The Cambridge Handbook of Lifespan Development of Creativity

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Lifespan Development ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Fostering Creativity ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Explicit Training ◽  
School Workplace ◽  
Creative Capacity ◽  
Community Spaces

This handbook focuses on the development and nurturance of creativity across the lifespan, from early childhood to adolescence, adulthood, and later life. It answers the question: how can we help individuals turn their creative potential into achievement? Each chapter examines various contexts in which creativity exists, including school, workplace, community spaces, and family life. It covers various modalities for fostering creativity such as play, storytelling, explicit training procedures, shifting of attitudes about creative capacity, and many others. The authors review research findings across disciplines, encompassing the work of psychologists, educators, neuroscientists, and creators themselves, to describe the best practices for fostering creativity at each stage of development.

Toward a conceptual model for successful transgender aging

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502199466
Author(s):  
Steffany Sloan ◽  
Jacquelyn J Benson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
The Body ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Resilience Factors

Transgender older adults have been subject to life-long stigma and marginalization, resulting in significant social and health consequences. Despite these challenges, this population commonly reports thriving in later life. In order to attend to nuanced experiences of older transgender adults, theoretical models of successful aging must reflect complexities presented by gender minority status. In order to address theoretical gaps, a systematic qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted to summarize findings across the body of qualitative transgender aging research. Findings indicated that transgender older adults conceptualize successful aging through the process of embracing gender identity. Themes were identified to conceptualize successful transgender aging such as gender expression, shedding internalized stigma, and championing a resilience mindset. Implications for social work practice are provided, suggesting a more comprehensive understanding of both challenges and resilience factors amongst the aging transgender population.

scholarly journals Avian Bornaviral Ganglioneuritis: Current Debates and Unanswered Questions

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su L. Boatright-Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Wasting Disease ◽  
Avian Virus ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
New Research

Avian bornaviral ganglioneuritis, often referred to as parrot wasting disease, is associated with a newly discovered avian virus from the taxonomic family Bornaviridae. Research regarding the pathogenesis and treatment for this disease is ongoing, with implications for understanding other emerging human and nonhuman diseases, as well as the health and ecology of wildlife. At this time, numerous questions remain unanswered regarding the transmission of the disease, best practices for diagnostic sampling and testing, and whether currently used drug therapies are effective or harmful for afflicted birds. The pathogenesis of the disease also remains unclear with many birds showing resistance to the effects of the virus and being able to remain clinically unaffected for years, while other birds succumb to its effects. New research findings regarding avian bornaviral ganglioneuritis are discussed and important as yet unanswered questions are identified.

Strategic objectives for improving understanding of informant discrepancies in developmental psychopathology research

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres De Los Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Informant Discrepancies ◽  
Multiple Informants ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Behavioral Assessments ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Developmental Assessments

AbstractDevelopmental psychopathology researchers and practitioners commonly conduct behavioral assessments using multiple informants' reports (e.g., parents, teachers, practitioners, children, and laboratory observers). These assessments often yield inconsistent conclusions about important questions in developmental psychopathology research, depending on the informant (e.g., psychiatric diagnoses and risk factors of disorder). Researchers have theorized why informant discrepancies exist and advanced methodological models of informant discrepancies. However, over 50 years of empirical data has uncovered little knowledge about these discrepancies beyond that they exist, complicate interpretations of research findings and assessment outcomes in practice, and correlate with some characteristics of the informants providing reports (e.g., demographics and mood levels). Further, recent studies often yield take-home messages about the importance of taking a multi-informant approach to clinical and developmental assessments. Researchers draw these conclusions from their work, despite multi-informant approaches to assessment long being a part of best practices in clinical and developmental assessments. Consequently, developmental psychopathology researchers and practitioners are in dire need of a focused set of research priorities with the key goal of rapidly advancing knowledge about informant discrepancies. In this paper, I discuss these research priorities, review work indicating the feasibility of conducting research addressing these priorities, and specify what researchers and practitioners would gain from studies advancing knowledge about informant discrepancies in developmental psychopathology research.

PROMOTING PROFICIENCY OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS THROUGH CBI AND CLT APPROACHES (On A SAMPLE OF AN ARMENIAN EFL CLASSROOM)/ՀԱՂՈՐԴԱԿՑՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՎՐԱ ՀԻՄՆՎԱԾ ՈՒՍՈՒՑՈՒՄԸ ԵՎ ԲՈՎԱՆԴԱԿՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՎՐԱ ՀԻՄՆՎԱԾ ՈՒՍՈՒՑՈՒՄԸ՝ ՈՐՊԵՍ ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆԻ ԲԱՆԱՎՈՐ ԽՈՍՔԻ և ՈՒՆԿՆԴՐՄԱՆ ՀՄՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ԶԱՐԳԱՑՄԱՆ ՄՈՏԵՑՈՒՄՆԵՐ (ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆՅԱՆ ԼՍԱՐԱՆԻ ՕՐԻՆԱԿՈՎ)/КОММУНИКАТИВНОЕ ОБУЧЕНИЕ И ОБУЧЕНИЕ НА ОСНОВЕ СОДЕРЖАНИЯ КАК ПОДХОДЫ К РАЗВИТИЮ НАВЫКОВ УСТНОЙ РЕЧИ И АУДИРОВАНИЮ НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ АРМЯНСКОЙ АУДИТОРИИ)

2020 ◽  
pp. 134-150
Author(s):  
Irina Mkhitaryan
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Based Instruction

Language is now far from just being a simple model of interaction inasmuch as employment requirements put a great asset on specific language skills. Moreover, the employability market in Armenia and worldwide pays a great attention to accurate and fluent speaking skills and it is considered a key prerequisite for recruitment. From this perspective, it becomes paramount to boost speaking and listening skills for better employability, therefore. The paper attempts to highlight the implementation of Communicative Language Approach (hereinafter, CLT) and Content -Based Instruction (hereinafter, CBI) as some of the effective approaches of enhancing students’ speaking and listening skills. Additionally, best practices are prioritised for inclusion of more effective strategies and activities in the context of teaching English in the 21st century where ever-growing needs for fluent English are imperative. The research findings, as such, prove that teaching productive skills through CLT and CBI approaches intensifies and strengthens the overall speaking and listening performance among students.

scholarly journals Effective Groupwork Strategies: Faculty and Students’ Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ali Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Students Attitudes

The goal of this research study was to find what makes groupwork to be successful. We asked faculty why they give groupwork assignments to their students and what their opinions about the best practices in creating effective groupwork environment for their students are. It was also intended to compare instructors’ opinions with research findings to find out how much their groupwork strategies match research findings in this area. Likewise, we asked students about features of successful groupwork to see if faculty and students’ viewpoints on features of successful groupwork were similar. The results reveal the most prevalent groupwork strategies practiced by faculty and the favorite ones among students. Results show faculty and students’ attitudes towards groupwork are very similar, however, many faculty do not follow the guidelines suggested in earlier studies to improve the effectiveness of groupwork assignments.

Polyvictimization in later life: Trauma-informed best practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 339-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Ramsey-Klawsnik ◽  
Erin Miller
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Trauma Informed

Psychological gerontology in Germany: recent findings and social implications

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
HANS-WERNER WAHL ◽  
ANDREAS KRUSE
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
German Language ◽  
Common Thread ◽  
Research Findings

This review paper has two major aims, first to synthesise recent research findings and conceptual developments in the field of psychological gerontology in Germany and in German language publications, and secondly, to argue that the field's research findings deserve greater attention, for both their substance and their relevance to social policy. The review focuses on three major fields of psychological gerontology: (1) cognitive development in old age; (2) personality development in old age; and (3) social relationships in old age. It highlights the major findings generated by German scholars since the 1990s. Although numerous and diverse, a common thread is the move away from a focus on the limitations and decrements of later life, and increased attention to the continuing capacities and developmental achievements of older people. The discussion elaborates the view that there is considerable merit in considering the broader social implications of these results. In conclusion, and from a general rather than disciplinary perspective, it is argued that there is a strong need for geropsychological research to be designed and interpreted with explicit attention to the cultural and social contexts in which the subjects live.

scholarly journals Revisiting Understanding of The Whistleblowing Concept In The Context of Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Ilham Nurhidayat ◽  
Bevaola Kusumasari
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Effective Policy ◽  
Research Gap

The conduct of this study came in the backdrop of thinking of the need for opening a discussion for a more comprehensive and contextual concept of whistleblowing  for Indonesia from the vantage point of existing theoretical perspectives, regulations and practices. There is a lot of misunderstanding and bias about the concept of whistleblowing in public and private organizations in Indonesia. This study is largely based on previous literature and observation of the implementation of whistleblowing system (WBS) in several institutions that the author considered credible enough to be best practices. The study used descriptive qualitative approach and used various reference sources that were drawn from library research. This research has produced several formulations. First, the synonym or equivalent phrase in the Indonesian language for the term whistleblower is Pengungkap dugaan kecurangan, (revealer of alleged fraud) and Pengungkap dugaan pelanggaraan (revealer of alleged violation) or Pengungkap dugaan perbuatan tidak benar (wrongdoing) (revealer of alleged wrongdoing). Secondly, the most appropriate equivalence to the phrase whistleblowing system (WBS) in the context of Indonesia is “Sistem Pengungkapan Dugaan Pelanggaran” (alleged violation disclosure system). Third, the object of the report or complaints of whistleblowing (wrongdoing) is classifying into seventeen types of behavior that are in turn categorized into seven groups. WBS development and implementation in a number of government and private sector institutions emphasize seven key points. Research findings fill a mainstream research gap on whistleblowing in  Indonesia, which has for long been plagued by misunderstanding  between  WBS and  complaints handling system that is evident in several institutions and  government agencies in Indonesia. The expectation is that research results will make some contribution to government policy making in the realm of whistleblowing system by providing a definition that is in line with the initial conception of the concept of whistleblowing. That way, this research is expected to contribute to the development of a more effective policy and WBS that not only protects the whistleblower but also pays attention ethics, culture, and local context in Indonesia which are different from the countries where the concept of whistleblowing had its origins.

scholarly journals Corporate governance in the Brazilian banking sector: A study of practices adopted by the boards

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Marcelle Colares Oliveira ◽  
Lindenberg Araújo Aragão ◽  
Vera Maria Rodrigues Ponte
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Chief Executive Officer ◽  
Board Member ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
And Control

This study is an analysis of the best practices of corporate governance adopted by the boards of Brazilian banking institutions. The findings show that most banks adhere to the latest Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance guidelines with regard to board size and to the standards required by BM&FBovespa in terms of independence. The banks studied are rigorous with regard to audits and control in the process of corporate governance and most have a diversified board with the positions of chief executive officer and chairman occupied by different individuals. Practices regarding disclosure of board member remuneration are still at an early stage of development with banks restricting disclosure to what is required by law.

scholarly journals The Implicit Association Test at age 20: What is known and what is not known about implicit bias

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Greenwald ◽  
Miguel Brendl ◽  
Huajian Cai ◽  
Dario Cvencek ◽  
John F. Dovidio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Implicit Bias ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Implicit Biases ◽  
Apply Research ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Large Corpus

[Version 3 (uploaded 21 April 2020) provides corrected list of co-authors and commenters; the ms. is otherwise unchanged from Versions 1 and 2.] Scientific interest in unintended discrimination that can result from implicit attitudes and stereotypes (implicit biases) has produced a large corpus of empirical findings. In addition to much evidence for validity and usefulness of Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures, there have been psychological critiques of empirical findings and theoretical disagreements about interpretation of IAT findings. Because of public attention drawn by the concept of implicit bias, commercial and other applications based on the concept of implicit bias have been developed by non-psychologists—some of these applications are not appropriately guided by the existing body of research findings. This article is in 5 parts: (1) review of best practices for research use of IAT measures, (2) summary of what has been confidently learned from empirical research using IAT measures, (3) accepted and controversial theoretical interpretations of IAT findings, (4) significant questions about the IAT and implicit bias that still await answer, and (5) questions arising in attempts to apply research findings to remedy unintended discrimination due to implicit biases.

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