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Inhlawulo, Kin and Custom: Young men negotiating fatherhood and respectable masculinity (2022)
Book Chapter
Bhana, D., & Salvi, F. (2022). Inhlawulo, Kin and Custom: Young men negotiating fatherhood and respectable masculinity. In E. Moore (Ed.), Generation, Gender and Negotiating Custom in South Africa (86-101). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003147398

When African teenagers in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa become fathers out of wedlock, cultural practices around the acknowledgement of paternity and the payment of damages are invoked. Damage payments refer to culturally embedded compen... Read More about Inhlawulo, Kin and Custom: Young men negotiating fatherhood and respectable masculinity.

What We Ought to Know: How Digital Museums Can Facilitate Reflection and Discourse of The Nigerian Civil War (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aduro, J., & Davis, P. (2022). What We Ought to Know: How Digital Museums Can Facilitate Reflection and Discourse of The Nigerian Civil War.

The Nigerian Civil War is a key that is often unspoken of in public or taught in schools, despite its aftermath still being felt decades later in Nigerian society. In this paper, we make a case for how a digital museum offers room to reflect, discuss... Read More about What We Ought to Know: How Digital Museums Can Facilitate Reflection and Discourse of The Nigerian Civil War.

"Why doesn't 'Johnny' like mathematics?" The voices of senior secondary students in Hong Kong (2022)
Journal Article
Lee, C.-Y., & Fok, P.-K. (2022). "Why doesn't 'Johnny' like mathematics?" The voices of senior secondary students in Hong Kong. Education Journal, 50(1), 1-30

While Hong Kong students excel at international tests in mathematics, they do not display corresponding attitudes toward mathematics learning. This study examined 10 Hong Kong Secondary 6 students’ perceptions of learning mathematics (experiential cu... Read More about "Why doesn't 'Johnny' like mathematics?" The voices of senior secondary students in Hong Kong.

Cultural capitals matter, differentially: a Bourdieusian reading of perspectives from senior secondary students in England (2022)
Journal Article
Thomson, P., & Hall, C. (2022). Cultural capitals matter, differentially: a Bourdieusian reading of perspectives from senior secondary students in England. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(6), 860-877. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2083582

Ofsted, the inspection authority in England, has told schools to ensure that all students have access to cultural capital, taken as a canon of music, literature and art. In this paper, we trouble this guidance by analysing conversations with 1447 sen... Read More about Cultural capitals matter, differentially: a Bourdieusian reading of perspectives from senior secondary students in England.

Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research (2022)
Thesis
Lee, G. (2022). Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research. (Dissertation). University of Oxford. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34634439

Researchers have suggested that proof is essential for the learning of mathematics and should be placed at the centre of school mathematics. Yet, many studies suggest that teachers have counterproductive beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof i... Read More about Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research.

Editorial: Poetic Self-Study Research (2022)
Journal Article
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (2022). Editorial: Poetic Self-Study Research. Studying Teacher Education, 18(3), 219-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425964.2022.2080168

Through self-study research, teacher educators, teachers, and other professionals reimagine their practice to contribute to new ways of knowing and doing. Self-studies can be performed in a multitude of ways and from a variety of viewpoints. Self-stu... Read More about Editorial: Poetic Self-Study Research.

Mathematics in England’s further education colleges: who is teaching what, and why it matters (2022)
Journal Article
Noyes, A., Dalby, D., & Lavis, Y. (2022). Mathematics in England’s further education colleges: who is teaching what, and why it matters. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46(10), 1347-1361. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2022.2075720

Improving mathematical skills is a priority in England, and a series of policy levers and government change projects have focused on improving mathematical outcomes in further education (FE) in recent years. Yet little is known about the mathematics... Read More about Mathematics in England’s further education colleges: who is teaching what, and why it matters.

The positioning of GCSE and Functional Skills in Further Education: how do vocational students make sense of post-16 mathematics pathways? (2022)
Journal Article
Norris, J. (2023). The positioning of GCSE and Functional Skills in Further Education: how do vocational students make sense of post-16 mathematics pathways?. Research in Mathematics Education, 25(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2021.2010239

Continuing to study mathematics is currently a requirement for low attaining 16- to 18-year olds in Further Education, as part of an ongoing drive to raise basic numeracy skills in England. However, these students, widely regarded as demotivated, oft... Read More about The positioning of GCSE and Functional Skills in Further Education: how do vocational students make sense of post-16 mathematics pathways?.

Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice (2022)
Book
Greany, T., & Kamp, A. (2022). Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

This book offers a global perspective on educational networks, reviewing theory and practice before setting out four lenses: educational effectiveness and improvement; governance theory; complexity theory; and Actor-Network Theory. Using these lenses... Read More about Leading Educational Networks: Theory, Policy and Practice.

Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2022). Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(4), 584-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2042192

The use of zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) has been associated with the transfer of risk away from corporate employers and towards individual employees. In universities increasing numbers of teaching staff are employed on such contracts. Academics from B... Read More about Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education.

Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain (2022)
Journal Article
Bhana, D., Moosa, S., Xu, Y., & Emilsen, K. (2022). Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30(4), 543-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2022.2074070

Globally, the underrepresentation of men in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce is ongoing and has been largely attributed to the construction of ECEC as ‘women’s work’. Men’s involvement in ECEC can help to deconstruct the femini... Read More about Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain.

Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences (2022)
Journal Article
Thomson, P., Greany, T., Cousins, S., & Martindale, N. (2023). Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 55(2), 215-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2071849

The work of school leaders during lockdown has been emotionally charged and emotionally draining, affecting immediate well-being and longer term career plans. In order to communicate the emotions that we were told about and which were obvious during... Read More about Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences.

Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice (2022)
Book
Zapata, G. C. (2022). Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003106258

Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching establishes theoretical, research, and practice connections between the multiliteracies framework Learning by Design and L2 teaching and learning.   A comprehensive introductory chapter presents th... Read More about Learning by Design and Second Language Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England (2022)
Journal Article
Gripton, C. (2022). Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England. Research in Mathematics Education, 25(1), 3-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2021.2010237

Pattern is fundamental to mathematical learning yet pattern has been conspicuously low key within early mathematics curriculum guidance in England despite evidence that it predicts later attainment in mathematics overall. Whilst recent curriculum cha... Read More about Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England.

Inclusive education in South Africa: path dependencies and emergences (2022)
Journal Article
Walton, E., & Engelbrecht, P. (2022). Inclusive education in South Africa: path dependencies and emergences. International Journal of Inclusive Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2022.2061608

Inclusive education is a fundamental right of all students. Despite international policy initiatives, educational exclusion is pervasive, especially in the Global South, and disproportionately affects disabled students. Barriers to inclusive educatio... Read More about Inclusive education in South Africa: path dependencies and emergences.

Colour-evasiveness and higher education: Synthesis of literature on race and widening access (2022)
Report
MADRIAGA, M. (2022). Colour-evasiveness and higher education: Synthesis of literature on race and widening access. London: Society for Research into Higher Education

Widening access policy and initiatives in English higher education (HE) have largely been colour evasive rather than colour-focused. The paper draws attention to the literature - empirical work on widening access specifically - to understand the sil... Read More about Colour-evasiveness and higher education: Synthesis of literature on race and widening access.

Interprofessional learning to enhance Spanish communication skills in Latinx pharmacy students (2022)
Journal Article
Zapata, G., Moyna, M. I., & Miller, M. (2022). Interprofessional learning to enhance Spanish communication skills in Latinx pharmacy students. EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 9(1), 122-139. https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905x.15.1.263

This case study focuses on an interdisciplinary educational experience in which university Pharmacy and Humanities early and late Spanish-English bilinguals were paired to translate questions related to sociobehavioral aspects of medication use. This... Read More about Interprofessional learning to enhance Spanish communication skills in Latinx pharmacy students.

The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15-17 in six European countries (2022)
Journal Article
Lewis, F. M., Becker, S., Parkhouse, T., Joseph, S., Hlebec, V., Mrzel, M., …Hanson, E. (2023). The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15-17 in six European countries. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(1), 6-23. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788222X16455943560342

For the first time, this article will provide a cross-national profile of adolescents who provide unpaid care to their ill or disabled family members in six European countries with varied levels of awareness, policy and service provision regarding ad... Read More about The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15-17 in six European countries.

Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier (2022)
Book Chapter
Glazer, J. L., Greany, T., Duff, M., & Berry, W. (2022). Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier. In D. J. Peurach, J. Lin Russell, L. Cohen-Vogel, & W. Penuel (Eds.), The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education (165-187). Rowman & Littlefield

As education systems across the globe confront increasingly lofty demands for rigor and equity, there is a growing need to investigate the ways in which practice-based knowledge is generated, shared, and used by teachers and school leaders across div... Read More about Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier.