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11 Struggles Only Self-Aware People Have To Deal With

11 Struggles Only Self-Aware People Have To Deal With

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Mastering the art of self-awareness isn’t just about having a grasp on your own emotional wellbeing, feelings, and situations, it’s also instrumental in shaping our social connections and behavior in relationships. Being aware of ourselves — both as individuals and as partners, friends, workers, and people within society — gives us a better foundation for healthy interactions and personal emotional stability. Of course, there are also specific struggles only self-aware people have to deal with, as this kind of knowledge isn’t always inherently beneficial. Sometimes, we’re made to acknowledge an awareness about ourselves and others that can be uncomfortable, unproductive, and taxing on our emotional wellbeing. Here are 11 struggles only self-aware people have to deal with 1. Feeling overworked Marjan Apostolovic | Shutterstock.com Considering self-aware people tend to have more effective critical thinking skills, according to a study published by the Human Resource Development Review, analyzing uncertain and stressful situations, working towards solutions, and even improvising, they’re often put in leadership roles in various avenues of their lives.  Even in seemingly minor situations, like traveling …

Uniting science and Indigenous knowledge for arctic research

Uniting science and Indigenous knowledge for arctic research

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ArcticNet, a leading Network of Centres of Excellence in Canada, discusses the latest scientific priorities in Arctic research and how it is tackling these urgent climate challenges. The Arctic has become a focal point for scientific inquiry as the effects of climate change increasingly reshape this unique and fragile region. Once seen as a distant frontier, the Arctic now plays a critical role in understanding global environmental shifts. Researchers from across disciplines are working together to uncover how the rapid warming in this area is influencing ecosystems, weather patterns, and human communities, not only in the far North but across the entire planet. With the Arctic warming at an unprecedented rate, the stakes for understanding these changes and developing sustainable solutions have never been higher. Today’s scientific efforts in the Arctic extend far beyond documenting environmental changes. Researchers are also grappling with complex social, economic, and geopolitical issues. Indigenous communities, whose livelihoods and cultures are deeply intertwined with the land and sea, are among the first to experience the impacts of the shifting Arctic environment. …

guiding vaccination policy during COVID-19 through direct knowledge transfer – Evidence & Policy Blog

guiding vaccination policy during COVID-19 through direct knowledge transfer – Evidence & Policy Blog

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Katie Attwell, Tauel Harper and Chris Blyth This blog post is based on the Evidence & Policy article, ‘Facilitating knowledge transfer during Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: an examination of ‘Functional Dialogues’ as an approach to bridge the evidence–policy gap’. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we wanted to use our skills to help with the eventual vaccine rollout. Chris was already well-placed to do so. As Chair of Australia’s Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), he had years of experience in aspects of vaccine policymaking. Katie was an emerging leader in vaccination social science and policy, and, like Chris, she had strong connections in the Western Australian Department of Health. They knew that the team focused on administering Australia’s National Immunisation Program would have their hands full with supporting the existing programme during COVID-19 times. How could they also prepare for a pandemic vaccine rollout? Katie put together an interdisciplinary team to help, bringing in Chris as co-lead. They recruited Tauel for his communications expertise. Other researchers were chosen for their skills in qualitative research, law …

The Knowledge. How ambitious is Labour on work experience?

The Knowledge. How ambitious is Labour on work experience?

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More from this theme Recent articles Last week, the Social Market Foundation published a fascinating report, Things worth knowing, which looks at the role of ‘assumed knowledge’ in youth transitions from education to employment. Their evidence shows that young people from more privileged backgrounds and those with graduate parents appear more confident and adept at navigating their way through the education system into careers. Nick Brook, CEO of Speakers for Schools, which supported the study, highlighted that one of the most effective ways of filling pupils’ gaps in knowledge of the world of work is through quality work experience. At The Key Group, we agree that giving pupils access to the workplace is essential to their success. But our report on the national state of work experience, published this week,  indicates that less than half of pupils do even one week’s work experience. Nearly 7,000 schools in England now use Arbor as their management information system (MIS). Working with the attendance data that Arbor collects, we have gained insights at a national level around work …

The Knowledge. Employee engagement and staff retention

The Knowledge. Employee engagement and staff retention

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More from this theme Recent articles Several factors are thought to be driving poor retention, including concerns over pay, workload and accountability. A new paper published today proposes another factor – one schools have greater control over. Over the past two years, The Engagement Platform (TEP) has worked with a group of around 100 schools to better understand the impact of employee engagement. The central premise is that how staff think and feel about their role in the workplace drives their behaviours. For instance, if an employee feels their workload is manageable, that there are effective mechanisms that allow them to manage pupil behaviour and that they have strong, positive relationships with their colleagues, they will flourish in their jobs. If not, they will be more likely to leave their role, and possibly the sector. While previous research has provided some evidence to support these hypothesised engagement-behaviour links, much of this has come from the United States. Equivalent data and insights for England have been hard to come by. The link between school leadership, staff …

The Knowledge. New data sheds light on hours spent at school

The Knowledge. New data sheds light on hours spent at school

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More from this theme Recent articles In 2022, the then government laid out a new expectation that state-funded mainstream schools should deliver a school week of at least 32.5 hours from this term. Now, new census data allows us for the first time to better understand the length of the school week across the country and its relationship with pupil outcomes. Earlier this year we examined what the international research tells us about the length of the school week and its impact on pupil attainment and wider outcomes. It showed that the effects of providing additional school time, which encompasses instruction time and extracurricular activities, are varied but broadly positive with the diversity of effects often being attributed to variations in the timing, manner, and nature of the activities during these extended hours. Previous research has also shown that the effect of increasing school hours varies depending on the subject being taught. Crucially for those interested in tackling the persistent disadvantage gap, extending the school day tends to have a more pronounced impact on the …

Some KS1 pupils not gaining ‘foundational knowledge’

Some KS1 pupils not gaining ‘foundational knowledge’

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More from this theme Recent articles Some schools do not ensure all pupils learn the foundational knowledge they need by the end of key stage 1, Ofsted has said. The “vulnerable minority” of students are most likely to suffer from flaws in curriculum, teaching and assessment, the watchdog said in a report published today. It also found that curriculums for English, beyond the teaching of phonics, were often below par. The report is based on previous Ofsted subject reports and research reviews and visits to 20 schools. It looked at how schools can provide foundational knowledge and skills such as the ability to communicate, read, write and calculate as well as strong physical, emotional and social development. Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s chief inspector, said: “It is those children who are most vulnerable who benefit most from a strong start to their education. “I hope this report helps teachers and school leaders in developing a curriculum that provides all children with the knowledge and skills that they need.” Sir Martyn Oliver In light of its findings, …

forging connections and knowledge exchange between policymakers and researchers – Evidence & Policy Blog

forging connections and knowledge exchange between policymakers and researchers – Evidence & Policy Blog

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Nicola Buckley and Kathryn Oliver This blog post is based on the Evidence & Policy article, ‘Evaluating Policy to Research Fellowship programmes’. Policy to Research (P2R) Fellowship programmeshave been found toforge connections and relationships between policymakers and researchers in academia and beyond, develop skills and knowledge among policymakers and researchers and can develop collaborative projects. In our Evidence and Policy paper, we found 24 P2R Policy Fellowship programmes to study, from the UK, Europe and North America. The cost of providing these fellowships was estimated at around £5,000 per Policy Fellow, which is comparable to, or in some cases less than other methods for academic-policy engagement (e.g. workshops, training, Research to Policy Fellowships, funding research collaborations). More evaluations are needed to understand the role these Fellowships can play in developing the evidence-for-policy system. We decided to conduct this research because Policy Fellowships, which offer mobility and knowledge exchange opportunities in two directions (researchers taking up secondments in policy organisations; and policy officials spending time in research organisations), have grown in scale in recent years. The …

Getty PST ART’s Expansive View of Science Centers Indigenous Knowledge

Getty PST ART’s Expansive View of Science Centers Indigenous Knowledge

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On first glance, one might be forgiven for wondering how the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art,” fits into PST ART. For the 2024 edition of the recurring initiative, over 70 cultural institutions, supported by $20 million in grants from the Getty Foundation, will open shows based around the theme of “Art & Science Collide.” The LACMA exhibition, which opened Sunday, initially appears as a historical exhibition, featuring over 270 Mesoamerican ceramic vessels, mural fragments, stone sculptures, and textiles, over half of which are drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. There are also artworks and archaeological artifacts on loan from Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia and two rare, spectacular Mesoamerican codices from Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. A reasonable viewer might ask, where is the link to science? Related Articles At a press preview last week, California-based, Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez offered an answer. “Color comes from nature. Color is actually an extension of the information that each textile—in this …