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The pragmatics of education journals: the case of the International Journal of Educational Development (2010)
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McGrath, S., & Mason, M. (2010). The pragmatics of education journals: the case of the International Journal of Educational Development

This article discusses some of the pragmatics and politics of academic journal publishing within the context of the contemporary higher education and publishing political economy. The case of the International Journal of Educational Development(IJED)... Read More about The pragmatics of education journals: the case of the International Journal of Educational Development.

Continuity, support, togetherness and trust: findings from an evaluation of a university-administered early professional development programme for teachers in England (2009)
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McIntyre, J., Hobson, A. J., & Mitchell, N. (2009). Continuity, support, togetherness and trust: findings from an evaluation of a university-administered early professional development programme for teachers in England. Professional Development in Education, 35(3), 357--379. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415250903016624

This article discusses the evaluation of a unique university-based early professional development (EPD) programme in England that enabled newly and recently qualified teachers to have continued contact with their initial teacher preparation provider.... Read More about Continuity, support, togetherness and trust: findings from an evaluation of a university-administered early professional development programme for teachers in England.

Producing literate subjects? Using the spatial and temporal as lenses to examine early literacy classrooms (2009)
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Dixon, K. (2009). Producing literate subjects? Using the spatial and temporal as lenses to examine early literacy classrooms. Journal of Education (University KwaZulu-Natal), 31-51

Concerns have been raised about children's levels of literacy in early schooling. Assessments point to a problem but give little insight into practice. This paper locates itself in a Foucaultian paradigm to investigate early literacy practices. It us... Read More about Producing literate subjects? Using the spatial and temporal as lenses to examine early literacy classrooms.

Investigating participation in Advanced level mathematics: a study of student drop out (2009)
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Noyes, A., & Sealey, P. (2009). Investigating participation in Advanced level mathematics: a study of student drop out. Research Papers in Education, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520903288885

There has for some years been a growing concern about participation in university-entrance level mathematics in England and across the developed world. Extensive statistical analyses present the decline but offer little to help us understand the cau... Read More about Investigating participation in Advanced level mathematics: a study of student drop out.

Moving beyond the minimum: socially just pedagogies and Asperger’s syndrome in UK higher education (2009)
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Madriaga, M., & Goodley, D. (2010). Moving beyond the minimum: socially just pedagogies and Asperger’s syndrome in UK higher education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 14(2), 115-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603110802504168

A year-long longitudinal study was conducted to gain insight into the lives of eight students who had a label of Asperger’s syndrome during their transitions into higher education in the UK. Reflecting on life history data, the findings suggest that... Read More about Moving beyond the minimum: socially just pedagogies and Asperger’s syndrome in UK higher education.

Exploring social patterns of participation in university-entrance level mathematics in England (2009)
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Noyes, A. (2009). Exploring social patterns of participation in university-entrance level mathematics in England. Research in Mathematics Education, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/14794800903063356

In recent years in England there has been considerable attention given to a range of apparent crises in mathematics education, one of which has been the long term decline of participation in university-entrance level (Advanced or A) mathematics. Giv... Read More about Exploring social patterns of participation in university-entrance level mathematics in England.

Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce (2009)
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Martin, G. P., Currie, G., & Finn, R. (2009). Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.006

Efforts to ‘modernize’ the clinical workforce of the English National Health Service have sought to reconfigure the responsibilities of professional groups in pursuit of more effective, joined-up service provision. Such efforts have met resistance f... Read More about Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce.

Localisation of the e-Educator module: the Malaysian experience (2009)
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Thang, S. M., & Joyes, G. (2009). Localisation of the e-Educator module: the Malaysian experience. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 10(2),

The University of Nottingham, UK and Beijing Foreign Studies University, China developed a module for training tutors of online learners - one that could be adapted for use in a variety of contexts. The module was piloted at the School of Distance Ed... Read More about Localisation of the e-Educator module: the Malaysian experience.