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Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: Cocreation through action research with employers, students and staff for employability development (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, S. (2020, September). Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: Cocreation through action research with employers, students and staff for employability development. Paper presented at Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning and Teaching Conference, Online

This doctoral study evaluates the effectiveness of a transitional Community of Practice between employers, students and academic staff in a first-year marketing classroom. Through cocreation processes embedded in three action research cycles, all sta... Read More about Communities of Practice in the first-year business classroom: Cocreation through action research with employers, students and staff for employability development.

Assessment choice: Narrowing or widening gaps in achievement? (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, S., & Bennett, L. (2020, September). Assessment choice: Narrowing or widening gaps in achievement?. Paper presented at Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning Teaching and Student Experience Conference, Online

Choice in assessment topic/mode is widely accepted as a means to reduce attainment gaps and engage students in learning (Price et al., 2012; O'Neill, 2011), as students from diverse backgrounds can 'play to their strengths' through choices reflecting... Read More about Assessment choice: Narrowing or widening gaps in achievement?.