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The foced march of the National Literacy Strategy: violence, resistance and personal consequences for those within local education authorities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Barkham, J. (2009, September). The foced march of the National Literacy Strategy: violence, resistance and personal consequences for those within local education authorities. Paper presented at BERA Annual Conference 2009, Manchester, UK

This paper is presented as part of the findings of a doctoral study that has been undertaken as a policy trajectory study into processes of the implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) throughout England in 1998. The conceptualisation... Read More about The foced march of the National Literacy Strategy: violence, resistance and personal consequences for those within local education authorities.

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

Whose childhood is it? The roles of children, adults and policy makers (2009)
Book
Eke, R., Butcher, H., & Lee, M. (2009). Whose childhood is it? The roles of children, adults and policy makers. Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd

A textbook that promotes thoughtful engagement with key issues and theories that inform an understanding of childhood development.

Primary teacher trainees’ anxieties about mathematics and the role of training providers: The results of the first two years of a longitudinal study (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Witt, M. (2009, June). Primary teacher trainees’ anxieties about mathematics and the role of training providers: The results of the first two years of a longitudinal study. Paper presented at Fostering Communities of Learners. 13th Bi-annual conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Moving into practice: Transitions from further education trainee teacher to lecturer (2009)
Journal Article
Avis, J., & Bathmaker, A. M. (2009). Moving into practice: Transitions from further education trainee teacher to lecturer. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 14(2), 203-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596740902921638

The current paper draws on data derived from a small-scale ongoing longitudinal study of further education trainee teachers. It examines their experiences during and after the completion of their training. The study was conducted at a university in t... Read More about Moving into practice: Transitions from further education trainee teacher to lecturer.

Online simulation of real life experiences – the educational potential (2009)
Book Chapter
Falconer, L., & Frutos-Perez, M. (2009). Online simulation of real life experiences – the educational potential. In C. Fulford, & G. Siemens (Eds.), EdMedia 2009 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (3564-3569). Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education

This paper outlines the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) strategy of the University of the West of England (UWE), UK, and demonstrates examples of simulations that use a mixture of web technologies, social networking and virtual worlds. In particul... Read More about Online simulation of real life experiences – the educational potential.

Individual target setting in a mainstream and special school: Tensions in understanding and ownership (2009)
Journal Article
Waite, S., Lawson, H., & Bromfield, C. (2009). Individual target setting in a mainstream and special school: Tensions in understanding and ownership. Educational Studies, 35(2), 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690802476800

Our research examined understandings of individual student target setting processes through semi-structured interviews with staff and students from two schools in England: a special school for students with severe learning difficulties and a linked m... Read More about Individual target setting in a mainstream and special school: Tensions in understanding and ownership.

Positioning themselves: An exploration of the nature and meaning of transitions in the context of dual sector FE/HE institutions in England (2009)
Journal Article
Bathmaker, A., & Thomas, W. (2009). Positioning themselves: An exploration of the nature and meaning of transitions in the context of dual sector FE/HE institutions in England. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 33(2), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098770902856652

This article explores English policy on widening participation in higher education (HE), drawing on insights from a research study into higher education transitions and ‘dual sector’ institutions. Although further and higher education in England are... Read More about Positioning themselves: An exploration of the nature and meaning of transitions in the context of dual sector FE/HE institutions in England.