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The discourse of a ‘smart’ technology: implications for educational practice (2016)
Journal Article
Crook, C. (in press). The discourse of a ‘smart’ technology: implications for educational practice. International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSMARTTL.2016.078161

The term ‘smart’ has become widely and sometimes carelessly employed in relation to contemporary design. However, in certain areas of cultural practice it also has acquired a more specialised and focussed meaning. One such area is education. The pres... Read More about The discourse of a ‘smart’ technology: implications for educational practice.

Research based theatre in dementia knowledge transfer: views from the front line (2016)
Journal Article
Argyle, E., & Schneider, J. M. (2016). Research based theatre in dementia knowledge transfer: views from the front line. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-09-2015-0047

Purpose - Formal ties between the theatre and research dissemination have only recently developed and its general efficacy is largely unknown. Here we aim to redress this neglect by examining the effectiveness of a research based theatrical event in... Read More about Research based theatre in dementia knowledge transfer: views from the front line.

Democracy, Education, and a Politics of Indignation (2016)
Book Chapter
Swanson, D. M. (2016). Democracy, Education, and a Politics of Indignation. In P. R. Carr, P. Thomas, B. J. Porfilio, & J. A. Gorlewski (Eds.), Democracy and Decency: What does Education have to do with it? (21-37). Information Age Publishing

Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Merriman, O., & Joseph, S. (in press). Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 31(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2016.1266601

The past two decades have seen a surge of interest in the impact of working with trauma survivors on therapists’ psychological well-being. Existing literature assumes that therapists’ strong subjective responses to traumatic material adversely influe... Read More about Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

School leadership in West Africa: findings from a systematic literature review (2016)
Journal Article
Bush, T., & Glover, D. (in press). School leadership in West Africa: findings from a systematic literature review. Africa Education Review, 13(3-4), 80-103

The literature shows that leadership is the second most important factor influencing school and learner outcomes, including levels of literacy and numeracy, school leaving examination results, and progression to secondary and higher education. This p... Read More about School leadership in West Africa: findings from a systematic literature review.

Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society (2016)
Book Chapter
Amsler, S. (2016). Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society. In A. C. Dinerstein (Ed.), Social Sciences for an Other Politics: Women Theorizing Without Parachutes (19-32). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47776-3_2

© The Author(s) 2016. Drawing on the critical theories of Ernst Bloch and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, as well as on the knowledge and learning practices of counter-capitalist social movements, Amsler’s chapter offers a reading of political hopelessne... Read More about Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society.

South–South cooperation and the geographies of Latin America–Caribbean integration and development: a socio-spatial approach (2016)
Journal Article
Muhr, T. (2016). South–South cooperation and the geographies of Latin America–Caribbean integration and development: a socio-spatial approach. Antipode, 49(4), 843-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12307

Structured around the case of South–South cooperation in the construction of “complementary economic zones” among the member states of the ALBA-TCP, Petrocaribe, CARICOM and MERCOSUR, this article argues for a socio-spatial approach to the study of t... Read More about South–South cooperation and the geographies of Latin America–Caribbean integration and development: a socio-spatial approach.

The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, M., & Ashwin, P. (2016). The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum. In P. Scott, J. Gallacher, & G. Parry (Eds.), New languages and landscapes of higher education. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198787082.003.0004

This Chapter addresses three questions: What is good quality university teaching? How can it be achieved? How can it be assessed? To address these questions we start by making a case for a multi-dimensional, rich conceptualisation of teaching, drawi... Read More about The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum.

Time travels in literacy and pedagogy: from script to screen (2016)
Book Chapter
Parry, B., Taylor, L., & Haerizadeh-Yazdi, N. (2016). Time travels in literacy and pedagogy: from script to screen. In B. Parry, C. Burnett, & G. Merchant (Eds.), Literacy, media, technology: past, present, future. Bloomsbury

Trends in Maths and Science Study (TIMSS): National Report for England (2016)
Book
Greany, T., Barnes, I., Mostafa, T., Pensiero, N., & Swensson, C. (in press). Trends in Maths and Science Study (TIMSS): National Report for England. London: UK Department for Education

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is overseen by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). It provides participating countries internationally comparable data on the performance... Read More about Trends in Maths and Science Study (TIMSS): National Report for England.

Innovation is possible, it’s just not easy: Improvement, innovation and legitimacy in England’s autonomous and accountable school system (2016)
Journal Article
Greany, T. (2018). Innovation is possible, it’s just not easy: Improvement, innovation and legitimacy in England’s autonomous and accountable school system. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 46(1), 65-85. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143216659297

This article reviews the literature and explores the institutional and systemic factors that help and/or hinder change and innovation across school systems, with a focus on evidence from England. A number of authors have argued that schools and schoo... Read More about Innovation is possible, it’s just not easy: Improvement, innovation and legitimacy in England’s autonomous and accountable school system.

The role of vocational education and training in Palestine in addressing inequality and promoting human development (2016)
Journal Article
Hilal, R., & McGrath, S. (2016). The role of vocational education and training in Palestine in addressing inequality and promoting human development. Journal of International and Comparative Education, 5(2),

UNESCO’s new emphasis on vocational education and training as transformative, and concerns in particular with equity and sustainable human development, has been strongly influenced by a recent literature on VET and human development that has a partic... Read More about The role of vocational education and training in Palestine in addressing inequality and promoting human development.

Factors deterring schools from mixed attainment teaching practice (2016)
Journal Article
Taylor, B., Francis, B., Archer, L., Hodgen, J., Pepper, D., Tereschchenko, A., & Travers, M. (2017). Factors deterring schools from mixed attainment teaching practice. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 25(3), 327-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2016.1256908

Mixed-attainment teaching has strong support from research and yet English schools are far more likely to teach students in ‘ability’ groups. Although research has considered some of the specific benefits of mixed-attainment grouping, there has been... Read More about Factors deterring schools from mixed attainment teaching practice.

The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Kellezi, B., Coupland, C., Morriss, R., Beckett, K., Joseph, S., Barnes, J., …Kendrick, D. (2016). The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1299-z

Purpose Unintentional injuries have a significant long-term health impact in working age adults. Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common post-injury, but their impact on self-reported recovery has not been investigated in g... Read More about The impact of psychological factors on recovery from injury: a multicentre cohort study.