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Online genetic testing services are increasingly being offered to consumers who are becoming exposed to, and knowledgeable about, new kinds of genetic technologies, as the launch of a 23andme genetic testing product in the UK testifies. Genetic research breakthroughs, cheek swabbing forensic pathologists and celebrities discovering their ancestral roots are littered throughout the North American, European and Australasian media landscapes. Genetic testing is now capturing the attention, and imagination, of hundreds of thousands of people who can not only buy genetic tests online, but can also go online to find relatives, share their results with strangers, sign up for personal DNA-based musical scores, and take part in research. This book critically examines this market of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing from a social science perspective, asking, what happens when genetics goes online? With a focus on genetic testing for disease, the book is about the new social arrangements which emerge when a traditionally clinical practice (genetic testing) is taken into new spaces (the internet). It examines the intersections of new genetics and new media by drawing from three different fields: internet studies; the sociology of health; and science and technology studies. While there has been a surge of research activity concerning DTC genetic testing, particularly in sociology, ethics and law, this is the first scholarly monograph on the topic, and the first book which brings together the social study of genetics and the social study of digital technologies. This book thus not only offers a new overview of this field, but also offers a unique contribution by attending to the digital, and by drawing upon empirical examples from our own research of DTC genetic testing websites (using online methods) and in-depth interviews in the United Kingdom with people using healthcare services.
Online genetic testing services are increasingly being offered to consumers who are becoming exposed to, and knowledgeable about, new kinds of genetic technologies, as the launch of a 23andme genetic testing product in the UK testifies. Genetic research breakthroughs, cheek swabbing forensic pathologists and celebrities discovering their ancestral roots are littered throughout the North American, European and Australasian media landscapes. Genetic testing is now capturing the attention, and imagination, of hundreds of thousands of people who can not only buy genetic tests online, but can also go online to find relatives, share their results with strangers, sign up for personal DNA-based musical scores, and take part in research. This book critically examines this market of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing from a social science perspective, asking, what happens when genetics goes online? With a focus on genetic testing for disease, the book is about the new social arrangements which emerge when a traditionally clinical practice (genetic testing) is taken into new spaces (the internet). It examines the intersections of new genetics and new media by drawing from three different fields: internet studies; the sociology of health; and science and technology studies. While there has been a surge of research activity concerning DTC genetic testing, particularly in sociology, ethics and law, this is the first scholarly monograph on the topic, and the first book which brings together the social study of genetics and the social study of digital technologies. This book thus not only offers a new overview of this field, but also offers a unique contribution by attending to the digital, and by drawing upon empirical examples from our own research of DTC genetic testing websites (using online methods) and in-depth interviews in the United Kingdom with people using healthcare services.
A Sensory Education takes a close look at how sensory awareness is learned and taught in expert and everyday settings around the world. Anna Harris shows that our sensing is not innate or acquired, but in fact evolves through learning that is shaped by social and material relations. The chapters feature diverse sources of sensory education, including field manuals, mannequins, cookbooks and flavour charts. The examples range from medical training and forest bathing to culinary and perfumery classes. Offering a valuable guide to the uncanny and taken-for-granted ways in which adults are trained to improve their senses, this book will be of interest to disciplines including anthropology and sociology as well as food studies and sensory studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003084341 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
The Level 2 pack contains 6 books, one of each of the following titles: The Big Picnic, Grow Me a Picnic, A Den in the Wood, Dens and Nests, Cards for Gran, Frog Cards. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics that children will be learning about in the classroom. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings encourage children to read and relish both text types from an early age, develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress. These books are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable words to enrich the texts and support language development. Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with their child. Free teaching notes and help with childrens reading development is available on Oxford Owl at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.
Medical knowledge manifests in materials, and materials are integral to the reproduction of medical knowledge. From the novice student to the expert practitioner, those who study and work in and around medicine rely on material guidance in their everyday practice and as they seek to further their craft. Students, just as experts, pore over textbooks, photographs and films. They put up and copy down chalkboard illustrations, manipulate plastic models and inspect organic specimens fixed in formalin. They pass through grand university libraries and try not to contaminate anything in cramped surgical theatres. Students, just as experts, learn within an expansive material culture of medicine, they learn from explicitly educative materials, from the workaday tools used for diagnosis and in treatment, they learn in everyday spaces and as part of sprawling infrastructures. While the specific constellation of material varies across time and space, many materials have remained constant, key actors in the spread of medical practices and in the steady, global expansion of biomedical frameworks of health and disease. This collection focuses on the materials, objects, tools and technologies which facilitate the reproduction of medical knowledge and often reify understandings of medical science. The training of doctors is changing rapidly in response to technological development as well to the evolving needs and expectations of patients. Medical schools are beginning to respond to these challenges through curricula redesign and the purchase or endorsement of new teaching aids, simulations and pedagogies. Often, this means that medical schools are embracing the digital at the expense of older teaching materials. Medical education is at a critical juncture and there is momentum to radically rethink its approaches. This collection offers a reflection on these challenges by presenting an innovative and expansive overview of the role of materiality in the training of doctors and in the social reproduction of medicine in general. Experimental in form, and with ethnographic, museological and historical cases, and traces from around the world, this edited volume is the first to fully explore the matter of medical education in the modern world. Supported by the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. An academic text, it will be most relevant to academics and graduate students in the fields of health and material culture, but will also have a wider readership with those working on medical education and knowledge and medical history
A Sensory Education takes a close look at how sensory awareness is learned and taught in expert and everyday settings around the world. Anna Harris shows that our sensing is not innate or acquired, but in fact evolves through learning that is shaped by social and material relations. The chapters feature diverse sources of sensory education, including field manuals, mannequins, cookbooks and flavour charts. The examples range from medical training and forest bathing to culinary and perfumery classes. Offering a valuable guide to the uncanny and taken-for-granted ways in which adults are trained to improve their senses, this book will be of interest to disciplines including anthropology and sociology as well as food studies and sensory studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003084341 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
The Cambridge IGCSE (R) & O Level Complete Physics Student Book is at the heart of delivering the course. It has been fully updated and matched to the latest Cambridge IGCSE (0625) & O Level (5054) Physics syllabuses, ensuring it covers all the content that students need to succeed. The Student Book is written by Stephen Pople, experienced and trusted author of our previous, best-selling edition, and Anna Harris. It has been reviewed by subject experts globally to ensure it meets teachers' needs. The book offers a rigorous approach, with a light touch to make it engaging. Varied and flexible assessment-focused support and exam-style questions improve students' performance and help them to progress, while the enriching content equips them for further study. The Student Book is available in print, online or via a great-value print and online pack. The supporting Exam Success Guide and Practical Workbook help students achieve top marks in their exams, while the Workbook, for independent practice, strengthens exam potential inside and outside the classroom.
Which animal lives in a tunnel? Where is a chimp's nest? What is a bobcat's den like? Find out in Dens and Nests. The fiction book that accompanies this title is A Den in the Wood. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 2, which are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable topic words to enrich the texts and support language development. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.
Oxford Smart Activate Physics Teacher Book holds high aspirations for all students to succeed by building on what they have learned at KS2 and progress with confidence to GCSE. Teachers are supported to inspire students' awe and wonder in the science that surrounds them and to help learners develop a science identity that is curious and independent. Based on a Developing/Secure/Extending assessment framework, this Teacher Book provides all teachers, both specialists and non-specialists, with practical suggestions and guidance to reactive knowledge, trigger student interest, and reflect on their learning and progress. Links between topics, sciences, and the wider KS3 curriculum are clearly established through curriculum narrative documents. Informed by up-to-date educational research and tried and tested by (UK) Pioneer schools to ensure that every aspect works for all students, all teachers, and in all secondary science classrooms, Oxford Smart Activate is the next evolution of the best-selling Activate series from series editor and curriculum expert, Andrew Chandler-Grevatt.
Part of the Oxford Smart Curriculum Service, Oxford Smart Activate Teacher Book 2 holds high aspirations for all students to succeed, building on what they have learned at KS2 and supporting them to progress with confidence to GCSE. Teachers are supported to inspire students' awe and wonder in the science that surrounds them and to help learners develop a science identity that is curious and independent. Based on the Developing/Secure/Extending assessment framework, this Teacher Book provides all teachers, both specialists and non-specialists, with practical suggestions and guidance to reactive knowledge, trigger student interest, and reflect on their learning and progress. Links between topics, sciences, and the wider KS3 curriculum are clearly established through curriculum narrative documents. Informed by up-to-date educational research and tried and tested by (UK) Pioneer schools to ensure that every aspect works for all students, all teachers, and in all secondary science classrooms, Oxford Smart Activate is the next evolution of the best-selling Activate series from series editor and curriculum expert, Andrew Chandler-Grevatt.
Part of the Oxford Smart Curriculum Service, Oxford Smart Activate Teacher Book 1 holds high aspirations for all students to succeed, building on what they have learned at KS2 and supporting them to progress with confidence to GCSE. Teachers are supported to inspire students' awe and wonder in the science that surrounds them and to help learners develop a science identity that is curious and independent. Based on the Developing/Secure/Extending assessment framework, this Teacher Book provides all teachers, both specialists and non-specialists, with practical suggestions and guidance to reactive knowledge, trigger student interest, and reflect on their learning and progress. Links between topics, sciences, and the wider KS3 curriculum are clearly established through curriculum narrative documents. Informed by up-to-date educational research and tried and tested by (UK) Pioneer schools to ensure that every aspect works for all students, all teachers, and in all secondary science classrooms, Oxford Smart Activate is the next evolution of the best-selling Activate series from series editor and curriculum expert, Andrew Chandler-Grevatt.
The Cambridge IGCSE (R) & O Level Complete Physics Enhanced Online Student Book is an electronic version of the Student Book, accessible in the classroom and at home. It has been fully updated and matched to the latest Cambridge IGCSE (0625) and O Level (5054) Physics syllabuses, ensuring it covers all the content that students need to succeed. The Enhanced Online Student Book provides support for class and homework, exam preparation, and assessment throughout the course with opportunities to develop and improve students' performance, and equip them for further study. It contains access to a range of digital resources such as 'On Your Marks' to improve exam technique, extensive formative and summative assessments including interactive, auto-marked tests, practice papers with mark schemes, and worksheets. The licence period for this product is for 30 months from the date you activate the access code. Cambridge IGCSE & O Level Complete Physics is also available in print or as a great-value print and online pack. The supporting Exam Success Guide and Practical Workbook help students achieve top marks in their exams, while the Workbook, for independent practice, strengthens exam potential inside and outside the classroom.
Exam Success in Cambridge IGCSE (R) & O Level Physics fully supports the latest Cambridge IGCSE (0625) & O Level (5054) syllabuses and is suitable for use alongside our Complete and Essential IGCSE Physics series. The Guide helps students cope with the increased rigour of linear IGCSEs by bringing clarity and focus to exam preparation and by providing explicit exam guidance. Learners can recap content through easy-to-digest chunks, apply this via targeted revision activities, review and reflect on their work, and use exam practice and worked examples to achieve best results. Exam Success in IGCSE & O Level Physics is written by Anna Harris, an IGCSE Physics examiner and experienced teacher, and Sarah Lloyd author of our Complete and Essential Physics Workbooks. Students can benefit from their expertise and excellent understanding of what support learners need in order to reach their full potential. Other resources are also available: a Practical Workbook, Student Books and Workbooks. The Practical Workbook helps students to achieve practical exam success. The Complete or Essential Student Book is at the heart of delivering the course and is available in print, online or via a great-value print and online pack. The Workbook is for independent practice and strengthens exam potential inside and outside the classroom.
The Cambridge IGCSE (R) & O Level Complete Physics Workbook, part of the rigorous and trusted Complete Science series, supports independent practice both inside and outside the classroom to strengthen students' exam potential. The workbook develops sophisticated scientific skills to support students in achieving their full potential and regular extension work stretches high achievers. It also provides extensive practice to reinforce understanding and improve exam potential. It is written by Sarah Lloyd, successful and experienced author of our previous edition of the Cambridge IGCSE Complete Physics Workbook, and Anna Harris. The workbook has been fully updated to support the latest Cambridge IGCSE (0625) & O Level (5054) Physics syllabuses. The Complete Physics Student Book that this workbook supports is available in print, online or as a great-value print and online pack, and an Exam Success Guide and Practical Workbook are also available to help students achieve top marks.
The Level 2 pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: The Big Picnic, Grow Me a Picnic, A Den in the Wood, Dens and Nests, Cards for Gran, Frog Cards. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics that children will be learning about in the classroom. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings encourage children to read and relish both text types from an early age, develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress. These books are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable words to enrich the texts and support language development. Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with their child. Free teaching notes and help with children's reading development is available on Oxford Owl at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.
This book explores the colourful past, present and future of an instrument that is, quite literally, close to our hearts. The stethoscope has become the symbol of medicine itself, but how did this come to be? What makes the stethoscope such a familiar and yet charismatic object? Drawing from a range of fields including history, anthropology, science, technology and sound studies, the book illustrates the variety of roles the stethoscope has played over time. It shows that the stethoscope is not, and has never been, a single entity. It is used to a variety of ends, serves a number of purposes and is open to many interpretations. This is the key to the stethoscope's enduring presence in the medical and popular imagination.
Eve Hoffman, an innocent young woman still in high school and recovering from the loss of her father, meets bad boy Shannon Stevens and falls in love. Little do they know that their new found love has sparked the jealousy of one man who will do anything in his power to possess the beautiful Eve. Eve soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous love triangle which will have dire consequences not only for Eve, but for all those who love her. Eve must learn her darkest lesson, that sometimes beauty has a price...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone |
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