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The confluence of authenticity and mindfulness: Principal component analysis of the Authenticity Scale and the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (2022)
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Toper, A., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2024). The confluence of authenticity and mindfulness: Principal component analysis of the Authenticity Scale and the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Humanistic Psychologist, 52(1), 54-69. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000304

The concepts of authenticity and mindfulness have recently attracted much empirical research. Although these concepts appear to represent different phenomena and are regarded as independent research foci with their own theoretical heritage and resear... Read More about The confluence of authenticity and mindfulness: Principal component analysis of the Authenticity Scale and the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire.

English schooling and little e and big E exclusion: what’s equity got to do with it? (2022)
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Mills, M., & Thomson, P. (2022). English schooling and little e and big E exclusion: what’s equity got to do with it?. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 27(3), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2022.2092273

It seems uncontentious that policy development should be informed by evidence, and that researchers should be engaged to assess available evidence. In this paper, we tell the story of a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) about school exclusion, a task i... Read More about English schooling and little e and big E exclusion: what’s equity got to do with it?.

Reframing race and widening access into higher education (2022)
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Madriaga, M. (2023). Reframing race and widening access into higher education. Higher Education, 86(6), 1455-1470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00981-y

This paper draws attention to empirical work on widening access to understand the silence on race matters in English higher education. This work repurposes a critical race theoretical framework that offers a glimpse of how the issue of unequal acces... Read More about Reframing race and widening access into higher education.

Designing lesson study for individual and collective learning: networking theoretical perspectives (2022)
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Wake, G. (2023). Designing lesson study for individual and collective learning: networking theoretical perspectives. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 12(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLLS-08-2022-0111

This article aims to explore, by drawing on, and coordinating and combining Cultural Historical Activity Theory and Community of Practice theoretical perspectives, what we might learn about how to design for Lesson Study that best supports both colle... Read More about Designing lesson study for individual and collective learning: networking theoretical perspectives.

Play and learn: Children's agency through the COVID‐19 pandemic in Mozambique (2022)
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Di Napoli Pastore, M., & Salvi, F. (2023). Play and learn: Children's agency through the COVID‐19 pandemic in Mozambique. Children & Society, 37(1), 270-287. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12669

Social distancing, one of the measures adopted in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, profoundly impacted on the lives of children. The consequences were, however, not homogenous. By focusing on the daily practices of 41 Mozambican children aged 3–... Read More about Play and learn: Children's agency through the COVID‐19 pandemic in Mozambique.

Children and young people's perspectives on and experiences of COVID-19 in global contexts (2022)
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Hoskins, K., Xu, Y., Gao, J., & Zhai, J. (2023). Children and young people's perspectives on and experiences of COVID-19 in global contexts. Children & Society, 37(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12664

This special issue was proposed by Children & Society editors specifically for the journal's strategic aims to enhance its internationalisation; and to embrace children's perspectives and experiences in producing knowledge about childhoods in challen... Read More about Children and young people's perspectives on and experiences of COVID-19 in global contexts.

Curriculum reform in agricultural vocational education and training in Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and possibilities (2022)
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Muwaniki, C., McGrath, S., Manzeke-Kangara, M. G., Wedekind, V., & Chamboko, T. (2022). Curriculum reform in agricultural vocational education and training in Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and possibilities. Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training, 5(1), 94-115. https://doi.org/10.14426/jovacet.v5i1.248

There is a need for the agricultural technical vocational education and training curriculum in Zimbabwe to be reformed so that it can respond to changes in farmer demographics, the expanding roles of agricultural extension officers (AEOs), changes in... Read More about Curriculum reform in agricultural vocational education and training in Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and possibilities.

Understanding students’ academic help-seeking on digital devices – a qualitative analysis (2022)
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Schlusche, C., Schnaubert, L., & Bodemer, D. (2023). Understanding students’ academic help-seeking on digital devices – a qualitative analysis. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 18, Article 017. https://doi.org/10.58459/rptel.2023.18017

Undergraduate students are expected to regulate their learning processes and overcome knowledge-related obstacles. Academic help-seeking (HS) is a social strategy to acquire missing information or explanations. As mobile devices are a popular means f... Read More about Understanding students’ academic help-seeking on digital devices – a qualitative analysis.

Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study (2022)
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Giles, E., Lucas, S., Archard, P. J., Moore, I., Tangen, J., O’Reilly, M., & Murphy, D. (2024). Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study. Mental Health Practice, 27(3), Article e1630. https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2022.e1630

Background Homeless people are at increased risk of developing mental health conditions and mental ill-health can be a precipitating factor for episodes of homelessness. However, gaps in mental health provision for homeless people remain, and they... Read More about Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study.

Players chatter and dice clatter: exploring sonic power relations in posthuman game-based learning ecologies (2022)
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Woods, P. J., & Jones, K. (2023). Players chatter and dice clatter: exploring sonic power relations in posthuman game-based learning ecologies. Discourse, 44(5), 754-767. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2022.2140124

Responding to both recent interest in sound within qualitative education research and sound studies literature that conceptualizes sound as a posthuman technology, we use this paper to explore the following research questions: How does sound both ena... Read More about Players chatter and dice clatter: exploring sonic power relations in posthuman game-based learning ecologies.

Men times ten: does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care? (2022)
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Sullivan, V., Coles, L., Xu, Y., & Thorpe, K. (2023). Men times ten: does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care?. Gender and Education, 35(1), 18-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2022.2137106

Retention rates for men in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are low. Exit is associated with experience of feeling ‘other’ perpetuated by judgements of men’s sexuality, motives, and ability. In this paper, we take the unique circumstance of... Read More about Men times ten: does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care?.

Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Hodgen, J., Adkins, M., & Ainsworth, S. E. (2023). Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial. Cambridge Journal of Education, 53(2), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2022.2093838

The use of teaching assistants (TAs) is widespread in many education systems, but the ways that TAs can support learning effectively are poorly understood. Much evidence indicates that most TA support has no, or negative, effects on pupil attainment.... Read More about Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial.

School Leadership and Gender in Africa: A Systematic Overview (2022)
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Bush, T., Kirezi, J., Ashford, R., & Glover, D. (2022). School Leadership and Gender in Africa: A Systematic Overview. Research in Educational Administration and Leadership, 7(4), 680-712. https://doi.org/10.30828/real.1159040

The purpose of this article is to report the findings of a systematic review of school leadership and gender in Africa, and to identify gaps in the literature, to prompt and encourage further research. The literature search focused based on school le... Read More about School Leadership and Gender in Africa: A Systematic Overview.

Punk ideals, school leaders and fashioning an “authentic” self (2022)
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Heffernan, A., & Thomson, P. (2023). Punk ideals, school leaders and fashioning an “authentic” self. Research in Education, 115(1), 80-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/00345237221131107

The field of education is in dire need of different ways of thinking about attracting, supporting, and retaining school leaders. We see the idea of punk as a space that may offer some leeway for thinking differently about professionalism for school l... Read More about Punk ideals, school leaders and fashioning an “authentic” self.

A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients (2022)
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Sohal, A., & Murphy, D. (2023). A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(1), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12588

Background: There have been substantial research efforts demonstrating the effectiveness of person-centred therapy. However, little research has investigated whether person-centred therapy is effective in facilitating psychological growth amongst cli... Read More about A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients.

What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education? (2022)
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Keddie, A., MacDonald, K., Blackmore, J., Boyask, R., Fitzgerald, S., Gavin, M., …Yoon, E.-S. (2023). What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education?. Australian Educational Researcher, 50, 1571-1597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00573-w

The series of responses in this article were gathered as part of an online mini conference held in September 2021 that sought to explore different ideas and articulations of school autonomy reform across the world (Australia, Canada, England, Ireland... Read More about What needs to happen for school autonomy to be mobilised to create more equitable public schools and systems of education?.

Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing in England (RECOLLECT): rationale and protocol (2022)
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Hayes, D., Henderson, C., Bakolis, I., Lawrence, V., Elliott, R. A., Ronaldson, A., …Slade, M. (2022). Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing in England (RECOLLECT): rationale and protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), Article 627. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04253-y

Background: Recovery Colleges are a relatively recent initiative within mental health services. The first opened in 2009 in London and since then numbers have grown. They are based on principles of personal recovery in mental health, co-production be... Read More about Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing in England (RECOLLECT): rationale and protocol.

The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers (2022)
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Bhopal, K., & Myers, M. (2023). The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers. British Educational Research Journal, 49(1), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3834

The recent global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for society, not least for education. England went into lockdown in March 2020; following this, A Level exams were cancelled and the Department for Education announced... Read More about The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers.

Self-study in Teaching and Teacher Education: Characteristics and contributions (2022)
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Pithouse-Morgan, K. (2022). Self-study in Teaching and Teacher Education: Characteristics and contributions. Teaching and Teacher Education, 119, Article 103880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103880

The author analyzes self-study research in Teaching and Teacher Education (TATE). An introduction to self-study of professional practice as scholarship and methodology is followed by descriptions of 10 selected articles. Next is a presentation of 10... Read More about Self-study in Teaching and Teacher Education: Characteristics and contributions.