This thesis explores the importance of art knowledge for teaching within a broad and rich primary school curriculum. The research was conducted across an English city and surrounding area over a ten-month period, during the academic year of September... Read More about Making, knowing and seeing art: An exploration into the importance of art knowledge for teaching within a broad and rich primary school curriculum.
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This research is an ethnographically-informed case study which seeks to understand how academically successful and emotionally supportive learning environments can be created for Level 3 Criminology students. It draws upon a funds of knowledge framew... Read More about Sliding down troublesome funds of knowledge and climbing up powerful skills: Identifying the new 'snakes and ladders' of Criminology teaching in an English FE college.
With an increasing interest in digital technologies in education, new opportunities exist to bring real world contexts into the classroom setting using virtual reality. Virtual reality (VR) is a new technology that can serve to enhance simulation-ba... Read More about "VR is more than game, it’s way too brilliant for that" – An illuminative mixed methods case study exploring virtual reality in FE health and social care curriculum.
Perspectives on transition from primary to secondary school from children in care and their corporate parents (2024)
Thesis
Transition to secondary school can be viewed as a rite of passage for children. It can also be a time of great change and therefore challenge. The study examines the unique perspectives of six Children in Care (CiC).
This study focuses on the tho... Read More about Perspectives on transition from primary to secondary school from children in care and their corporate parents.
Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school (2024)
Thesis
Transitioning from Primary School to Secondary School is cited as one of the most challenging stages of a young person’s educational journey (Hopwood et al. 2016). Whilst the voice of the child is largely absent in existing literature, large scale q... Read More about Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school.
This research contributes to the body of knowledge that currently exists around teacher and student well-being in secondary schools in England. It achieves this through the perceptions of both teachers and students and their joint engagement in conve... Read More about How can teaching and learning experiences of secondary school teachers and students in England change so well-being can improve?.
Adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood are often constructed in contemporary literature, policy and academic discourses as a sociocultural-political problem. While the challenges of adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood are well documented, le... Read More about Can you hear my voice? Navigating the journey from adolescent pregnancy to early motherhood in Uganda: A phenomenological perspective.
Choices made to study STEM subjects determine both the level of STEM skills in the population and the numbers of students with the necessary skills to continue studying STEM subjects at higher education. The aim of this research was to explore curren... Read More about What are the challenges in progression, retention and achievement in A-level chemistry in Further Education colleges in England?.
Mathematics Anxiety is widespread and is believed to affect up to 20% of the population (Ashcraft and Ridley, 2005). Parents are the primary influencers of their children’s attitudes and beliefs and if parents are anxious about mathematics, it is mor... Read More about I could never do maths at school: An exploration of the ways in which an online intervention for parents can change the way they think and talk about mathematics and reduce the intergenerational transmission of mathematics anxiety.
Protecting transformative optimism in the art classroom: Exploring aspirant art teachers’ shifting ideals (2023)
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This extended, normative case study was initiated in response to my professional concerns regarding the capacity of student art and design teachers to defend and extend their personal ideals for future classroom practice. Placement in schools, a majo... Read More about Protecting transformative optimism in the art classroom: Exploring aspirant art teachers’ shifting ideals.