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This paper will challenge readers to consider their approach to supporting academics who are writing a teaching portfolio. What comes first? The literature, collecting evidence or something else? In this reflection on practice, I offer an approach that centralises practice as the core focus for starting this process. Grounded in theoretical principles that espouse the inseparability of practice and knowledge, the paper offers simple, practical steps for prioritising a practice-based approach to ...

Every year on February 14, people celebrate Valentine's Day or rather, the Feast of Saint Valentine. What was first celebrated as a Christian feast day to remember one or more martyred early Christians by the name of Saint Valentine, has today, developed into a significant cultural, religious, and economic celebration…

Sexual harassment. under title vii, the department of justice can investigate it and take a second look. if youre listening, attorney general garland, why would he resign? because there is evidence, overwhelming evidence of his misconduct. could the ag investigate? yes. should the ag investigate? yes. theres a wealth of evidence by the attorney general that the ag and the u.s. attorneys can look at. if they really want to do justice, if they really want to show equality across the board regardle...

0 arm, a pat on the face, a touch on the stomach, a slap on the back. its my way of saying "i see you. i appreciate you, and i thank you." im not comfortable just walking past and ignoring them. of course, usually they are male troopers. in this case, i dont remember doing it at all. i didnt do it consciously with the female trooper. i did not mean any sexual connotation. it was totally thoughtless in the literal sense of the word. but it was also insensitive. it was embarrassing to her, and was...

Abstract Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) have become ubiquitous as a form of assessment in medical education but involve substantial resource demands and considerable local variation.A detailed understanding of the processes by which OSCEs are designed and administered could improve feasibility and sustainability. This exploration of OSCE design is informed by Practice Theory, which suggests assessment design processes are dynamic, social and situated activities. The overall ...

Abstract One of the key challenges in work-integrated learning (WIL) courses is how to account for learning that takes place away from campus, where the work space, daily routines and emergent actions within an organisation shape the possibilities for student learning. What do students do on placement to open the possibilities of working and learning in temporary sites of work? Using a practice-based approach, this paper outlines an ethnographic study of learning on placement. The paper draws o...