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Really Saying Something? Speaking Up for Authentic Classroom Talk (2023)
Journal Article
Knight, R. (2023). Really Saying Something? Speaking Up for Authentic Classroom Talk. Forum: for Promoting 3-19 Comprehensive Education, 65(1), 98-107. https://doi.org/10.3898/forum.2023.65.1.12

Pupils’ talk within classrooms has recently seen a renewed focus of attention, usually under the banner of oracy. Much of the justification at policy level seems to stem from a ‘levelling-up’ agenda, based on oracy’s distinctive contribution to enhan... Read More about Really Saying Something? Speaking Up for Authentic Classroom Talk.

Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action (2022)
Book
Knight, R. (2022). Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action. Open University Press

Purposeful classroom talk, or oracy, is increasingly recognised as fundamental for supporting both personal and academic development and for enhancing genuine participation in learning. Based on classroom observations and interviews, this book offers... Read More about Classroom Talk in Practice: Teachers' Experiences of Oracy in Action.

The tensions of innovation: experiences of teachers during a whole school pedagogical shift (2019)
Journal Article
Knight, R. (2019). The tensions of innovation: experiences of teachers during a whole school pedagogical shift. Research Papers in Education, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2019.1568527

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Education in many countries is heavily influenced by what has been termed a Global Education Reform Movement, based on competition, measurement and comparison. As well as emphasi... Read More about The tensions of innovation: experiences of teachers during a whole school pedagogical shift.

The subject and the setting: re-imagining opportunities for primary teachers’ subject knowledge development on school-based teacher education courses (2017)
Journal Article
Knight, R. (in press). The subject and the setting: re-imagining opportunities for primary teachers’ subject knowledge development on school-based teacher education courses. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2017.1334642

The landscape of teacher education is undergoing significant change in many countries and this is often associated with a move towards greater school involvement in the preparation of teachers. One aspect of teaching expertise that is particularly c... Read More about The subject and the setting: re-imagining opportunities for primary teachers’ subject knowledge development on school-based teacher education courses.

Revealing the community within: valuing the role of local community structures within evidence-based school intervention programmes (2016)
Journal Article
McIntyre, J., & Knight, R. (2016). Revealing the community within: valuing the role of local community structures within evidence-based school intervention programmes. Urban Review, 8(5), 647-667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-016-0372-y

Schools and the families they serve are sometimes perceived as deficient and in need of fixing. One response has been the implementation of evidence-based family intervention programmes, which may be highly regulated and prescriptive as a condition o... Read More about Revealing the community within: valuing the role of local community structures within evidence-based school intervention programmes.