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Models of SEND: the impact of political and economic influences on policy and provision (2019)
Journal Article
Rolfe, S. (2020). Models of SEND: the impact of political and economic influences on policy and provision. British Journal of Special Education, 46(4), 423-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12284

The content and direction of policy can be impacted upon by broader political and economic influences that are of central concern to the government in office. With regard to education, the concepts of inclusion and SEND are at the forefront of... Read More about Models of SEND: the impact of political and economic influences on policy and provision.

Developing pre-service teacher knowledge using online forums: supporting confident and competent teaching practices (2019)
Journal Article
Dockerty, K. (2019). Developing pre-service teacher knowledge using online forums: supporting confident and competent teaching practices. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 45(4), 402-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2019.1639260

This small study examines how one group (n = 59) of first-year undergraduate students developed their knowledge through co-construction using an online forum as a platform as part of a three-year Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme. Professional... Read More about Developing pre-service teacher knowledge using online forums: supporting confident and competent teaching practices.

A multinational perspective on aspects of schooling to which Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) could contribute. (2019)
Journal Article
Minott, M. (2019). A multinational perspective on aspects of schooling to which Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) could contribute. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 11(1), 95-105

The purpose of this grounded approach study is to provide answers to the research question ‘what aspect(s) of schooling could newly qualified teachers contribute to, and why?’ Via emails, 22 newly qualified teachers (NQTs) from 10 countries provided... Read More about A multinational perspective on aspects of schooling to which Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) could contribute..

Reflective teaching, inclusive teaching and the teacher’s tasks in the inclusive classroom: a literary investigation (2019)
Journal Article
Minott, M. (2019). Reflective teaching, inclusive teaching and the teacher’s tasks in the inclusive classroom: a literary investigation. British Journal of Special Education, 46(2), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12260

This article has three aims: to continue the process of giving credence to reflective teaching, which is integral to effective teaching and learning; to make explicit the connections between reflective teaching and inclusive teaching; and to identify... Read More about Reflective teaching, inclusive teaching and the teacher’s tasks in the inclusive classroom: a literary investigation.

Literature review (2019)
Book Chapter
Brown, D., & Fallin, L. (2019). Literature review. In C. Opie, & D. Brown (Eds.), Getting Started in Your Educational Research: Design, Data Production and Analysis (55-76). London: SAGE Publications

Regulation of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex composition by the metabolic properties of muscle fibres (2019)
Journal Article
Omairi, S., Hau, K. L., Collins-Hooper, H., Scott, C., Vaiyapuri, S., Torelli, S., Montanaro, F., Matsakas, A., & Patel, K. (2019). Regulation of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex composition by the metabolic properties of muscle fibres. Scientific reports, 9(1), Article 2770. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39532-4

The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) links the muscle cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix and is responsible for force transduction and protects the muscle fibres from contraction induced damage. Mutations in components of the DGC are respo... Read More about Regulation of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex composition by the metabolic properties of muscle fibres.

An Understanding of the Experience of switching from Secondary to Primary school Teaching (2018)
Journal Article
Minott, M. (2018). An Understanding of the Experience of switching from Secondary to Primary school Teaching. Teacher education & practice : the journal of the Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 31(3), 435-447

The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the experience of teachers who made the switch from secondary to primary school teaching. Two teachers who had made the switch participated in an in-depth interview. The data analysis process was... Read More about An Understanding of the Experience of switching from Secondary to Primary school Teaching.

Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English (2018)
Journal Article
Stevens, D., & Lowing, K. (2018). Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English. English in Education, 42(2), 182-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2008.00015.x

We reflect here on research into the process of giving and receiving lesson-observational feedback for student teachers. Key questions and areas are: How effective is post-lesson observation feedback in developing student teachers’ understanding of t... Read More about Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English.

Deep learning : enriching teacher training through mobile technology and international collaboration (2018)
Journal Article
Naylor, A., & Gibbs, J. (2018). Deep learning : enriching teacher training through mobile technology and international collaboration. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 10(1), 62-77. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJMBL.2018010105

This article presents results from an international collaboration between college students and pre-service teachers in Norway and the UK. This research is part of a large, international project exploring and developing the interrelationship between m... Read More about Deep learning : enriching teacher training through mobile technology and international collaboration.

Beginning teachers’ perceptions of mentors and access to communities of practice (2017)
Journal Article
Shields, S., & Murray, M. (2017). Beginning teachers’ perceptions of mentors and access to communities of practice. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 6(4), 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijmce-01-2017-0004

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore beginning teachers’ perceptions of the role of the mentor in the early stages of developing a professional identity. The beginning teachers in our study are defined as having been awarded qualified te... Read More about Beginning teachers’ perceptions of mentors and access to communities of practice.

Arguments for exception in US security discourse (2017)
Journal Article
Hunter, D., & MacDonald, M. N. (2017). Arguments for exception in US security discourse. Discourse and Society, 28(5), 493-511. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926517710978

In his influential State of Exception, Giorgio Agamben proposes that, even in apparently liberal western democracies, the state will routinely use the contingency of national emergency to suspend civil liberties and justify expansion of military and... Read More about Arguments for exception in US security discourse.

The emergence of a security discipline in the post 9-11 discourse of US security organisations (2017)
Journal Article
Hunter, D., & MacDonald, M. (2017). The emergence of a security discipline in the post 9-11 discourse of US security organisations. Critical Discourse Studies, 14(2), 206-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2016.1268185

This paper explores two views of the changes that have occurred in the US security services as a result of their post 9/11 reform. The first is Bigo’s (2008) suggestion that agencies worldwide have become enmeshed in shared activity so as to constitu... Read More about The emergence of a security discipline in the post 9-11 discourse of US security organisations.

Do tablets cure the pedagogy headache? (2016)
Journal Article
Hopkins, P. (2016). Do tablets cure the pedagogy headache?. Educationalfutures, 7(3), 27-47

Tablet devices have made a huge impact in schools and in 2015 they were predicted to outsell personal computers (Gartner, 2014). 70 per cent of UK schools are estimated to be using tablets (BBC, online) and across Europe, “laptops, tablets and net-bo... Read More about Do tablets cure the pedagogy headache?.

Passion play : staging York's The conspiracy and Christ before Annas and Caiphas (2016)
Book Chapter
Crispin, P. (2016). Passion play : staging York's The conspiracy and Christ before Annas and Caiphas. In Staging scripture (279-308). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004313958

In March 2013, I directed two Passion Pageants from the York Mysteries – The Conspiracy and Christ before Annas and Caiaphas (hereafter Conspiracy and Annas and Caiaphas). Each of them is both sacred and profane, devotional and political, providing a... Read More about Passion play : staging York's The conspiracy and Christ before Annas and Caiphas.

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.

News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid) (2015)
Digital Artefact
(2015). News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid). [Web]

Karen Lowing began her research in 2010 in a study called ‘Ane Instruction for Bairnis to be Learnit in Scottis: A Study of Scots Language in the Scottish Secondary Classroom’. Lowing took as her subjects staff and pupils at two south western seconda... Read More about News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid).