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Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations (2013)
Journal Article
Hope, M. A. (2014). Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations. Person-centered & experiential psychotherapies : PCEP, 13(3), 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2013.811610

Across the world, policies and practices within education are changing, and this presents a small window of opportunity for person-centered educators to put principles into practice within mainstream educational systems. In this context, it is import... Read More about Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations.

Social class (in)visibility and the professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers (2013)
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Hall, D., & Jones, L. (2013). Social class (in)visibility and the professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 39(4), 416-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2013.782121

This article focuses upon the classed and early professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers in England experiencing and contemplating working in schools serving socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Through an examination of the... Read More about Social class (in)visibility and the professional experiences of middle-class novice teachers.

Pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: evidence from the field (2013)
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Male, T., & Palaiologou, I. (2015). Pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: evidence from the field. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 43(2), 214-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143213494889

Literature examining effective leadership in education describe a number of models such as Transformational, Learner-Centred, Distributed and Situational. A similar example is ‘pedagogical leadership’, a phrase that frequently appears in literature a... Read More about Pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: evidence from the field.

‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration (2013)
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Gouseti, A. (2013). ‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration. European Journal of Education, 48(4), 570-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12051

The idea of using digital technologies and in particular web 2.0 tools to enhance school collaboration has recently been received with great enthusiasm and a range of new collaborative initiatives has emerged. Through a comparative qualitative case s... Read More about ‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration.

Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait (2013)
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Alsaeedi, F., & Male, T. (2013). Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 41(5), 640-657. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143213488588

The study explores the attitudes of a sample of school principals in a Kuwaiti local authority towards the need for transformational leadership, the use of its behaviours, whether these school leaders are ready to behave in diverse ways or whether th... Read More about Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait.

Open education resources and higher education academic practice (2013)
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Bradshaw, P., Younie, S., & Jones, S. (2013). Open education resources and higher education academic practice. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 30(3), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741311330366

Purpose: This paper aims to report on an externally-funded project and forms part of its dissemination. Design/methodology/approach: The objectives are achieved through a theoretical framing of the project and an alignment of these with the contexts... Read More about Open education resources and higher education academic practice.

Translational research principles applied to education: the mapping educational specialist knowhow (MESH) initiative (2013)
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Burden, K., Younie, S., & Leask, M. (2013). Translational research principles applied to education: the mapping educational specialist knowhow (MESH) initiative. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 39(4), 459-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2013.801216

MESH is a part of a research project applying knowledge management principles which are well known in other sectors, public and private, to the education sector (Leask, 2011, 2012; Leask and Younie 2013, Leask and Preston 2012). The goal is to develo... Read More about Translational research principles applied to education: the mapping educational specialist knowhow (MESH) initiative.

Fit for purpose: traditional assessment is failing undergraduates with learning difficulties. Might eAssessment help? (2013)
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Williams, P., Wray, J., Farrall, H., & Aspland, J. (2014). Fit for purpose: traditional assessment is failing undergraduates with learning difficulties. Might eAssessment help?. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 18(6), 614-625. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2013.802029

Recent years have seen unprecedented growth in the size, diversity and academic orientation of undergraduate student populations. There is evidence that the use of innovative pedagogies using information and communications technology has the potentia... Read More about Fit for purpose: traditional assessment is failing undergraduates with learning difficulties. Might eAssessment help?.

Pupil Mobility: Using Students' Voices to Explore their Experiences of Changing Schools (2013)
Journal Article
Messiou, K., & Jones, L. (2015). Pupil Mobility: Using Students' Voices to Explore their Experiences of Changing Schools. Children & society, 29(4), 255-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12026

© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and National Children's Bureau. This article explores the ways in which students' voices can be used to analyse the process of moving schools, at a time outside of those that young people normally change schools. The pa... Read More about Pupil Mobility: Using Students' Voices to Explore their Experiences of Changing Schools.

An overview of web-based school collaboration: a history of success or failure? (2013)
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Gouseti, A. (2013). An overview of web-based school collaboration: a history of success or failure?. Cambridge Journal of Education, 43(3), 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2013.792785

The notion of school collaboration has become widely recognised as an effective means of fostering cultural links and supporting communication between geographically separated schools. As shall be acknowledged in this paper, school collaboration foll... Read More about An overview of web-based school collaboration: a history of success or failure?.

Mobilising teacher education: a study of a professional learning community (2013)
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Schuck, S., Aubusson, P., Kearney, M., & Burden, K. (2013). Mobilising teacher education: a study of a professional learning community. Teacher Development, 17(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13664530.2012.752671

This paper reports on a study of a community of university educators that investigated the introduction of mobile technologies into their learning and teaching. The study was conducted by a subgroup of that community. Given the ubiquity of mobile dev... Read More about Mobilising teacher education: a study of a professional learning community.

Improving sustainability : what can education learn from other complex systems? (2013)
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Bottery, M. (2013). Improving sustainability : what can education learn from other complex systems?. Educational research journal, 28(42767), 11444

This article is concerned with the causes of unsustainability in complex systems, and what educators can learn from such a study. It argues that there are a number of similar stressors in many complex systems. The systems chosen to illustrate this ar... Read More about Improving sustainability : what can education learn from other complex systems?.

Tourist literature and the ideological grammar of landscape in the Austrian Danube Valley, ca. 1870–1945 (2012)
Journal Article
Ploner, J. (2012). Tourist literature and the ideological grammar of landscape in the Austrian Danube Valley, ca. 1870–1945. Journal of Tourism History, 4(3), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755182x.2012.711376

With its allure of transnationalism, border-crossing and timelessness, the Danube, unlike any other European river, has provided a rich and diverse image reservoir for travel and tourism writing for centuries. Symbolizing the continuous flow through... Read More about Tourist literature and the ideological grammar of landscape in the Austrian Danube Valley, ca. 1870–1945.

Values, priorities and responses: Comparing English headteachers' and Hong Kong principals' perceptions of their work (2012)
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Bottery, M., Ngai, G., Wong, P. M., & Wong, P. H. (2013). Values, priorities and responses: Comparing English headteachers' and Hong Kong principals' perceptions of their work. School Leadership and Management, 33(1), 43-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2012.740798

This article investigates the perceptions of English headteachers and Hong Kong principals on the kinds of pressures that they believed affected the way they did their job, and in particular the degree to which they felt their governments were affect... Read More about Values, priorities and responses: Comparing English headteachers' and Hong Kong principals' perceptions of their work.

Becoming citizens through school experience : a case study of democracy in practice (2012)
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Hope, M. (2012). Becoming citizens through school experience : a case study of democracy in practice. International journal of progressive education, 8(3), 94 - 109

This paper offers a critique of current definitions of active citizenship and argues that children and young people need to be seen as citizens within their school communities and not just citizens of the future. Pedagogy and school decision-making s... Read More about Becoming citizens through school experience : a case study of democracy in practice.

Youth work and state education : should youth workers apply to set up a free school? (2012)
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Hope, M. (2012). Youth work and state education : should youth workers apply to set up a free school?. Youth and Policy, 109(September), 60 - 70

The UK Coalition Government’s new policy on Free Schools presents a dilemma for youth workers. Is there any possibility of establishing a ‘youth worker – led Free School’ based on the principles and values of youth work? Do the potential pitfalls mak... Read More about Youth work and state education : should youth workers apply to set up a free school?.

m-Research: ethical issues in researching young people's use of mobile devices (2012)
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Burden, K., Aubusson, P., & Schuck, S. (2012). m-Research: ethical issues in researching young people's use of mobile devices. Youth Studies Australia, 31(3), 17-26

A growing area of research concerns the increasing use by young people of mobile phones. Inevitably, researchers interested in exploring the lives and habitus of young people must also consider their engagement with the ubiquitous mobile. This resear... Read More about m-Research: ethical issues in researching young people's use of mobile devices.

Personality, moral purpose, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development (2012)
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Bottery, M., Wright, N., & James, S. (2012). Personality, moral purpose, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development. Education 3-13, 40(3), 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2010.512563

This paper describes how two primary head teachers, nationally recognised as role models for the development of an education for sustainable development (ESD) in their schools, manage the implementation of this area. In doing so, it shows how they ad... Read More about Personality, moral purpose, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development.

Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership? (2012)
Journal Article
Hope, M. (2012). Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership?. School Leadership and Management, 32(3), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2012.688739

In recent decades, education policy has changed considerably so that now, numerous types of schools are available in the ‘marketplace’. The most recent additions to this landscape are Academies and Free Schools, with freedoms to make more choices abo... Read More about Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership?.