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Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development (2011)
Journal Article
Bottery, M. (2011). Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development. International studies in educational administration, 39(2),

This article argues that many of the aims and objectives of educational leadership need to be re-focused upon a largely neglected issue, that of an education for sustainable development (ESD). Research suggests that the concept of ESD - and particula... Read More about Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development.

A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities (2011)
Report
Caruana, V., & Ploner, J. (2011). A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities. London: Higher Education Academy

This report identifies and critically reviews contemporary practice in the field of internationalisation within the HLST subject communities in order to inform curriculum development and pedagogy geared towards the development of international perspe... Read More about A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities.

From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning (2011)
Journal Article
Adams, P. (2011). From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning. Discourse, 32(1), 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2011.537071

Schools and professionals respond to statute in different ways. However,professional activity is more than mediated response to policy. Versions ofpedagogy are not simply envisaged on high and enacted in the workplace. Thispaper examines how professi... Read More about From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning.

The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach (2011)
Journal Article
Filippakou, O. (2011). The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach. Discourse, 32(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2011.537068

The paper suggests that the idea of quality in higher education is ideologically constructed and conducted. In a spiral of mutual reinforcements, quality regimes naturalise experience, while the theories of that practice legitimise the naturalness of... Read More about The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach.

Critical discourse analysis of interprofessional online learning in health care education (2011)
Book
Loke, J. C., Colquhoun, D., & Lee, K. W. (2011). Critical discourse analysis of interprofessional online learning in health care education. Nova Science

This book demonstrates how information about the student inter-professional online learning experience which may not have been captured in existing approaches, may be observed using CDA. This book exemplifies the importance of research work which set... Read More about Critical discourse analysis of interprofessional online learning in health care education.

'De-coupling groups in space and time': Evaluating new forms of social dialogue for learning (2010)
Book Chapter
Burden, K., & Atkinson, S. (2010). 'De-coupling groups in space and time': Evaluating new forms of social dialogue for learning. Cases on online discussion and interaction: experiences and outcomes (141-158). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-863-0.ch007

Prior to the Web, we had hundreds of years of experience with broadcast media, from printing presses to radio and TV. Prior to email, we had hundreds of years experience with personal media - the telegraph, the telephone. But outside the Internet, we... Read More about 'De-coupling groups in space and time': Evaluating new forms of social dialogue for learning.

Internationalisation and equality and diversity in Higher Education: merging identities (2010)
Report
Caruana, V., & Ploner, J. (2010). Internationalisation and equality and diversity in Higher Education: merging identities. London: Equality Challange Unit

This project arises out of Eade and Peacock’s (2009) scoping report, commissioned by Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) entitled Internationalising equality, equalising internationalisation: the intersection between internationalisation and equality and d... Read More about Internationalisation and equality and diversity in Higher Education: merging identities.

Teachers using learning styles: torn between research and accountability? (2010)
Journal Article
Martin, S. (2010). Teachers using learning styles: torn between research and accountability?. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(8), 1583-1591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2010.06.009

The proliferation of instruments reporting learning/cognitive style with school pupils is of particular interest, because most research on them focuses on applications in higher education, training and the adult workplace, where criticisms of their i... Read More about Teachers using learning styles: torn between research and accountability?.

Ecumenism, economic necessity and the disappearance of Methodist elementary schools in England in the twentieth century (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, J. T. (2010). Ecumenism, economic necessity and the disappearance of Methodist elementary schools in England in the twentieth century. History of education, 39(5), 631-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/00467601003749406

This study aims to define the extent of, and causes for, the decline of the Wesleyan educational effort in England in the twentieth century. In 1902 the Church had 738 schools, but these rapidly declined throughout the century, with only 28 remaining... Read More about Ecumenism, economic necessity and the disappearance of Methodist elementary schools in England in the twentieth century.