Outputs (32)
Context, consciousness and caution: Teachers of history in England and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice (2024)
Book Chapter
Abstract This chapter is about primary and secondary school teachers of history in England, and how they negotiate policy in order to teach sensitive and controversial issues which feature as part of the history curriculum. We present research condu... Read More about Context, consciousness and caution: Teachers of history in England and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice.
Citizenship in the context of European values: Recommendations for teaching in higher education (2024)
Report
This publication reflects the work of CitEdEV (Citizenship Education in the Context of European Values), a Jean Monnet Network funded by the European Commission and Charles University, Prague. It aims to provide guidance to those teaching in higher e... Read More about Citizenship in the context of European values: Recommendations for teaching in higher education.
Traces of tolerance in European history: A student-oriented and educational approach (2024)
Report
This chapter and working group report is part of the outcomes of an Erasmus Plus funded project: Citizenship Education in the Context of European Values. The teacher support materials found in this book are based on the work of an interdisciplinary... Read More about Traces of tolerance in European history: A student-oriented and educational approach.
If racism vanished for a day: A billboard (2024)
Physical Artefact
The RESPECT team created a billboard based on the If Racism Vanished for a Day book. Unveiled in St Werburghs, Bristol, the billboard highlights the lived racialised experiences of children, which often go unheard. The community billboard displays... Read More about If racism vanished for a day: A billboard.
Accept or challenge? Exploring the experiences of pre-service teachers from minoritised groups (2024)
Journal Article
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.
‘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.
Teaching tolerance in troubled times (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
What is tolerance? Rethinking tolerance Case study from the UK
Teaching hidden climate threats (2023)
Journal Article
Winning the GA’s silver publishing award in 2020 for their e-book and associated teacher notes, the team behind the resource creation reflect on the impact of their work and the importance of climate discussions in the primary classroom. Over the... Read More about Teaching hidden climate threats.
The poetry of SDGs (2023)
Journal Article
Student teachers from UWE, Bristol spent 3 days supporting pupils in the exploration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here they share how teaching about the SDGs during National Poetry Week both engaged and enabled important learning.... Read More about The poetry of SDGs.
The poetry of SDGs (2023)
Journal Article
In April 2022, the government released their strategy for the education and children’s services systems relating to sustainability and climate change. The first of the strategic aims in this document was that the UK achieve excellence in education an... Read More about The poetry of SDGs.
If Racism Vanished for a Day (2022)
Book
This picture book was co-written and illustrated by 17 children from Bristol Schools. They think it's important to learn from children's experiences of racism so have posed simple sentences and illustrative responses for readers to critically reflect... Read More about If Racism Vanished for a Day.
Training teachers of the future: The challenges for under-represented groups in a Bristol context (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Teaching about the hidden climate threat of UK drought (2022)
Journal Article
What does training to be a teacher feel like for trainees from minoritised groups? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
“It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education (2022)
Journal Article
Purpose: Climate change education and the emotional consequences this topic raises in the classroom has been largely ignored by researchers. This paper considers the emotional response to climate education in a primary classroom (age 9-10 years) in E... Read More about “It makes me angry. REALLY angry”: Exploring emotional responses to climate change education.
Contextual coaching (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country (2021)
Journal Article
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.
Playful learning around the world (2021)
Book Chapter
The go-to textbook for everything you need to know about play! Covering ages 0-8, this book explores what play is, why it matters and where and how play happens. Taking you from start to finish on your course, it helps you: Think critically... Read More about Playful learning around the world.
Context, consciousness, and caution: Teachers of history and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice (2021)
Thesis
This thesis is about primary and secondary school teachers of history. Previous research conducted by Kitson and McCully (2005) indicates that there is a reluctance by some teachers to engage with the teaching of sensitive and controversial issues. I... Read More about Context, consciousness, and caution: Teachers of history and the exploration of sensitive and controversial issues in practice.
DRY: Diary of a Water Super Hero (2019)
Book
This is the children's book (designed for Key Stage 2) produced as part of the knowledge exchange within the NERC -funded DRY (Drought Risk and You) project. The book aims to promote awareness of drought in the UK and of positive water behaviours -... Read More about DRY: Diary of a Water Super Hero.
Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians (2018)
Journal Article
© 2018, © 2018 ASPE. Engel, S.[2011. “Children’s Need to Know: Curiosity in Schools.” Harvard Educational Review 81 (4): 625–645] stated that curiosity should be cultivated in our schools as it is intrinsic to children’s development. However, this is... Read More about Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians.
Primary humanities: a perspective from Wales (2017)
Journal Article
© 2017 ASPE. How the humanities subjects are represented in primary schools in Wales has been influenced by curriculum developments including Curriculum Cymraeg, the Skills Framework and the Foundation Phase. A central tenet of Welsh Government polic... Read More about Primary humanities: a perspective from Wales.
Jumpstart! Geography: Engaging activities for ages 7-12 (2014)
Book
This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of the geographical skills of enquiry, outdoor learning, graphicacy and communication. Pupils will develop their knowledge and understanding of people, places an... Read More about Jumpstart! Geography: Engaging activities for ages 7-12.
Learning from and with early years and KS1 (2013)
Journal Article
This article suggests that secondary school geography teachers and PGCE Secondary geography trainee teachers should look to make connections with younger children in partner priimary schools to better understand early years practice.
Fun with fiction (2013)
Journal Article
Article explains how new fictional texts were used as the inspiration for creating a fresh and successful geography day for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils at a South Gloucestershire Primary School
Creative exploration of local, national and global links (2013)
Journal Article
Investigating activities using sources (2013)
Book Chapter
This chapter explores how primary school children can use historical artefacts and sources to uncover secrets of the past.
Creative approaches to aspects of historical enquiry (2012)
Book Chapter
Creative exploration of local, national and global links (2012)
Book Chapter
Primary history at key stage 1 (2012)
Journal Article