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What’s happening in ‘their space’? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies (2015)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., & Jones, M. (2015). What’s happening in ‘their space’? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2015(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.ax

The changing nature of teaching and learning in an age of accessible technologies provides challenges and opportunities for the design of learning events. Working with a sample of undergraduate students of education in one UK higher education institu... Read More about What’s happening in ‘their space’? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies.

Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions (2013)
Journal Article
Attia, M., Holmes, P., Fay, R., & Andrews, J. (2013). Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 285-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12038

This paper reports findings from an AHRC-funded project into the use of more than one language in research projects. Using 35 seminar presentations and 25 researcher profiles, we investigated how researchers from differing disciplines became aware of... Read More about Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions.

"It's a very difficult question isn't it?" Researcher, interpreter and research participant negotiating meanings in an education research interview (2013)
Journal Article
Andrews, J. (2013). "It's a very difficult question isn't it?" Researcher, interpreter and research participant negotiating meanings in an education research interview. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 316-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12039

Writers within Applied Linguistics and beyond have argued for research papers using interview methods to acknowledge all participants' contributions to that data for example, Kvale and Brinkmann, and Mann. When research encounters involve participant... Read More about "It's a very difficult question isn't it?" Researcher, interpreter and research participant negotiating meanings in an education research interview.

Researching learning in and out of school: A narradigmatic approach (2010)
Book Chapter
Andrews, J. (2010). Researching learning in and out of school: A narradigmatic approach. In A. Bathmaker, & P. Harnett (Eds.), Exploring Learning, Identity and Power through Life History and Narrative Research (84-96). Oxford: Routledge

This chapter reports on empirical data collected as part of an ESRC funded project as part of the TLRP entitled 'Home-school knowledge exchange in primary education'. The data form part of a qualitative case study exploring out of school learning of... Read More about Researching learning in and out of school: A narradigmatic approach.

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

How well am I doing on my outcomes? (2009)
Book Chapter
Andrews, J. (2009). How well am I doing on my outcomes?. In R. Eke, H. Butcher, & M. Lee (Eds.), Whose Childhood Is It? The Roles of Children, Adults and Policy Makers. Continuum

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.

Children's 'funds of knowledge' and their real life activities: Two minority ethnic children learning in out-of-school contexts in the UK (2006)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., & Yee, W. C. (2006). Children's 'funds of knowledge' and their real life activities: Two minority ethnic children learning in out-of-school contexts in the UK. Educational Review, 58(4), 435-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131910600971909

In this paper we explore the concept of 'funds of knowledge' used by Moll and Greenberg (1990) in the US to recognize and value expertise located within minority ethnic communities and apply it to the out-of-school learning engaged in by two primary... Read More about Children's 'funds of knowledge' and their real life activities: Two minority ethnic children learning in out-of-school contexts in the UK.

Professional researcher or a 'good guest'? Ethical dilemmas involved in researching children and families in the home setting (2006)
Journal Article
Yee, W. C., & Andrews, J. (2006). Professional researcher or a 'good guest'? Ethical dilemmas involved in researching children and families in the home setting. Educational Review, 58(4), 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131910600971859

In this article we explore our experiences of researching children and families in the home setting. We trace the impact of the home setting on some ethical and methodological issues which arose in the course of conducting our field work and consider... Read More about Professional researcher or a 'good guest'? Ethical dilemmas involved in researching children and families in the home setting.