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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).

How should fracking research be funded? (2015)
Journal Article
Davies, R. J., & Herringshaw, L. G. (2016). How should fracking research be funded?. Research Ethics, 12(2), 116-118. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016115605871

The use of hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) to extract oil or gas from shales is a subject of controversy. There are many scientific questions about the risks associated with the technique, and much research remains to be done. ReFINE (Researching F... Read More about How should fracking research be funded?.

Using iPads as a learning tool in cross-curricular collaborative initial teacher education (2015)
Journal Article
Naylor, A., & Gibbs, J. (2015). Using iPads as a learning tool in cross-curricular collaborative initial teacher education. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(4), 442-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1081718

Mobile technologies are becoming more and more prevalent in learning environments. This means that teacher education must keep pace with the use of mobile technologies. Baran (2014) argues that the ‘greatest added value of mobile learning vis-a-vis P... Read More about Using iPads as a learning tool in cross-curricular collaborative initial teacher education.

Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany (2015)
Journal Article
Page, T. M. (2015). Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(2), 180-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1011900

Over the last decade the introduction of professional standards and competences in Initial Teacher Education for Secondary teachers in England, France, and Germany has provided the cornerstone of education reform in all three countries. The precise n... Read More about Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany.

STEMing the growth of primary science (2015)
Journal Article
Dockerty, K. (2015). STEMing the growth of primary science. Primary science review : the primary science journal of the ASE, 11-13

Kelly Dockerty looks at the implications for teacher training and the findings of the CBI report Tomorrow’s world: Inspiring primary scientists.

'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom (2014)
Thesis
Lowing, K. 'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom. (Thesis). https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4174480

The Scots language has been historically marginalised in Scotland, arguably due to its lack of ‘capital’ (see Bailey, 1987 and Bourdieu, 1986). The European Union, under the Charter for Minority Languages, recognised Scots as a minority language in 2... Read More about 'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom.

Oil and gas wells and their integrity: implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation (2014)
Journal Article
Davies, R. J., Almond, S., Ward, R. S., Jackson, R. B., Adams, C., Worrall, F., Herringshaw, L. G., Gluyas, J. G., & Whitehead, M. A. (2014). Oil and gas wells and their integrity: implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 56, 239-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.03.001

Data from around the world (Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, Poland, the UK and the USA) show that more than four million onshore hydrocarbon wells have been drilled globally. Here we assess all the reliable datasets (25)... Read More about Oil and gas wells and their integrity: implications for shale and unconventional resource exploitation.

Assessing K-5 Teacher Leaders' Mathematical Understanding: What Have the Test Makers and the Test Takers Learned? (2012)
Journal Article
Ellington, A., Whitenack, J., Inge, V. L., Murray, M., & Schneider, P. J. (2012). Assessing K-5 Teacher Leaders' Mathematical Understanding: What Have the Test Makers and the Test Takers Learned?. School science and mathematics, 112(5), 310 - 324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949-8594.2012.00148.x

This article describes the design and implementation of an assessment instrument for Numbers and Operations, the first course in a program to train elementary mathematics specialists. We briefly describe the course and its content, and then we elabor... Read More about Assessing K-5 Teacher Leaders' Mathematical Understanding: What Have the Test Makers and the Test Takers Learned?.

Educational Research and Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by D. Hartas (2011)
Journal Article
Lowing, K. (2011). Educational Research and Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by D. Hartas. British journal of educational studies, 59(3), 350-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2011.611285

First paragraph:
The main target audience of this text is that of students who are researching within the field of education at British universities. One of the main concerns of the text is to find an appropriate equilibrium between conveying to its... Read More about Educational Research and Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by D. Hartas.

A Language on the Precipice. TES Magazine, 29 Jul 2011 (2011)
Newspaper / Magazine
Hepburn, H. (2011). A Language on the Precipice. TES Magazine, 29 Jul 2011

The elevation to Government of one of the most vocal defenders of Scots was a boost to the Mither Tongue’s recent renaissance – but experts warn that only radical action can save it from oblivion.

Heidi's developing number sense and relational thinking (2011)
Journal Article
Murray, M. (2011). Heidi's developing number sense and relational thinking. Teaching Children Mathematics, 17(6), 384

According to recent state standardized test reports, Heidi is an average to slightly-above-average fifth-grade math student. She works hard to complete her assignments and follow directions, and this year she had all A's in her grade-level mathematic... Read More about Heidi's developing number sense and relational thinking.

Early algebra and mathematics specialists (2010)
Journal Article
Murray, M. (2010). Early algebra and mathematics specialists. Journal of mathematics and science: collaborative explorations, 12(1), 73 - 81. https://doi.org/10.25891/S019-KF79

This paper discusses early algebra as it relates to the Mathematics Specialist program. Early algebra is described based on research and readings from the body of literature focused on early algebra. Reasons why early algebra should be emphasized in... Read More about Early algebra and mathematics specialists.