Looking afresh at history
(1999)
Book Chapter
Outputs (796)
Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution (1998)
Journal Article
Following an incident of serious river pollution from a disused mine, postal surveys of local residents were conducted approximately 6 weeks (n=536) and then 8 months (n=417) after the spillage. Questions assessed residents" evaluations of the severi... Read More about Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution.
Children working with pictures (1998)
Book Chapter
Occupational safety and health: A method to test the collection of 'grey data' by line managers (1997)
Journal Article
This paper describes and discusses a method for collecting data relating to the potential for illness or injury to occur in an organization. The reason for using the term 'grey' is explained and the underpinning philosophy of fuzzy thinking is also d... Read More about Occupational safety and health: A method to test the collection of 'grey data' by line managers.
Attitudes to privatization of UK public utilities: Anticipating industrial practice and environmental effects (1996)
Journal Article
Attitudes toward the impending privatization of the UK electricity supply and water industries were assessed by means of a questionnaire distributed to 225 visitors to holiday beaches in SW England as part of a broader survey of perceptions of coasta... Read More about Attitudes to privatization of UK public utilities: Anticipating industrial practice and environmental effects.
The perceptions of line and senior managers in relation to occupational health issues (1996)
Journal Article
Perceptions of line and senior managers in relation to their role in managing workplace injury and illness were investigated with a large UK manufacturing company. The significance of this research to occupational health practitioners lies in the fac... Read More about The perceptions of line and senior managers in relation to occupational health issues.
Smokers' and non-smokers' estimates of their personal risk of cancer and of the incremental risk attributable to cigarette smoking (1995)
Journal Article
Estimates were obtained from 420 members of the public, 117 of whom were smokers, of the risk of an hypothetical target person, described as a 35-year-old man with no previous illness, contracting cancer as a consequence of exposure to combinations o... Read More about Smokers' and non-smokers' estimates of their personal risk of cancer and of the incremental risk attributable to cigarette smoking.
Global changes and local accidents: Consistency in attributions for environmental effects (1995)
Journal Article
A questionnaire concerning environmental issues was administered to 462 tourists visiting beaches in southwestern England. One set of items concerned the greenhouse effect, and measured the extent to which global warming was seen as attributable to i... Read More about Global changes and local accidents: Consistency in attributions for environmental effects.
Humanities in primary education (1995)
Book
This work asks how primary school children are best helped to understand what is special about being human, in terms of people, place, events, time, beliefs and values. Professional readers are invited to consider their own values against a range of... Read More about Humanities in primary education.