All Outputs (15)

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

Participative rights in Welsh primary schools: Unpicking the policy rhetoric (2024)
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This paper presents the findings from the initial stage of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project which examines the pedagogic practices that embed young children's participative rights in lower primary classrooms in Wales. An... Read More about Participative rights in Welsh primary schools: Unpicking the policy rhetoric.

Embracing hybridity: the affordances of arts-based research for the professional doctorate in education (2024)
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Despite the growth of the professional doctorate in education (EdD), its potential for capturing practice is restricted by academic tradition. In this hybrid paper, we argue that arts-based research (ABR) can help rectify this. We bookend the paper w... Read More about Embracing hybridity: the affordances of arts-based research for the professional doctorate in education.

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

Achieving creative collaboration between language teachers and artists: An evaluation of a workshop-based approach (2024)
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Inspired by academic thinking and practice-based work on creativity and education (e.g. John Steiner, 2000) and creative approaches in language education (e.g. Frimberger et al 2017, Cummins & Early, 2011), this article is based on outcomes of the pr... Read More about Achieving creative collaboration between language teachers and artists: An evaluation of a workshop-based approach.

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

Questioning ‘voice’ and silence: Exploring creative and participatory approaches to researching with children through a Reggio Emilian lens (2024)
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There has been much debate around the ‘voice’ of the child in qualitative research. This paper contributes to these discussions by drawing on the philosophy of Reggio Emilia, which emphasizes dialogical encounters that recognize the value of children... Read More about Questioning ‘voice’ and silence: Exploring creative and participatory approaches to researching with children through a Reggio Emilian lens.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context (2024)
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International comparative measures show that South Africa has extremely low standards in reading. A variety of programmes aimed at boosting reading have been developed, however, the effectiveness of these programmes is unclear. Prior reviews of effec... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context.

‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds (2024)
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This paper presents an overview of the arts-based methodology used in a research project that aimed to explore the impact of the lived experiences of racism on 10- and 11-year-old children in the United Kingdom. The research responds to the relative... Read More about ‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds.

From Interpretation to Interruption: Embracing disruptive analysis (2024)
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Qualitative analysis is, inherently, a complex, messy and nuanced process. In the context of contested notions of validity, for novice researchers there is therefore an attraction in adopting established, systematic and formulaic approaches. Yet, in... Read More about From Interpretation to Interruption: Embracing disruptive analysis.

Constructing child participation in early years classrooms: An exploration from Wales (2024)
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This paper addresses the research problem that arises from evidence that, despite supportive policy contexts, enactment of pedagogies that attend to young children’s participation rights in classroom settings is highly variable. We report our explora... Read More about Constructing child participation in early years classrooms: An exploration from Wales.

In conversation with M.G.Leanord (2024)
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Verity Jones and Amanda Webber caught up with M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy, to talk about why getting the science right in children’s fiction is so important and how this book might inspire an interest in understanding and protecting insects. Read More about In conversation with M.G.Leanord.

Animal ethics and primary schools (2024)
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Verity Jones and Ross Cundy offer useful suggestions for school policy development and best practice on animal welfare and ethics.

Exploring decolonial and anti‐racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum through dialogue (2024)
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This forum piece presents reflections from professional practice, focused on decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum. Following the publication of the Curriculum Journal Special Issue on this area, a series of prom... Read More about Exploring decolonial and anti‐racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum through dialogue.

‘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)
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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.