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‘I wasn't worried because I wasn't being judged’: The development of pre-service teacher professional capital, pedagogical instinct and discretionary judgement during an overseas teaching placement (2022)
Journal Article
Witt, M., Lewis, F., & Knight, B. (2022). ‘I wasn't worried because I wasn't being judged’: The development of pre-service teacher professional capital, pedagogical instinct and discretionary judgement during an overseas teaching placement. Teaching and Teacher Education, 112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103642

Assertions that experiences of teaching abroad encourage professional growth for pre-service teachers (PSTs) are discussed, with reference to reflections from 20 PSTs from a British university after a volunteer teaching placement in South Africa (SA)... Read More about ‘I wasn't worried because I wasn't being judged’: The development of pre-service teacher professional capital, pedagogical instinct and discretionary judgement during an overseas teaching placement.

The classroom as a complex adaptive system (CAS): Credible framing, useful metaphor or mis-designation? (2022)
Journal Article
Knight, B. (2022). The classroom as a complex adaptive system (CAS): Credible framing, useful metaphor or mis-designation?. International Journal of Complexity in Education, 3(1),

This paper discusses the legitimacy of framing school classrooms as complex adaptive systems (CASs) with the aim of advancing discourse about the extent to which systems within education can be usefully designated as complex. Perspectives differ on c... Read More about The classroom as a complex adaptive system (CAS): Credible framing, useful metaphor or mis-designation?.