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Autism and virtual reality head-mounted displays: a state of the art systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Bradley, R., & Newbutt, N. (2018). Autism and virtual reality head-mounted displays: a state of the art systematic review. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 12(3), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-01-2018-0004

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The use of virtual reality (VR) technologies in the education of autistic children has been a focus of research for over two decades. It is argued that this form of technology can provide authentic “real w... Read More about Autism and virtual reality head-mounted displays: a state of the art systematic review.

Unbecoming teachers: Towards a more dynamic notion of professional participation (2007)
Journal Article
Colley, H., James, D., & Diment, K. (2007). Unbecoming teachers: Towards a more dynamic notion of professional participation. Journal of Education Policy, 22(2), 173-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680930601158927

This article considers teacher professionalism from a neglected perspective. It analyses assumptions about the dynamics of professional participation implicit within competing academic and policy constructs of professionalism, including the currently... Read More about Unbecoming teachers: Towards a more dynamic notion of professional participation.

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.

Lifelong learning and the knowledge economy: Those that know and those that do not - The discourse of the European Union (2006)
Journal Article
Brine, J. (2006). Lifelong learning and the knowledge economy: Those that know and those that do not - The discourse of the European Union. British Educational Research Journal, 32(5), 649-665. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920600895676

This article is based on a textual analysis of European Commission documents that, from 1993 to 2006, construct the discourses of lifelong learning and the knowledge economy. Exploring an apparent conceptual laxity, it finds absolute consistency in t... Read More about Lifelong learning and the knowledge economy: Those that know and those that do not - The discourse of the European Union.

Organizational learning, tacit information, and e-learning: A review (2006)
Journal Article
Falconer, L. (2006). Organizational learning, tacit information, and e-learning: A review. Learning Organization, The, 13(2), 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696470610645476

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to introduce and develop the argument that e-learning technologies and techniques can play a pivotal role in encouraging and facilitating organizational learning, by transforming tacit knowledge into explicit kn... Read More about Organizational learning, tacit information, and e-learning: A review.

Is that 'tingling feeling' enough? Constructions of teaching and learning in further education (2005)
Journal Article
Bathmaker, A. M., & Avis, J. (2005). Is that 'tingling feeling' enough? Constructions of teaching and learning in further education. Educational Review, 57(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013191042000274150

This paper is concerned with changing constructions of teaching and learning in the further education (FE) sector in England. It explores how current changes may be affecting the development of lecturers' professional identity, drawing upon a small-s... Read More about Is that 'tingling feeling' enough? Constructions of teaching and learning in further education.

Hanging in or shaping a future: Defining a role for vocationally related learning in a 'knowledge' society (2005)
Journal Article
Bathmaker, A. M. (2005). Hanging in or shaping a future: Defining a role for vocationally related learning in a 'knowledge' society. Journal of Education Policy, 20(1), 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268093042000322847

This paper explores the changing roles and purposes of vocational education for young people in what has been called a 'knowledge' society, using the General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) as an example. This qualification dominated the bro... Read More about Hanging in or shaping a future: Defining a role for vocationally related learning in a 'knowledge' society.