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When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education (2016)
Journal Article
Shaw, A. (2016). When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education. Universal journal of educational research, 4(5), 1111-1116. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.040521

This paper examines the challenges faced by higher education institutions in designing, teaching and quality assuring programmes of study which, of necessity, must combine the gaining of professional vocational competence with academic study. The pap... Read More about When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education.

Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space (2016)
Journal Article
Fallin, L. (2016). Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space. New library world, 117(5-6), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-10-2015-0079

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The paper aims to explore the issues surrounding the user conceptualisation of academic libraries. The paper will solidify the role of academic libraries as learning spaces and problematise how lib... Read More about Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space.

Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia (2016)
Journal Article
Naef, P., & Ploner, J. (2016). Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 14(3), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1180802

Although, historically, there have always been travellers crossing the Balkan Peninsula, Todorova (1994 Todorova, M. (1994). The Balkans: From discovery to invention. Slavic Review, 53, 453–482. doi: 10.2307/2501301) notes that early travellers were... Read More about Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia.

Barriers and challenges facing pre-service teachers use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning (2016)
Journal Article
Burden, K., & Hopkins, P. (2016). Barriers and challenges facing pre-service teachers use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 8(2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijmbl.2016040101

This study examined the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of pre-service teachers using the iPad for their professional learning purposes and for teaching during their school placements. The sample consisted of 117 pre-service teachers undertaking a... Read More about Barriers and challenges facing pre-service teachers use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning.

Further education colleges and leadership: Checking the ethical pulse (2016)
Journal Article
Dennis, C. A. (2016). Further education colleges and leadership: Checking the ethical pulse. London Review of Education, 14(1), 116-130. https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.14.1.11

In this paper I check the ethical pulse of Further Education at the moment of its coming of age. Using a philosophical lens, I select and review post-2010 literature, to argue that FE colleges persist in a diminished form within a learning economy. I... Read More about Further education colleges and leadership: Checking the ethical pulse.

Transnational partnerships in higher education in China: The diversity and complexity of elite strategic alliances (2016)
Journal Article
Montgomery, C. (2016). Transnational partnerships in higher education in China: The diversity and complexity of elite strategic alliances. London Review of Education, 14(1), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.14.1.08

Transnational partnerships between universities can illustrate the changing political, social and cultural terrain of global higher education. Drawing on secondary data analysis of government educational statistics, university webpages and a comprehe... Read More about Transnational partnerships in higher education in China: The diversity and complexity of elite strategic alliances.

Future scenarios for mobile science learning (2016)
Journal Article
Burden, K., & Kearney, M. (2016). Future scenarios for mobile science learning. Research in Science Education, 46(2), 287-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-016-9514-1

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. This paper adopts scenario planning as a methodological approach and tool to help science educators reconceptualise their use of mobile technologies across various different futures. These ‘futures’... Read More about Future scenarios for mobile science learning.

Does teaching children about human rights, encourage them to practice, protect and promote the rights of others? (2016)
Journal Article
Dunhill, A. (2018). Does teaching children about human rights, encourage them to practice, protect and promote the rights of others?. Education 3-13, 46(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2016.1165717

The purpose of the article is to demonstrate how the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Rights Respecting Schools Award makes positive contributions to children’s lives and experiences at school. Within the overall contex... Read More about Does teaching children about human rights, encourage them to practice, protect and promote the rights of others?.

Methodism and education (2016)
Book Chapter
Smith, J. T. (2016). Methodism and education. In W. Gibson, P. Forsaith, & M. Wellings (Eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to World Methodism (407-430). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315613789

John Wesley once claimed that if the Methodists were not a reading people the work of grace would die out in a generation. Thirty years ago Frank Pritchard described Wesley’s pragmatism, seeing the need for the teaching of reading to enable Bible stu... Read More about Methodism and education.

Changing knowledge, changing technology: implications for teacher education futures (2016)
Journal Article
Burden, K., Aubusson, P., Brindley, S., & Schuck, S. (2016). Changing knowledge, changing technology: implications for teacher education futures. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 42(1), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1125432

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Recent research in teacher education futures has identified two themes that require further study: the changing nature of knowledge and the changing capabilities of technologies. This article examines the intersection of th... Read More about Changing knowledge, changing technology: implications for teacher education futures.

Learning from differences: a strategy for teacher development in respect to student diversity (2016)
Journal Article
Messiou, K., Ainscow, M., Echeita, G., Goldrick, S., Hope, M., Paes, I., Sandoval, M., Simon, C., & Vitorino, T. (2016). Learning from differences: a strategy for teacher development in respect to student diversity. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 27(1), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2014.966726

Drawing on evidence gathered as a result of collaborative action research carried out in 8 secondary schools in 3 European countries, this paper proposes an innovative strategy for helping teachers respond positively to learner diversity. The strateg... Read More about Learning from differences: a strategy for teacher development in respect to student diversity.

Conceptualising authentic mobile learning (2015)
Book Chapter
Burden, K., & Kearney, M. (2016). Conceptualising authentic mobile learning. In D. Churchill, J. Lu, T. K. Chiu, & B. Fox (Eds.), Mobile learning design: Theories and application (27-42). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0027-0_2

© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016. Conventional accounts of authentic learning focus on contextual factors: tasks, processes, how situated the learning is and the extent to which learners engage in simulated or participative real-world... Read More about Conceptualising authentic mobile learning.

Participatory knowledge mobilisation: an emerging model for international translational research in education (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, S.-L., Procter, R., & Younie, S. (in press). Participatory knowledge mobilisation: an emerging model for international translational research in education. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(5), 555-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1105540

Research alone does not inform practice, rather a process of knowledge translation is required to enable research findings to become meaningful for practitioners in their contextual settings. However, the translational process needs to be an iterativ... Read More about Participatory knowledge mobilisation: an emerging model for international translational research in education.

Resilience, moorings and international student mobilities - exploring biographical narratives of social science students in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Ploner, J. (2017). Resilience, moorings and international student mobilities - exploring biographical narratives of social science students in the UK. Mobilities, 12(3), 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2015.1087761

Whilst research into the changing landscape of the UK Higher Education (HE) has produced a burgeoning literature on ‘internationalisation’ and ‘transnational student mobility’ over the past few years, still fairly little is known about international... Read More about Resilience, moorings and international student mobilities - exploring biographical narratives of social science students in the UK.

Barriers and solutions to innovation in teacher education (2015)
Journal Article
Burden, K., & Jones, S. (2015). Barriers and solutions to innovation in teacher education. Elearning papers, 60-63

This article proposes how mobile technologies are being employed innovatively in teacher education across the European Union, contributing to an adjustment in teacher training models. It identifies various barriers and challenges to innovation and il... Read More about Barriers and solutions to innovation in teacher education.

Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people (2015)
Book
Cooper, C., Gormally, S., & Hughes, G. (Eds.). (2015). Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593

Challenging dominant discourses in neoliberal marketized societies about working with disconnected young people, this book argues that alternative, radical approaches to formal and informal education are necessary to challenge repressive practices, a... Read More about Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people.

‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system? (2015)
Book Chapter
Hughes, G. (2015). ‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people (220-244). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_11

Reay’s point is extremely poignant: she is calling for culture change and, short of a revolution in education, this is surely a must for both young people and staff. Cooper (2012) similarly calls for a radical shift in youth work to counter the curre... Read More about ‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system?.

Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people? (2015)
Book Chapter
Hope, M. A. (2015). Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice (107-126). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_6

For those of us who have spent our professional lives working alongside children and young people who are disaffected with education, re-imagining education — or more specifically, re-imagining schools — is crucial. Could it be possible for the state... Read More about Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?.