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Developing perceptions of interculturality: a troublesome space? (2011)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, C. (2011). Developing perceptions of interculturality: a troublesome space?. In B. Preisler, I. Klitgard, & A. Fabricius (Eds.), Language and learning in the international university: From English uniformity to diversity and hybridity (59-75). Channel View Publications and Multilingual Matters

'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. In 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.

Transition in Chinese-British higher education articulation programmes: closing the gap between East and West? (2010)
Book Chapter
Hou, J., Montgomery, C., & McDowell, L. (2010). Transition in Chinese-British higher education articulation programmes: closing the gap between East and West?. In J. Ryan (Ed.), China's higher education reform and internationalisation (104-114). Taylor and Francis

Following China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation in 2001 and the enactment of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on ChineseForeign Cooperation in Running Schools in 2003, cooperation between Chinese and foreign higher educat... Read More about Transition in Chinese-British higher education articulation programmes: closing the gap between East and West?.

The politics of educating children ‘with' ADHD (2010)
Book Chapter
Adams, P. D. (2010). The politics of educating children ‘with' ADHD. In L. J. Graham (Ed.), (De)Constructing ADHD: Critical guidance for teachers and teacher educators (77-98). Peter Lang

Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment (2010)
Book Chapter
Loke, J. C., Colquhoun, D., Lee, K. W., & Yeo, A. T. (2010). Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment. In Distance education (1-32). Nova Science Publishers

Information on student online learning experiences from a student perspective is considered by many educational researchers as invaluable indicators of the effectiveness of online modules or programmes. Methods to gather the information are commonly... Read More about Analysing healthcare professionals' interprofessional learning experiences in an asynchronous text-based environment.

Personalising teaching and learning with digital resources: DiAL-e framework case studies (2009)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, S., & Burden, K. (2009). Personalising teaching and learning with digital resources: DiAL-e framework case studies. In Technology-supported environments for personalised learning: methods and case studies (91-108). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-884-0.ch006

This chapter describes the ways in which individual academics have sought to realise a degree of personalisation in their teaching practice through their engagement with the DiAL-e Framework (Digital Artefacts for Learner Engagement). The DiAL-e Fram... Read More about Personalising teaching and learning with digital resources: DiAL-e framework case studies.

What is to be done? Implications for policy makers (2009)
Book Chapter
Dyson, A., Gunter, H., Hall, D., Raffo, C., & Jones, L. (2009). What is to be done? Implications for policy makers. In C. Raffo, A. Dyson, H. Gunter, D. Hall, L. Jones, & A. Kalambouka (Eds.), Education and poverty in affluent countries (195-215). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203860335

The review of frameworks and interventions in the previous chapter makes it abundantly clear that policy makers in Western democracies have been highly active in attempting to break the link between poverty and education. England and the US may be ex... Read More about What is to be done? Implications for policy makers.

Beyond control : will blended learning subvert national curricula?
Book Chapter
Williams, P. Beyond control : will blended learning subvert national curricula?. . The University of Hull

Blended Learning seems to entail a relatively innocuous set of techniques, but closer examination reveals some of these carry implicit assumptions – of constructivist philosophy, peer collaboration and situative learning – which may make their export... Read More about Beyond control : will blended learning subvert national curricula?.

Critical professional or branded technician? Changing conceptions of the education worker
Book Chapter
Bottery, M. Critical professional or branded technician? Changing conceptions of the education worker. . The University of Hull

This chapter uses a case study of five phases in the changing meaning of teacher professionalism in England to suggest that changes caused by current legislation there, notably to do with workforce reform and inclusion agendas, is probably reducing r... Read More about Critical professional or branded technician? Changing conceptions of the education worker.

(Im)mobility, 'hard to reach communities' and the practice of citizenship education
Book Chapter
Ploner, J., & Kakos, M. (Im)mobility, 'hard to reach communities' and the practice of citizenship education.

Our aim in this short conceptual chapter is to explore current understandings of the designation Hard to Reach when applied to communities, and issues arising from the development of interventions targeting such groups. By exploring the meanings attr... Read More about (Im)mobility, 'hard to reach communities' and the practice of citizenship education.

Ethical professional mobile learning for teaching and nursing workplaces
Book Chapter
Burden, K., Aubusson, P., & Schuck, S. Ethical professional mobile learning for teaching and nursing workplaces. . The University of Hull

The ubiquity, accessibility and flexibility of mobile technologies suggests they will be valuable for professional learning, particularly in professions where most of the work does not occur at a set workstation. This chapter focuses on two such prof... Read More about Ethical professional mobile learning for teaching and nursing workplaces.