was visible above the door hiding the ball. To establish what cues 2-year-olds might be using, precise point-of-gaze measures were taken during the hiding event. A transparent screen with opaque...

This data article describes the experimental data used in the research article "Incorporating individual differences in human reliability analysis: an extension to the virtual experimental technique" (Musharraf et al., 2017) [1]. The article provides human performance data for 36 individuals collected using a virtual environment. Each participant was assigned to one of two groups for training: ...

We evaluate, for the U.S. case, the costs and benefits of three security measures designed to reduce the likelihood of a direct replication of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. To do so, we assess risk reduction, losses, and security costs in the context of the full set of security layers. The three measures evaluated are installed physical secondary barriers (IPSB) to restrict access to the hardened...

Green Chemistry being defined as chemical processes and technologies enabling Sustainable Development, or as the “molecular science of sustainability” (J. C. Warner) can provide major contributions to reaching the “2 degree target” of the European Union as contained in its integrated climate and energy policy. This challenging goal requires innovative scientific and technical concepts opening t...