Mr R. H. Collins, of Harold Cartwright Grammar School, Solihull, told the conference of current progress in bringing a new ‘O’‐level syllabus in Mathematics into operation. Over…
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Mr R. H. Collins, of Harold Cartwright Grammar School, Solihull, told the conference of current progress in bringing a new ‘O’‐level syllabus in Mathematics into operation. Over the years an ever‐widening gulf had been developing between the mathematics taught in schools and that taught in the universities, colleges of technology and used in industry and life in general. We have always forced children to follow adult ways of reasoning — very different from their own; now a child‐centred mathematics was required in which whatever is being developed as a topic must have roots in the immediate and past experience of the children.
Antonio Apap and Harold Collins
Cumby and Glen examined the performance of a sample of fifteen internationally diversified mutual funds for the period 1982–1988. The authors state that “While considerable…
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Cumby and Glen examined the performance of a sample of fifteen internationally diversified mutual funds for the period 1982–1988. The authors state that “While considerable evidence on the behavior of mutual fund returns now exists, there is surprisingly little evidence about the performance of internationally diversified funds.” Cumby and Glen found no evidence that the funds, individually or as a whole, gave investors any advantage in performance over that of a broad, international equity index for the sample period. While they found some evidence that international fund performance exceeded the Morgan Stanley US index during the period, they felt that this was most likely due to the benefits of international diversification rather than superior performance by fund managers.
M. Candace Christensen, María Verónica Elías, Érica Alcocer and Shannyn Vicente
This study aims to illustrate how white supremacy culture can be produced within nonprofit organizations with a mandate to serve marginalized communities and provide practical…
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Purpose
This study aims to illustrate how white supremacy culture can be produced within nonprofit organizations with a mandate to serve marginalized communities and provide practical suggestions for preventing oppression.
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The site of inquiry was a nonprofit organization in south central Texas that provides social support to queer and trans youth. Through critical ethnography, the researchers evaluated the organization's processes and structure (including hierarchy, decision-making, fundraising and interactions between leaders, partners and affected groups) to explore how the organization perpetuated attributes of white supremacy culture.
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Data reveal that the organization alienates the youth, volunteers and employees through defensiveness, fear of open conflict, paternalism, perfectionism and power-hoarding.
Originality/value
A dearth of research focuses on how white supremacy culture manifests in organizations serving marginalized communities. This paper addresses this gap by focusing on a nonprofit organization in central Texas that supports queer and trans youth. The authors offer recommendations for addressing white supremacy culture in organizations and suggest future research opportunities.
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Film provides an alternative medium for assessing our interpretations of cultural icons. This selective list looks at the film and video sources for information on and…
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Film provides an alternative medium for assessing our interpretations of cultural icons. This selective list looks at the film and video sources for information on and interpretations of the life of Woody Guthrie.
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Edward Collins and Derek J. Oddy
Describes the life history of the British Food Journal, its changing editorial team, ownership and editorial focus. The authors have used much wider source material than the…
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Describes the life history of the British Food Journal, its changing editorial team, ownership and editorial focus. The authors have used much wider source material than the archives of the journal, now in its 100th year. The journal was always closely identified with the safety of food, its adulteration and the government’s duty to safeguard the public. The second section reviews the profession and role of the public analyst, in particular the history and development of the Society of Public Analysts. The next and longest section of the monograph is devoted to an interesting examination of food safety, nutrition and food manufacturing issues over the last 100 years. Many of the points raised are illustrated by excerpts from papers written in BFJ and included as Appendices to the monograph. Food irradiation was first raised as a subject in the journal in 1928! Bread and milk as staples in the British diet are looked at in some detail in terms of their ingredients and health properties. Some appendices have been included just for interest and provide brief snapshots of some of the main food concerns of the time, e.g. The Pure Food Society, the food we eat, food poisoning, a world food policy, the packaging of foods, food hygiene. Plus ça change ...
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Pamela F. Foley, Michelle Hanna Collins, Chloe Blau, Shruthi Jayashankar, Jesse Merise and Lewis Z. Schlosser
The purpose of the present study was to explore the challenges and pathways to success for Black police chiefs, who remain under-represented in Law Enforcement.
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Purpose
The purpose of the present study was to explore the challenges and pathways to success for Black police chiefs, who remain under-represented in Law Enforcement.
Design/methodology/approach
Two pilot interviews and four subsequent in-depth interviews were conducted with Black male police chiefs. Interview transcripts were analyzed through Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis.
Findings
The data revealed five themes describing barriers and challenges, but also substantial rewards of law enforcement work.
Research limitations/implications
The qualitative design of the present study builds on prior quantitative studies exploring reasons for choosing a police career. The findings invite future research in a broader geographic area, as the results may not generalize beyond the northeast U.S., or to other diverse groups.
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The results may provide a deeper understanding of the challenges of diversifying police agencies, and may assist agencies in better attracting and supporting the advancement of individuals from minority groups.
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This article examines the national and international connections made by women graduates of the School of Home Science in their efforts to develop the scholarly expertise and…
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This article examines the national and international connections made by women graduates of the School of Home Science in their efforts to develop the scholarly expertise and professional capacity that would enable them to pursue academic careers and to improve the position of women in universities. It argues that despite the obstacles, many women were able to pursue academic pathways and to establish their own authority. By undertaking a transnational analysis, this article examines webs of influence that linked women scholars in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States as well as those in the so called “centre” (Europe and the United Kingdom). It explores the networks formed by a select number of middle class women ‐ scholars such as Ann Gilchrist Strong, Elizabeth Gregory and Neige Todhunter ‐ as they attempted to expand the range of their scholarly work beyond national borders. It considers the influence of appointments of women academics from the United States and the United Kingdom on; the significance of post graduate study opportunities for home science graduates; and the role of scholarships and awards that enabled two way travel between the southern and northern hemispheres. A number of tensions are evident in the way women scholars located their work in new and emerging fields of academic knowledge within the university. This article explores interrelationships between women academics and graduates from the School of Home Science at the University of Otago and academic women in the United Kingdom and the United States. The final section of the paper examines the academic and scholarly life of Catherine Landreth who exemplifies the experience of a select group of women who gained personally, culturally and professionally from their international opportunities, experiences and networks. It considers Landreth’s transnational travels in search of scholarly expertise, the influence of her personal and professional networks, the significance of her pioneering work in the emerging field of early childhood education and the constraints experienced in a highly gendered academic enclave. To begin however it gives a brief overview of the introduction of Home Science at the University of New Zealand and the influence of initial international appointments on the expansion of women’s academic work at the University of Otago.
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AS J. L. Hobbs shows so clearly in his recent book, the interest in local history is growing enormously at present. The universities, training colleges and schools, as well as the…
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AS J. L. Hobbs shows so clearly in his recent book, the interest in local history is growing enormously at present. The universities, training colleges and schools, as well as the institutions of further education, are all making more use of local studies—geographical, economic, social and historical—in their regular courses, in their advanced work, and in their publications.
Emmanuel Anoruo, Sanjay Ramchander and Harold Thiewes
The degree of integration among different economies is an important issue in international economics and finance. This article employs daily stock market data for the period 1988…
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The degree of integration among different economies is an important issue in international economics and finance. This article employs daily stock market data for the period 1988 through 1999 to investigate the return dynamics and the extent of the stock market linkages across six newly industrialized countries (NIC’s) of Asia, and documents the role of Japan and the US in this region. Primarily, the study finds that there are significant stock market linkages among the emerging equity markets of Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. While dominant relationships do exist, no country is totally insulated from market movements that emanate from other countries in the region. Furthermore, the study documents the presence of temporal instability in the transmission mechanism that coincides with the Asian economic crisis. During the period in which the NIC’s experienced rapidly rising stock valuations, Singapore and the US had dominant causal influences on these Asian markets. However, in the period of financial crisis during the latter part of the 1990s decade, Singapore’s influence is greatly diminished while shocks from other countries, most notably India, play a more dominant role. Several important policy implications are derived from the results.