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Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification (2022)
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This article gives an overview of the interactive book called ‘Collection of Taxonomically Classified Mathematical Common Student Errors in e-Assessments (CSE Book)’ which has been produced as a result of the Common Student Errors Project (CSE Projec... Read More about Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification.

Reassessing the social benefits of lifelong learning in light of the COVID pandemic (2021)
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‘Where are all the men?’ Working-class male students and care-based degrees (2021)
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This article draws on data from a small qualitative study of men on care-based degree pathways in one university in England. There is little research that specifically considers the experiences of working-class men on these courses. The article explo... Read More about ‘Where are all the men?’ Working-class male students and care-based degrees.

Critical management education: Selected auto-ethnographic vignettes on how attachment to identity may disrupt learning (2021)
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In this essay, we explore the underlying processes of identity work in teaching from a critical management education (CME) perspective. Identity is a concern for both teachers and students and especially where the assumptions and routines on which it... Read More about Critical management education: Selected auto-ethnographic vignettes on how attachment to identity may disrupt learning.

Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country (2021)
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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.

Methodological becoming: Doctoral students’ perceptions of their methodological journeys (2021)
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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.

Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher education: A qualitative survey (2021)
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Oral presentations and public speaking are an important aspect of the student experience in the United Kingdom higher education. Many modules (self-contained units normally within a programme of study) use presentations as a form of assessment and re... Read More about Student fears of oral presentations and public speaking in higher education: A qualitative survey.

Make grammar great again? (2021)
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The teaching of grammar has been strongly debated for decades, often with reference to an alleged decline in the 1960s. This article takes a historical perspective on grammar, or knowledge about language, within English Education. In the eighteenth c... Read More about Make grammar great again?.

Academic dishonesty and research productivity in a changing higher education environment. The case of India’s engineering institutions (2021)
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The Indian academic system is in a period of rapid transition, evidenced by the increasing number of higher education institutions, students and academics. However, very few studies have explored academics’ research productivity and the various facto... Read More about Academic dishonesty and research productivity in a changing higher education environment. The case of India’s engineering institutions.

Engineering science education: The impact of a paired peer approach on subject knowledge confidence and self-efficacy levels of student teachers (2021)
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Teacher performance has been linked with both self-efficacy and subject knowledge confidence suggesting that it is important to address these aspects within initial teacher training programmes. This study investigated the development of pre-service t... Read More about Engineering science education: The impact of a paired peer approach on subject knowledge confidence and self-efficacy levels of student teachers.

Reimagining parental engagement in special schools–a practice theoretical approach (2021)
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Parental engagement is widely acknowledged to have a positive impact on children’s achievement, and interventions to increase parental engagement have had some success in improving educational outcomes for children in mainstream settings. However, th... Read More about Reimagining parental engagement in special schools–a practice theoretical approach.

The possibility and importance of immersive technologies during COVID-19 for autistic people (2020)
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© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify three key areas where autistic people may find themselves impacted through COVID-19, namely, education; employment; and anxiety. Design/methodology/approach: This p... Read More about The possibility and importance of immersive technologies during COVID-19 for autistic people.

Learning how to learn: The role of music and other expressive arts in responding to Early Leaving from Education and Training (ELET) in the STALWARTS project (2020)
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This project report describes policy, practice and theory related to a cross-sectoral international project funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme. STALWARTS – Sustaining Teachers and Learners with the Arts: Relational Health in European... Read More about Learning how to learn: The role of music and other expressive arts in responding to Early Leaving from Education and Training (ELET) in the STALWARTS project.

Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education (2020)
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Purpose: The study aimed to explore the effect of second year business students engaging in counterfactual reasoning on their unrealistic optimism regarding attainment on an employability module. Design/methodology/approach: Using an experimental des... Read More about Addressing unrealistic optimism with counterfactual reasoning in an employability module in higher education.

Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens (2020)
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Insects as food is not a new idea. In the Old Testament’s book of Leviticus a list of permissible foods is given; insects including, locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers are included. Earlier still, the Romans and Greeks were known to dine on beetle l... Read More about Introducing edible insects into Welsh school canteens.

‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools (2020)
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Supporting young people with global crises mitigation strategies is essential, yet loaded with ethical dilemmas for the educator. This study explores whether young people will make ethical decisions regarding the sustainability of food choice in scho... Read More about ‘Just don’t tell them what’s in it’: Ethics, edible insects and sustainable food choice in schools.

Linguistic comprehension and narrative skills predict reading ability: A 9-year longitudinal study (2020)
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Background: Linguistic comprehension and narrative skills encapsulate a complex array of grammatical and semantic skills that underpin complex reading comprehension processes. However, most research in this area has focused on children with reading d... Read More about Linguistic comprehension and narrative skills predict reading ability: A 9-year longitudinal study.

Lifelong education, social inequality and the COVID-19 health pandemic (2020)
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What ‘gives life’ to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector? (2020)
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Critical pedagogy in the UK has traditionally been practised in the Lifelong Learning sector. However, the sector has become constrained by funding cuts, instrumental curricula and accountability measures, and teachers can feel that they have little... Read More about What ‘gives life’ to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector?.

Evaluating a workforce development programme: Bringing public health into architecture education in England (2020)
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Architects can play a key role in the wider public health workforce, in ensuring building and urban design is health promoting. However, there is no requirement to teach health by architectural accreditation bodies across Europe. To evaluate the long... Read More about Evaluating a workforce development programme: Bringing public health into architecture education in England.