Adult learning: from the margins to the mainstream
(2014)
Book Chapter
Špolar, V. A. M., & Holford, J. (2014). Adult learning: from the margins to the mainstream. In M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers
All Outputs (85)
Conclusion (2014)
Book Chapter
Milana, M., & Holford, J. (2014). Conclusion. In M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers
Introduction: European adult education policy in question (2014)
Book Chapter
Holford, J., & Milana, M. (2014). Introduction: European adult education policy in question. In M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers
Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives (2014)
Book
(2014). M. Milana, & J. Holford (Eds.), Adult education policy and the European Union: theoretical and methodological perspectives. Sense Publishers
Football: spectacularly insignificant or unspectacularly significant? (2014)
Journal Article
Stone, C. (2014). Football: spectacularly insignificant or unspectacularly significant?. Soccer and Society, 18(4), 445-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2014.980738Football supporters are often projected as being obsessed, emotionally saturated and intensely involved with their club. This may be true for some, but much of the time, the consumption of football is mundanely incorporated with other routine behavio... Read More about Football: spectacularly insignificant or unspectacularly significant?.
Closed but provocative questions: curves enclosing unit area (2014)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2014). Closed but provocative questions: curves enclosing unit area. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 46(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2014.992989This article describes a task leading to work on curve sketching, simultaneous equations and integration to find the area enclosed between two curves. An initial closed question is used to confront students with a provocative answer, which they then... Read More about Closed but provocative questions: curves enclosing unit area.
Personal inquiry: orchestrating science investigations within and beyond the classroom (2014)
Journal Article
Sharples, M., Scanlon, E., Ainsworth, S. E., Anastopoulou, S., Collins, T., Crook, C., …O’Malley, C. (2015). Personal inquiry: orchestrating science investigations within and beyond the classroom. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 24(2), 308-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2014.944642A central challenge for science educators is to enable young people to act as scientists by gathering and assessing evidence, conducting experiments, and engaging in informed debate. We report the design of the nQuire toolkit, a system to support scr... Read More about Personal inquiry: orchestrating science investigations within and beyond the classroom.
Communicating employability: the role of communicative competence for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., McGrath, S., & Thondhlana, J. (2014). Communicating employability: the role of communicative competence for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-014-0403-zSkilled migration is an increasingly important topic for both policy and research internationally. OECD governments in particular are wrestling with tensions between their desire to use skilled migration to be on the winning side in the ‘global war f... Read More about Communicating employability: the role of communicative competence for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK.
The University of Nottingham and adult education (2014)
Journal Article
Holford, J. (2014). The University of Nottingham and adult educationThis article examines twentieth century British university adult education, using the University of Nottingham as a case study. From around the time of the First World War until the 1990s, universities’ ‘adult education’ or ‘extra-mural’ departments... Read More about The University of Nottingham and adult education.
Arts in the community as a place-making event (2014)
Book Chapter
Thomson, P., Barrett, A., Hall, C., Hanby, J., & Jones, S. (2014). Arts in the community as a place-making event. The Routledge international handbook of arts and educationTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
How do school leaders navigate ICT educational reform? Policy learning narratives from a Singapore context (2014)
Journal Article
Chua Reyes, V. (2015). How do school leaders navigate ICT educational reform? Policy learning narratives from a Singapore context. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 18(3), 365-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2014.982200The purpose of this research inquiry focuses on how school leaders ‘make sense’ of educational reform in their local contexts. In order to do this, an exploratory qualitative case study of two schools that took part in policy reform initiatives direc... Read More about How do school leaders navigate ICT educational reform? Policy learning narratives from a Singapore context.
Depicting the tree of life in museums: guiding principles from psychological research (2014)
Journal Article
Novick, L. R., Pickering, J., MacDonald, T., Diamond, J., Ainsworth, S. E., Aquino, A. E., …Scott, M. (2014). Depicting the tree of life in museums: guiding principles from psychological research. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 7, Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-014-0025-0The Tree of Life is revolutionizing our understanding of life on Earth, and, accordingly, evolutionary trees are increasingly important parts of exhibits on biodiversity and evolution. The authors argue that in using these trees to effectively commun... Read More about Depicting the tree of life in museums: guiding principles from psychological research.
Perspectives on regular and support class placement and factors that contribute to success of inclusion for children with ASD (2014)
Journal Article
Carter, M., Stephenson, J., Clark, T., Costley, D., Martin, J., Williams, K., …Bruck, S. (2014). Perspectives on regular and support class placement and factors that contribute to success of inclusion for children with ASD. Journal of International Special Needs Education, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.9782/2159-4341-17.2.60For young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in regular schools, ASD specific service delivery options include regular class placement with itinerant consultative support and support class placement. This study provided an examination of le... Read More about Perspectives on regular and support class placement and factors that contribute to success of inclusion for children with ASD.
Collaboration, dialogue and expansive learning: the use of paired and multiple placements in the school practicum (2014)
Journal Article
Sorensen, P. (2014). Collaboration, dialogue and expansive learning: the use of paired and multiple placements in the school practicum. Teaching and Teacher Education, 44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2014.08.010This study examines the way in which paired or multiple placements of student teachers in the school practicum can support learning through the promotion of collaboration and dialogue. It draws on data collected across six higher education institutio... Read More about Collaboration, dialogue and expansive learning: the use of paired and multiple placements in the school practicum.
The post-2015 debate and the place of education in development thinking (2014)
Journal Article
McGrath, S. (2014). The post-2015 debate and the place of education in development thinking. International Journal of Educational Development, 39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.05.002As the end date for the Millennium Development Goals approaches so the focus on goals, visions and policies for development after 2015 becomes ever heightened. However, there has been relatively little engagement by educational research community in... Read More about The post-2015 debate and the place of education in development thinking.
The Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluative Education Model: a school-based method of assessing and selecting interventions for classroom use (2014)
Journal Article
Costley, D., Clark, T., & Bruck, S. (2014). The Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluative Education Model: a school-based method of assessing and selecting interventions for classroom use. SAGE Open, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014556640Evaluating educational programs and interventions is generally considered a normal part of curriculum development and improvement, and published findings are readily accessible through peer-reviewed journals. Recently, however, researchers and practi... Read More about The Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluative Education Model: a school-based method of assessing and selecting interventions for classroom use.
To grade or not to grade: balancing formative and summative assessment in post-16 teacher trainee observations (2014)
Journal Article
Matthews, R., & Noyes, A. (2016). To grade or not to grade: balancing formative and summative assessment in post-16 teacher trainee observations. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 40(2), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2014.953456The issue of whether trainee teachers in the post-16 sector should have their classroom practice graded has been debated for a number of years. The case for training courses retaining an emphasis on written and verbal ‘developmental’ feedback at the... Read More about To grade or not to grade: balancing formative and summative assessment in post-16 teacher trainee observations.
Lesson design for formative assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Swan, M., & Burkhardt, H. (2014). Lesson design for formative assessmentThe potential power of formative assessment to enhance student learning is clear from research. This, however, demands a different learning culture and a broader range of teaching approaches than are found in most mathematics classrooms. Earlier effo... Read More about Lesson design for formative assessment.
Conflicts of interest in academy sponsorship arrangements (2014)
Report
Greany, T., & Scott, J. (2014). Conflicts of interest in academy sponsorship arrangements. London: House of Commons Education Select CommitteeThis study was commissioned by the Education Select Committee to assess conflicts of interest in academy trusts and sponsorship arrangements. The research informed the Committee’s inquiry into academies and free schools (2015). The research involved... Read More about Conflicts of interest in academy sponsorship arrangements.
The uses and abuses of power: teaching school leadership through children's literature (2014)
Journal Article
Thomson, P. (2014). The uses and abuses of power: teaching school leadership through children's literature. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 46(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2014.940858There are relatively few studies of how representations of teachers, schools and educational administrators in popular films and television might be, and are, used in leadership preparation. This paper seeks to add to this small body of work; it repo... Read More about The uses and abuses of power: teaching school leadership through children's literature.