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What barriers do teachers face when it comes to educational research and how can they overcome these?
What barriers do teachers face when it comes to educational research and how can they overcome these?

The mythical nature of research

“I’m only a teacher. What impact can I have on education?” is perhaps one of the greatest barriers facing the teacher researcher. Placing research on such an elevated pedestal can unnecessarily create a mythological boundary to engagement. However, consider your time as a student, the reading you negotiated, the complex nuances and debates you negotiated, the use of data within your current role, your careful questioning of students and staff to obtain necessary information. To this extent, have you not already engaged with a high degree of research?

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Editor's Picks, ResearchMoazzma Arshadeducation, research
As a teacher, why do I need to bother about research?
As a teacher, why do I need to bother about research?

Consider a tree being perfectly reflected in a pool of still water. If the water is rippled, even slightly, the image is disrupted. However, if the water remains still, while the image remains unchanged, the pool of water can become stagnant. By analogy, what ripples have we experienced within education from a micro to a macro level in recent years? The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, global conflict, technological advancement, and so forth. Consider how such changes have affected the students we work with? Yet without such ripples, the world of education could stagnate. Consequently, change is inherent within education.

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Research, Author ServicesMoazzma Arshadresearch, education
How to write a plain language summary for journal articles
How to write a plain language summary for journal articles

Plain language summaries (PLS) are becoming increasingly prevalent in the scientific literature as they have the potential to broaden the impact of scholarly articles by bringing them to the attention of a more general audience. In this blog, we aim to guide authors through the process of developing a PLS for a manuscript suitable for submission to SAGE Journals.

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Author Services, Editor's PicksMaria Pia TissotPLS, Plain Language Summary, research
The Public Health Response to Human Trafficking: A Look Back and a Step Forward
The Public Health Response to Human Trafficking: A Look Back and a Step Forward

To counter and eventually eliminate human trafficking (HT) requires not only a strong response from the criminal justice system, but also a comprehensive, rigorous public health response. We’ve come a long way in the past 20 years, but there’s still much to be done - here are recommendations for future research.

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Editor's Picks, ResearchMaria Pia Tissothuman trafficking, research, sex trafficking, public health, World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Get Your Article Reviewed Faster by Avoiding Plagiarism
Get Your Article Reviewed Faster by Avoiding Plagiarism

When you publish an article with a prominent academic journal, you are participating in a conversation with your colleagues around the world as well as scholars who came before you and will come after you. Anyone who reads your article should be able to easily identify your unique contributions and the works you have built on to make those contributions.

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Author Services, Editor's PicksKimberley Simpsonarticle, research, peer review, plagiarism, citations, academic
Tips for an effective journal article title
Tips for an effective journal article title

What do the words “arrests “, “exorbitant”, “extraordinary”, and “destruction” have in common? At first glance, you might say “absolutely nothing”. My response, as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Toxicology, would be that non-scientific words such as these are not appropriate for use in the titles of journal articles that present the results of biomedical research.

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Author Services, Editor's PicksMoazzma Arshadresearch, journal, article, title
Webinar: What Does Inclusion Mean in the World of Research?
Webinar: What Does Inclusion Mean in the World of Research?

What are journal editors, funders, and publishers doing to support researchers of all backgrounds – specifically those who have been underrepresented, unheard, and underprivileged? What impact does this effort have on the research environment and even for the research itself? And what can we learn from each other to enable new changes that address shortcomings?

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Editor's Picks, Author Services, Industry NewsKimberley Simpsonwebinar, inclusion, inclusivity, Diversity, research
Democracy and Entrepreneurship: Hope and Despair
Democracy and Entrepreneurship: Hope and Despair

As the insurgents stormed the Capital, there could no longer be any remaining doubt – democracy was in danger. The warning signs had been gathering for years. Not just in the United States, but throughout most of the developed world. In fact, rich and compelling empirical evidence makes it clear that democracy has been eroding across a broad spectrum of national and institutional contexts.

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ResearchMoazzma Arshaddemocracy, Entrepreneurial leadership, hope, research
What Paranormal Tourism Reveals About the Human Psyche
What Paranormal Tourism Reveals About the Human Psyche

October is ‘Halloween season’ ― a fun cultural holiday for many people worldwide. It represents a socially sanctioned time of year when children and adults alike can escape to a realm of fantasy and mystery that involves the simultaneous expression of the ‘lighter’ and ‘darker’ sides of human nature. In addition to carving pumpkins, dressing in costume, and the nightly ritual of trick-or-treating, a favorite activity this month for many people is the psychosocial phenomenon known as ‘paranormal tourism.’

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Research, Editor's PicksGuest Userparanormal tourism, research, human psyche, halloween, october, social science