Outputs (143)

School art: Where is it? (Re)exploring visual arts in secondary schools (2024)
Report

In this innovative research study, Joanna Fursman, Will Grant, and Carol Wild begin by revisiting the work undertaken by Dick Downing and Ruth Watson in their Tate-sponsored 2004 School Art: What Is It? report. Twenty years later, they replicate the... Read More about School art: Where is it? (Re)exploring visual arts in secondary schools.

Working class men on care based degrees (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This talk 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 talk explores as... Read More about Working class men on care based degrees.

Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school (2024)
Thesis

Transitioning from Primary School to Secondary School is cited as one of the most challenging stages of a young person’s educational journey (Hopwood et al. 2016). Whilst the voice of the child is largely absent in existing literature, large scale q... Read More about Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school.

The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

Many interventions have been developed by staff to support students in understanding assessment task requirements and summative and formative feedback. However, to various extents, these approaches assume a shared understanding of the, often indeterm... Read More about The language of assessment: Identifying challenging terminology for students and exploring implications for practice.

Human rights education: Teachers’ perceptions about the value of children’s participation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presented at BERA 2024 - this presentation focused on our findings from teachers in Work Package 2 of the Children's Participation in Schools project.

Alternative education: Inclusion beyond the mainstream (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This panel responds to February’s review of alternative provision in England (CQC & Ofsted, 2024) and June’s BBC investigation revealing that numbers of UK children moving from schools to home education are at their highest levels since covid (Hatten... Read More about Alternative education: Inclusion beyond the mainstream.

Embedding children's participative rights in pedagogical practice in lower primary classrooms in Wales (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presented at BERA 2024, this presentation focused on the results of a legislative and policy analysis of Welsh educational documents as well as a survey administered to ITE providers across Wales

Exploring teacher understandings of participatory pedagogies via approaches to children's rights in Wales​ (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation took place at EECERA 2024 in Brighton - the presentation was on initial findings from Work Package 2 of the Children's Participation In Schools Project

Climate change and built environment education: A pedagogical approach to foster interdisciplinary learning (2024)
Book Chapter

Higher Education Institutions have an important role to play in Climate Education. One dimension of this role is to equip future practitioners with the necessary knowledge and skills. Therefore, interdisciplinary approaches to learning and teaching.... Read More about Climate change and built environment education: A pedagogical approach to foster interdisciplinary learning.

Preservice teachers learning to teach reading using one-to-one tutoring: Does learning ‘stick’ for tutees and tutors? (2024)
Journal Article

Teaching reading is a key element of initial teacher education programmes in England. This study contributes to the research about the most effective way to ensure preservice teachers have the necessary skills and knowledge to teach reading. One-to-o... Read More about Preservice teachers learning to teach reading using one-to-one tutoring: Does learning ‘stick’ for tutees and tutors?.

Exploring the intersection of A.I. and human creativity: Empowering agency in an age of uncertainty (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper 'Exploring the Intersection of A.I. and Human Creativity: Empowering Agency in an Age of Uncertainty' will be presented at the Prisms Education Symposium, a component of ICON12 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) July 2024. This sympo... Read More about Exploring the intersection of A.I. and human creativity: Empowering agency in an age of uncertainty.

Swimming against the tide: Exploring alternative approaches for education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Drawing on a lens of social justice and critical pedagogy, this workshop aims to unpack the relationship between educational practice and intersectional subjectification.

Disabled students and placements: Barriers and challenges (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK is experiencing a persistent skills gap which has grown since the COVID-19 pandemic. One factor that contributes toward the skill gap is university students graduating, but not being equipped with the necessary employability skills to meet gra... Read More about Disabled students and placements: Barriers and challenges.

Initial teacher education as a dialogic space for agile art curriculum design (2024)
Journal Article

In this article we draw on our positionality as teacher educator and student teacher to reflect on initial art teacher education as a forum for novel disciplinary curriculum design. We describe how, without new system thinking, much taught school art... Read More about Initial teacher education as a dialogic space for agile art curriculum design.

Is peer coaching an effective way to help university students with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) engage with their studies? Reflections on a new ADHD psychoeducational programme offered at UWE Bristol (2024)
Journal Article

This article explores the effectiveness of a psychoeducational coaching program, including a peer coaching component, designed to support university students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at UWE Bristol. The challenges faced by... Read More about Is peer coaching an effective way to help university students with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) engage with their studies? Reflections on a new ADHD psychoeducational programme offered at UWE Bristol.

Demystifying executive function (2024)
Journal Article

Executive function (EF) is an umbrella term for a set of complex and nuanced cognitive processes believed to be uniquely human. EF allows for planning, adaptation and self-regulation to meet personal or imposed goals. It develops from early childhood... Read More about Demystifying executive function.

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.

Embedding early intervention at the heart of alternative provision (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Embedding Early Intervention at the Heart of Alternative Provision - Opportunities, Challenges and Future Pathways.

Integrating students as academic partners in software engineering: A group software development case study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exploring the role of a Student as an Academic Partner (SAP) in software engineering education, this study investigates the interactions between students and faculty and evaluates the perceptions of students on SAP's integration within a Group Softwa... Read More about Integrating students as academic partners in software engineering: A group software development case study.

How is theory used to understand and inform practice in the alternative provision sector in England: trends, gaps and implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

This article examines how theory features in the research literatures concerning the English alternative (education) provision (AP) sector. Despite increasing interest over the past decade in how AP can (re)engage school-aged young people in learning... Read More about How is theory used to understand and inform practice in the alternative provision sector in England: trends, gaps and implications for practice.