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What are the challenges in progression, retention and achievement in A-level chemistry in Further Education colleges in England? (2024)
Thesis

Choices made to study STEM subjects determine both the level of STEM skills in the population and the numbers of students with the necessary skills to continue studying STEM subjects at higher education. The aim of this research was to explore curren... Read More about What are the challenges in progression, retention and achievement in A-level chemistry in Further Education colleges in England?.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context (2024)
Journal Article

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.

Animal ethics and primary schools (2024)
Journal Article

Verity Jones and Ross Cundy offer useful suggestions for school policy development and best practice on animal welfare and ethics.

‘Where do you feel it most?’ Using body mapping to explore the lived experiences of racism with 10- and 11-year-olds (2024)
Journal Article

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.

I could never do maths at school: An exploration of the ways in which an online intervention for parents can change the way they think and talk about mathematics and reduce the intergenerational transmission of mathematics anxiety (2024)
Thesis

Mathematics Anxiety is widespread and is believed to affect up to 20% of the population (Ashcraft and Ridley, 2005). Parents are the primary influencers of their children’s attitudes and beliefs and if parents are anxious about mathematics, it is mor... Read More about I could never do maths at school: An exploration of the ways in which an online intervention for parents can change the way they think and talk about mathematics and reduce the intergenerational transmission of mathematics anxiety.

Personality-sensitive pedagogies: A mixed-methods study of small-group interactions among 9–10-year-olds (2024)
Digital Artefact

This pilot study sought to identify relationships between primary pupils’ personality profiles and their patterns of interaction during small group collaboration. In UK classrooms, pupils often collaborate in small groups, which has considerable lear... Read More about Personality-sensitive pedagogies: A mixed-methods study of small-group interactions among 9–10-year-olds.

Researching participative rights in younger children’s education: Policy, practice and children’s experiences (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers at four universities are collaborating over a three-year period to consider how current legislation, policy, and teacher education support the enactment of children’s participative right... Read More about Researching participative rights in younger children’s education: Policy, practice and children’s experiences.

Exploring decolonial and anti‐racist perspectives in teacher education and curriculum through dialogue (2024)
Journal Article

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)
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.

More than a checkpoint: The pedagogic potential of a dialogic approach to doctoral progression assessment (2023)
Journal Article

In the UK, all doctoral programmes are expected to include some form of periodic progression assessment, with individual institutions having autonomy to design and implement their own structures. Yet, despite the potential significance of this assess... Read More about More than a checkpoint: The pedagogic potential of a dialogic approach to doctoral progression assessment.

Protecting transformative optimism in the art classroom: Exploring aspirant art teachers’ shifting ideals (2023)
Thesis

This extended, normative case study was initiated in response to my professional concerns regarding the capacity of student art and design teachers to defend and extend their personal ideals for future classroom practice. Placement in schools, a majo... Read More about Protecting transformative optimism in the art classroom: Exploring aspirant art teachers’ shifting ideals.