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Teachers’ appraisals of adjectives relating to mathematics tasks (2017)
Journal Article
Foster, C., & Inglis, M. (2017). Teachers’ appraisals of adjectives relating to mathematics tasks. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 95(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-017-9750-y

Curricular implementations are unlikely to deliver the anticipated benefits for mathematics learners if written guidance to teachers is interpreted and enacted differently from the ways that policymakers and curriculum designers intend. One way in wh... Read More about Teachers’ appraisals of adjectives relating to mathematics tasks.

‘Insane with courage’: free university experiments and the struggle for higher education in historical perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Amsler, S. (2017). ‘Insane with courage’: free university experiments and the struggle for higher education in historical perspective. Learning and Teaching, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2017.100102

This article considers the role of experiments in learning in movements to democratise higher education ‘under the rule of capital’ (Gutierrez, Navarro and Linsalata 2017). It focuses on the emergence of a new generation of ‘free universities’ in the... Read More about ‘Insane with courage’: free university experiments and the struggle for higher education in historical perspective.

Career derailment: burnout and bullying at the executive level (2017)
Journal Article
McCormack, L., Abou-Hamdan, S., & Joseph, S. (2017). Career derailment: burnout and bullying at the executive level. International Coaching Psychology Review, 12(1),

Executive derailment refers to unexpected and unwanted changes in the trajectory of an executive career caused either by factors within the person or by organisational factors external to the person, or a combination of both, leading to loss of ident... Read More about Career derailment: burnout and bullying at the executive level.

Telling stories: engaging critical literacy through urban legends in an English secondary school (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, S., & Chapman, K. (in press). Telling stories: engaging critical literacy through urban legends in an English secondary school. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/ETPC-02-2016-0031

Non-dominant voices have been further marginalised in the most recent National Curriculum in England (DfE 2014) and those working across the English teaching profession often find the subject framed according to narrow, assessment driven models and p... Read More about Telling stories: engaging critical literacy through urban legends in an English secondary school.

Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being (2017)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Joseph, S., Demetriou, E., & Karimi Mofrad, P. (2020). Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 60(2), 258-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167816688314

Unconditional positive self-regard (UPSR) is regarded by humanistic psychologists as an important determinant of well-being. However, until recently it has received little empirical attention. The current study aims to examine the association between... Read More about Unconditional Positive Self-Regard, Intrinsic Aspirations, and Authenticity: Pathways to Psychological Well-Being.

Contesting anticipatory regimes in education: exploring alternative educational orientations to the future (2017)
Journal Article
Amsler, S., & Facer, K. (in press). Contesting anticipatory regimes in education: exploring alternative educational orientations to the future. Futures, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2017.01.001

Advanced capitalist societies are characterized by three forms of power and powerlessness: a hegemony of political monoculture; the ‘undoing’ of democratic forms of political agency and subjects; and the ‘political construction of hopelessness’ in ch... Read More about Contesting anticipatory regimes in education: exploring alternative educational orientations to the future.

Planning for Endless Possibilities (2017)
Book Chapter
Gripton, C. (2017). Planning for Endless Possibilities. In A. Woods (Ed.), Child-Initiated Play and Learning: Planning for possibilities in the early years. (2). Routledge

Planning can often be considered an adult activity, where practitioners decide what should be learned, when and how, almost seeing into the future for how the learning experience will be. Planning is translated into practice, which is then evaluated... Read More about Planning for Endless Possibilities.

Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees? (2017)
Journal Article
Adkins, M., & Noyes, A. (2018). Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees?. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 16(3), 487-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-016-9794-y

The mathematical preparedness of science undergraduates has been a subject of debate for some time. This paper investigates the relationship between school mathematics attainment and degree outcomes in biology and chemistry across England, a much lar... Read More about Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees?.

Executive function during teacher preparation (2017)
Journal Article
Corcoran, R. P., & O'Flaherty, J. (2017). Executive function during teacher preparation. Teaching and Teacher Education, 63, 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.12.023

This three-year study examined executive function development during teacher preparation. The sample consisted of 231 students in spring at Time 1, 36 students at Time 2, and 109 students at Time 3. Results indicate a non-significant decrease in the... Read More about Executive function during teacher preparation.