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Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation (2009)
Journal Article
Kushner, S. (2009). Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation. Encyclopaideia, XIII(26), 9-28

This paper argues that evaluation methodology should reflect the character of the field it is proposing to look at. People have the right to be evaluated in their own terms, and evaluation methodologies which are judged for their rigour against abstr... Read More about Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation.

The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (2009)
Journal Article
Upchurch, M., Taylor, G., & Mathers, A. (2009). The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Labor Studies Journal, 34(4), 519-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X08324739

This article defines and explores the crisis of social democratic trade unionism in three countries in western Europe. The authors contend that a particularized form of postwar trade union orientation was socially constructed in Britain, Germany, and... Read More about The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

"It's so much easier to go with what's easy": "Mindfulness" and the discourse between home and international students in the United Kingdom (2009)
Journal Article
Peacock, N., & Harrison, N. (2009). "It's so much easier to go with what's easy": "Mindfulness" and the discourse between home and international students in the United Kingdom. Journal of Studies in International Education, 13(4), 487-508. https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315308319508

A recent aspect of U.K. higher education has been the internationalisation of university campuses, driven by a rapid increase in student numbers from overseas and growing pressure to prepare all students for global careers. It is often assumed by pol... Read More about "It's so much easier to go with what's easy": "Mindfulness" and the discourse between home and international students in the United Kingdom.

Moving into practice: Transitions from further education trainee teacher to lecturer (2009)
Journal Article
Avis, J., & Bathmaker, A. M. (2009). Moving into practice: Transitions from further education trainee teacher to lecturer. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 14(2), 203-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596740902921638

The current paper draws on data derived from a small-scale ongoing longitudinal study of further education trainee teachers. It examines their experiences during and after the completion of their training. The study was conducted at a university in t... Read More about Moving into practice: Transitions from further education trainee teacher to lecturer.

Individual target setting in a mainstream and special school: Tensions in understanding and ownership (2009)
Journal Article
Waite, S., Lawson, H., & Bromfield, C. (2009). Individual target setting in a mainstream and special school: Tensions in understanding and ownership. Educational Studies, 35(2), 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690802476800

Our research examined understandings of individual student target setting processes through semi-structured interviews with staff and students from two schools in England: a special school for students with severe learning difficulties and a linked m... Read More about Individual target setting in a mainstream and special school: Tensions in understanding and ownership.

Knowing the ‘unknowns’: Investigating the students whose social class is not known at entry to higher education (2009)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., & Hatt, S. (2009). Knowing the ‘unknowns’: Investigating the students whose social class is not known at entry to higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 33(4), 347-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098770903266042

This paper originates from the National Audit Office's 2008 report into widening participation policy in the United Kingdom. The report found that while there appeared to be modest improvements in the proportion of students coming from lower socio-ec... Read More about Knowing the ‘unknowns’: Investigating the students whose social class is not known at entry to higher education.