All Outputs (32)

ENGINEER: Evaluation and analysis of the project impact (2013)
Report

An evaluation report analysing the impact of the EU funded ENGINEER project, intended to design and implement materials to promote engineering in primary schools across Europe through science and technology. The report examines impact on teaching and... Read More about ENGINEER: Evaluation and analysis of the project impact.

Higher education, social class and the mobilisation of capitals: recognising and playing the game (2013)
Journal Article

Strategies employed by middle-class families to ensure successful educational outcomes for their children have long been the focus of theoretical and empirical analysis in the United Kingdom and beyond. In austerity England, the issue of middle-class... Read More about Higher education, social class and the mobilisation of capitals: recognising and playing the game.

"It's a very difficult question isn't it?" Researcher, interpreter and research participant negotiating meanings in an education research interview (2013)
Journal Article

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 multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions (2013)
Journal Article

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.

Learning from and with early years and KS1 (2013)
Journal Article

This article suggests that secondary school geography teachers and PGCE Secondary geography trainee teachers should look to make connections with younger children in partner priimary schools to better understand early years practice.

Puzzle-based games as a metaphor for designing in situ learning activities (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In situ learning activities are recently becoming of higher interest in education because they facilitate contextualized learning experiences. A particular case is the creation of learning routes containing geo-located questions. In this line, teache... Read More about Puzzle-based games as a metaphor for designing in situ learning activities.

Modelling the demand for higher education by local authority area in England using academic, economic and social data (2013)
Journal Article

Managing the demand for higher education has been a major concern of successive UK governments over the last 30 years. While initially they sought to increase demand, latterly the emphasis has been on widening participation to include demographic gro... Read More about Modelling the demand for higher education by local authority area in England using academic, economic and social data.

Two phased independent evaluation of the SWEET pilot (2013)
Other

A child-centred early years curriculum? How do we increase children's voices to realise this? (2013)
Thesis

The research study considers insights and challenges to listening to young children’s voices in a pre-school in England. The study was motivated by the political and social agendas which assert the fundamental involvement of young children as active... Read More about A child-centred early years curriculum? How do we increase children's voices to realise this?.

Engaging communities and service users: Context, themes and methods (2013)
Book

This book explores structures, processes, theories and practices of engagement and participation with communities, groups and individuals in a diverse range of UK and international settings. Its reader-friendly approach uses activities and practice... Read More about Engaging communities and service users: Context, themes and methods.

Situated learning in virtual simulations: Researching the authentic dimension in virtual worlds (2013)
Journal Article

This paper describes and discusses a case study of postgraduate students undertaking accident investigation and risk assessment exercises in an online virtual world as part of their course curriculum. These exercises were constructed to overcome the... Read More about Situated learning in virtual simulations: Researching the authentic dimension in virtual worlds.

Fairness and the politics of resentment (2013)
Journal Article

The role of the emotions in the framing of welfare policies is still relatively underexplored. This article examines the role of resentment in the construction of a particular form of 'anti-welfare populism' advanced by the Coalition Government in th... Read More about Fairness and the politics of resentment.

Fun with fiction (2013)
Journal Article

Article explains how new fictional texts were used as the inspiration for creating a fresh and successful geography day for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils at a South Gloucestershire Primary School

Parents, partners and peers: Bearing the hidden costs of lifelong learning (2013)
Book Chapter

It’s a RAP? Retention, attainment and progression (2013)
Journal Article

The accuracy of students' predictions of their GCSE grades (2013)
Journal Article

The paper reports a study that investigated the relationship between students' self-predicted and actual General Certificate of Secondary Education results in order to establish the extent of over- and under-prediction and whether this varies by subj... Read More about The accuracy of students' predictions of their GCSE grades.

Creative exploration of local, national and global links (2013)
Journal Article

Membership, influence and voice: A discussion of trade union renewal in the french context (2013)
Journal Article

Union density in France has fallen to exceptionally low levels, yet unions are able to mobilise millions of supporters against government austerity measures. Some authors therefore argue that the union revitalisation literature overemphasises density... Read More about Membership, influence and voice: A discussion of trade union renewal in the french context.

Talking about careers: Personal and professional constructions of career by careers advisers (2013)
Thesis

Forgetting kindness: Politics, policies and practices in early childhood (2013)
Journal Article