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Introduction to the Handbook (2017)
Book Chapter
Milana, M., Webb, S., Holford, J., Waller, R., & Jarvis, P. (2017). Introduction to the Handbook. In M. Milana, S. Webb, J. Holford, R. Waller, & P. Jarvis (Eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan

Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education (2017)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Slovak, P., Thieme, A., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., & Fitzpatrick, G. (in press). Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2017.1377337

The integration of new technologies into counsellor education has progressed slowly. We present mPath ; an online system designed to support iterative, multi-levelled and deep reflection on practice in skills training sessions. We propose... Read More about Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education.

Introduction to ‘Learning the future otherwise: emerging approaches to critical anticipation in education’ (2017)
Journal Article
Amsler, S., & Facer, K. (2017). Introduction to ‘Learning the future otherwise: emerging approaches to critical anticipation in education’. Futures, 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2017.09.004

In November 2015, a gathering was convened in Italy to explore how to ‘improve the resilience of societies facing threats from a global proliferation of agents and forces by articulating uncertainties through anticipatory processes’ (Project Anticipa... Read More about Introduction to ‘Learning the future otherwise: emerging approaches to critical anticipation in education’.

Practitioners’ experiences of learning and implementing Counselling for Depression (CfD) in routine practice settings (2017)
Journal Article
Drewitt, L., Pybis, J., Murphy, D., & Barkham, M. (in press). Practitioners’ experiences of learning and implementing Counselling for Depression (CfD) in routine practice settings. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12148

Aim: Counselling for Depression (CfD) is a person-centred experiential therapy developed for implementation in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Training in this model has been available across England since 2011. This... Read More about Practitioners’ experiences of learning and implementing Counselling for Depression (CfD) in routine practice settings.

Inclusion as Ethics, Equity and/or Human Rights? Spotlighting School Mathematics Practices in Scotland and Globally (2017)
Journal Article
Swanson, D. M., Yu, H. L., & Mouroutsou, S. (2017). Inclusion as Ethics, Equity and/or Human Rights? Spotlighting School Mathematics Practices in Scotland and Globally. Social Inclusion, 5(3), 172-182. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v5i3.984

Mathematics education has been notoriously slow at interpreting inclusion in ways that are not divisive. Dominant views of educational inclusion in school mathematics classrooms have been shaped by social constructions of ability. These particularly... Read More about Inclusion as Ethics, Equity and/or Human Rights? Spotlighting School Mathematics Practices in Scotland and Globally.

Difficult questions of difficult questions: the role of the researcher and transcription styles (2017)
Journal Article
Henderson, H. (2018). Difficult questions of difficult questions: the role of the researcher and transcription styles. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 31(2), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2017.1379615

This paper refracts a comparison of three distinct transcription styles through questions of researcher reflexivity. It uses the data from a single question asked by the researcher in multiple interviews for a small empirical project. These data are... Read More about Difficult questions of difficult questions: the role of the researcher and transcription styles.

How to combine collaboration scripts and heuristic worked examples to foster mathematical argumentation – when working memory matters (2017)
Journal Article
Schwaighofer, M., Vogel, F., Kollar, I., Ufer, S., Strohmaier, A., Terwedow, I., …Fischer, F. (2017). How to combine collaboration scripts and heuristic worked examples to foster mathematical argumentation – when working memory matters. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 12(3), 281-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-017-9260-z

Mathematical argumentation skills (MAS) are considered an important outcome of mathematics learning, particularly in secondary and tertiary education. As MAS are complex, an effective way of supporting their acquisition may require combining differen... Read More about How to combine collaboration scripts and heuristic worked examples to foster mathematical argumentation – when working memory matters.

Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: opportunities and challenges (2017)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., & Thondhlana, J. (2017). Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: opportunities and challenges. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 47(6), 942-961. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2017.1375848

While existing research has shown the importance of the three interrelated domains of the wider policy, the school and home/community environments in the development of quality education for learners, this literature does not fully capture the experi... Read More about Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: opportunities and challenges.

Can designed student responses support teachers to interact with students in a productive way? (2017)
Journal Article
Evans, S., & Ayalon, M. (2017). Can designed student responses support teachers to interact with students in a productive way?

This paper introduces the use of pre-designed student responses to unstructured mathematics problems as a possible resource for teachers to develop their capacity of acting contingently in the mathematics classroom in a productive way, whilst teachin... Read More about Can designed student responses support teachers to interact with students in a productive way?.

Young migrants’ narratives of collective identifications and belonging (2017)
Journal Article
Katartzi, E. (2018). Young migrants’ narratives of collective identifications and belonging. Childhood, 25(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568217729191

The article sheds light on the intricate relationship between migration, ‘identity’ and belonging by focusing on young migrants in the context of Greek society. Based upon a qualitative study of youth identities, the key objective is to examine their... Read More about Young migrants’ narratives of collective identifications and belonging.

Unpacking Young People’s National Identities: The Role of Ethno-cultural and Religious Allegiances, History and ‘Others’ (2017)
Journal Article
Katartzi, E. (2018). Unpacking Young People’s National Identities: The Role of Ethno-cultural and Religious Allegiances, History and ‘Others’. Young, 26(3), 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/1103308817713825

The article examines the intricacies implicated in the narration of young people’s national identities by shedding light on intersecting allegiances and on the role that perceived ‘others’ play in their accounts of nationhood. Based upon a qualitativ... Read More about Unpacking Young People’s National Identities: The Role of Ethno-cultural and Religious Allegiances, History and ‘Others’.

Middle leadership in international schools: evidence from Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article
Javadi, V., Bush, T., & Ng, A. (in press). Middle leadership in international schools: evidence from Malaysia. School Leadership and Management, 37(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2017.1366439

This paper examines middle leadership of the heads of English, maths and science departments in four international secondary schools in Malaysia. It focuses on their roles, responsibilities, role relationships, instructional engagement and leadership... Read More about Middle leadership in international schools: evidence from Malaysia.

Nation state, popul(ar)ism, and discourses of global citizenship: examples from Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence (2017)
Book Chapter
Swanson, D. M., & Gamal, M. (2017). Nation state, popul(ar)ism, and discourses of global citizenship: examples from Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence. In The Implications of `New Populism' For Education. Stroud: E&E Publishing

Through a critical examination of Scottish curricular policies and practices, this chapter addresses the ways in which nationalist popul(ar)ism assembles a range of identities, discourses and representations of the Scottish nation. It argues that the... Read More about Nation state, popul(ar)ism, and discourses of global citizenship: examples from Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence.

Connecting community through film in ITE English (2017)
Book Chapter
McIntyre, J., & Jones, S. (2017). Connecting community through film in ITE English. In D. Stevens, & K. Lockney (Eds.), Students, places and identities in English and the arts. Routledge

This chapter offers a critical exploration of the work of beginning teachers of secondary English at the University of Nottingham, who have been involved, alongside their own pupils, in a series of film-making projects which have taken place annually... Read More about Connecting community through film in ITE English.

Mathematics Education and the Problem of Political Forgetting: In Search of Research Methodologies for Global Crisis (2017)
Journal Article
Swanson, D. M. (in press). Mathematics Education and the Problem of Political Forgetting: In Search of Research Methodologies for Global Crisis. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 10(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.21423/jume-v10i1a337

More and more, standardized, efficiencies-based, and surveillance-driven modus operandi are prescriptively defining the interests of the individual and collective in terms of market-driven imperatives in consonance with the demands of the nation stat... Read More about Mathematics Education and the Problem of Political Forgetting: In Search of Research Methodologies for Global Crisis.

‘Supportive’, ‘real’, and ‘low-cost’: implicit comparisons and universal assumptions in the construction of the prospective college-based HE student (2017)
Journal Article
Henderson, H. (2018). ‘Supportive’, ‘real’, and ‘low-cost’: implicit comparisons and universal assumptions in the construction of the prospective college-based HE student. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 42(8), 1105-1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2017.1349885

This paper first argues for the importance of continued analysis of marketising discourses in Higher Education (HE), both despite and because of their ubiquity. Secondly, the paper looks specifically at college-based HE provision in English Further E... Read More about ‘Supportive’, ‘real’, and ‘low-cost’: implicit comparisons and universal assumptions in the construction of the prospective college-based HE student.

Integrating ICT into teacher education programs from a TPACK perspective: Exploring perceptions of university lecturers (2017)
Journal Article
Reyes, V. C., Reading, C., Doyle, H., & Gregory, S. (2017). Integrating ICT into teacher education programs from a TPACK perspective: Exploring perceptions of university lecturers. Computers and Education, 115, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.07.009

Three distinct clusters were identified from a survey study of a sample of 127 unit coordinators from a regional Australian University. The clusters emerged after a survey that explored perceptions of pedagogical practices that incorporated the use o... Read More about Integrating ICT into teacher education programs from a TPACK perspective: Exploring perceptions of university lecturers.

Generating change from below: what role for leadership from above? (2017)
Journal Article
King, F., & Stevenson, H. (2017). Generating change from below: what role for leadership from above?. Journal of Educational Administration, 55(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-07-2016-0074

In recent years the benefits of distributed leadership have often assumed the status of an unchallengeable orthodoxy. There is a general acceptance that leadership is best when it is dispersed. In reality this is often little more than a form of ‘li... Read More about Generating change from below: what role for leadership from above?.