Outputs (159)

Creativity within the foundation phase curriculum: A risky business? (2019)
Journal Article

Whilst creative behaviours are viewed as twenty-first century competencies [Davies, L.M., L.D. Newton, and D.P. Newton. 2017. “Creativity As a Twenty-First-Century Competence: An Exploratory Study of Provision and Reality.” Education 3–13, 879–891.],... Read More about Creativity within the foundation phase curriculum: A risky business?.

The roles of laughter in qualitative research interviews (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

‘‘Get it done’ is one of the most used sentences by my Dad (laughs)
‘Get it done, get it done babes, just got to get it done’. (both laugh)’

This session explores the roles that laughter can play in qualitative interviewing. The theme arises fro... Read More about The roles of laughter in qualitative research interviews.

Academic Leadership in Higher Education - Initial research findings (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction
The aim of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the perceptions of key stakeholders in relation to the current extent of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in leadership roles within academia. The researchers undertook an... Read More about Academic Leadership in Higher Education - Initial research findings.

Creative collaboration: A study of teachers transforming arts-based methods into activities to support children developing English as an Additional Language in schools in England (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Alternative spaces of failure. Disabled ‘bad boys’ in alternative further education provision (2019)
Journal Article

This article draws from an ethnographic study of a group of school-aged disabled white working-class and self-proclaimed ‘bad boys’ in one Alternative Provision (AP) in an English further education college. These young disabled students’ disabilities... Read More about Alternative spaces of failure. Disabled ‘bad boys’ in alternative further education provision.

Enhancing the learning process of people with special needs using wearables and Artificial Intelligence (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Wearables are widely used in monitoring various physical activities and biological signals of an individual to improve their current lifestyle. This research proposes a novel way to enhance the learning of individuals with special needs, by collectin... Read More about Enhancing the learning process of people with special needs using wearables and Artificial Intelligence.

Quality history education in the 21st century: Principles and guidelines (2018)
Report

History education has an important role to play in confronting the current political, cultural and social challenges facing Europe; in particular, those posed by the increasingly diverse nature of societies, the integration of migrants and refugees i... Read More about Quality history education in the 21st century: Principles and guidelines.

Educating for diversity and democracy: Teaching history in contemporary Europe (2018)
Report

This policy and practice report and paper was co-authored by a a small team working for the History Education unit of the Council of Europe and was based on a series of seminars for History educators across Europe.
The research process was based on... Read More about Educating for diversity and democracy: Teaching history in contemporary Europe.

What 'gives life' to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector? Some early findings (2018)
Journal Article

Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building Information Management (BIM) education is par excellence the best solution to overcome the lack of BIM knowledge and BIM skilled professionals that affect the implementation of BIM in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) indu... Read More about Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study.

Exploring the social construction of philosophical assumptions: the methodological journeys of doctoral researchers in the social sciences (2017)
Thesis

Existing information regarding methodological journeys is predominantly restricted to autobiographical accounts, which may limit understanding, particularly in relation to the development, and significance, of methodological consciousness. This thesi... Read More about Exploring the social construction of philosophical assumptions: the methodological journeys of doctoral researchers in the social sciences.

Practice-based Learning: A Safe Place to Make Mistakes. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The effectiveness of usage of online multiple choice questions on student performance in introductory accounting (2017)
Journal Article

In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of an online learning resource for introductory financial accounting students using a suite of online multiple choice questions (MCQ) for summative and formative purposes. We found that the availability... Read More about The effectiveness of usage of online multiple choice questions on student performance in introductory accounting.

Craftsmen and technology (2016)
Book Chapter

The catalogue describes the virtuous encounter between craftsmanship, technological innovation and project culture. The technological revolution is transforming the ways of production and consumption and, inevitably, also the forms of design.
A new... Read More about Craftsmen and technology.

Culture, Capitals and Graduate Futures: Degrees of Class (2015)
Book

In a time of too many graduates for too few jobs, and in a context where applicants have similar levels of educational capital, what other factors influence graduate career trajectories? Based on the life history interviews of graduates and framed th... Read More about Culture, Capitals and Graduate Futures: Degrees of Class.

‘Graduate Blues’: Considering the Effects of Inverted Symbolic Violence on Underemployed Middle Class Graduates (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. The understanding of social reproduction, from a Bourdieusian perspective, is that the dominant typically reproduce their position in social space through various apparatus, such as the education system, to the detriment... Read More about ‘Graduate Blues’: Considering the Effects of Inverted Symbolic Violence on Underemployed Middle Class Graduates.

Lessons in Teaching Phonics in Primary Schools (2015)
Book

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.

Learning and teaching children´s literature in Europe (2012)
Report

This project is a two-year investigation into the learning and teaching of children’s literature in Europe, undertaken by the University of the West of England (UK), the University of Akureyri (Iceland), Gazi University (Turkey) and the University... Read More about Learning and teaching children´s literature in Europe.

What is the lived experience of mature students at UWE Bristol?
Report

This report describes research carried out by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) team at UWE Bristol to understand the lived experience of mature students, aged 21 or over on entry to their Undergraduate degree. The research sought to unde... Read More about What is the lived experience of mature students at UWE Bristol?.