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Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1 (2021)
Report
Gouseti, A., Bruni, I., Ilomäki, L., Lakkala, M., Mundy, D., Raffaghelli, J. E., …Romeu, T. (2021). Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1. Erasmus+

This is the first report of the DETECT project. The report presents the Critical Digital Literacies framework that has been created as part of the project’s Intellectual Output 1. This framework is the result of collaborative work across all project... Read More about Critical Digital Literacies framework for educators - DETECT project report 1.

Competence and competency in higher education, simple terms yet with complex meanings: Theoretical and practical issues for university teachers and assessors implementing Competency-Based Education (CBE) (2021)
Journal Article
Holmes, A. G. D., Polman Tuin, M., & Turner, S. L. (2021). Competence and competency in higher education, simple terms yet with complex meanings: Theoretical and practical issues for university teachers and assessors implementing Competency-Based Education (CBE). Educational Process: International Journal, 10(3), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.22521/edupij.2021.103.3

There are different and conflicting definitions of competence, competency, and competency-based learning. Consequently, multiple interpretations and understandings are held by educators in respect of what these terms mean, when applied to their own t... Read More about Competence and competency in higher education, simple terms yet with complex meanings: Theoretical and practical issues for university teachers and assessors implementing Competency-Based Education (CBE).

Perfect Patterns: Exploring the Relationship between Young Children’s Schemas and Artmaking; Evidence and Implications for Practice (2021)
Journal Article
Traunter, J., & Traunter, I. (in press). Perfect Patterns: Exploring the Relationship between Young Children’s Schemas and Artmaking; Evidence and Implications for Practice. The International Art in Early Childhood Research Journal, 2021(1),

Historically, the significance of visual art in early childhood education and the link to children’s cognitive development has been lacked consideration in the literature. The early years are widely acknowledged as critical in contributing to childre... Read More about Perfect Patterns: Exploring the Relationship between Young Children’s Schemas and Artmaking; Evidence and Implications for Practice.

Can we actually assess learner autonomy? The problematic nature of assessing student autonomy. (2021)
Journal Article
Holmes, A. (2021). Can we actually assess learner autonomy? The problematic nature of assessing student autonomy. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 9(3), 8-15. https://doi.org/10.34293/education.v9i3.3858

This paper explores, from a theoretical basis, the difficulty in defining and assessing learner autonomy in higher education. Despite the development of learner autonomy being a key aim of higher education, it is a vague and ill-defined term. As such... Read More about Can we actually assess learner autonomy? The problematic nature of assessing student autonomy..

Immersive-learning experiences in real-life contexts: deconstructing and reconstructing Vietnamese kindergarten teachers’ understanding of STEAM education (2021)
Journal Article
Shaw, P. A., Traunter, J. E., Nguyen, N., Huong, T. T., & Thao-Do, T. P. (2021). Immersive-learning experiences in real-life contexts: deconstructing and reconstructing Vietnamese kindergarten teachers’ understanding of STEAM education. International Journal of Early Years Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2021.1933920

This paper presents a unique perspective into challenges faced by kindergarten teachers in engaging children in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education in Vietnam. It reports on teachers’ perspectives of an adaptation... Read More about Immersive-learning experiences in real-life contexts: deconstructing and reconstructing Vietnamese kindergarten teachers’ understanding of STEAM education.

INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience ‘INSECURE’ (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parsons, K., Jones, L., & Halstead, F. (2021, April). INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience ‘INSECURE’. Presented at EGU General Assembly 2021 (European Geosciences Union), vEGU21: Gather Online

The Holderness has some of the most rapidly eroding coastline in the world, with sections of cliff retreating >10m per year. These rates are due, in large part, to the soft composition of the boulder clay cliffs, but rates are accelerating rapidly in... Read More about INtergenerational Stories of Erosion and Coastal community Understanding of REsilience ‘INSECURE’.

2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, L., Halstead, F., Parsons, K. J., Le, H., Bui, L. T. H., Hackney, C. R., & Parsons, D. R. (2021). 2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s5), 29-68. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s5.029

We are the midst of a climate emergency requiring urgent climate action that is as yet unforthcoming both on the scale and at the speed needed. This article considers this current state of inaction and how we might understand the processes of attitud... Read More about 2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss.

Young Children's Well-being: Social Isolation During The COVID-19 Lockdown and Effective Strategies (2021)
Journal Article
Urbina-Garcia, A. (2021). Young Children's Well-being: Social Isolation During The COVID-19 Lockdown and Effective Strategies. Diálogos sobre educación : temas actuales en investigación educativa, 22(12), 1-16

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has triggered a worldwide epidemic emergency which is an international concern that poses a number of challenges to the physical and mental health of humans across the globe. Like businesses and universities, schools arou... Read More about Young Children's Well-being: Social Isolation During The COVID-19 Lockdown and Effective Strategies.

Research-Informed Teaching in a Global Pandemic: “Opening Up” Schools to Research during COVID-19 (2020)
Book Chapter
Connolly, C., Hall, A., Jones, S., & Proctor, R. (2020). Research-Informed Teaching in a Global Pandemic: “Opening Up” Schools to Research during COVID-19. In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, & C. Mouza (Eds.), Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field (609-616). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

In the last decade, teacher research has grown in importance across the three i’s of the teacher education continuum: initial, induction and in-service. This has been brought into even starker relief with the global spread of COVID-19. Now, perhaps m... Read More about Research-Informed Teaching in a Global Pandemic: “Opening Up” Schools to Research during COVID-19.

Theorising and Implementing Mobile Learning: Using the iPAC Framework to Inform Research and Teaching Practice (2020)
Book
Kearney, M., Burden, K., & Schuck, S. (2020). Theorising and Implementing Mobile Learning: Using the iPAC Framework to Inform Research and Teaching Practice. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8277-6

This book focuses on teaching and learning with mobile technologies, with a particular emphasis on school and teacher education contexts. It explains a robust, highly-acclaimed contemporary mobile pedagogical framework (iPAC) that focuses on three di... Read More about Theorising and Implementing Mobile Learning: Using the iPAC Framework to Inform Research and Teaching Practice.

Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology (2020)
Journal Article
Mendrik, F., Henry, T., Burdett, H., Hackney, C., Waller, C., Parsons, D., & Hennige, S. (2021). Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology. Environmental pollution, 269, Article 116238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116238

There is evidence that microplastic (MP) pollution can negatively influence coral health; however, mechanisms are unknown and most studies have used MP exposure concentrations that are considerably higher than current environmental conditions. Furthe... Read More about Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology.

Adopting the use of a legacy digital artefact in formal educational settings: opportunities and challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Gouseti, A., Abbott, D., Burden, K., & Jeffrey, S. (2020). Adopting the use of a legacy digital artefact in formal educational settings: opportunities and challenges. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 29(5), 613-629. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2020.1822435

This paper explores how a legacy digital artefact can be adopted within formal education settings and looks at the pedagogical and other opportunities created by its use within three primary and secondary classrooms in the UK. Through a comparative c... Read More about Adopting the use of a legacy digital artefact in formal educational settings: opportunities and challenges.

Researcher Positionality - A Consideration of Its Influence and Place in Qualitative Research - A New Researcher Guide (2020)
Journal Article
Darwin Holmes, A. G. (2020). Researcher Positionality - A Consideration of Its Influence and Place in Qualitative Research - A New Researcher Guide. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 8(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.34293/education.v8i4.3232

Masters and PhD student researchers in the social sciences are often required to explore and explain their positionality, as, in the social world, it is recognized that their ontological and epistemological beliefs influence their research. Yet nov... Read More about Researcher Positionality - A Consideration of Its Influence and Place in Qualitative Research - A New Researcher Guide.

An Intervention Programme to Facilitate the Preschool Transition in Mexico (2020)
Journal Article
Urbina Garcia, A. (2020). An Intervention Programme to Facilitate the Preschool Transition in Mexico. Frontiers in Education, 5, Article 95. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00095

Over the last two decades there has been a growing interest in promoting a smooth transition to the first grade of primary school, given the potential long-term change this can have in preschool children at an academic and personal level. Research sh... Read More about An Intervention Programme to Facilitate the Preschool Transition in Mexico.

How Definitions of ‘Child Soldiers’ Exclude Girls from Demobilisation Efforts (2020)
Book Chapter
Kidd, A., & Dunhill, A. (2020). How Definitions of ‘Child Soldiers’ Exclude Girls from Demobilisation Efforts. In J. Muraszkiewicz, T. Fenton, & H. Watson (Eds.), Human Trafficking in Conflict - Context, Causes and the Military (183-197). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40838-1

Child soldiers meet the Palermo Protocol’s definition of ‘trafficking in persons’. They are any person under 18, used in any capacity by armed forces or groups; this includes combatants, but also ancillary roles such as cooks, ‘wives’ and guards. Ho... Read More about How Definitions of ‘Child Soldiers’ Exclude Girls from Demobilisation Efforts.

(How) Do Students Use Learning Outcomes? Results from a Small-Scale Project (2020)
Journal Article
Holmes, A. G. (2020). (How) Do Students Use Learning Outcomes? Results from a Small-Scale Project. Educational Process: International Journal, 9(2), 80-89. https://doi.org/10.22521/edupij.2020.92.1

Pre-specified, prescribed or intended Learning Outcomes have been in use throughout higher education programs for over two decades. There is an assumption amongst quality assurance bodies and university program approval and review processes that stu... Read More about (How) Do Students Use Learning Outcomes? Results from a Small-Scale Project.

Education in precarious times: a comparative study across six countries to identify design priorities for mobile learning in a pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Hall, T., Connolly, C., Ó Grádaigh, S., Burden, K., Kearney, M., Schuck, S., Bottema, J., Cazemier, G., Hustinx, W., Evens, M., Koenraad, T., Makridou, E., & Kosmas, P. (2020). Education in precarious times: a comparative study across six countries to identify design priorities for mobile learning in a pandemic. Information and Learning Sciences, 121(5-6), 423-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-04-2020-0089

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This paper is based on the emergency changes we have had to make in the European DEIMP Project (2017-2020), “Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies” (DEIMP). DEIMP is undertaken by a trans... Read More about Education in precarious times: a comparative study across six countries to identify design priorities for mobile learning in a pandemic.

Designing personalised, authentic and collaborative learning with mobile devices: Confronting the challenges of remote teaching during a pandemic. (2020)
Book Chapter
Kearney, M., Burden, K., & Schuck, S. (2020). Designing personalised, authentic and collaborative learning with mobile devices: Confronting the challenges of remote teaching during a pandemic. In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, & C. Mouza (Eds.), Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Stories from the Field (661-666). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

This article offers teachers a digital pedagogical framework, research-inspired and underpinned by socio-cultural theory, to guide the design of personalised, authentic and collaborative learning scenarios for students using mobile devices in remote... Read More about Designing personalised, authentic and collaborative learning with mobile devices: Confronting the challenges of remote teaching during a pandemic..