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The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times (2024)
Journal Article
Thomson, P., & Greany, T. (in press). The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231218544

The COVID 19 pandemic created new challenges for school leaders. They worked very long hours in difficult circumstances. Improvising and responding quickly to poorly timed central guidelines had an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing. Our mi... Read More about The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times.

Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes (2023)
Journal Article
Ewurama, O., & Zapata, G. C. (2023). Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes. Applied Language Learning, 33, 58-70

This study investigates the effectiveness of the PACE approach (Adair-Hauck & Donato, 2002) for grammar teaching in beginning (novice mid/high) second language (L2) Spanish classes. Even though research has reported instructional benefits for PACE in... Read More about Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes.

Schools Partnership Programme: Evaluation Report (2023)
Report
Godfrey, D., Anders, J., Stoll, L., Jerrim, J., Munoz Chereau, B., McGinity, R., & Greany, T. (2023). Schools Partnership Programme: Evaluation Report. London: Education Endowment Foundation

Agency at Scale: Embedding Interpersonal Interaction and Collaboration in an Online Professional Development Platform (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woods, P. J., Anderson, E., Lin, G., Hargroder, A., Liao, A., Hanks, B., Beazley, G., & Tung, A. (2023, June). Agency at Scale: Embedding Interpersonal Interaction and Collaboration in an Online Professional Development Platform. Presented at 16th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2023, Montreal, Canada

Responding to an increasing demand for scalability, designers have begun creating online teacher professional development (oTPD) platforms and curricula. However, researchers have also critiqued the field for overlooking the role of teacher voice and... Read More about Agency at Scale: Embedding Interpersonal Interaction and Collaboration in an Online Professional Development Platform.

Multiliteracies, OER, and Inclusive L2 Pedagogical Practices (2023)
Book Chapter
Zapata, G. C. (2023). Multiliteracies, OER, and Inclusive L2 Pedagogical Practices. In G. C. Zapata, M. Kalantzis, & B. Cope (Eds.), Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice (76-96). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003349662-3

The benefits of undergraduate research for students from traditionally underrepresented groups are well documented in STEMM. However, few studies have focused on similar programs in the humanities. The objective of this chapter is to do so by describ... Read More about Multiliteracies, OER, and Inclusive L2 Pedagogical Practices.

Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice (2023)
Book
Zapata, G. C., Kalantzis, M., & Cope, B. (Eds.). (2023). Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003349662

Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice examines how multiliteracies and Learning by Design have been taken up across international second-language instructional contexts, with a focus on inclusive practices a... Read More about Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice.

Promoting students’ informal inferential reasoning through arts-integrated data literacy education (2023)
Journal Article
Matuk, C., Vacca, R., Amato, A., Silander, M., Desportes, K., Woods, P. J., & Tes, M. (2024). Promoting students’ informal inferential reasoning through arts-integrated data literacy education. Information and Learning Science, 125(3/4), 163-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/ils-07-2023-0088

Purpose
Arts-integration is a promising approach to building students’ abilities to create and critique arguments with data, also known as informal inferential reasoning (IIR). However, differences in disciplinary practices and routines, as well as... Read More about Promoting students’ informal inferential reasoning through arts-integrated data literacy education.

Promoting students’ informal inferential reasoning through arts-integrated data literacy education (2023)
Journal Article
Matuk, C., Vacca, R., Amato, A., Silander, M., DesPortes, K., WOODS, P., & Tes, M. (2024). Promoting students’ informal inferential reasoning through arts-integrated data literacy education. Information and Learning Science, 125(3/4), 163-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-07-2023-0088

Purpose
Arts-integration is a promising approach to building students’ abilities to create and critique arguments with data, also known as informal inferential reasoning (IIR). However, differences in disciplinary practices and routines, as well as... Read More about Promoting students’ informal inferential reasoning through arts-integrated data literacy education.

An Islamic-oriented educational leadership model: towards a new theory of school leadership in Muslim societies (2023)
Journal Article
Alazmi, A. A., & Bush, T. (2024). An Islamic-oriented educational leadership model: towards a new theory of school leadership in Muslim societies. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 56(3), 312-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2023.2292573

In recent years, research into educational leadership has prompted growing appreciation for the critical role which both cultural and societal tenets can have in shaping school leadership approaches. With that in mind, this study examines a school le... Read More about An Islamic-oriented educational leadership model: towards a new theory of school leadership in Muslim societies.

Fundamental concepts of inclusive education (2023)
Book Chapter
Graham, L. J., Medhurst, M., Tancredi, H., Spandagou, I., & Walton, E. (2023). Fundamental concepts of inclusive education. In L. J. Graham (Ed.), . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350897-5

For inclusive education to succeed, system and school leaders and educators need a deep understanding of both curriculum content and learner diversity. This knowledge enables them to anticipate and eliminate barriers in what they teach (curriculum),... Read More about Fundamental concepts of inclusive education.

Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hordosy, R., Brown, E., Vega Castillo, M. A., & Lee, G. (2023, December). Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals. Paper presented at SRHE International Conference 2023, Birmingham, UK

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.

From being social, to becoming academic, and leaving as a graduate - Transformative university transitions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HORDOSY, R. (2023, December). From being social, to becoming academic, and leaving as a graduate - Transformative university transitions. Paper presented at SRHE International Conference 2023, Birmingham, UK

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 Contribution
Hordosy, R., Yasdiman, M. B., & Lashari, A. (2023, December). Exploring the role of sociological research in curriculum documents and the eyes of Norwegian, Hungarian and English students. Paper presented at 2023 SRHE Conference, Birmingham, UK

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.

Enabling transformative university transitions: becoming a student and a graduate (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hordosy, R. (2023, December). Enabling transformative university transitions: becoming a student and a graduate. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Conference, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

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
Ingram, J., Stiff, J., Cadwallader, S., Chun-Yeung Lee, G., & Kayton, H. (2023). PISA 2022: National Report for England. Department for Education

Examining the role of student-centered versus teacher-centered pedagogical approaches to self-directed learning through teaching (2023)
Journal Article
Woods, P. J., & Copur-Gencturk, Y. (2024). Examining the role of student-centered versus teacher-centered pedagogical approaches to self-directed learning through teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 138, Article 104415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104415

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.

Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts (2023)
Book
Bhana, D., Xu, Y., & Adriany, V. (Eds.). (2023). Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003211600

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.