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An autoethnographical study of leadership in a new Church of England free school (2024)
Thesis
Culling, L. An autoethnographical study of leadership in a new Church of England free school. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10888148

Effective leadership in education is paramount given the amount of public expenditure dedicated to it (Daniels et al., 2019) and because of the increasing accountability placed upon headteachers (Hitt and Tucker, 2016; Leithwood, 2010; Muijs, 2011).... Read More about An autoethnographical study of leadership in a new Church of England free school.

Community of Practice in a seminar setting: An action research approach to graduate employability and skills in higher education (2023)
Thesis
Bird, S. Community of Practice in a seminar setting: An action research approach to graduate employability and skills in higher education. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10395446

United Kingdom higher education institutions play a valuable role in preparing students for graduate roles through the development of employability skills and preparedness for employment. This study explores the impact of a transitional Community of... Read More about Community of Practice in a seminar setting: An action research approach to graduate employability and skills in higher education.

Disruptive learning and optimal flow: Game jams in heterotopic affinity space (2022)
Thesis
King, A. Disruptive learning and optimal flow: Game jams in heterotopic affinity space. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9303643

Game jams are intensive, time-bound videogame-development events where students, professionals, and hobbyists form teams to create games against the clock. Jams are popular, offering accessible, informal learning environments which promote teamwork,... Read More about Disruptive learning and optimal flow: Game jams in heterotopic affinity space.

Primary school teaching: A classed and gendered profession - Poetically exploring the narratives of female trainee primary school teachers (2022)
Thesis
Manison Shore, L. Primary school teaching: A classed and gendered profession - Poetically exploring the narratives of female trainee primary school teachers. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9081186

This thesis explores the narratives of middle-class and working-class undergraduate women in their first year as student teachers on the three-year Primary Initial Teacher Education degree at a post-92 university. It simultaneously explores my own cl... Read More about Primary school teaching: A classed and gendered profession - Poetically exploring the narratives of female trainee primary school teachers.

Learning through practice: A comparative study of student and graduate perceptions of learning to be and becoming a journalist (2022)
Thesis
Evans, M. Learning through practice: A comparative study of student and graduate perceptions of learning to be and becoming a journalist. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9228731

This study examines approaches to learning and teaching journalism through practice at two UK Higher Education courses accredited by the UK Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC). It explores how students and recent graduates from the two cour... Read More about Learning through practice: A comparative study of student and graduate perceptions of learning to be and becoming a journalist.

One size doesn’t fit all: Exploring complexity in young people’s perceptions of Character Education a critical realist case study (2022)
Thesis
Kernaghan, P. One size doesn’t fit all: Exploring complexity in young people’s perceptions of Character Education a critical realist case study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6873519

This study is a Case Study (CS) informed exploration of a pupil’s eye view of Character Education (CE), in a CS school. It is intended to find out what they think of CE claims it can be ‘caught, taught or sought’ (Jubilee Centre, 2018). It consid... Read More about One size doesn’t fit all: Exploring complexity in young people’s perceptions of Character Education a critical realist case study.

Complex adaptive system behaviours in small group interaction: A year 4 classroom case study of learning as ‘emergence’ (2022)
Thesis
Knight, B. Complex adaptive system behaviours in small group interaction: A year 4 classroom case study of learning as ‘emergence’. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9030663

Depictions of classroom teaching and learning in politics, policy and media tend to be over simplified and mechanistic. Insights from research on classroom learning draw largely on the ‘what works’ paradigm, which presents learning as directly caused... Read More about Complex adaptive system behaviours in small group interaction: A year 4 classroom case study of learning as ‘emergence’.

Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices (2022)
Thesis
Gillie, S. Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices. (Thesis). The Open University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9382178

This study investigates the processes leading certain UK families to home educate. The research focus is: What circumstances inform the transitions of families to home education? The analysis draws upon a large-scale online survey, face-to-face inter... Read More about Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices.

Confident leaders– by design: A case study of self-efficacy in educational leadership development (2022)
Thesis
Baker, C. Confident leaders– by design: A case study of self-efficacy in educational leadership development. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7278096

Effective leadership is second only to the quality of teaching as a lever for improving educational outcomes (National College of School Leadership, 2006) and is vital to the success of most school improvement efforts (Leithwood et al., 2019). Leader... Read More about Confident leaders– by design: A case study of self-efficacy in educational leadership development.

Me, myself, I - A matter of becoming, threatened identities?: A qualitative study of female early childhood studies students of Bangladeshi heritage in England (2021)
Thesis
Bird, M. Me, myself, I - A matter of becoming, threatened identities?: A qualitative study of female early childhood studies students of Bangladeshi heritage in England. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6639007

This thesis examines the experiences of young Bangladeshi women studying on a Foundation degree within a widening participation university. It examines their changing identity on their journey to university as they transition through compulsory and p... Read More about Me, myself, I - A matter of becoming, threatened identities?: A qualitative study of female early childhood studies students of Bangladeshi heritage in England.