Outputs (49)

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.

Online simulation of real life experiences (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., & Frutos-Perez, M. (2009, November). Online simulation of real life experiences. Paper presented at National Workshop on Learning in Immersive Worlds, Coventry University, UK

The technology enhanced learning (TEL) strategy being developed by the University is focussing upon the use of online technologies to support learning through simulated experiences in a range of subject areas, using both “Web 1.0” and “Web 2.0” techn... Read More about Online simulation of real life experiences.

Professional standards and academic values: what does it mean to be a professional academic in a 21st century higher education institution? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Cuthbert, R. (2009, November). Professional standards and academic values: what does it mean to be a professional academic in a 21st century higher education institution?. Presented at Inaugural Symposium of the Dublin Centre for Academic Development, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Urban village schools: Putting relationships at the heart of secondary school organisation and design (2009)
Book
Wetz, J. (2009). M. Hughes (Ed.), Urban village schools: Putting relationships at the heart of secondary school organisation and design. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Malcolm Hughes provided research advice to the author for this publication.

White middle-class identity-work through “against the grain” school choices (2009)
Book Chapter
James, D., Reay, D., Crozier, G., Beedell, P., Jamieson, F., Williams, K., & Hollingworth, S. (2009). White middle-class identity-work through “against the grain” school choices. In M. Wetherell (Ed.), Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times (76-94). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

The daily transition between home and school (2009)
Book Chapter
Andrews, J., Hughes, M., Greenhough, P., & Yee, W. C. (2009). The daily transition between home and school. In K. Ecclestone, G. Biesta, & M. Hughes (Eds.), Transitions and Learning through the Lifecourse. Routledge

Transgression for transition? White urban middle class families making and managing 'against the grain' school choices (2009)
Book Chapter
James, D., & Beedell, P. (2009). Transgression for transition? White urban middle class families making and managing 'against the grain' school choices. In K. Ecclestone, G. Biesta, & M. Hughes (Eds.), Change and Becoming through the Lifecourse: Transitions and Learning in Education and Life (32-46). London: Routledge

Seamlessness or separation: negotiating further and higher education boundaries in dual sector institutions (2009)
Book Chapter
Bathmaker, A. (2009). Seamlessness or separation: negotiating further and higher education boundaries in dual sector institutions. In M. David, A. Bathmaker, G. Crozier, P. Davis, H. Ertl, A. Fuller, …J. Williams (Eds.), Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education (88-95). Routledge