Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (1121)

Voices in the Silence: Narratives of disadvantage, social context, and school mathematics in post-apartheid South Africa (2005)
Thesis
Swanson, D. M. (2005). Voices in the Silence: Narratives of disadvantage, social context, and school mathematics in post-apartheid South Africa. (Thesis). University of British Columbia. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14601775

"Voices in the Silence" is a critical exploration of the construction of disadvantage in school mathematics in social context. It provides a reflexive, narrative account of a pedagogic journey towards understanding the pedagogizing of difference in m... Read More about Voices in the Silence: Narratives of disadvantage, social context, and school mathematics in post-apartheid South Africa.

Teaching Mathematics in Two Independent School Contexts: The Construction of "Good Practice" (2000)
Journal Article
Swanson, D. M. (2000). Teaching Mathematics in Two Independent School Contexts: The Construction of "Good Practice". Educational Insights, 6(1),

This paper compares constructions of mathematics teaching and learning practices in two geographically different school contexts. It looks at the constructions of "good practice" within the schooling communities across these two contexts and describe... Read More about Teaching Mathematics in Two Independent School Contexts: The Construction of "Good Practice".

Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape (1998)
Thesis
Swanson, D. M. (1998). Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape. (Dissertation). University of Cape Town. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14601779

A small-scale study was conducted within a historic and traditional, independent, all-boys secondary school in the Western Cape, the focus of which is the exploration of subject positions potentially available to the black male students of the "Black... Read More about Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape.

Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape (South Africa) (Masters Thesis) (1998)
Thesis
Swanson, D. (1997). Bridging the Boundaries?: A study of mainstream mathematics, academic support and "disadvantaged learners" in an independent, secondary school in the Western Cape (South Africa) (Masters Thesis). (Dissertation). Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/16506442

Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGrath, S. Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015.

As we move to discuss the nature of development targets post 2015, it is timely to consider what lessons can be learnt from 50 years of experiences of attempts to link education and development in Africa. This paper offers a historical account of key... Read More about Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015.

Challenging the vocational education and training for development orthodoxy
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGrath, S. Challenging the vocational education and training for development orthodoxy.

The orthodox account of vocational education and training for development is firmly based in Neoliberal assumptions about the primacy of the economic. Yet, there are a range of alternative accounts of development, receiving increasing attention, tha... Read More about Challenging the vocational education and training for development orthodoxy.

English: diverse but unified: putting texts at the heart of the discipline
Journal Article
Clark, B., Giovanelli, M., & Macrae, A. (in press). English: diverse but unified: putting texts at the heart of the discipline. Teaching English in the Two-Year College,

Billy Clark, Marcello Giovanelli and Andrea Macrae argue that ‘language and literature’ points the way towards a coherent vision of English, both at school and at university, as a unified but diverse subject encompassing literature, language, drama,... Read More about English: diverse but unified: putting texts at the heart of the discipline.

Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, S., & Swan, M. Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses.

This paper describes intervention resources designed to provide opportunities for student self-regulation, with a particular focus on setting subgoals when problem solving. Each task includes a range of pre-written interrelated “sample student respon... Read More about Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses.

Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change
Journal Article
McGrath, S. Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change. International Journal of Educational Development, 30(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.04.004

At the end of the thirtieth volume of IJED and in the year that the journal published its 1000th paper, it is appropriate to look back at the journal’s development. In so doing, this article will discuss a series of important issues regarding the fu... Read More about Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change.

"Ordinary people only": knowledge, representativeness and the publics of public participation in healthcare
Journal Article
Martin, G. P. "Ordinary people only": knowledge, representativeness and the publics of public participation in healthcare. Sociology of Health and Illness, 30(1),

Public involvement in healthcare is a prominent policy in countries across the economically developed world. A growing body of academic literature has focused on public participation, often presenting dichotomies between good and bad practice: betwe... Read More about "Ordinary people only": knowledge, representativeness and the publics of public participation in healthcare.

The effective mathematics department: adding value and increasing participation?
Journal Article
Noyes, A. The effective mathematics department: adding value and increasing participation?. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 24(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2012.689145

Given the commonly accepted view that having a mathematically well-educated populace is strategically important, there is considerable international interest in raising attainment, and increasing participation, in post-compulsory mathematics educatio... Read More about The effective mathematics department: adding value and increasing participation?.

Time for curriculum reform: the case of mathematics
Journal Article
Noyes, A., Wake, G., & Drake, P. Time for curriculum reform: the case of mathematics. Curriculum Journal, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/09585176.2013.812973

Mathematics education is rarely out of the policy spotlight in England. Over the last ten years, considerable attention has been given to improving 14-19 mathematics curriculum pathways. In this paper we consider some of the challenges of enacting cu... Read More about Time for curriculum reform: the case of mathematics.

The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school
Journal Article
Venville, G., & Oliver, M. The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school. Thinking Skills and Creativity,

This paper describes the impact of a thinking skills program in science on the cognition of students in an academically selective high school. The research followed a sequential explanatory design with the collection and analysis of quantitative data... Read More about The impact of a cognitive acceleration program in science on students in an academically selective high school.

The place and purpose of mathematics within post-16 vocational pathways
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dalby, D. (2014). The place and purpose of mathematics within post-16 vocational pathways.

Recent policy changes continue to raise the profile of mathematics in post-16 education but the integration of this seemingly academic subject within the context of vocational education remains challenging. In this paper evidence from a multi-method... Read More about The place and purpose of mathematics within post-16 vocational pathways.

Reimagining the purpose of VET - expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students
Journal Article
Powell, L. Reimagining the purpose of VET - expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students. International Journal of Educational Development, 32(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.01.008

This paper applies the capabilities approach to the broader debate of the role of vocational education and training (VET) in poverty alleviation. The capabilities approach provides an... Read More about Reimagining the purpose of VET - expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students.