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Learning at the interstices; locating practical philosophies for understanding physical/virtual inter-spaces (2016)
Journal Article
Falconer, L., Savin-Baden, M., & Falconer, L. (2016). Learning at the interstices; locating practical philosophies for understanding physical/virtual inter-spaces. Interactive Learning Environments, 24(5), 991-1003. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2015.1128212

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. ABSTRACT: Virtual worlds are relatively recent developments, and so it is tempting to believe that they need to be understood through newly developed theories and philosophies. However, humans have long thought about the na... Read More about Learning at the interstices; locating practical philosophies for understanding physical/virtual inter-spaces.

Students’ and their parents’ experiences of inclusion in mainstream schools. What does inclusion mean for parents with children that have special educational needs and what does it mean for the children themselves in today’s mainstream schooling system? (2016)
Thesis
What does inclusion mean for parents with children that have special educational needs and what does it mean for the children themselves in today’s mainstream schooling system?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914966

This thesis examines experiences and critical incidents that parents and their children with special educational needs encountered in mainstream school settings. Research was carried out within the methodological framework of autoethnography, re... Read More about Students’ and their parents’ experiences of inclusion in mainstream schools. What does inclusion mean for parents with children that have special educational needs and what does it mean for the children themselves in today’s mainstream schooling system?.

How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities (2016)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J., & Attia, M. (2016). How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities. In H. Zhu (Ed.), Research Methods in Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide (88-102). New York: Wiley Blackwell

A case study of teaching assistants’ conditions of employment and workload: Reliance upon teaching assistants’ goodwill and ad hoc systems of preparation time. (2015)
Journal Article
Bovill, H. A case study of teaching assistants’ conditions of employment and workload: Reliance upon teaching assistants’ goodwill and ad hoc systems of preparation time. Manuscript submitted for publication

This paper will draw upon research with a group of work-based students studying for a Foundation Degree in Educational Support. Case studies of these work-based students highlight levels of goodwill evident within their day to day planning and prepar... Read More about A case study of teaching assistants’ conditions of employment and workload: Reliance upon teaching assistants’ goodwill and ad hoc systems of preparation time..

Lessons in Teaching Phonics in Primary Schools (2015)
Book
Waugh, D., Carter, J., & Desmond, C. (2015). Lessons in Teaching Phonics in Primary Schools. SAGE Publications

This book is designed to support student teachers and in-service teachers with the teaching of phonics as an approach to the teaching of early reading. It provide essential subject knowledge as well as practical support.

Handbook of Secondary Geography (2015)
Book
Jones, M. (2017). M. Jones (Ed.), Handbook of Secondary Geography. Sheffield: Geographical Association

The Handbook of Secondary Geography provides secondary school Geography teachers with important themes and issues which bring together theory and practice. Chapters include what is geography, thinking geographically, fieldwork, GIS, literacy, numerac... Read More about Handbook of Secondary Geography.

Learning spaces in virtual worlds: bringing our distance students home (2015)
Journal Article
Gil Ortega, M. C., & Falconer, L. (2015). Learning spaces in virtual worlds: bringing our distance students home. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 7(1), 83-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-02-2014-0026

© 2015, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – Distance learning (DL) programmes are becoming increasingly popular in higher education. Overcoming feelings of isolation that may occur due to the reduced support available, the few possibilities... Read More about Learning spaces in virtual worlds: bringing our distance students home.

Exploring the learning potential of acoustic design in 3D virtual environments (2015)
Journal Article
Falconer, L., & Green, J. (2015). Exploring the learning potential of acoustic design in 3D virtual environments. Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal, 6(1), 1273-1276

This paper discusses the current research and understanding of the effects of audio environments on learning, with a particular focus on the affordances of the effects in computer-generated, 3D virtual environments and virtual worlds. Both sound and... Read More about Exploring the learning potential of acoustic design in 3D virtual environments.

Writing a research proposal (2015)
Book Chapter
Jones, M. (2015). Writing a research proposal. In G. Butt (Ed.), MasterClass in Geography Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning. London: Bloomsbury

This chapter is aimed at those new to research at Masters level with specific reference to geography teachers and those researching in the field of geography education. It describes the importance of this crucial stage in the research process and pr... Read More about Writing a research proposal.

What’s happening in ‘their space’? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies (2015)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., & Jones, M. (2015). What’s happening in ‘their space’? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2015(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.ax

The changing nature of teaching and learning in an age of accessible technologies provides challenges and opportunities for the design of learning events. Working with a sample of undergraduate students of education in one UK higher education institu... Read More about What’s happening in ‘their space’? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies.

Towards a typology of debt attitudes among contemporary young UK undergraduates (2015)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., Chudry, F., Waller, R., & Hatt, S. (2015). Towards a typology of debt attitudes among contemporary young UK undergraduates. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39(1), 85-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2013.778966

© 2013, © 2013 UCU. The findings of this study suggest that student attitudes are more complex than assumed in some previous research and journalistic commentary, especially with respect to social class. Counterintuitively, many students from lower s... Read More about Towards a typology of debt attitudes among contemporary young UK undergraduates.

An ecological fallacy in higher education policy: the use, overuse and misuse of ‘low participation neighbourhoods’ (2015)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., & McCaig, C. (2015). An ecological fallacy in higher education policy: the use, overuse and misuse of ‘low participation neighbourhoods’. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39(6), 793-817. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2013.858681

© 2014 UCU. One form of ecological fallacy is found in the dictum that ‘you are where you live’ – otherwise expressed in the idea that you can infer significant information about an individual or their family from the prevailing conditions around the... Read More about An ecological fallacy in higher education policy: the use, overuse and misuse of ‘low participation neighbourhoods’.

Outcasts on the inside: academics reinventing themselves online (2015)
Journal Article
Costa, C. (2015). Outcasts on the inside: academics reinventing themselves online. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 34(2), 194-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2014.985752

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Recent developments in digital scholarship point out that academic practices supported by technologies may not only be transformed through the obvious process of digitization, but also renovated through distributed knowledg... Read More about Outcasts on the inside: academics reinventing themselves online.

Don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it's gone? Skills-led qualifications, secondary school attainment and policy choices (2015)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., James, D., & Last, K. (2015). Don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it's gone? Skills-led qualifications, secondary school attainment and policy choices. Research Papers in Education, 30(5), 585-608. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2014.1002526

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. In the name of curriculum breadth and raising standards, recent government policy in England has removed a large number of non-academic qualifications from the list of those that secondary schools can count in league tables... Read More about Don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it's gone? Skills-led qualifications, secondary school attainment and policy choices.

‘Words are bandied about but what do they mean?’: An exploration of the meaning of the pedagogical term “project” in historical and contemporary contexts (2014)
Thesis
Chicken, S. ‘Words are bandied about but what do they mean?’: An exploration of the meaning of the pedagogical term “project” in historical and contemporary contexts. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806208

This thesis explores the pedagogical practices signified by the pedagogical term ‘project;’ which have traditionally been associated with enquiry based progressive ways of working with young children aimed at facilitating levels of both child and te... Read More about ‘Words are bandied about but what do they mean?’: An exploration of the meaning of the pedagogical term “project” in historical and contemporary contexts.

Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., & Green, J. (2014, November). Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances. Paper presented at World Congress on Education, London, UK

This paper discusses the current research and understanding of the effects of music on learning, with a particular focus on the affordances of the effects of music in computer-generated, 3D virtual environments and virtual worlds. Music has different... Read More about Music in 3D virtual environments: Exploring learning affordances.

Degrees of masculinity: Working and middle-class undergraduate students’ constructions of masculine identities (2014)
Book Chapter
Ingram, N., & Waller, R. (2014). Degrees of masculinity: Working and middle-class undergraduate students’ constructions of masculine identities. In S. Roberts (Ed.), Debating Modern Masculinities: Change, Continuity, Crisis? (35-51). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137394842_3

Exploring the current perceived ‘crisis of masculinity’ and what might be seen as its opposing stance, that society now facilitates more inclusive forms of masculinity, this chapter considers research with young undergraduate men from working-class a... Read More about Degrees of masculinity: Working and middle-class undergraduate students’ constructions of masculine identities.

Room to breathe: Insights from pre-service teachers and NQTs on professional development through informal complementary placements overseas (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Knight, B. (2014, September). Room to breathe: Insights from pre-service teachers and NQTs on professional development through informal complementary placements overseas. Paper presented at British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2014, London, UK

Teaching is a complex affair in which teachers manage a range of classroom variables and dynamics in the pursuit of pupil learning. Teacher education and NQT probationary monitoring tends to focus attention on systems and protocols such as planning,... Read More about Room to breathe: Insights from pre-service teachers and NQTs on professional development through informal complementary placements overseas.