Outputs (144)

Shaping the field of lifelong education through three critical debates in the International Journal of Lifelong Education (2023)
Journal Article

The editors approached the 40th anniversary of the International Journal of Lifelong Education as an opportunity to consider the field by exploring how a corpus of 1462 articles (the first 40 volumes of the journal) questioned and shaped the field. A... Read More about Shaping the field of lifelong education through three critical debates in the International Journal of Lifelong Education.

Somali 'influencers' in and beyond a school community using funds of knowledge to influence family and children's reading engagement (2022)
Journal Article

Identifying approaches to enable traditionally ‘hard to reach’ children and families engage with book choice, book sharing and reading, has been an area for research and development for some years. Ensuring families have access to books is an essenti... Read More about Somali 'influencers' in and beyond a school community using funds of knowledge to influence family and children's reading engagement.

Disruptive learning and optimal flow: Game jams in heterotopic affinity space (2022)
Thesis

Game jams are intensive, time-bound videogame-development events where students, professionals, and hobbyists form teams to create games against the clock. Jams are popular, offering accessible, informal learning environments which promote teamwork,... Read More about Disruptive learning and optimal flow: Game jams in heterotopic affinity space.

Connecting environment and community: Building students’ capacities as future environmental professionals (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As we find ourselves in a period of environmental emergency, it has become clear that we need to transform environmental management teaching. Critically, we need to prepare students to become professionals who respond to environmental challenges as i... Read More about Connecting environment and community: Building students’ capacities as future environmental professionals.

A reflection on dialogic diving boards and decolonising school art: The African mask project (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this presentation, four colleagues working in teacher education reflect on a conversation. The conversation in question was a tangible discussion documented through frequent and purposeful email exchange, exploring traditionalist school art curric... Read More about A reflection on dialogic diving boards and decolonising school art: The African mask project.

Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline (2022)
Journal Article

As extinction becomes one of the most pressing crises of our time, projects that engage with nonhuman lives have emerged as a visible fixture of the creative landscape. This raises the question of what role creative explorations might play in shaping... Read More about Performing extinction stories: Exploring creative responses to bee decline.

Using community ‘influencers’ to spread the message about book browsing, borrowing and chatting: “I don’t know why we didn’t do this before!” (2022)
Journal Article

This article reports on a collaborative project between a school, the University of the West of England and Community Researchers seeking to reach into the community to encourage family engagement with the school library through the use of school and... Read More about Using community ‘influencers’ to spread the message about book browsing, borrowing and chatting: “I don’t know why we didn’t do this before!”.

Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification (2022)
Journal Article

This article gives an overview of the interactive book called ‘Collection of Taxonomically Classified Mathematical Common Student Errors in e-Assessments (CSE Book)’ which has been produced as a result of the Common Student Errors Project (CSE Projec... Read More about Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification.

One size doesn’t fit all: Exploring complexity in young people’s perceptions of Character Education a critical realist case study (2022)
Thesis

This study is a Case Study (CS) informed exploration of a pupil’s eye view of Character Education (CE), in a CS school. It is intended to find out what they think of CE claims it can be ‘caught, taught or sought’ (Jubilee Centre, 2018).

It consid... Read More about One size doesn’t fit all: Exploring complexity in young people’s perceptions of Character Education a critical realist case study.

An inquiry into de/colonising educational relationships in higher education : An inquiry report (2022)
Report

This document reports on an 18 month inquiry into "de/colonising educational relationships in higher education" an element of which was a seminar series run for faculty, administrative staff and doctoral students at the University of Exeter. We led... Read More about An inquiry into de/colonising educational relationships in higher education : An inquiry report.

Selling our Youth: Graduate Stories of Class, Gender and Work in Challenging Times (2022)
Book

Selling Our Youth explores how the class origins of recent graduates continue to shape their labour market careers and thus reproduce class privilege and class disadvantage. It shows how class and gender combine to influence these young adults’ oppor... Read More about Selling our Youth: Graduate Stories of Class, Gender and Work in Challenging Times.

Creating Welcoming Learning Environments: Using Creative Arts Methods in Language Classrooms (2022)
Book

Black Asian minority ethnic healthcare student support in practice - Final report (2022)
Report

This report has been written to share the 15-months (January 2021- April 2022) Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Healthcare Student Support in Practice Partner Collaboration Project. The project was led by the University of the West of England (UWE) Brist... Read More about Black Asian minority ethnic healthcare student support in practice - Final report.

A cultural intelligent leadership: Architecture and the built environment (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inequalities and the attainment gap persist in Higher Education, whilst transforming Construction Industry diversity could take up to 200 years. This study examines the authentic development of a culturally intelligent leadership in Architecture and... Read More about A cultural intelligent leadership: Architecture and the built environment.

Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices (2022)
Thesis

This study investigates the processes leading certain UK families to home educate. The research focus is: What circumstances inform the transitions of families to home education? The analysis draws upon a large-scale online survey, face-to-face inter... Read More about Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices.

Mastery and Depth in Primary Mathematics Enriching Children's Mathematical Thinking (2022)
Book

The UK National Curriculum is clear about the importance of reasoning and problem-solving in mathematics. Mastery and Depth in Primary Mathematics aims to support trainee and established teachers to embed mathematical thinking into their lessons. The... Read More about Mastery and Depth in Primary Mathematics Enriching Children's Mathematical Thinking.

Reassessing the social benefits of lifelong learning in light of the COVID pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

‘Where are all the men?’ Working-class male students and care-based degrees (2021)
Journal Article

This article draws on data from a small qualitative study of men on care-based degree pathways in one university in England. There is little research that specifically considers the experiences of working-class men on these courses. The article explo... Read More about ‘Where are all the men?’ Working-class male students and care-based degrees.

Spotlight - An introduction to research into under-represented groups on ITE courses (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exploring the new guidance for higher education providers on education for sustainable development (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose of the Guidance
To assist staff in UK higher education institutes seeking to incorporate Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within their curricula

To support students from any academic discipline to acquire the knowledge, unders... Read More about Exploring the new guidance for higher education providers on education for sustainable development.