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Ethnography and Education (2017)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A., & Beach, D. (2017). Ethnography and Education. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.100

As described in Beach and Dovemark?s 2007 book, Education and the Commodity Problem , critical researchers have identified two fundamental roles for modern-day schools within capitalist states. These are the ideological and material roles and functio... Read More about Ethnography and Education.

Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education (2017)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A. (2017). Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education. In M. Cole (Ed.), Education, Equality and Human Rights, 4th Edition. (4). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter develops a critique of the neoliberal capitalist mode of production through discussing the role and function of fee-paying private schools in the first section, of which I explain that there are two sorts: one for the ruling class and th... Read More about Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives Social class inequality and education.

Personalising learning in geography (2017)
Book Chapter
Jones, M. (2017). Personalising learning in geography. In D. Lambert, & M. Jones (Eds.), Debates in Geography Education (127-139). Routledge

Examination of new Labour's concept of personalistaion; its application to education as personalised learning as interpreted in practice in geography teaching n secondary schools in the UK.

Numeracy (2017)
Book Chapter
Jones, M. (2017). Numeracy. In M. Jones (Ed.), The Handbook of Secondary Geography (212-227). Sheffield: Geographical Association

Numeracy in secondary school geography.

Forest School: Core principles in changing times (2017)
Book Chapter
McCree, M., & Cree, J. (2017). Forest School: Core principles in changing times. In S. Waite (Ed.), Children Learning Outside the Classroom – from birth to eleven (222-232). London: Sage

Chapter objectives: 1) Appreciate the changing context of Forest School over recent years. 2) Understand what makes Forest School distinct from other outdoor learning. 3) Consider how Forest School is adapting to meet current challenges. 4) High... Read More about Forest School: Core principles in changing times.

Chapter 3 Vocabulary Development (2017)
Book Chapter
Carter, J. (2017). Chapter 3 Vocabulary Development. In D. Waugh, W. Joliffe, & K. Allott (Eds.), Primary English for Trainee Teachers (42-61). 2017: Learning Matters Sage

Approaches to supporting the development of vocabulary learning in primary classrooms

Reflexive ethnographic research practice in multilingual contexts (2016)
Book Chapter
Martin-Jones, M., Andrews, J., & Martin, D. (2016). Reflexive ethnographic research practice in multilingual contexts. In M. Martin-Jones, & D. Martin (Eds.), Researching Multilingualism: Critical and Ethnographic Approaches (189-202). London: Routledge

In this chapter we critically review the potential contribution of taking a linguistic ethnographic approach to research in service provision in health and education in multilingual settings.

Digital scholarship: Recognizing new practices in academia (2016)
Book Chapter
Costa, C., & Murphy, M. (2016). Digital scholarship: Recognizing new practices in academia. In M. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_259-1

More often than not, novelty is met with suspicion. The status of “newness” is very rarely given a particularly high value not only because of the unfamiliarity it carries but also because of the threat it poses to established norms. Digital technolo... Read More about Digital scholarship: Recognizing new practices in academia.