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The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (2009)
Journal Article
Upchurch, M., Taylor, G., & Mathers, A. (2009). The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Labor Studies Journal, 34(4), 519-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X08324739

This article defines and explores the crisis of social democratic trade unionism in three countries in western Europe. The authors contend that a particularized form of postwar trade union orientation was socially constructed in Britain, Germany, and... Read More about The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

"It's so much easier to go with what's easy": "Mindfulness" and the discourse between home and international students in the United Kingdom (2009)
Journal Article
Peacock, N., & Harrison, N. (2009). "It's so much easier to go with what's easy": "Mindfulness" and the discourse between home and international students in the United Kingdom. Journal of Studies in International Education, 13(4), 487-508. https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315308319508

A recent aspect of U.K. higher education has been the internationalisation of university campuses, driven by a rapid increase in student numbers from overseas and growing pressure to prepare all students for global careers. It is often assumed by pol... Read More about "It's so much easier to go with what's easy": "Mindfulness" and the discourse between home and international students in the United Kingdom.

Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation (2009)
Journal Article
Kushner, S. (2009). Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation. Encyclopaideia, XIII(26), 9-28

This paper argues that evaluation methodology should reflect the character of the field it is proposing to look at. People have the right to be evaluated in their own terms, and evaluation methodologies which are judged for their rigour against abstr... Read More about Rediscovering educational purpose in educational evaluation.

Online simulation of real life experiences (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Falconer, L., & Frutos-Perez, M. (2009, November). Online simulation of real life experiences. Paper presented at National Workshop on Learning in Immersive Worlds, Coventry University, UK

The technology enhanced learning (TEL) strategy being developed by the University is focussing upon the use of online technologies to support learning through simulated experiences in a range of subject areas, using both “Web 1.0” and “Web 2.0” techn... Read More about Online simulation of real life experiences.

White middle-class identity-work through “against the grain” school choices (2009)
Book Chapter
James, D., Reay, D., Crozier, G., Beedell, P., Jamieson, F., Williams, K., & Hollingworth, S. (2009). White middle-class identity-work through “against the grain” school choices. In M. Wetherell (Ed.), Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times (76-94). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

The daily transition between home and school (2009)
Book Chapter
Andrews, J., Hughes, M., Greenhough, P., & Yee, W. C. (2009). The daily transition between home and school. In K. Ecclestone, G. Biesta, & M. Hughes (Eds.), Transitions and Learning through the Lifecourse. Routledge

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

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.

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.