Inspired by Ian Mahar's Kotaku article Nobody Wins When Horror Games Stigmatize Mental Illness, that challenged the themes and sentiment of horror game Outlast, Morris quickly set about planning a game jam that'd take Mahar's ideas one step further.
Further contributing to the theoretical validity was our peer review process by which researchers independent from data gathering, who were experienced in IPA and/or asthma management, reviewed, discussed, and challenged the themes generated.
Each week we pair an accessible poem chosen by the Poetry Foundation with Times content that somehow echoes, extends or challenges the poem's themes.
In our weekly "Poetry Pairing" series, we collaborate with the Poetry Foundation to feature a work from its American Life in Poetry project alongside content from The Times that somehow echoes, extends or challenges the poem's themes.
With respect to the category of institutional challenges, the themes were: a) the issue of time, b) the assessment of learning results, and c) the difficulty associated with systemic changes.
With respect to the category of teacher challenges, the themes were: a) the influences of habits and traditional teaching and learning methods, b) the need for deep understanding of scientific content knowledge, and c) the difficulty of teaching and learning argumentations.
She also challenges the male-centered and militaristic themes and messages found in the poetry of the Black Arts movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Inspired by this challenge, the theme of the 11th annual Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard is "New Frontiers: Redefining Service for the 21st Century".
The football may not yet have started, but the battle of the World Cup songs is already well under way with a throng of rival tunes, anti-Fifa raps and instrumental lamentations challenging the poorly received official theme by Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez.
Kendra Hamilton, a black writer from Charleston, tied together the recurring themes, challenging the familiar argument that what is being upheld by the flag and similar symbols is heritage rather than hate.
