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Virtual worlds for learning
Book Chapter
Savin-Baden, M., Falconer, L., Wimpenny, K., & Callaghan, M. (2017). Virtual worlds for learning. In E. Duval, M. Sharples, & R. Sutherland (Eds.), Technology Enhanced Learning: Research Themes. Springer

This book provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). It is organized as a collection of 21 clusters or research themes, each introduced by leading experts and including references to the most relevant literatu... Read More about Virtual worlds for learning.

Life, learning and university: An inquiry into refugee participation in UK higher education
Thesis
Bowen, A. L. (2014). Life, learning and university: An inquiry into refugee participation in UK higher education. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/819453

Abstract Life, learning and university: an inquiry into refugee participation in UK higher education. Movement, stasis, and the management of displacement underpin this thesis on refugee participation in UK higher education. Drawing on accounts... Read More about Life, learning and university: An inquiry into refugee participation in UK higher education.

Men Behaving Badly or Attempting to Fit In? Laddism and its Impact on Learning and Teaching in HE
Conference Proceeding
Bovill, H., & Waller, R. Men Behaving Badly or Attempting to Fit In? Laddism and its Impact on Learning and Teaching in HE.

Anti-social, anti-intellectual 'laddish' behaviour and its impact on students and the teaching and learning environment has long been a topic of study in school settings (e.g. Connolly, 1997; Delamont, 2000; Francis, 1999), but until relatively rec... Read More about Men Behaving Badly or Attempting to Fit In? Laddism and its Impact on Learning and Teaching in HE.

How and why do working-class women engage with the structures of (higher) education?
Thesis
Bovill, H. (2008). How and why do working-class women engage with the structures of (higher) education?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491341

…I have lain awake at night contemplating all the mild and genteel methods by which working-class children are led to see – out of what kind and painful necessity it is done! – that, really, they aren’t very clever,… (Steedman, 1982: 7). This re... Read More about How and why do working-class women engage with the structures of (higher) education?.