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Suitable work for women? Roles, relationships and changing identities of 'other adults' in the early years classroom (2008)
Journal Article
Barkham, J. (2008). Suitable work for women? Roles, relationships and changing identities of 'other adults' in the early years classroom. British Educational Research Journal, 34(6), 839-853. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920802041558

This article explores some of the issues around the agenda for workforce reform as it applies to professionals who work in early years classrooms (4-7 year olds), who work alongside class teachers in supporting learning. Their changing roles, respons... Read More about Suitable work for women? Roles, relationships and changing identities of 'other adults' in the early years classroom.

The structure and implications of children's attitudes to school (2008)
Journal Article
Croll, P., Attwood, G., Last, K., & Fuller, C. (2008). The structure and implications of children's attitudes to school. British Journal of Educational Studies, 56(4), 382-399. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8527.2008.00420.x

The paper reports a study of children's attitudes to school based on a questionnaire survey of 845 pupils in their first year of secondary school in England, together with interviews with a sample of the children. A clearly structured set of attitude... Read More about The structure and implications of children's attitudes to school.

Rapid reform and unfinished business: The development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007 (2008)
Journal Article
Kangro, A., & James, D. (2008). Rapid reform and unfinished business: The development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007. European Journal of Education, 43(4), 547-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3435.2008.00373.x

Education in Latvia has changed a great deal in the last 15 years. The development of an independent and democratic state system has creatively combined elements of foreign experience and influence with the enrichment and further development of featu... Read More about Rapid reform and unfinished business: The development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007.

The home school knowledge exchange project: Linking home and school to improve children's literacy (2008)
Journal Article
Feiler, A., Andrews, J., Greenhough, P., Hughes, M., Johnson, D., Scanlan, M., & Yee, W. C. (2008). The home school knowledge exchange project: Linking home and school to improve children's literacy. Support for Learning, 23(1), 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9604.2008.00363.x

The Government is urging teachers to engage more closely with families and is promoting the concept of the 'extended' school. This article reports on the literacy strand of the Home School Knowledge Exchange (HSKE) project, directed by Professor Mart... Read More about The home school knowledge exchange project: Linking home and school to improve children's literacy.

Learning together and learning alone in Second Life (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., Frutos-Perez, M., Billingham, O., & Street, D. (2008, November). Learning together and learning alone in Second Life. Presented at ReLive 08, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

A common complaint about virtual worlds is that when one visits them there is no one there and nothing to do. Virtual worlds offer interesting potential for collaborative learning events, but it is less obvious how they can enhance individual learni... Read More about Learning together and learning alone in Second Life.

The boundaries of competency within Lisbon and Bologna: The short-cycle/foundation learner (2008)
Journal Article
Brine, J. (2008). The boundaries of competency within Lisbon and Bologna: The short-cycle/foundation learner. European Educational Research Journal, 7(3), 344-357. https://doi.org/10.2304/eerj.2008.7.3.344

The concept of competency is considered both in relation to the educational competency of the short-cycle student described in the 'Dublin Descriptors' of the Bologna Process and in the European Commission's European Qualifications Framework, and in... Read More about The boundaries of competency within Lisbon and Bologna: The short-cycle/foundation learner.

Bridging the gap: the personal within the policy implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Barkham, J. (2008, September). Bridging the gap: the personal within the policy implementation of the National Literacy Strategy. Paper presented at BERA Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK

In 1997, a New Labour government swept into power promising to prioritise Education, Education, Education. Speaking to delegates of the National Association of Head Teachers in June of 1999, the Prime Minister claimed that Literacy and Numeracy Strat... Read More about Bridging the gap: the personal within the policy implementation of the National Literacy Strategy.