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Passing on the reins of responsibility? An international comparison of school leaders’ values (2014)
Journal Article
Bottery, M., & Wright, N. (2014). Passing on the reins of responsibility? An international comparison of school leaders’ values. Contemporary educational leadership, 1(3), 51-70

This study stemmed from concerns about school leaders responses to the current global environmental situation. The issue was tackled by asking what priority they gave to environmental issues in their schools by examining their perceptions about a ra... Read More about Passing on the reins of responsibility? An international comparison of school leaders’ values.

What kind of space does Sheffield International College provide for its students and principal stakeholders? (2014)
Thesis
Smith, K. R. What kind of space does Sheffield International College provide for its students and principal stakeholders?. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217509

This thesis is concerned with one example of the recent phenomenon of International Pathway Colleges, Sheffield International College. It is a case study designed to answer initial questions and identify areas for future research, which uses the lens... Read More about What kind of space does Sheffield International College provide for its students and principal stakeholders?.

Observation and Assessment (2014)
Book Chapter
Glazzard, J. (2014). Observation and Assessment. In P. Mukherji, & L. Dryden (Eds.), Foundations of Early Childhood: Principles and Practice (62-80). SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Squaring the circle: a new alternative to alternative-assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Williams, P. (2014). Squaring the circle: a new alternative to alternative-assessment. Teaching in higher education, 19(5), 565-577. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2014.882894

Many quality assurance systems rely on high-stakes assessment for course certification. Such methods are not as objective as they might appear; they can have detrimental effects on student motivation and may lack relevance to the needs of degree cour... Read More about Squaring the circle: a new alternative to alternative-assessment.

Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Universities as a New Paradigm of ‘Development’ (2014)
Journal Article
Filippakou, O., & Williams, G. (2014). Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Universities as a New Paradigm of ‘Development’. Open Review of Educational Research, 1(1), 70-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/23265507.2014.964645

The interest of higher education researchers in entrepreneurialism in European universities began in the late 1990s with the appearance of two path-breaking books: Sheila Slaughter and Larry Leslie on Academic Capitalism and Burton Clark on Creating... Read More about Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Universities as a New Paradigm of ‘Development’.

Challenging conceptions of 'Western' higher education and promoting graduates as global citizens (2014)
Journal Article
Clifford, V., & Montgomery, C. (2014). Challenging conceptions of 'Western' higher education and promoting graduates as global citizens. Higher Education Quarterly, 68(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12029

Recently there has been a shift in the discourses of university policy from internationalisation towards the contested concept of global citizenship. This paper explores ways of challenging the current interpretation of international education policy... Read More about Challenging conceptions of 'Western' higher education and promoting graduates as global citizens.

'Picturesque and dramatic' or 'dull recitals of threadbare fare': good practice in history teaching in elementary schools in England, 1872-1905 (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, J. T. (2014). 'Picturesque and dramatic' or 'dull recitals of threadbare fare': good practice in history teaching in elementary schools in England, 1872-1905. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 46(1), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2014.856873

This article draws on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century teaching manuals, reports of Her Majesty's Inspectors, history textbooks ('readers'), other administrators' and teachers' accounts, policy documents and pupils' reminiscences to refut... Read More about 'Picturesque and dramatic' or 'dull recitals of threadbare fare': good practice in history teaching in elementary schools in England, 1872-1905.

Leadership, sustainability and ethics (2014)
Book Chapter
Bottery, M. (2014). Leadership, sustainability and ethics. In C. M. Branson, & S. Gross (Eds.), Handbook of ethical educational leadership (81 - 92). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203747582-12

This chapter is concerned with what educational leaders can lear about the ethics of their practice from a study of environmental systems. It examiners three sources for such learning. One source is from an understanding of the epistemology of these... Read More about Leadership, sustainability and ethics.

Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, P. (2013, December). Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs. Paper presented at London International Conference on Education

Developments in globalisation and new technologies are making significant impacts in higher education. Universities in a global market are increasingly concerned to reorient their degree programmes to meet the vocational needs of the Knowledge Econom... Read More about Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs.

Access denied? Twenty-first-century technology in schools (2013)
Journal Article
Male, T., & Burden, K. (2014). Access denied? Twenty-first-century technology in schools. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 23(4), 423-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2013.864697

This article considers how developments in technologies have transformed the kind of social interaction possible over the Internet making it feasible to undertake discourse and dialogue without having to rely solely on text based mediation. This repr... Read More about Access denied? Twenty-first-century technology in schools.

To what extent does content and language integrated learning (CLIL) as a language-based project approach promote pupil motivation in the teaching of MFL in three secondary schools in England? (2013)
Thesis
Bower, K. S. To what extent does content and language integrated learning (CLIL) as a language-based project approach promote pupil motivation in the teaching of MFL in three secondary schools in England?. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215836

This research was undertaken at a critical time for language learning in England. From the government’s decision in 2004 to make languages optional in KS4, numbers studying modern foreign languages both in this key stage and within key stage 3 reduce... Read More about To what extent does content and language integrated learning (CLIL) as a language-based project approach promote pupil motivation in the teaching of MFL in three secondary schools in England?.

Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations (2013)
Journal Article
Hope, M. A. (2014). Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations. Person-centered & experiential psychotherapies : PCEP, 13(3), 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2013.811610

Across the world, policies and practices within education are changing, and this presents a small window of opportunity for person-centered educators to put principles into practice within mainstream educational systems. In this context, it is import... Read More about Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations.

'They know what you are going through': A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse (2013)
Journal Article
Coburn, A., & Gormally, S. (2014). 'They know what you are going through': A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse. Journal of Youth Studies, 17(5), 642-663. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2013.844779

Riverside Women's Aid offers a specialised youth service for young people who have experienced or been affected by domestic abuse in one town in Scotland. This article discusses findings from a research evaluation that examined the advantages of part... Read More about 'They know what you are going through': A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse.

Social class (in)visibility and the professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, D., & Jones, L. (2013). Social class (in)visibility and the professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 39(4), 416-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2013.782121

This article focuses upon the classed and early professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers in England experiencing and contemplating working in schools serving socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Through an examination of the... Read More about Social class (in)visibility and the professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers.

Pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: evidence from the field (2013)
Journal Article
Male, T., & Palaiologou, I. (2015). Pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: evidence from the field. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 43(2), 214-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143213494889

Literature examining effective leadership in education describe a number of models such as Transformational, Learner-Centred, Distributed and Situational. A similar example is ‘pedagogical leadership’, a phrase that frequently appears in literature a... Read More about Pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: evidence from the field.

ICT Tools for Professional Development (2013)
Book Chapter
Jones, S.-L., & Younie, S. (2013). ICT Tools for Professional Development. In M. Leask, & N. Pachler (Eds.), Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School (40-54). (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203124208

This chapter covers key considerations in the use of ICT tools for the continual professional development of teachers. Both professional development and ICT tools are first defined before looking at specific tools. The use of ePortfolios is discussed... Read More about ICT Tools for Professional Development.

‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration (2013)
Journal Article
Gouseti, A. (2013). ‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration. European Journal of Education, 48(4), 570-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12051

The idea of using digital technologies and in particular web 2.0 tools to enhance school collaboration has recently been received with great enthusiasm and a range of new collaborative initiatives has emerged. Through a comparative qualitative case s... Read More about ‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration.

Swimming against the tide : the implementation of philosophy for children in the primary classroom (2013)
Thesis
O'Riordan, N. Swimming against the tide : the implementation of philosophy for children in the primary classroom. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215796

Philosophy for Children is a cognitive enhancement programme that utilises Socratic questioning and a dialogic pedagogy to develop the reasoning, creativity, social skills and ethical understanding of children. An abundance of research has establishe... Read More about Swimming against the tide : the implementation of philosophy for children in the primary classroom.

Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership (2013)
Thesis
Downes, P. H. Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215860

People are central to the institution of schools. Where there are people, there are emotions. Managing these emotions for wage is the work of school leaders. Recognizing the emotional demand involved in monitoring, managing and understanding this dem... Read More about Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership.