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This chapter provides a conceptual overview of the construct of social withdrawal. It describes the developmental origins, with an emphasis on the contributions of biology and parents, and details the psychosocial costs of child and adolescent social withdrawal. Social withdrawal and shyness appear to develop from a biologically based temperamental predisposition toward heightened fear reactivity and ineffective fear regulation. From early childhood through adolescence, shyness is concurrently and predictively associated with a wide range of socioemotional difficulties. The chapter outlines the correlates and outcomes of shyness, with a focus on implications for social development. Numerous studies also indicate that many socially withdrawn youth experience peer victimization during childhood and early adolescence. The chapter suggests the potential impact of increased social isolation and solitude on socially withdrawn youth during Covid-19 global pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, may be particularly challenging for already vulnerable socially withdrawn youth. © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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This concluding chapter seeks to situate the future of volunteering relative to wider debates and general socio-economic, demographic and technological trends affecting the world of work. Cognisant that this chapter is written very much in the COVID era, an initial debate about whether COVID-19 represents a seismic change or a blip on the graph for event, sport and tourism (EST) volunteering, and volunteering in general, is discussed. With its prominent focus in the EST volunteering literature (see Lis and Tomanek’s chapter of this Handbook), and its inherent travel requirement, the future of volunteer tourism is also discussed. This chapter references other chapters from the Handbook, linking key debates and topics where possible. It draws on generic and sector specific themes to support discussion about where volunteering lies in relation to paid work and unpaid work and briefly touches on its boundaries with leisure. The chapter concludes that the EST sectors will continue post-COVID as essential to the physical and mental well-being of communities. The role of volunteers with respect to this significant transition is discussed and an associated research agenda is highlighted. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Kirsten Holmes, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Karen A. Smith and Richard Shipway.
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The recent pandemic forced most faculty to move from face-to-face to remote instruction, some-times necessitating a redesign of content and assessment, as well as the mode of instruction. This opinion piece presents the Content-Assessment-Pedagogy (CAP) triangle, a course design framework adapted from backward design, that parallels the engineering design process, and can guide deliberate course redesign decisions. The CAP triangle provides a guiding framework for making design decisions about what content must be emphasized and what might be omitted, what needs to be assessed, and how to design activities that maximize learning. The critical feature of the CAP framework is the alignment of each component (content, assessment, and pedagogy) with each other. And we propose that alignment is operationalized by placing what you want learners to retain long after instruction (the enduring outcomes) at the center of the design. We assert that the assessment and pedagogy need to flow from the enduring outcomes. And we also assert that feedback (not “grading”) is the most important aspect of assessment and that practice is the key feature of pedagogy. © 2020
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The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has created a worldwide deadly pandemic that has become a major public health challenge. All semi-urgent and elective medical care has come to a halt to conserve capacity to care for patients during this pandemic. As the numbers of COVID-19 cases decrease across Canada, our healthcare system also began to reopen various facilities and medical offices. The aim for this document is to compile the current evidence and provide expert consensus on the safe return to clinic practice in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. These recommendations will also summarize general precaution principles and practical tips for office across Canada to optimize patient and provider safety. Risk assessment and patient selection are crucial to minimizing exposure to COVID-19. Controversial topics such as COVID-19 mode of transmission, duration of exposure, personal protective equipment, and aerosol-generating procedures will be analyzed and discussed. Practical solutions of pre-visit office preparation, front office and examination room set-up, and check out procedures are explored. Specific considerations for audiology, pediatric population, and high risk AGMPs are also addressed. Given that the literature surrounding COVID-19 is rapidly evolving, these guidelines will serve to start our specialty back into practice over the next weeks to months and they may change as we learn more about this disease.