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Skills for sustainable development: transforming vocational education and training beyond 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
McGrath, S., & Powell, L. (2016). Skills for sustainable development: transforming vocational education and training beyond 2015. International Journal of Educational Development, 50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.05.006

There have been recent calls to transform VET and to transform development. This double call leads us to ask: how can skills development best support development that is sustainable for individuals, communities and the planet, whilst promoting social... Read More about Skills for sustainable development: transforming vocational education and training beyond 2015.

Construing the child reader: a cognitive stylistic analysis of the opening to Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (2016)
Journal Article
Giovanelli, M. (in press). Construing the child reader: a cognitive stylistic analysis of the opening to Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. Children's Literature in Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-016-9285-3

Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (2009) charts the story of Nobody Owens, a boy who is adopted by supernatural entities in the local graveyard after his family is murdered. This article draws on the notion of the “construed reader,” and combines two... Read More about Construing the child reader: a cognitive stylistic analysis of the opening to Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book.

Studying advanced mathematics in England: findings from a survey of student choices and attitudes (2016)
Journal Article
Noyes, A., & Adkins, M. (in press). Studying advanced mathematics in England: findings from a survey of student choices and attitudes. Research in Mathematics Education, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2016.1188139

The UK Government has set a goal that the ‘vast majority’ of students in England will be studying mathematics to 18 by the end of the decade. The policy levers for achieving this goal include new Core Maths qualifications, designed for over 200,000... Read More about Studying advanced mathematics in England: findings from a survey of student choices and attitudes.

School improvement through government agencies: loose or tight coupling? (2016)
Journal Article
Bush, T. (in press). School improvement through government agencies: loose or tight coupling?. Improving Schools, https://doi.org/10.1177/1365480216650949

In seeking to improve student outcomes, governments may choose to exercise direct control over schools, as in many centralised systems, or to provide frameworks for intermediate bodies to engage in improvement activities. One such body is the Nationa... Read More about School improvement through government agencies: loose or tight coupling?.

Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Muhr, T. (in press). Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis. Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-0017-9

This article draws from an education governance approach to conduct a pluriscalar analysis of equity of access to tertiary education in the context of South–South cooperation. An account of distributional justice in access to tertiary education in th... Read More about Equity of access to higher education in the context of South–South cooperation in Latin America: a pluri-scalar analysis.

Two-dice horse race (2016)
Journal Article
Foster, C., & Martin, D. (2016). Two-dice horse race. Teaching Statistics, 38(3), 98-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/test.12108

In this article we analyse the “two-dice horse race” task often used in lower secondary school, in which two ordinary dice are thrown repeatedly and each time the sum of the scores determines which horse (numbered 1 to 12) moves forwards one space. T... Read More about Two-dice horse race.

Invasion of the energy monsters: a family board game about energy consumption (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Banerjee, A., Horn, M. S., & Davis, P. (2016). Invasion of the energy monsters: a family board game about energy consumption.

We present Invasion of the Energy Monsters, a board game that attempts to highlight the role of family practices in household energy consumption. While household energy management activities — such as controlling heating and cooling systems — tend to... Read More about Invasion of the energy monsters: a family board game about energy consumption.

Challenges in mathematical cognition: a collaboratively-derived research agenda (2016)
Journal Article
Alcock, L., Ansari, D., Batchelor, S., Bisson, M., De Smedt, B., Gilmore, C., …Weber, K. (2016). Challenges in mathematical cognition: a collaboratively-derived research agenda. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v2i1.10

This paper reports on a collaborative exercise designed to generate a coherent agenda for research on mathematical cognition. Following an established method, the exercise brought together 16 mathematical cognition researchers from across the fields... Read More about Challenges in mathematical cognition: a collaboratively-derived research agenda.

Support for a general factor of well-being (2016)
Journal Article
Longo, Y., Coyne, I., Joseph, S., & Gustavsson, P. (in press). Support for a general factor of well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.082

Well-being is typically defined as positive feeling (e.g. happiness), positive functioning (e.g. competence, meaning) or a combination of the two. Recent evidence indicates that well-being indicators belonging to different categories can be explained... Read More about Support for a general factor of well-being.

A double-edged sword: the merits and the policy implications of Google Translate in higher education (2016)
Journal Article
Mundt, K., & Groves, M. J. (in press). A double-edged sword: the merits and the policy implications of Google Translate in higher education. European Journal of Higher Education, 6(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2016.1172248

Machine translation, specifically Google Translate is freely available on a number of devices, and is improving in its ability to provide grammatically accurate translations. This development has the potential to provoke a major transformation in the... Read More about A double-edged sword: the merits and the policy implications of Google Translate in higher education.

Approaches to assessing pre- service teachers’ learning in authentic and rigorous ways: The case of an inclusive education module (2016)
Journal Article
Walton, E., & Rusznyak, L. (2016). Approaches to assessing pre- service teachers’ learning in authentic and rigorous ways: The case of an inclusive education module. 00 Journal not listed, 34(1), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v34i1.7

Initial teacher education programmes offer inclusive education modules that seek to prepare teachers for teaching diverse learners. While there is growing research on the content and pedagogy of inclusive education modules, relatively less attention... Read More about Approaches to assessing pre- service teachers’ learning in authentic and rigorous ways: The case of an inclusive education module.

Riots and a blank canvas: young people creating texts, creating spaces (2016)
Journal Article
McIntyre, J. (2016). Riots and a blank canvas: young people creating texts, creating spaces. Literacy, 50(3), 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12080

This article draws on research into the work of Greenshoots,1 a small company of creative practitioners who provide opportunities for young people to work on projects involving visual and creative practices with a strong link to local heritage. Two s... Read More about Riots and a blank canvas: young people creating texts, creating spaces.

Beyond ‘BRICS’: ten theses on South–South cooperation in the twenty-first century (2016)
Journal Article
Muhr, T. (2016). Beyond ‘BRICS’: ten theses on South–South cooperation in the twenty-first century. Third World Quarterly, 37(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1108161

Grounded in a review of past and present academic South–South cooperation literatures, this article advances ten theses that problematise empirical, theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues essential to discussions of South–South cooperation... Read More about Beyond ‘BRICS’: ten theses on South–South cooperation in the twenty-first century.

Applying the ‘least dangerous assumption’ in regard to behaviour policies and children with special needs (2016)
Journal Article
Emerson, A. (in press). Applying the ‘least dangerous assumption’ in regard to behaviour policies and children with special needs. Pastoral Care in Education, 34(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2016.1154095

Children with special needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools have a wide range of complex conditions rendering it impossible for teachers to fully understand all the complexities of their needs. Difficulties with understanding and self-c... Read More about Applying the ‘least dangerous assumption’ in regard to behaviour policies and children with special needs.

Socio-cognitive scaffolding with collaboration scripts: a meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Vogel, F., Wecker, C., Kollar, I., & Fischer, F. (2017). Socio-cognitive scaffolding with collaboration scripts: a meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 29(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-016-9361-7

Scripts for computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) offer socio-cognitive scaffolding for learners to engage in collaborative activities that are considered beneficial for learning. Yet, CSCL scripts are often criticized for hampering natura... Read More about Socio-cognitive scaffolding with collaboration scripts: a meta-analysis.

A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article
Bader, L. R., McGrath, S., Rouse, M. J., & Anderson, C. (2016). A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 13(2), 321-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.03.001

Background: Pharmacists and healthcare professionals are faced with increasing and changing health care needs around the world. In order to meet these demands, they are required to continuously upgrade and develop their professions. Reprofessionaliza... Read More about A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy.

Design possibilities for the e-Schoolbag: addressing the 1:1 challenge within China (2016)
Journal Article
Gu, X., Xu, X., Wang, H., & Crook, C. Design possibilities for the e-Schoolbag: addressing the 1:1 challenge within China. British Journal of Educational Technology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12434

There is widespread enthusiasm for 1:1 computing in education. Recognizing that secure innovation of educational practice should be built upon contextual sensitivity, this article reported two case studies anticipating the potential development of 1:... Read More about Design possibilities for the e-Schoolbag: addressing the 1:1 challenge within China.