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Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning (2021)
Book Chapter
Knight, B. (2021). Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning. In Pedagogy - Challenges, Recent Advances, New Perspectives, and Applications. London: InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101699

Complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory is offering new perspectives on the nature of learning in school classrooms. In CAS such as social networks, city traffic systems and insect colonies, innovation, and change are occasioned through non-linear, bot... Read More about Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning.

Contextual coaching (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Vickers-Hulse, K., & Whitehouse, S. (2021, December). Contextual coaching. Presented at Mentoring, Coaching and Professional Learning Conference, Online

Neoliberalism and early childhood education: Markets, imaginaries and governance by Guy Roberts-Holmes and Peter Moss, Oxon and New York, Routledge (2021)
Journal Article
Brown, J. (2022). Neoliberalism and early childhood education: Markets, imaginaries and governance by Guy Roberts-Holmes and Peter Moss, Oxon and New York, Routledge. Educational Review, 74(6), 1203-1204. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.2010343

This vital book provides an accessible analysis of the role played by neo-liberalism in the reshaping of early childhood education (ECE) over the last 40 years. Utilising multiple sources of evidence, the authors provide a critical and persuasive acc... Read More about Neoliberalism and early childhood education: Markets, imaginaries and governance by Guy Roberts-Holmes and Peter Moss, Oxon and New York, Routledge.

NASBTT Case Study (2021)
Digital Artefact
Vickers-Hulse, K. (in press). NASBTT Case Study

Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting (2021)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (in press). Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting. Education 3-13, https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1985578

Training preservice teachers as teachers of reading is a complex task, as is reading itself. Preservice teachers need to understand the theory that underpins practice; the cognitive skills and knowledge required to read and the contextual factors tha... Read More about Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting.

UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children (2021)
Presentation / Conference
lemaignan, S., newbutt, N., Rice, L., daly, J., & charisi, V. (2021, September). UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children. Paper presented at IROS: The Roles of Robotics in Achieving the UN's Social Development Goals, Prague

For a period of three weeks in June 2021, we embedded a social robot (Softbank Pepper) in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school, with a focus on supporting the well-being of autistic children. Our methodology to design and embed the robot among th... Read More about UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children.

Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., McEwen, L., Williams, S., & Gorell Barnes, L. (2021). Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country. Water, 13(18), Article 2599. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13182599

Engaging young citizens with drought risk and positive water behaviours is essential in domestic water demand management within the wider climate crisis. This paper evaluates a new research-informed, picture book—‘DRY: The Diary of a Water Superhero’... Read More about Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country.