Publications by authors named "Kate Roux"

Study Objective: To assess the knowledge of ovulation and menstruation of adolescent females in Western Australia.

Methods: A validated adolescent ovulatory menstrual health literacy questionnaire was used in a cross-sectional study, which included an open-response question inviting participants' reflections.

Results: Participants (n = 297) were from two single sex and seven coeducational schools of varied socio-educational advantage.

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The concept of angular motion is foundational knowledge in physiotherapy, applied for example in measuring joint range of motion. Yet research points to university students' poor understanding of the concept. Visuals are commonly promoted as valuable for creating opportunities for meaningful learning of the physics of motion.

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Contemporary engineering education recognises the need for engineering ethics content in undergraduate programmes to extend beyond concepts that form the basis of professional codes to consider relationality and context of engineering practice. Yet there is debate on how this might be done, and we argue that the design and pedagogy for engineering ethics has to consider what and to whom ethics is taught in a particular context. Our interest is in the possibilities and challenges of pursuing the dual imperatives of socialization and critique.

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