Outputs (288)

Our digital children (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, P. (2014, November). Our digital children. Presented at Scarborough Education Forum

The power relationship between adults and children in the West is shifting. Factors of age and life experience are becoming counterbalanced by children’s affinity for burgeoning developments in digital technology, where skills developed in online gam... Read More about Our digital children.

Measuring cognitive load and cognition: metrics for technology-enhanced learning (2014)
Journal Article
Martin, S. (2014). Measuring cognitive load and cognition: metrics for technology-enhanced learning. Educational Research and Evaluation, 20(7-8), 592-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2014.997140

This critical and reflective literature review examines international research published over the last decade to summarise the different kinds of measures that have been used to explore cognitive load and critiques the strengths and limitations of th... Read More about Measuring cognitive load and cognition: metrics for technology-enhanced learning.

Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices (2014)
Journal Article
Adderley, R., Hope, M., Hughes, G., Jones, L., Messiou, K., & Shaw, T. (2014). Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices. European journal of special needs education, 30(1), 106-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2014.964580

This paper reports a small-scale research project which took place in one primary school in the north-east of England. The study aimed to listen to children about how the practices of teachers helped and/or hindered their sense of inclusion in classr... Read More about Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices.

Mobile technologies and authentic learning in the primary school classroom (2014)
Book Chapter
Burden, K., & Maher, D. (2014). Mobile technologies and authentic learning in the primary school classroom. In S. Younie, M. Leask, & K. Burden (Eds.), Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School (171-182). (2nd ed.). Routledge

The use of mobile technologies, often referred to as m-learning, is increasing in many primary schools across the developed and developing world. In the developed world mobile devices such as iPads, tablets and smartphones are being used whilst in so... Read More about Mobile technologies and authentic learning in the primary school classroom.

Investigating teachers' adoption of signature mobile pedagogies (2014)
Journal Article
Kearney, M., Burden, K., & Rai, T. (2015). Investigating teachers' adoption of signature mobile pedagogies. Computers & education, 80, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.009

This study investigated how teachers are using distinctive pedagogical features of mobile learning: collaboration, personalisation and authenticity. The researchers developed and validated a survey instrument based on these three established construc... Read More about Investigating teachers' adoption of signature mobile pedagogies.

Use of feed-forward mechanisms in a novel research-led module (2014)
Journal Article
Morrell, L. J. (2014). Use of feed-forward mechanisms in a novel research-led module. Bioscience education e-journal BEE-j, 22(1), 70-81. https://doi.org/10.11120/beej.2013.00020

I describe a novel research-led module that combines reduced academic marking loads with increased feedback to students, and allows students to reflect on and improve attainment prior to summative assessment. The module is based around eight seminar-... Read More about Use of feed-forward mechanisms in a novel research-led module.

Extended schools in England : emerging rationales (2014)
Journal Article
Dyson, A., & Jones, L. (2014). Extended schools in England : emerging rationales. International journal for research on extended education IJREE, 2(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3224/ijree.v2i1.19531

Schools in many countries are beginning to take on extended roles, working with families and communities as well as with students. However, the rationales underpinning such developments are often unclear. This paper reports on case studies of 20 scho... Read More about Extended schools in England : emerging rationales.

State schools in England : why social segregation and inequality still thrives in a ‘comprehensive’ system (2014)
Journal Article
Stevens, R., & Hope, M. (2014). State schools in England : why social segregation and inequality still thrives in a ‘comprehensive’ system. Scuola democratica : learning for democracy, 0 - 0. https://doi.org/10.12828/77687

There is overwhelming evidence that England’s education system is built on and sustains complex patterns of inequality. A ‘comprehensive’ system, introduced in 1965, was never fully implemented and so remains as an aspiration rather than a reality. F... Read More about State schools in England : why social segregation and inequality still thrives in a ‘comprehensive’ system.

Transnational and transcultural positionality in globalised higher education (2014)
Journal Article
Montgomery, C. (2014). Transnational and transcultural positionality in globalised higher education. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 40(3), 198-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2014.903021

Transnational higher education (TNE), where students study on a ‘foreign’ degree programme whilst remaining in their home country, is a rapidly developing phenomenon. Universities across the UK, for example, are now operating 1,395 TNE programmes and... Read More about Transnational and transcultural positionality in globalised higher education.

Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse (2014)
Journal Article
Dennis, C. A. (2014). Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse. Studies in the Education of Adults, 46(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2014.11661659

This article explores how ideas about quality in further education and community colleges are articulated by two policy texts. Published in 2012, How Colleges Improve examines the factors that have contributed towards sustained high performance or im... Read More about Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse.

Passing on the reins of responsibility? An international comparison of school leaders’ values (2014)
Journal Article
Bottery, M., & Wright, N. (2014). Passing on the reins of responsibility? An international comparison of school leaders’ values. Contemporary educational leadership, 1(3), 51-70

This study stemmed from concerns about school leaders responses to the current global environmental situation. The issue was tackled by asking what priority they gave to environmental issues in their schools by examining their perceptions about a ra... Read More about Passing on the reins of responsibility? An international comparison of school leaders’ values.

Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Universities as a New Paradigm of ‘Development’ (2014)
Journal Article
Filippakou, O., & Williams, G. (2014). Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Universities as a New Paradigm of ‘Development’. Open Review of Educational Research, 1(1), 70-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/23265507.2014.964645

The interest of higher education researchers in entrepreneurialism in European universities began in the late 1990s with the appearance of two path-breaking books: Sheila Slaughter and Larry Leslie on Academic Capitalism and Burton Clark on Creating... Read More about Academic Capitalism and Entrepreneurial Universities as a New Paradigm of ‘Development’.

'Picturesque and dramatic' or 'dull recitals of threadbare fare': good practice in history teaching in elementary schools in England, 1872-1905 (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, J. T. (2014). 'Picturesque and dramatic' or 'dull recitals of threadbare fare': good practice in history teaching in elementary schools in England, 1872-1905. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 46(1), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2014.856873

This article draws on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century teaching manuals, reports of Her Majesty's Inspectors, history textbooks ('readers'), other administrators' and teachers' accounts, policy documents and pupils' reminiscences to refut... Read More about 'Picturesque and dramatic' or 'dull recitals of threadbare fare': good practice in history teaching in elementary schools in England, 1872-1905.

Leadership, sustainability and ethics (2014)
Book Chapter
Bottery, M. (2014). Leadership, sustainability and ethics. In C. M. Branson, & S. Gross (Eds.), Handbook of ethical educational leadership (81 - 92). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203747582-12

This chapter is concerned with what educational leaders can lear about the ethics of their practice from a study of environmental systems. It examiners three sources for such learning. One source is from an understanding of the epistemology of these... Read More about Leadership, sustainability and ethics.

Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, P. (2013, December). Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs. Paper presented at London International Conference on Education

Developments in globalisation and new technologies are making significant impacts in higher education. Universities in a global market are increasingly concerned to reorient their degree programmes to meet the vocational needs of the Knowledge Econom... Read More about Assessment Futures: 21st Century methods for 21st Century needs.

Access denied? Twenty-first-century technology in schools (2013)
Journal Article
Male, T., & Burden, K. (2014). Access denied? Twenty-first-century technology in schools. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 23(4), 423-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939x.2013.864697

This article considers how developments in technologies have transformed the kind of social interaction possible over the Internet making it feasible to undertake discourse and dialogue without having to rely solely on text based mediation. This repr... Read More about Access denied? Twenty-first-century technology in schools.

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

ICT Tools for Professional Development (2013)
Book Chapter
Jones, S.-L., & Younie, S. (2013). ICT Tools for Professional Development. In M. Leask, & N. Pachler (Eds.), Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School (40-54). (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203124208

This chapter covers key considerations in the use of ICT tools for the continual professional development of teachers. Both professional development and ICT tools are first defined before looking at specific tools. The use of ePortfolios is discussed... Read More about ICT Tools for Professional Development.