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Quality in undergraduate education: how powerful knowledge disrupts inequality (2017)
Book
McLean, M., Abbas, A., & Ashwin, P. (2017). Quality in undergraduate education: how powerful knowledge disrupts inequality. Bloomsbury Publishing

Globally, the appetite for higher education is great, but what do students and societies gain? Quality in Undergraduate Education foregrounds the importance of knowledge acquisition at university. Many argue that university education is no longer a p... Read More about Quality in undergraduate education: how powerful knowledge disrupts inequality.

Independent-State School Partnerships: An initial review of evidence and current practices (2017)
Report
Lucas, B., Stoll, L., Greany, T., Tsakalaki, A., & Nelson, R. (2017). Independent-State School Partnerships: An initial review of evidence and current practices. Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning at Eton College

Over the last two decades there has been growing interest in independent-state school partnerships (ISSPs). The term is currently used to refer to arrangements between two or more schools which include at least one independent and one state school. I... Read More about Independent-State School Partnerships: An initial review of evidence and current practices.

Factors that influence pre-service teachers’ persistence (2017)
Journal Article
Kim, E., & Corcoran, R. P. (2018). Factors that influence pre-service teachers’ persistence. Teaching and Teacher Education, 70, 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2017.11.015

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This study investigated the role of various factors in pre-service teachers’ persistence. Using a sample of U.S. pre-service teachers (N = 1365) from 256 institutions, the study explored the joint effect of predictors that influen... Read More about Factors that influence pre-service teachers’ persistence.

'Words of wisdom': text, voice and justice in I, Daniel Blake (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, S. (in press). 'Words of wisdom': text, voice and justice in I, Daniel Blake. Changing English, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2017.1298990

The film, I, Daniel Blake, has received critical acclaim for its portrayal of the experiences of those attempting to navigate the bureaucracy of the British welfare state system. In this article, I use the depiction of literacy in the film as a lens... Read More about 'Words of wisdom': text, voice and justice in I, Daniel Blake.

Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research (2017)
Journal Article
Corcoran, R. P., Cheung, A. C., Kim, E., & Xie, C. (2018). Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Educational Research Review, 25, 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2017.12.001

© 2017 This review explored the research regarding the effects of pre-K-12 school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions on reading (N = 57,755), mathematics (N = 61,360), and science (N = 16,380) achievement. The review focused on r... Read More about Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research.

Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues (2017)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2017). Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues. https://doi.org/10.21039/jpr.v1i1.39

The theory of post-traumatic growth claims that, in the struggle to overcome difficult experiences, individuals may identify positive ways in which the experience has changed them. There is extensive evidence of survivors of extreme adversities repor... Read More about Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues.

Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course (2017)
Journal Article
Walton, E. (2018). Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 22(8), 856-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2017.1412512

Many universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in inclusive education. There has been much research into the impact of these courses, but little is written about their design. This article focuses on a master’s course in inclusive edu... Read More about Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course.

Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76 (2017)
Thesis
Clancy, S. L. Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76. (Thesis). University of Nottingham. https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1037847

This thesis presents an interdisciplinary study of post-Second World War short-term residential adult education, through an investigation of the Shropshire Adult Education College (SAEC), 1948-1976. This was located at Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropsh... Read More about Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76.