Outputs (55)

Evaluating the use of metaphor in online learning environments (2008)
Journal Article

Metaphor appears to be an innate tendency in human communication and can be shown to have significant potential when applied to the design of online learning environments. This paper describes and discusses an example of an online research methods le... Read More about Evaluating the use of metaphor in online learning environments.

From no-man's land to porous borders (2008)
Journal Article

Beyond the student experience: rethinking higher education for the 21st Century (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Creating a CPD community in Scottish education through teacher learning representatives (BERA) (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

School-based factors that can enhance attendance (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Dual-sector further and higher education: Policies, organisations and students in transition (2008)
Journal Article

Colleges and universities that provide both further and higher education are a key component of government policies to expand participation in English undergraduate education. The opportunities for access and progression made available by these organ... Read More about Dual-sector further and higher education: Policies, organisations and students in transition.

White middle-class parents, identities, educational choice and the urban comprehensive school: Dilemmas, ambivalence and moral ambiguity (2008)
Journal Article

At a time when the public sector and state education (in the United Kingdom) is under threat from the encroaching marketisation policy and private finance initiatives, our research reveals white middle-class parents who in spite of having the financi... Read More about White middle-class parents, identities, educational choice and the urban comprehensive school: Dilemmas, ambivalence and moral ambiguity.

Embracing our difference and humanity: A study into community cohesion in Bristol and South Gloucestershire (2008)
Report

Re-invigorating democracy?: White middle class identities and comprehensive schooling (2008)
Journal Article

Recent research on social class and whiteness points to disquieting and exclusive aspects of white middle class identities. This paper focuses on whether 'alternative' middle class identities might work against, and disrupt, normative views of what i... Read More about Re-invigorating democracy?: White middle class identities and comprehensive schooling.

Ten steps policy analysis: constructed subjects and dominant discourses (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation, given to doctoral students at Leeds Metropolitan University, 2008, details a 10-step approach to reading the policy text. The powerpoint presentation provides an example of this.