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Learning from GCSE coursework (2002)
Journal Article

This article explores different perspectives on the nature and value of GCSE geography coursework.

Social partner or social movement? European integration and trade union renewal in Europe (2002)
Journal Article

The European Social Fund and the EU: Flexibility, growth, stability (2002)
Book

This book is based on an original and sustained analysis of European Commission policy texts related to the European Social Fund (ESF) and its broader educational, socio-economic and political context. The work is based on a rigorous library and inte... Read More about The European Social Fund and the EU: Flexibility, growth, stability.

Further education participation, European expansion and European erasure (2002)
Journal Article

From within the context of the planned expansion of the European Union (EU) to include the 12 applicant states from central and eastern Europe and the predicted reduction of the European financial support given to the UK, the article draws on empiric... Read More about Further education participation, European expansion and European erasure.

Review of the impact of special residential educational provision in the United Kingdom (2002)
Other

The author was commissioned to conduct a review of a selection of academic papers, reports, and research projects produced in the UK over a period of ten years on the theme of special educational residential provision. This was to help Kent County C... Read More about Review of the impact of special residential educational provision in the United Kingdom.

Management decision-making relating to occupational risks: The role of ‘grey data’ (2002)
Journal Article

This paper reports upon the findings of pilot work research being carried out with the collaboration of a large employer in the UK construction sector. The term ‘grey data’ is introduced and de.ned and a pilot grey data review relating to occupationa... Read More about Management decision-making relating to occupational risks: The role of ‘grey data’.

The object of one's passion: Engagement and community in democratic evaluation (2002)
Journal Article

School improvement in the context of a primary school in special measures (2002)
Journal Article

“Everybody gets one or two chances in life, this is my second!”: Risk and the construction of (mature) students’ biographies (2002)
Journal Article

This article presents preliminary findings from a PhD study that began in September 2001. It seeks to outline provisional thoughts as to how the notion of risk influences the construction of biographies for mature students on an Access course at a Fu... Read More about “Everybody gets one or two chances in life, this is my second!”: Risk and the construction of (mature) students’ biographies.

'I want to prove to myself that I can do this!': Risk and uncertainty in the construction of personal biographies for access students (2002)
Journal Article

This paper is a preliminary discussion of research findings from a PhD study that began within UWE’s Education Faculty in September 2001. It will seek to outline provisional thoughts as to how notions of risk and uncertainty are employed in the const... Read More about 'I want to prove to myself that I can do this!': Risk and uncertainty in the construction of personal biographies for access students.

The politics of European integration: A European labour movement in the making? (2002)
Journal Article

This paper explores the logical and historical determinants of European integration and reflects on the potential and dangers this presents for labour movement renewal. Through the principle of ‘subsidiarity’ a regulatory gap has been established bet... Read More about The politics of European integration: A European labour movement in the making?.

Re-searching, re-finding, re-making: Exploring the unconscious as a pedagogic and research practice (2001)
Book Chapter

Primary design and technology for the future (2001)
Book

Curriculum decision making in the primary school: the place of history (2000)
Book Chapter

History in the primary school: re-shaping our pasts. The influence of primary school teachers' knowledge and understanding of history on curriculum planning and implementation (2000)
Journal Article

Primary school teachers' perceptions of the history curriculum (2000)
Book Chapter

Looking afresh at history (1999)
Book Chapter

Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution (1998)
Journal Article

Following an incident of serious river pollution from a disused mine, postal surveys of local residents were conducted approximately 6 weeks (n=536) and then 8 months (n=417) after the spillage. Questions assessed residents" evaluations of the severi... Read More about Muddy waters and heavy metal: Time and attitudes guide judgements of pollution.

Children working with pictures (1998)
Book Chapter

Heroes and Heroines: Exploring a nation's past. The history curriculum in state primary schools in the twentieth century (1998)
Journal Article