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Home language literacy learning as an extracurricular activity by pupils and parents: Do the findings warrant a case for introducing home language policy for primary education in England? (2024)
Book Chapter

Despite the fact that almost two million learners in state-funded schools in England learn English as an additional language DfE (2020), there is no official policy for developing home languages (HL), even though the use of HL in classrooms for acade... Read More about Home language literacy learning as an extracurricular activity by pupils and parents: Do the findings warrant a case for introducing home language policy for primary education in England?.

Counter terrorism measures in the classroom: The importance of professionalism, agency and autonomy when enacting the Prevent duty (2024)
Book Chapter

The Prevent policy was singular and “simple”: to prevent individuals from getting drawn into terrorism, to identify and stop this process before it begins. In the context of the global war on terror and the shadow of terrorist attacks in the USA and... Read More about Counter terrorism measures in the classroom: The importance of professionalism, agency and autonomy when enacting the Prevent duty.

The impact of symbolic violence on the perceived choices of trainee primary school teachers: A poetic perspective (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the theme of symbolic violence (Bourdieu, 2001; Thapar-Björkert et al., 2016), a central theme in my doctoral thesis.
My thesis looked at the experiences of a group of female undergraduate students in their first year of Initia... Read More about The impact of symbolic violence on the perceived choices of trainee primary school teachers: A poetic perspective.

Hierarchies of professionalism in interprofessional partnerships for inclusion: Mapping the role and professional identities of early years educators (2024)
Book Chapter

Despite the rhetoric emphasising partnership working there has been a dearth of research related to the educational practices that reify interprofessional partnerships for young children with special educational needs. This doctoral study examined th... Read More about Hierarchies of professionalism in interprofessional partnerships for inclusion: Mapping the role and professional identities of early years educators.

Faith schools: FAQs (2024)
Report

The Commons Library regularly receives enquiries from Members relating to faith schools, and the particular arrangements in place relating to them. This note provides answers to some of the most common questions raised, and also some relevant statist... Read More about Faith schools: FAQs.