Differentiated Curriculum Experiences for the Gifted and Talented: A Parent's Guide to Best Practice in School and at Home

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to employ a reflection on at-home ethnographic (AHE) practice to unpack the backstage messiness of an account to demonstrate how management students can craft fine-grained accounts of their practice and develop further our understanding of management practices in situ. Design/methodology/approach The paper reflects upon an example of AHE from an 18-month period at a chemical plant. Through exposure and exploration, the paper outlines how this method was used, the emotion involved and the challenges to conduct “good” research. Findings The paper does not seek to define “best practice”; it highlights the epistemic and ethical practices used in an account to demonstrate how AHE could enhance management literature through a series of practice accounts. More insider accounts would demonstrate understandings that go beyond distant accounts that purport to show managerial work as rational and scientific. In addition, such accounts would inform teaching of the complexities and messiness of managerial practice. Originality/value Ethnographic accounts (products) are often neat and tidy rather than messy, irrational and complex. Reflection on ethnographer (person) and ethnographic methodology (process) is limited. However, ethnographic practices are mostly unreported. By reflecting on ethnographic epistemic and ethical practices, the paper demonstrates how a largely untapped area has much to offer both management students and in making a fundamental contribution to understanding and teaching managerial practice.

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Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN’ (REGAIN): a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials ◽

10.1186/s13063-020-04978-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gordon McGregor ◽

Harbinder Sandhu ◽

Julie Bruce ◽

Bartholomew Sheehan ◽

David McWilliams ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Usual Care ◽

Hospital Discharge ◽

Best Practice ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Rehabilitation Programme ◽

Home Based ◽

Full Protocol ◽

At Home

Abstract Objectives The primary objective is to determine which of two interventions: 1) an eight week, online, home-based, supervised, group rehabilitation programme (REGAIN); or 2) a single online session of advice (best-practice usual care); is the most clinically and cost-effective treatment for people with ongoing COVID-19 sequelae more than three months after hospital discharge. Trial design Multi-centre, 2-arm (1:1 ratio) parallel group, randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation and health economic evaluation. Participants Adults with ongoing COVID-19 sequelae more than three months after hospital discharge Inclusion criteria: 1) Adults ≥18 years; 2) ≥ 3 months after any hospital discharge related to COVID-19 infection, regardless of need for critical care or ventilatory support; 3) substantial (as defined by the participant) COVID-19 related physical and/or mental health problems; 4) access to, and able/supported to use email and internet audio/video; 4) able to provide informed consent; 5) able to understand spoken and written English, Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi or Mandarin, themselves or supported by family/friends. Exclusion criteria: 1) exercise contraindicated; 2) severe mental health problems preventing engagement; 3) previous randomisation in the present study; 4) already engaged in, or planning to engage in an alternative NHS rehabilitation programme in the next 12 weeks; 5) a member of the same household previously randomised in the present study. Intervention and comparator Intervention 1: The Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN (REGAIN) programme: an eight week, online, home-based, supervised, group rehabilitation programme. Intervention 2: A thirty-minute, on-line, one-to-one consultation with a REGAIN practitioner (best-practice usual care). Main outcomes The primary outcome is health-related quality of life (HRQoL) – PROMIS® 29+2 Profile v2.1 (PROPr) – measured at three months post-randomisation. Secondary outcomes include dyspnoea, cognitive function, health utility, physical activity participation, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, depressive and anxiety symptoms, work status, health and social care resource use, death - measured at three, six and 12 months post-randomisation. Randomisation Participants will be randomised to best practice usual care or the REGAIN programme on a 1:1.03 basis using a computer-generated randomisation sequence, performed by minimisation and stratified by age, level of hospital care, and case level mental health symptomatology. Once consent and baseline questionnaires have been completed by the participant online at home, randomisation will be performed automatically by a bespoke web-based system. Blinding (masking) To ensure allocation concealment from both participant and REGAIN practitioner at baseline, randomisation will be performed only after the baseline questionnaires have been completed online at home by the participant. After randomisation has been performed, participants and REGAIN practitioners cannot be blind to group allocation. Follow-up outcome assessments will be completed by participants online at home. Numbers to be randomised (sample size) A total of 535 participants will be randomised: 263 to the best-practice usual care arm, and 272 participants to the REGAIN programme arm. Trial Status Current protocol: Version 3.0 (27th October 2020) Recruitment will begin in December 2020 and is anticipated to complete by September 2021. Trial registration ISRCTN:11466448, 23rd November 2020 Full protocol The full protocol Version 3.0 (27th October 2020) is attached as an additional file, accessible from the Trials website (Additional file 1). In the interests of expediting dissemination of this material, the familiar formatting has been eliminated; this Letter serves as a summary of the key elements of the full protocol. The study protocol has been reported in accordance with the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Clinical Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) guidelines.

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Internationalizing the Curriculum for STEAM (STEM + Arts and Humanities): From Intercultural Competence to Cultural Humility

Journal of Studies in International Education ◽

10.1177/1028315319888468 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 102831531988846

Author(s):

Armida de la Garza

Keyword(s):

Learning Outcomes ◽

Intercultural Competence ◽

Best Practice ◽

Cultural Humility ◽

Alternative View ◽

Arts And Humanities ◽

The Arts ◽

Internationalization At Home ◽

Quality In Higher Education ◽

At Home

Internationalization of the Curriculum (IoC) has proved essential to realize the potential of internationalization as a driver of quality in Higher Education. The broadening of topics, bibliographic materials and other resources that result from it improve the breadth and depth of the content, making it more comprehensive, updated, and relevant. Moreover, the Internationalization at Home (IaH) strand that seeks to mobilize the informal and the hidden curriculum to bring stay-at-home students an international experience similar to that of those going abroad widens access. However, both IoC and its IaH subset have centered mostly around individual disciplines. This article proposes an alternative view of IoC that focuses on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to reviewing the curriculum, in particular STEAM, including indigenous knowledge as it does not separate the arts and humanities from science (STEM). Using case studies and quoting instances of best practice, the article demonstrates that the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches advocated are better suited to pursue the learning outcomes sought by IoC.

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The Multiple Menu Model for Developing Differentiated Curriculum for the Gifted and Talented

Gifted Child Quarterly ◽

10.1177/001698628803200302 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 298-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Joseph S. Renzulli

Keyword(s):

Gifted And Talented ◽

Differentiated Curriculum

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Implementing self-administration of insulin in hospital: a journey of discovery and innovation. Part 1: Culture and storage

British Journal of Diabetes ◽

10.15277/bjd.2018.160 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 18-21

Author(s):

Vicki L Rowse

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Insulin Administration ◽

Self Administration ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

And Storage ◽

At Home

AbstractPatients with diabetes routinely manage their insulin at home, but when they are admitted to hospital it is common practice to take their insulin away and store it in the ward fridge. Medicines rounds and mealtimes are poorly aligned and, as a result, patients can have delayed doses and increased hypo- and hyperglycaemic episodes. Best practice states that patients should be offered self-administration of insulin, but it is not routine in most trusts. This paper reports on a project to increase the number of patients assessed and supported to administer their insulin in hospital, the reasons why the project was initially unsuccessful and the challenges of changing culture and beliefs around insulin administration. A second paper discusses steps taken to support changes in hospital trusts.

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Guidance concerning chiropractic practice in response to COVID-19 in the U.S.: A summary of state regulators' web-based information

10.21203/rs.3.rs-29243/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shawn M Neff ◽

Christopher B Roecker ◽

Casey S Okamoto ◽

Samuel L Holguin ◽

Jason G Napuli ◽

...

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Local Governments ◽

Best Practice ◽

The United States ◽

The Public ◽

Single Location ◽

Chiropractic Practice ◽

State And Local ◽

License Renewal ◽

At Home

Abstract Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented changes, as many state and local governments enacted stay-at-home orders and non-essential businesses were closed. State chiropractic licensing boards play an important role in protecting the public via regulation of licensure and provision of guidance regarding standards of practice, especially during times of change or uncertainty. Objective: The purpose of this study was to summarize the guidance provided in each of the 50 United States, related to chiropractic practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: A review of the public facing websites of governors and state chiropractic licensing boards was conducted in the United States. Data were collected regarding the official guidance provided by each state’s chiropractic licensing board as well as the issuance of stay-at-home orders and designations of essential personnel by state governors. Descriptive statistics were used to report the findings from this project. Results: Each of the 50 state governor’s websites and individual state chiropractic licensing board’s websites were surveyed. Stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders were issued in 86% of all states. Chiropractors were classified as essential providers in 54% of states, non-essential in one state (2%), and no guidance was provided in the remaining 44% of all states. Fourteen states (28%) recommended restricting visits to only urgent cases and the remaining states (72%) provided no guidance. Twenty-seven states (54%) provided information regarding protecting against infectious disease and the remaining states (46%) provided no guidance. Twenty-two states (44%) provided recommendations regarding chiropractic telehealth and the remaining states (56%) provided no guidance. Seventeen states (34%) altered license renewal requirements and eight states (16%) issued warnings against advertising misleading or false information regarding spinal manipulation and protection from COVID-19.Conclusion: State guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic was heterogenous, widely variability in accessibility, and often no guidance was provided by state chiropractic licensing boards. Some state chiropractic licensing boards chose to assemble guidance for licensees into a single location, which we identified as a best practice for future situations where changes in chiropractic practice must be quickly communicated.

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Implementing self-administration of insulin in hospital: a journey of discovery and innovation. Part 1: Culture and storage

British Journal of Diabetes ◽

10.15277/bjd.2017.160 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Vicki L Rowse

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Insulin Administration ◽

Self Administration ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

And Storage ◽

At Home

AbstractPatients with diabetes routinely manage their insulin at home, but when they are admitted to hospital it is common practice to take their insulin away and store it in the ward fridge. Medicines rounds and mealtimes are poorly aligned and, as a result, patients can have delayed doses and increased hypo- and hyperglycaemic episodes. Best practice states that patients should be offered self-administration of insulin, but it is not routine in most trusts. This paper reports on a project to increase the number of patients assessed and supported to administer their insulin in hospital, the reasons why the project was initially unsuccessful and the challenges of changing culture and beliefs around insulin administration. A second paper discusses steps taken to support changes in hospital trusts.

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Changes to Chiropractic Practice in Response to COVID-19: a survey of all 50 United States

10.21203/rs.3.rs-29243/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shawn M Neff ◽

Christopher B Roecker ◽

Casey S Okamoto ◽

Samuel L Holguin ◽

Jason G Napuli ◽

...

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Local Governments ◽

Best Practice ◽

The United States ◽

Individual State ◽

The Public ◽

Single Location ◽

Chiropractic Practice ◽

State And Local ◽

At Home

Abstract Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented changes, as many individual state and local governments enacted stay-at-home orders and nonessential businesses were closed. State chiropractic licensing boards play an important role in protecting the public via regulation of licensure and provision of guidance regarding standards of practice, especially during times of change or uncertainty. Objective The purpose of this study was to summarize the guidance provided in each of the 50 United States, related to chiropractic practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A review of the public facing websites of Governors and state chiropractic licensing boards was conducted for each of the United States. Data was collected regarding the official guidance provided by each state’s chiropractic licensing board as well as the issuance of stay at home orders and designations of essential personnel by state Governors. Descriptive statistics were used to report the findings from this project. Results Each of the 50 state Governor’s websites and individual state chiropractic licensing board’s websites were surveyed. Stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders were issued in 86% of all states. Chiropractors were classified as essential providers in 54% of states, non-essential in one state (2%), and no guidance was provided in the remaining 44% of all states. Fourteen states (28%) recommended restricting visits to only urgent cases and the remaining states (72%) provided no guidance. Twenty-seven states (54%) provided information regarding protecting against infectious disease and the remaining states (46%) provided no guidance. Twenty-two states (44%) provided recommendations regarding chiropractic telehealth and the remaining states (56%) provided no guidance. Seventeen states (34%) altered license renewal requirements and eight states (16%) issued warnings against advertising misleading or false information regarding spinal manipulation and protection from COVID-19. Conclusion Individual state guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic was heterogenous, widely variability in accessibility, and often no guidance was provided by state chiropractic licensing boards. Some state chiropractic licensing boards chose to assemble guidance for licensees into a single location, which we identified as a best practice for future situations where changes in chiropractic practice must be quickly communicated.

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Do Polish Consumers Take Proper Care of Hygiene while Shopping and Preparing Meals at Home in the Context of Wasting Food?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17062074 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 2074 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marzena Tomaszewska ◽

Beata Bilska ◽

Danuta Kołożyn-Krajewska

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

Food Spoilage ◽

Food Handling ◽

Elementary And Secondary Education ◽

Meal Preparation ◽

Thawing Process ◽

Knowledge And Practice ◽

At Home

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the knowledge and practices of Polish consumers in terms of broadly defined hygiene on food preparation at home. The consequence of improper food handling may be a faster rate of food spoilage. A specially designed questionnaire was used. The study was conducted on a nationwide, random, and representative group of 1115 adult respondents. Segmentation (cluster analysis) of respondents differing in their practice and knowledge of meal preparation and personal hygiene was carried out. Several areas were diagnosed in which the respondents’ knowledge and practice were insufficient, such as storage of food products, inappropriate conduct of the thawing process, and heating of dishes. It was found that the best practice and knowledge of the issues discussed were characteristic of unemployed women over 35 years of age (cluster D). They offen gave answers that were significantly different (p < 0.05) from those given by the other clusters. The most limited knowledge and the worst practices were characteristic of mainly men with elementary and secondary education who are a part of the labor force (cluster E and A). The segmentation provided valuable information which indicates that educational programs on food safety need to be further strengthened.

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