Browsing School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences by Title
Now showing items 18-37 of 245
-
Being fit and feeling pleased: The mediational role of physical self-efficacy in UAE women residents
(2018-07-04)High prevalence of mood disorders among women in the UAE might be derived from low levels of physical activity. The present study aimed to explore the underlying mechanism through which physical activity affects mood by ... -
Between intimacy and intolerance: Greek Cypriot children's encounters with Asian domestic workers
(2009-05-01)This article explores how Greek Cypriot elementary school children construct their identities in relation to Sri Lankan and Filipino women who come to Cyprus as domestic workers. The article focuses primarily on the views ... -
Bilingual and special educational needs in inclusive classrooms: Some critical and pedagogical considerations
(2013-02-01)In the light of educational reforms aimed at promoting greater inclusive policies and practices, it is important to put a more pronounced emphasis on the needs of English language learners (ELLs) with special educational ... -
Black, blanc and beur: French football's 'foreign legion'
(2011-02-01)The French flag often serves as a symbol of multiculturalism, diversity and equality, yet integration in France is far from complete. Violent riots caused by racist incidents, prominent politicians inciting racial hatred ... -
Border encounters: How children navigate space and otherness in an ethnically divided society
(2012-08-10)The article draws on ethnographic material from an ongoing study which explores 10- to 12-year-old Greek Cypriot children's experiences of crossing to the north, the occupied part of Cyprus. By focusing on the act of ... -
Breaking classroom silences: a view from linguistic ethnography
(2016-01-02)This paper addresses potentially problematic classroom episodes in which someone foregrounds a social division that is normally taken for granted. It illustrates the way in which linguistic ethnography can unpack the layered ... -
Building Beautiful Minds: Teaching Through Movies to Tackle Stigma in Psychology Students in the UAE
(2017-12-01)Objective: The use of movie-based educational interventions has been used widely and is considered an effective method aiming at changing the stigmatizing attitudes of future mental health professionals. The purpose of ... -
C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, clinical pulmonary infection score, and pneumonia severity scores in nursing home acquired pneumonia
(2014-01-01)BACKGROUND: Patients with nursing home acquired pneumonia (NHAP) present a distinct group of lower respiratory track infections with different risk factors, clinical presentation, and mortality rates. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate ... -
Can autonomy be imposed? Examining teacher (re)positioning during the ongoing curriculum change in Cyprus
(2014-01-01)For the past few years, the Republic of Cyprus has been pursuing a major educational reform across all levels of mandatory education, focusing especially on curriculum change, for the implementation of which in-service ... -
Caught between worlds of expertise: Elementary teachers amidst official curriculum development processes in Cyprus
(2017-03-15)Against the background of a curriculum change in the Republic of Cyprus, this study focuses on teachers who volunteered to work along with academics and ministry officials in subject-area curriculum review committees to ... -
CERME7 Working Group 5: Stochastic thinking
(2012-07-01) -
Changes in after school time use in Cyprus: play and education
(2018-05-04)This research investigated the changes in after school time use in Cyprus within the last 50 years with particular interest to the time spent playing and studying. Time diaries, where collected from 401 adults and children ... -
Changing the state of mind of postgraduate students about technology, disability and inclusive education: Theory or practice?
(2011-09-01)Purpose: This paper aims to briefly describe the experiences from the design, development and implementation of a(n) (assistive) technology course in a postgraduate programme for a Master's in special/inclusive education. ... -
Children and the Sexualized Construction of Otherness: The Imaginary Perceptions of Russian and Romanian Immigrant Women in Cyprus
(2013-01-01)This article explores Greek Cypriot children's constructions of Russian and Romanian immigrant women in Cyprus as primarily sexualized "others." Using both qualitative and qualitative data, the article illustrates how ... -
'Children at our school are integrated. No one sticks out': Greek-Cypriot teachers' perceptions of integration of immigrant children in Cyprus
(2011-07-01)Increasingly social scientists, including education theorists, find themselves having to fight an almost invisible racism that is masked by the racist undertones of the dominant discourse and practice of colorblindness. A ... -
Children's educational engagement with nationalism in divided Cyprus
(2011-09-06)The purpose of this paper is to provide a situated, theoretically informed account of national identity construction by exploring children's engagement with nationalism in the context of the classroom in divided Cyprus. ... -
Coming unmoored: Old and new ways of belonging in Caryl Phillipss in the Falling Snow
(2016-01-02)Caryl Phillipss In the Falling Snow traces the diverging experiences of three related men-a grandfather, father and mixed-race grandson of Afro-Caribbean background-and examines how, over the decades following the arrival ... -
Comparing beliefs about and practices of developmentally appropriate practices among Greek and Cypriot pre-service kindergarten teachers
(2012-10-01)Considering the potentially important influence of teachers' beliefs on their practices, the purpose of the present study was to examine what, if anything, pre-service kindergarten teachers from Greece and Cyprus had in ...