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From being social, to becoming academic, and leaving as a graduate - Transformative university transitions (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Drawing on a longitudinal research project that followed the undergraduate entrants of 2013 into, and through their university time, this paper provides a novel conceptualisation of transformative transitions via looking at the four dimensions of non... Read More about From being social, to becoming academic, and leaving as a graduate - Transformative university transitions.

Exploring the role of sociological research in curriculum documents and the eyes of Norwegian, Hungarian and English students (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Over the past few decades, there have been increased discussions on the relationships between research and teaching in higher education, subject to influence from a variety of structural and agentical factors that change over time. This paper is base... Read More about Exploring the role of sociological research in curriculum documents and the eyes of Norwegian, Hungarian and English students.

Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals (2023)
Presentation / Conference

This paper aims to analyse leading international sociology journals regarding the interplay of the centre-periphery relations as observed within their aims, editorial boards and author networks. As such, it explores the geographies of knowledge in th... Read More about Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals.

Enabling transformative university transitions: becoming a student and a graduate (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Drawing on a longitudinal research project that followed the undergraduate entrants of 2013 into, and through their university time, this paper provides a novel conceptualisation of transformative transitions via looking at the four dimensions of non... Read More about Enabling transformative university transitions: becoming a student and a graduate.

PISA 2022: National Report for England (2023)
Report

Examining the role of student-centered versus teacher-centered pedagogical approaches to self-directed learning through teaching (2023)
Journal Article

While research has shown that students benefit from student-centered pedagogies, few studies have considered the benefits of this pedagogical approach for educators as they learn through teaching. In response to this need, we analyzed interviews, les... Read More about Examining the role of student-centered versus teacher-centered pedagogical approaches to self-directed learning through teaching.

Gender and sexuality in Global South early childhood education (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter situates gender, sexuality, and early childhood education (ECE) within the context of colonial and postcolonial discourses. It sets the scene for the chapters that follow, highlighting the ways in which normative understandings of gender... Read More about Gender and sexuality in Global South early childhood education.

Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts (2023)
Book

This volume examines gendered and heteronormative norms embedded within early childhood education (ECE) in the Global South, including Brazil, China, Pakistan, South Africa, and Vietnam. In this book, the contributors explore how gender, culture, rel... Read More about Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts.

Sir George Trevelyan, Residential Adult Education and the New Age – ‘To Open the Immortal Eye' (2023)
Book

This book examines the development of British post-Second World War short-term residential adult education, through the lens of the Shropshire Adult Education College (1948-1976) and the tenure of Sir George Trevelyan as its first warden. Trevelyan i... Read More about Sir George Trevelyan, Residential Adult Education and the New Age – ‘To Open the Immortal Eye'.

Refugees' gendered experiences of education in Europe since 2015: A scoping review (2023)
Journal Article

This scoping review aims to explore the role of gender in refugees' educational access, experiences, and outcomes in Europe since 2015. Gender can act as a significant barrier to education, and gender stereotypes and bias can affect learning opportun... Read More about Refugees' gendered experiences of education in Europe since 2015: A scoping review.

Antonio Gramsci: his life and ideas (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter presents a brief intellectual biography of Antonio Gramsci to show both the breadth of his intellectual thinking and the important links between his intellectual contribution and his political activism. The chapter begins with an overvie... Read More about Antonio Gramsci: his life and ideas.

On education and the role of intellectuals (2023)
Book Chapter

In this chapter, Gramsci’s key ideas relating to education are presented. Central to Gramsci’s thinking was the relationship between education and political change, and much of his own political activity was defined by his integration of intellectual... Read More about On education and the role of intellectuals.

Leadership across partnerships and networks (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on leadership across inter-school partnerships and networks. It argues that existing research and policy has prioritised a focus on leadership within individual schools, but that this is insufficient in the context of contemporar... Read More about Leadership across partnerships and networks.

Education and transformation: rethinking educational leadership (2023)
Book Chapter

In this chapter, key ideas relating to educational leadership, and specifically transformational leadership, are presented. Transformational leadership as presented within mainstream educational leadership and management literature is critiqued as co... Read More about Education and transformation: rethinking educational leadership.

Gramsci's contemporary relevance: working ‘in and against’ the neoliberal state (2023)
Book Chapter

In this chapter, the intention is to connect Gramsci’ intellectual legacy with the contemporary contexts and issues, and to respond to the cultural theorist Stuart Hall’s exhortation to ‘think our problems in a Gramscian way’. The chapter opens by se... Read More about Gramsci's contemporary relevance: working ‘in and against’ the neoliberal state.

Theoretical and political implications of agonistic peace for decolonising peace education (2023)
Journal Article

Discussions on the importance of decolonising peace education have become prevalent in recent years with continuing presence of coloniality and Eurocentrism in peace education coming under sustained critiqued. In this article, we contribute to discus... Read More about Theoretical and political implications of agonistic peace for decolonising peace education.

The abject pleasures of militarised noise (2023)
Journal Article

Since Luigi Russolo first published The Art of Noise in 1913, certain lineages of experimental musicians have iterated on the futurist’s positioning of noise as militarized sound. But the deployment of noise within (ostensibly pleasurable) music sits... Read More about The abject pleasures of militarised noise.

Teacher Professionalism During the Pandemic: Courage, Care and Resilience (2023)
Book

This insightful book uniquely charts the events, experiences and challenges faced by teachers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic including periods of national lockdowns and school closures. Research-based and evidence informed, this key title... Read More about Teacher Professionalism During the Pandemic: Courage, Care and Resilience.

A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women (2023)
Journal Article

Person-centered experiential (PCE) psychotherapists work with the phenomenology of client experience from within their client’s frame of reference. Consequently, PCE theory does not provide proscriptions or prescriptions of therapeutic practice for h... Read More about A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women.

Diversity & inclusion research: Unveiling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and access (2023)
Journal Article