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Book Review – 2021 (2021)
Journal Article
Andrews, J., Chaudhuri, S., Kong, L., & Sarsfield, M. (2021). Book Review – 2021. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.721

The following publication contains book reviews of these titles: Bearman, M., Dawson, P., Ajjawi, R., Tai, J., Boud, D. (eds.) (2020) Re-imagining university assessment in a digital world. The Enabling Power of Assessment 7. Springer, 296 pages, h... Read More about Book Review – 2021.

Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning (2021)
Book Chapter
Knight, B. (2021). Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning. In Pedagogy - Challenges, Recent Advances, New Perspectives, and Applications. London: InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101699

Complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory is offering new perspectives on the nature of learning in school classrooms. In CAS such as social networks, city traffic systems and insect colonies, innovation, and change are occasioned through non-linear, bot... Read More about Classroom as complex adaptive system and the emergence of learning.

Contextual coaching (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Vickers-Hulse, K., & Whitehouse, S. (2021, December). Contextual coaching. Presented at Mentoring, Coaching and Professional Learning Conference, Online

Neoliberalism and early childhood education: Markets, imaginaries and governance by Guy Roberts-Holmes and Peter Moss, Oxon and New York, Routledge (2021)
Journal Article
Brown, J. (2022). Neoliberalism and early childhood education: Markets, imaginaries and governance by Guy Roberts-Holmes and Peter Moss, Oxon and New York, Routledge. Educational Review, 74(6), 1203-1204. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.2010343

This vital book provides an accessible analysis of the role played by neo-liberalism in the reshaping of early childhood education (ECE) over the last 40 years. Utilising multiple sources of evidence, the authors provide a critical and persuasive acc... Read More about Neoliberalism and early childhood education: Markets, imaginaries and governance by Guy Roberts-Holmes and Peter Moss, Oxon and New York, Routledge.

NASBTT Case Study (2021)
Digital Artefact
Vickers-Hulse, K. (in press). NASBTT Case Study

Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting (2021)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (in press). Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting. Education 3-13, https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1985578

Training preservice teachers as teachers of reading is a complex task, as is reading itself. Preservice teachers need to understand the theory that underpins practice; the cognitive skills and knowledge required to read and the contextual factors tha... Read More about Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting.

UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children (2021)
Presentation / Conference
lemaignan, S., newbutt, N., Rice, L., daly, J., & charisi, V. (2021, September). UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children. Paper presented at IROS: The Roles of Robotics in Achieving the UN's Social Development Goals, Prague

For a period of three weeks in June 2021, we embedded a social robot (Softbank Pepper) in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school, with a focus on supporting the well-being of autistic children. Our methodology to design and embed the robot among th... Read More about UNICEF guidance on AI for children: Application to the design of a social robot for and with autistic children.

Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Whitehouse, S., McEwen, L., Williams, S., & Gorell Barnes, L. (2021). Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country. Water, 13(18), Article 2599. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13182599

Engaging young citizens with drought risk and positive water behaviours is essential in domestic water demand management within the wider climate crisis. This paper evaluates a new research-informed, picture book—‘DRY: The Diary of a Water Superhero’... Read More about Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country.

An integrated systems approach to food (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, V., Jones, M., & Ruge, D. (2021). An integrated systems approach to food. Primary Geography, Autumn 2021(106), 12-13

This paper explores how primary geography teachers can situate themselves in an integrated food system approach. It highlights critical issues relating to food and education and reflects on how other schools in the UK, Denmark and Czech Republic are... Read More about An integrated systems approach to food.

Me, myself, I - A matter of becoming, threatened identities?: A qualitative study of female early childhood studies students of Bangladeshi heritage in England (2021)
Thesis
Bird, M. Me, myself, I - A matter of becoming, threatened identities?: A qualitative study of female early childhood studies students of Bangladeshi heritage in England. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6639007

This thesis examines the experiences of young Bangladeshi women studying on a Foundation degree within a widening participation university. It examines their changing identity on their journey to university as they transition through compulsory and p... Read More about Me, myself, I - A matter of becoming, threatened identities?: A qualitative study of female early childhood studies students of Bangladeshi heritage in England.

Pedagogies of discomfort and care: Balancing critical tensions in delivering gender-related violence training to youth practitioners (2021)
Journal Article
Cullen, F., & Whelan, M. (2021). Pedagogies of discomfort and care: Balancing critical tensions in delivering gender-related violence training to youth practitioners. Education Sciences, 11(9), Article 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090562

This reflective paper explores the emotions, ethics, and challenges of facilitating training for youth practitioners to tackle gender-related violence (GRV). This paper draws on insights from a training intervention that emerged from an EU-funded fem... Read More about Pedagogies of discomfort and care: Balancing critical tensions in delivering gender-related violence training to youth practitioners.

Thinking outside of the black box: esoteric visual data analysis in qualitative educational research (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Grant, W. (2021, September). Thinking outside of the black box: esoteric visual data analysis in qualitative educational research. Paper presented at British Educational Research Association Conference 2021, Online

In this presentation I discuss a recently undertaken case study pilot to illustrate a problematic lack of methodological theory addressing qualitative visual research analysis. In particular: • Why does there appear to be a lack of methodological... Read More about Thinking outside of the black box: esoteric visual data analysis in qualitative educational research.

Leaky pipelines: Primary children’s subject interest, science capital and aspirations to careers in engineering (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Edmonds, J., & Lewis, F. (2021, September). Leaky pipelines: Primary children’s subject interest, science capital and aspirations to careers in engineering. Presented at British Educational Research Association Conference, Online

De Witt et al (2015) suggest that children are unlikely to change their minds as to whether science-based careers are for them between the end of primary school and year 9 (aged 11 and 14 in the UK). Indeed, attitudes in children to STEM subjects app... Read More about Leaky pipelines: Primary children’s subject interest, science capital and aspirations to careers in engineering.

I found my emotional ally! BIPOC teacher trainee mentoring by BIPOC mentors (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Richards, M., Knowler, H., & Rizvi, S. (2021, September). I found my emotional ally! BIPOC teacher trainee mentoring by BIPOC mentors. Presented at BERA Annual Conference 2021, Online

This small scale project seeks to implement a voluntary pilot mentoring scheme for a group of ITE trainees new to both Exeter and the Graduate School of Education and registered for study during 2020/21. Through this mentorship programme, we hope to... Read More about I found my emotional ally! BIPOC teacher trainee mentoring by BIPOC mentors.

Methodological becoming: Doctoral students’ perceptions of their methodological journeys (2021)
Journal Article
Clark, T., & Clark, T. (2022). Methodological becoming: Doctoral students’ perceptions of their methodological journeys. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 13(1), 36-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-12-2020-0076

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and illustrate the potential relationships between doctoral students’ life histories and educational experiences and their methodological understanding and assumptions. Design/methodology/approach:... Read More about Methodological becoming: Doctoral students’ perceptions of their methodological journeys.

Adapting one-to-one reading support for children during Covid-19 school closures BERA SGF report August 2021 (2021)
Report
Carter, J. (2021). Adapting one-to-one reading support for children during Covid-19 school closures BERA SGF report August 2021. British Educational Research Association

Learning to read is considered a key priority in primary schools, but when Covid-19 forced school closures from March to July 2020 new approaches to teaching reading needed to be developed. This study considers three sets of data gathered from schoo... Read More about Adapting one-to-one reading support for children during Covid-19 school closures BERA SGF report August 2021.