Doing Gender Online. Ordinary Practice Beyond Utopian Ideals

Beyond Utopian and Nostalgic Views of Information Technology and Education: Implications for Research and Practice

Education is in a state of rapid change. The influx of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) lead us to question: “How do we find the balance between continuity and discontinuity whilst critically renewing our educational traditions?” The paper develops a philosophical understanding that transcends utopian and dystopian claims that IT is either “becoming education” or “destroyin...

Doing Gender, Doing Heteronormativity: 'Gender Normals,' Transgender People, and the Social Maintenance of Heterosexuality

Doing gender, doing categorisation: Recent developments in language and gender research

In this paper, I consider the potential of membership categorisation analysis, an empirical tool in ethnomethodological inquiry, for language and gender researchers. To date, there has been no sustained attempt to incorporate this kind of approach into gender and language work. It is virtually ignored in feminist sociolinguistics, where the majority of research gets done and is seldom considere...

Enhancing pharmacy practice with technology: a utopian dream?

JCPH – Vol. 63, n 6 – novembre–décembre 2010 460 (published in 2010 by the Institute for Safe Medi cation Practices Can ada and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute; see www.ismp-canada.org/ barcoding/download/ CanPharmBarcode_ JointTechnicalStatement.pdf). • The CSHP 2015 initiative has an entire goal focused on the application of technology to improve the safety of medication use (Goal 5) (s...

Beyond 'doing': Supporting clinical leadership and nursing practice in aged care through innovative models of care.

Contemporary health care environments are increasingly challenged by issues associated with the recruitment and retention of qualified nursing staff. This challenge is particularly felt by residential aged care providers, with registered nurse (RN) numbers already limited and resident acuity rapidly rising. As a result, aged care service providers are increasingly exploring creative and alterna...