Outputs (142)

Going against the grain? Exploring EdD students' engagement with arts-based research (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite growing interest in the potential value of arts-based research (ABR) for educational inquiry (Culshaw, 2019; Everley, 2021), limited consideration exists regarding its accessibility, and relevance, to practice-based professional doctorate in... Read More about Going against the grain? Exploring EdD students' engagement with arts-based research.

Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure (2025)
Book

This essential book discusses what reading for pleasure is and what it is not, introducing some fundamental ideas about how we learn to read and how this process can impact on a child’s identity as a reader in classrooms that promote equality, inclus... Read More about Putting Social Justice and Equity at the Heart of Reading for Pleasure.

Children's participation in schools embedding children's participative rights in pedagogical practice in lower primary classrooms in Wales (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The following slides are from a presentation from the Children's Participation in Schools team given at a CRN Seminar.

Connecting people and planet through reading for pleasure (2025)
Book Chapter

This chapter reflects on research using MG Leonard’s Beetle Boy to consider how reading for pleasure has the potential to impact upon social and environmental action. Research with children and teachers revealed how reading the book supported them to... Read More about Connecting people and planet through reading for pleasure.

A systematic review of systems leadership in education: Taking a social justice lens (2025)
Journal Article

Early conceptual work on systems leadership in education emphasized social justice concerns, often through reference to the ‘moral purpose’ of those in positional authority. However, over time, we have seen a shift in focus from moral purpose to inst... Read More about A systematic review of systems leadership in education: Taking a social justice lens.

Immersive learning at Sparks, Bristol (2025)
Report

Sparks is a centre for sustainability, creativity and education in Bristol. It is located in a large building
formerly occupied by Marks & Spencer in the Broadmead precinct, a retail area in the city centre. Sparks
is run by a collaboration betwe... Read More about Immersive learning at Sparks, Bristol.

'It feels like we're out of the rat race': Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education (2025)
Journal Article

The rise in numbers of children experiencing school attendance difficulties in recent years makes this an important focus for UK school inclusion. Simultaneously, increases in school deregistration in favour of home education have caught media as wel... Read More about 'It feels like we're out of the rat race': Family reflections on traumatic school experiences leading to home education.

Young children’s participative rights in schools: Messages from phase two (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Women in STEM: How one county is making SPARCs (2025)
Journal Article

On International Women’s Day 2024, Pembrokeshire County Council joined Pembrokeshire College in the launch of the Sustainable Power, Renewables, and Construction (SPARC) Alliance. This new alliance promotes gender diversity in these underrepresented... Read More about Women in STEM: How one county is making SPARCs.

Preservice teachers learning to teach reading using one-to-one tutoring: Does learning 'stick' for tutees and tutors? (2025)
Journal Article

Teaching reading is a key element of initial teacher education programmes in England. This study contributes to the research about the most effective way to ensure preservice teachers have the necessary skills and knowledge to teach reading. One-to-o... Read More about Preservice teachers learning to teach reading using one-to-one tutoring: Does learning 'stick' for tutees and tutors?.