All Outputs (6)

The impact of the initial teacher education reaccreditation process on teacher educator identity (2024)
Journal Article

This article reports initial findings from a research project that focused on the impact of the reaccreditation process and its outcomes on teacher educators in four institutions in England where Qualified Teacher Status accreditation was removed, de... Read More about The impact of the initial teacher education reaccreditation process on teacher educator identity.

Accept or challenge? Exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers from minoritised groups (2024)
Journal Article

The shortage of teachers from Black, Asian and minoritised groups is well documented. Over the past decade, a body of research has confirmed that discrimination and inequality is a factor in the recruitment of teachers from Black, Asian and minoritis... Read More about Accept or challenge? Exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers from minoritised groups.

Reviewing course design to support pre-service teachers’ learning around inclusivity and intersectionality (2024)
Journal Article

In this paper, we outline how we reviewed and evaluated the content of an undergraduate module on a teacher training degree and demonstrate how critical evaluation of practice informed new understanding, strategies and approaches in teacher education... Read More about Reviewing course design to support pre-service teachers’ learning around inclusivity and intersectionality.

‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa (2024)
Journal Article

South Africa has low literacy levels and teachers face multiple challenges in their endeavours to elevate levels of literacy. This is especially prevalent in rural and township schools where teachers face the additional challenges of isolation, limit... Read More about ‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa.

Difference as an essential teacher in a Them-Us international context: Pre-service teachers’ reflections on a university township teaching project (2021)
Journal Article

This article explores data from a group of British pre-service teachers (PST) following a teaching programme in South Africa. Their reflections are analysed in relation to assertions that such intercultural programmes do little to change hegemonic be... Read More about Difference as an essential teacher in a Them-Us international context: Pre-service teachers’ reflections on a university township teaching project.

Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 ASPE. Engel, S.[2011. “Children’s Need to Know: Curiosity in Schools.” Harvard Educational Review 81 (4): 625–645] stated that curiosity should be cultivated in our schools as it is intrinsic to children’s development. However, this is... Read More about Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians.