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Student‐led research training within the PhD: “PhD experience” conferences (2011)
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Mercer, T., Kythreotis, A., Lambert, C., & Hughes, G. (2011). Student‐led research training within the PhD: “PhD experience” conferences. International journal for researcher development, 2(2), 152-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/17597511111212736

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the significance of student‐led initiatives in PhD development. Design/methodology/approach – A case study is presented utilizing Kolb's model of learning from experience to identify with stude... Read More about Student‐led research training within the PhD: “PhD experience” conferences.

Between 'Bastard' and 'Wicked' leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government (2011)
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Wright, N. (2011). Between 'Bastard' and 'Wicked' leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 43(4), 345-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2011.606893

Barker argues that in England under New Labour, school leaders and teachers have been 'bastardised' and suggests that the situation in 2010, with a general election afforded an opportunity in education policy for the 'pendulum to swing'. In this arti... Read More about Between 'Bastard' and 'Wicked' leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government.

Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development (2011)
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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.

From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning (2011)
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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)
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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.

Teachers using learning styles: torn between research and accountability? (2010)
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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)
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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.

Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity (2010)
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Spencer, K. (2010). Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity. British Journal of Psychology, 101(3), 519-543. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712609x470752

The effects of printed word frequency and transparency measures on single word reading accuracy were examined in 105 six-year-old children. The results indicated that it may be necessary to re-appraise notions of orthography-to-phonology corresponden... Read More about Predicting children's word-reading accuracy for common English words: The effect of word transparency and complexity.

Predicting intercultural competence in educational settings: the validity, reliability and utility of two instruments (2010)
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Martin, S. (2010). Predicting intercultural competence in educational settings: the validity, reliability and utility of two instruments. Evaluation and Research in Education, 23(4), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500790.2010.495984

Determining individual potential for performance within multicultural environments is important in the increasingly globalised workplace. The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ) aim to measure such... Read More about Predicting intercultural competence in educational settings: the validity, reliability and utility of two instruments.

Conceptualising teachers' professional learning with Web 2.0 (2010)
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Burden, K. J. (2010). Conceptualising teachers' professional learning with Web 2.0. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 27(3), 148-161. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741011054456

Purpose – This paper seeks to identify and develop an exploratory framework for conceptualising how teachers might use the affordances of Web 2.0 technologies to support their own professional learning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws o... Read More about Conceptualising teachers' professional learning with Web 2.0.

Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance (2010)
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Filippakou, O., Salter, B., & Tapper, T. (2010). Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance. Higher Education, 60(5), 543-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-010-9314-x

Formally the new public management model of governance was introduced into British higher education with the passage of the 1988 Education Reform Act, which abolished the existing University Grants Committee (UGC) and instigated the funding councils.... Read More about Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance.

Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers (2010)
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Spencer, K. A., Loizidou, N., & Masterson, J. (2010). Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers. Behavior research methods, 42(1), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.3758/brm.42.1.96

In the present study, orthographic metrics for Greek children's Grade 1 and Grade 2 reading materials were presented. Data for five transparency metrics--three of which being neither feedforward nor feedbackward--were presented and offered for use in... Read More about Feedforward,-backward, and neutral transparency measures for Grade 1 and Grade 2 Greek readers.

Portrait methodology and educational leadership : putting the person first (2009)
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Bottery, M., Wright, N., Ngai, S. K. G., & Wong, P. M. (2009). Portrait methodology and educational leadership : putting the person first. International studies in educational administration, 37(3), 82-96

This article describes a variant on a methodological approach which provides ways of developing educational leaders' understandings of themselves and their situation through the production of individually written 'portraits' which focus upon the indi... Read More about Portrait methodology and educational leadership : putting the person first.

Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles and issues (2009)
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Burden, K., Aubusson, P., & Schuck, S. (2009). Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles and issues. ALT-J, 17(3), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687760903247641

This paper reflects on the role of mobile learning in teachers’ professional learning. It argues that effective professional learning requires reflection and collaboration and that mobile learning is ideally suited to allow reflection-inaction and to... Read More about Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles and issues.

E-consumer behaviour (2009)
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Dennis, C., Merrilees, B., Jayawardhena, C., & Tiu Wright, L. (2009). E-consumer behaviour. European Journal of Marketing, 43(9/10), 1121-1139. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560910976393

Purpose - The primary purpose of this paper is to bring together apparently disparate and yet interconnected strands of research and present an integrated model of e-consumer behaviour. It has a secondary objective of stimulating more research in are... Read More about E-consumer behaviour.

Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: A twentieth-anniversary perspective (2009)
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Sharp, J., Hopkin, R., James, S., Peacock, G., Kelly, L., Davies, D., & Bowker, R. (2009). Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: A twentieth-anniversary perspective. Research Papers in Education, 24(3), 247-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520902725770

In 1989, the progressive introduction of a National Curriculum of subjects to all maintained schools in England and Wales brought compulsory science education into the primary sectors of these two countries for the first time. Such was its considered... Read More about Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: A twentieth-anniversary perspective.