A book review symposium: Henry A. Giroux (2020) On Critical Pedagogy [2nd Edition]
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Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education (2020)
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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.
Written evidence submitted by the Centre for Social Mobility, University of Exeter regarding: The effect of cancelling formal exams, including the fairness of qualifications awarded and pupils’ progression to the next stage of education or employment... Read More about The voice of experienced Elective Home Educating (EHE) parents: The risk of missing home-educated children in the education policy response to school closure and lessons for adapting home learning.
This research into emerging teacher identity in the UAE takes the form of a case study. Groups of 1st year students aiming to be either Arabic or English language teachers were interviewed and compared to similar groups in their final 4th year. Each... Read More about Investigating the critical influences on emerging trainee teacher identity in the UAEU: A case study of Elementary Arabic and English Language students’ views.
The support and information needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer when active treatment ends (2020)
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Background: The end of active treatment is a period of high stress for young people with cancer, but limited literature exists about their information and support needs during this phase. This study aimed to understand the needs of young people with... Read More about The support and information needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer when active treatment ends.
Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens (2020)
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Insects as food is not a new idea. In the Old Testament’s book of Leviticus a list of permissible foods is given; insects including, locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers are included. Earlier still, the Romans and Greeks were known to dine on beetle l... Read More about Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens.
‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools (2020)
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Supporting young people with global crises mitigation strategies is essential, yet loaded with ethical dilemmas for the educator. This study explores whether young people will make ethical decisions regarding the sustainability of food choice in scho... Read More about ‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools.
“Whose bridges? And to where?” Exploring the rational for supplementary schooling: A stakeholder informed case study (2020)
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This research investigates the motives for the establishment of supplementary schools; how the case study school addressed those aspirations; what happens if stakeholders’ needs are divergent; and what can be learnt about the perceived value of suppl... Read More about “Whose bridges? And to where?” Exploring the rational for supplementary schooling: A stakeholder informed case study.
The concept of labelling and notions of fixed abilities are prevalent in our education system (Archer et al., 2018). From the earliest stages of formal education, teachers are required to make predictions about future development of the children base... Read More about ‘It’s our job to take the limits away’: A case study approach to exploring a culture of teacher expectations in an English secondary school.
Theorising arts-based collaborative research processes (2020)
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Lifelong education, social inequality and the COVID-19 health pandemic (2020)
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Neoliberal hegemony and the task for critical education (2020)
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The starting point for this article is an explication of the essence of Marxism, which is argued as the most efficacious theoretical framework for understanding the current historical conjuncture. I then provide a description of the development of ca... Read More about Neoliberal hegemony and the task for critical education.
How does student activism drive cultural campus change in the UK and US regarding sexual violence on campus? (2020)
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Using policy frameworks and author expertise to identify relevant literature, four academics and two student-activist-authors, critically review literature upon student activist responses to sexual violence on campus. We conclude, student activism is... Read More about How does student activism drive cultural campus change in the UK and US regarding sexual violence on campus?.
Ignorance is not bliss: A UK study of sexual and domestic abuse awareness on campus, and correlations with confidence and positive action in a bystander program (2020)
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This article reports on a U.K. research study encompassing two surveys which used evidence-based scales of awareness, confidence to intervene, and intervention opportunities and action regarding sexual and domestic abuse on campus. They were sent to... Read More about Ignorance is not bliss: A UK study of sexual and domestic abuse awareness on campus, and correlations with confidence and positive action in a bystander program.
Beyond the Blockade: Education in Cuba (2020)
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Beyond the Blockade is a collection of testimonies of participants in the delegations organised by the National Education Union (NEU) and its sister union the National Union of Science, Education and Sport Workers (SNTECD) in Cuba.
Co-edited by G... Read More about Beyond the Blockade: Education in Cuba.
Jackie goes home, young working-class women: Higher Education, employment and social (re)alignment (2020)
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This thesis builds on and contributes to work in the field of sociology of education and employment. It provides an extension to a research agenda which has sought to examine how young people’s transitions from ‘undergraduate’ to ‘graduate’ are ‘clas... Read More about Jackie goes home, young working-class women: Higher Education, employment and social (re)alignment.
Maintaining the promise without killing the dream: Developing resilience for future 'graduate' careers (2020)
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Significant numbers of recent graduates continue to enter non-graduate roles. Against this backdrop, there is a need to consider how students and graduates can be prepared for the graduate labour market. Resilience is represented as a key attribute f... Read More about Maintaining the promise without killing the dream: Developing resilience for future 'graduate' careers.
What ‘gives life’ to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector? (2020)
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Critical pedagogy in the UK has traditionally been practised in the Lifelong Learning sector. However, the sector has become constrained by funding cuts, instrumental curricula and accountability measures, and teachers can feel that they have little... Read More about What ‘gives life’ to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector?.
Vocabulary Development (2020)
Book Chapter
Approaches to supporting the development of vocabulary learning in primary classrooms
Subject mentors: The secret service of art education (2020)
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