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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)
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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.

Therapeutic implications of counselling psychologists’ responses to client trauma: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2016)
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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)
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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.

South–South cooperation and the geographies of Latin America–Caribbean integration and development: a socio-spatial approach (2016)
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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.

Innovation is possible, it’s just not easy: Improvement, innovation and legitimacy in England’s autonomous and accountable school system (2016)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Learners’ errors in secondary algebra: insights from tracking a cohort from Grade 9 to Grade 11 on a diagnostic algebra test (2016)
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Pournara, C., Hodgen, J., Sanders, Y., & Adler, J. (2016). Learners’ errors in secondary algebra: insights from tracking a cohort from Grade 9 to Grade 11 on a diagnostic algebra test. Pythagoras, 37(1), https://doi.org/10.4102/pythagoras.v37i1.334

It is well known that learner performance in mathematics in South Africa is poor. However, less is known about what learners actually do and the extent to which this changes as they move through secondary school mathematics. In this study a cohort of... Read More about Learners’ errors in secondary algebra: insights from tracking a cohort from Grade 9 to Grade 11 on a diagnostic algebra test.

Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study (2016)
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Kendrick, D., Kellezi, B., Coupland, C., Maula, A., Beckett, K., Morriss, R. K., …Christie, N. (2017). Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study. Quality of Life Research, 26(5), 1233-1250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1439-7

Purpose: To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity one month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. Method... Read More about Psychological morbidity and health related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study.

Revealing the community within: valuing the role of local community structures within evidence-based school intervention programmes (2016)
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McIntyre, J., & Knight, R. (2016). Revealing the community within: valuing the role of local community structures within evidence-based school intervention programmes. Urban Review, 8(5), 647-667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-016-0372-y

Schools and the families they serve are sometimes perceived as deficient and in need of fixing. One response has been the implementation of evidence-based family intervention programmes, which may be highly regulated and prescriptive as a condition o... Read More about Revealing the community within: valuing the role of local community structures within evidence-based school intervention programmes.

Think aloud: using cognitive interviewing to validate the PISA assessment of student self-efficacy in mathematics (2016)
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Pepper, D., Hodgen, J., Lamesoo, K., Kõiv, P., & Tolboom, J. (in press). Think aloud: using cognitive interviewing to validate the PISA assessment of student self-efficacy in mathematics. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2016.1238891

Cognitive interviewing (CI) provides a method of systematically collecting validity evidence of response processes for questionnaire items. CI involves a range of techniques for prompting individuals to verbalise their responses to items. One such te... Read More about Think aloud: using cognitive interviewing to validate the PISA assessment of student self-efficacy in mathematics.

Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory (2016)
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Hook, L., & Murphy, D. (2016). Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 15(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2016.1219674

Whether conditions of worth theory can explain complex forms of human psychological distress, such as those emanating from early experiences of abuse, neglect and trauma, alongside experiences of physiological events later in life is open to debate.... Read More about Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory.

Master teachers as teacher leaders: evidence from Malaysia and the Philippines (2016)
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Bush, T., Glover, D., Ng, A. Y. M., & Romero, M. (in press). Master teachers as teacher leaders: evidence from Malaysia and the Philippines

The career paths of teachers in most countries lead to talented practitioners progressively reducing their classroom work to take on leadership and management responsibilities culminating in headship. Some education systems seek to keep good teachers... Read More about Master teachers as teacher leaders: evidence from Malaysia and the Philippines.

Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses (2016)
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Mertkan, S., Gilanlioglu, I., & McGrath, S. (in press). Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 29(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-10-2015-0185

Purpose – This paper explores the complexity of developing into an international institution from the perspective of higher education leaders through the case study of one institution engaged in institutional transformation. Design/Methodology/App... Read More about Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses.

Instructional leadership in Greek and English outstanding schools (2016)
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Kaparou, M., & Bush, T. (2016). Instructional leadership in Greek and English outstanding schools. International Journal of Educational Management, 30(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2015-0025

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine instructional leadership (IL) in outstanding secondary schools within a centralised (Greece) and a partially decentralised (England) education context. Design/methodology/approach – Since the pur... Read More about Instructional leadership in Greek and English outstanding schools.

Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences: A phenomenographic exploration of students’ personal projects (2016)
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Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., & McLean, M. (2016). Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences: A phenomenographic exploration of students’ personal projects. British Educational Research Journal, 42(6), 962-977. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3244

© 2016 The Authors. British Educational Research Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Educational Research Association. Existing ways of understanding the transformative potential of students’ undergraduate experiences ei... Read More about Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences: A phenomenographic exploration of students’ personal projects.