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Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research (2022)
Thesis
Lee, G. (2022). Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research. (Dissertation). University of Oxford. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34634439

Researchers have suggested that proof is essential for the learning of mathematics and should be placed at the centre of school mathematics. Yet, many studies suggest that teachers have counterproductive beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof i... Read More about Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research.

Editorial: Poetic Self-Study Research (2022)
Journal Article
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (2022). Editorial: Poetic Self-Study Research. Studying Teacher Education, 18(3), 219-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425964.2022.2080168

Through self-study research, teacher educators, teachers, and other professionals reimagine their practice to contribute to new ways of knowing and doing. Self-studies can be performed in a multitude of ways and from a variety of viewpoints. Self-stu... Read More about Editorial: Poetic Self-Study Research.

Mathematics in England’s further education colleges: who is teaching what, and why it matters (2022)
Journal Article
Noyes, A., Dalby, D., & Lavis, Y. (2022). Mathematics in England’s further education colleges: who is teaching what, and why it matters. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46(10), 1347-1361. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2022.2075720

Improving mathematical skills is a priority in England, and a series of policy levers and government change projects have focused on improving mathematical outcomes in further education (FE) in recent years. Yet little is known about the mathematics... Read More about Mathematics in England’s further education colleges: who is teaching what, and why it matters.

The positioning of GCSE and Functional Skills in Further Education: how do vocational students make sense of post-16 mathematics pathways? (2022)
Journal Article
Norris, J. (2023). The positioning of GCSE and Functional Skills in Further Education: how do vocational students make sense of post-16 mathematics pathways?. Research in Mathematics Education, 25(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2021.2010239

Continuing to study mathematics is currently a requirement for low attaining 16- to 18-year olds in Further Education, as part of an ongoing drive to raise basic numeracy skills in England. However, these students, widely regarded as demotivated, oft... Read More about The positioning of GCSE and Functional Skills in Further Education: how do vocational students make sense of post-16 mathematics pathways?.

Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice (2022)
Book
Greany, T., & Kamp, A. (2022). Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

This book offers a global perspective on educational networks, reviewing theory and practice before setting out four lenses: educational effectiveness and improvement; governance theory; complexity theory; and Actor-Network Theory. Using these lenses... Read More about Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice.

Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2022). Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(4), 584-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2042192

The use of zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) has been associated with the transfer of risk away from corporate employers and towards individual employees. In universities increasing numbers of teaching staff are employed on such contracts. Academics from B... Read More about Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education.

Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain (2022)
Journal Article
Bhana, D., Moosa, S., Xu, Y., & Emilsen, K. (2022). Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30(4), 543-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2022.2074070

Globally, the underrepresentation of men in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce is ongoing and has been largely attributed to the construction of ECEC as ‘women’s work’. Men’s involvement in ECEC can help to deconstruct the femini... Read More about Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain.

Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences (2022)
Journal Article
Thomson, P., Greany, T., Cousins, S., & Martindale, N. (2023). Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 55(2), 215-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2071849

The work of school leaders during lockdown has been emotionally charged and emotionally draining, affecting immediate well-being and longer term career plans. In order to communicate the emotions that we were told about and which were obvious during... Read More about Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences.

Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (2022)
Book
Zapata, G. C. (2022). Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003106258

Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching establishes theoretical, research, and practice connections between the multiliteracies framework Learning by Design and L2 teaching and learning.　　 A comprehensive introductory chapter presents th... Read More about Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice.