Education Research

Creating belonging and transformation through the adoption of flexible pedagogies in masters level international business management students

Matheson, Ruth; Sutcliffe, Mark (Taylor and Francis, 2016-09-27)

Flexible pedagogies [Ryan and Tilbury 2013. Flexible Pedagogies: New Pedagogical Ideas. York: Higher Education Academy] place learner empowerment at the centre of curriculum development. Learner empowerment requires students ...

The challenge of enterprise/innovation: a case study of a modern university

Jones, Gill; Fleming, Scott; Laugharne, Janet (Taylor and Francis, 2018-10-11)

In the prevailing economic and political climate for Higher Education a greater emphasis has been placed on diversifying the funding base. The present study was undertaken between 2012 and 2014 and addressed the implementation ...

Learning the price of poverty across the UK

Ivinson, Gabrielle; Thompson, Ian; Beckett, Lori; Egan, David; Leitch, Ruth; McKinney, Stephen (SAGE, 2017-10-25)

In 2016, the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Commission on Poverty and Policy Advocacy brought together several academics from across the four jurisdictions of the UK already engaged in work on poverty, ...

The Role of PETE in Developing and Sustaining Physical Literacy Informed Practitioners

Flemons, Michelle; Diffey, Fiona; Cunliffe, Dominic (Human Kinetics, 2018-04-19)

This paper discusses teacher preparation in relation to encouraging and empowering future teachers to appreciate the potential and value of adopting physical literacy as the goal of PE. The paper addresses the issue of the ...

Impact of arts participation on children’s achievement: A systematic literature review

Jindal-Snape, Divya; Davies, Dan; Scott, Rosalind; Robb, Anna; Murray, Chris; Harkins, Chris (Elsevier, 2018-06-23)

This paper reports on a systematic literature review to examine the association between children and young people’s participation in arts activities and their academic achievement. The 24 studies that met our criteria for ...

Schools as Learning Organisations and the Welsh Government Professional Standards (Research to Support the National Professional Learning Approach for Wales)

Egan, David; James, David; Morgan, Alex; Milton, Emmajane (2018-10)

There is some limited synergy between the Professional Standards and the elements of the Schools as Learning 0rganisations (SLO) model. Although both have much to offer they also have shortcomings. Providing these shortcomings ...

Belonging and transition: An exploration of International Business Students’ postgraduate experience

Matheson, Ruth; Sutcliffe, Mark (Taylor and Francis, 2017-01-11)

International research has established that student identity, engagement and motivation is strongly determined by the degree to which students feel they belong. This research, conducted in 2014, explores how one cohort of ...

Opening the school gates: facilitating after-school play in school grounds

Mannello, Marianne; Connolly, Mark; Dumitrescu, Sandra; Ellis, Cheryl; Haughton, Chantelle; Sarwar (nee Evans), Sian; Tyrie, Jacky (Routledge, 2019)

Playful Pedagogies—Collaborations Between Undergraduates and School Pupils in the Outdoor Learning Centre and the Pop-Up “Playscape”

Haughton, Chantelle; Sarwar (nee Evans), Sian (Palgrave, 2019)

The development of a reflective tool for internationalisation of the curriculum

Tangney, Sue (Taylor & Francis, 2017-10-04)

Internationalisation of the curriculum focuses on the purposeful development of students’ inter-cultural skills. This can be done through a range of approaches within and outside the curriculum. This article outlines the ...

Student-centred learning: a humanist perspective

Tangney, Sue (Taylor & Francis, 2013-11-21)

The notion of student-centred learning is often not defined; within the pedagogic literature it is generally associated with constructivism or principles associated with a constructivist environment such as building on ...

Doing advisory work: the role of expert advisers in national reviews of teacher education

Hulme, Moira; Beauchamp, Gary; Clarke, Linda (Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-05)

The role and activities of national advise rs engaged in the translation of globally mobile ideas on effective teacher education has received little attention. Drawing on in -depth semi -structured interviews, this ...

Murky waters: the ongoing evolution of vulnerability under section 189 of the Housing Act 1996

Meers, Jed; Taylor, Helen (Sweet and Maxwell, 2018-09-01)

In the latest instalment of a long line of Pt VII Housing Act 1996 "vulnerability" cases, Mrs Justice Rose observes—seemingly in jest—that perhaps "old Pereira habits die hard". We agree. In the wake of Hotak and Panayiotou, ...

Exploring synchronous, remote collaborative interaction between learners using multi-touch tables and video conferencing in UK primary schools

Beauchamp, Gary; Joyce-Gibbons, Andrew; McNaughton, James; Young, Nick; Crick, Tom (Wiley, 2019-01-11)

This study explores remote, non-collocated collaboration via multi-touch table (SynergyNet) and video conferencing software (Skype). Twenty-four participants (aged 10-11 years) in two locations -- primary school classrooms ...