Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education (2020)
Journal Article
Hanson, J., & Burke, C. (2021). Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 13(3), 830-848. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-02-2019-0047

Purpose: The study aimed to explore the effect of second year business students engaging in counterfactual reasoning on their unrealistic optimism regarding attainment on an employability module. Design/methodology/approach: Using an experimental des... Read More about Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education.

Capturing habitus: Theory, method and reflexivity (2018)
Journal Article
Costa, C., Burke, C., & Murphy, M. (2019). Capturing habitus: Theory, method and reflexivity. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 42(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2017.1420771

Bourdieu’s career long endeavour was to devise both theoretical and methodological tools that could apprehend and explain the social world and its mechanisms of cultural (re)production and related forms of domination. Amongst the several key concepts... Read More about Capturing habitus: Theory, method and reflexivity.