Outputs (491)

Understanding Biesta’s three purposes of education: a framework proposal (2025)
Journal Article
Pinto Coelho, D., Ham, M., & Jones, S.-L. (2025). Understanding Biesta’s three purposes of education: a framework proposal. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4155

The purpose of ‘doing’ education is often unconsidered or assumed in the educational thinking and practice, despite the diversity of understandings. Gert Biesta’s perspective that education has a threefold purpose of qualification, socialisation and... Read More about Understanding Biesta’s three purposes of education: a framework proposal.

Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic (2025)
Journal Article
Celbis, O., van de Laar, M., Windsor, W. L., Papatsiba, V., Ofosu-Ampong, K., Kurawa, G., Sadat Bole, A., Ani-Amponsah, M., & Xu, L. (online). Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-06-2024-0065

Purpose
This study aims to contribute to the growing body of literature documenting responses to short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctoral students. This study examines support practices at different levels of the education s... Read More about Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century (2025)
Book Chapter
Lee, K., Boyd, D., & Scollan, A. (2025). Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century. In A. Bradbury, R. Swailes, & P. Thompson (Eds.), A Manifesto for Early Childhood (23-37). SAGE Publications

This chapter investigates levels of sustainability awareness and early childhood professionals confidence to engage with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in practice. It explores how understanding and knowledge of Education for Sustainable Develo... Read More about Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century.

Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5 (2025)
Journal Article
Kurawa, G. (online). Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2025.2489860

Opening paragraph:
Promoting Inclusive Systems for Migrants in Education, edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, is an essential and timely addition to the current debate surrounding migrants in education. This edit... Read More about Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5.

What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship (2025)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2025). What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship. In A. Syska, C. Buckley, G. Sedghi, & N. Grayson (Eds.), Transformative Practice in Higher Education: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning (79-86). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503149-11

Professional associations and learned societies are valuable resources, offering Third Space practitioners networking, connection, support, and scholarly opportunities. External pressures, however, often limit the time available for professional scho... Read More about What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship.

Play and Sustainability (2025)
Book Chapter
Scollan, A., Lee, K., Boyd, D., Auger, S., & Mason, G. (2025). Play and Sustainability. In A. Bradbury (Ed.), Play Matters: Why Play Matters in Early Childhood (70-79). Early Years Reviews

This chapter discusses the concept of sustainability as a lens to understand how the world of play enables adults to engage and learn about sustainability with and for young children in environments that enable. Scollan and Farini introduce environme... Read More about Play and Sustainability.

The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development (2025)
Journal Article
Fallin, L., & Turton, C. (2025). The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 34, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi34.1314

This opinion piece argues that Design Thinking (DT) can facilitate a more empathetic and student-centred approach to service development and problem-solving in Learning Development (LD). While DT is already established within higher education, we arg... Read More about The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development.

Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boyd, D., Lee, K., & Scollan, A. (2025, January). Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond. Presented at Middlesex University Childhood and Society Seminar Series 2025, online

The seminar will consider how adults and children are preparing to manage sustainability in the 21st Century. UNESCO (2017) reminds us of the urgency of the current planetary situation. Gunther and colleagues (2024) stress the need for children to ha... Read More about Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood and Beyond.

An exploration of Chinese Doctoral Student’s motivations and expectations of studying in the UK. (2025)
Thesis
Liu, J. (2025). An exploration of Chinese Doctoral Student’s motivations and expectations of studying in the UK. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087929

This qualitative research study delves into the perceived impact of UK doctoral programmes on Chinese doctoral students (CDS), aiming to elucidate their motivations, experiences, and expectations throughout their academic journey. Focused on understa... Read More about An exploration of Chinese Doctoral Student’s motivations and expectations of studying in the UK..

Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article
Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (in press). Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, Article 1465599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1465599

This opinion piece, drawing on the lived experiences of a life sentenced prisoner (first author), serves to highlight our concerns related to the HM Prison & Probation Service Security Categorization Policy Framework (HMPPS, 2024) in the United Kingd... Read More about Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom.