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The essentials of counselling and psychotherapy in primary schools : on being a specialist mental health lead in schools (2018)
Book
Winship, G., & MacDonald, S. (2018). The essentials of counselling and psychotherapy in primary schools : on being a specialist mental health lead in schools. Routledge

The book is targeted at all practitioners in the helping and enabling professions working with children and young people, and is essential reading for anyone undertaking training where elements of psychotherapy and counselling are requisite to practi... Read More about The essentials of counselling and psychotherapy in primary schools : on being a specialist mental health lead in schools.

Secondary school leadership preparation and development: Experiences and aspirations of members of senior leadership teams (SLTs) (2018)
Journal Article
Cliffe, J., Fuller, K., & Moorosi, P. (2018). Secondary school leadership preparation and development: Experiences and aspirations of members of senior leadership teams (SLTs). Management in Education, 32(2), 85-91. doi:10.1177/0892020618762714

In England, school leadership preparation has shifted from the National College and local authorities to teaching schools, their alliances and multi-academy trusts. Against this changing educational landscape, we investigate opportunities presented t... Read More about Secondary school leadership preparation and development: Experiences and aspirations of members of senior leadership teams (SLTs).

Preparation and induction for school principals: global perspectives (2018)
Journal Article
Bush, T. (2018). Preparation and induction for school principals: global perspectives. Management in Education, 32(2), 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892020618761805

This article will examine different international approaches to leadership preparation and induction, linked to concepts of socialization and identity. Although leadership is widely understood to be the second most important factor influencing studen... Read More about Preparation and induction for school principals: global perspectives.

Mathematics in the disciplines at the transition to university (2018)
Journal Article
McAlinden, M., & Noyes, A. (in press). Mathematics in the disciplines at the transition to university. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hry004

Mathematics education is highly valued in advanced economies due to its role in developing skilled workforces, economic resilience and social wellbeing. However, university academics across disciplines regularly bemoan undergraduate students’ under-... Read More about Mathematics in the disciplines at the transition to university.

Learning and engagement through natural history museums (2018)
Journal Article
Mujtaba, T., Lawrence, M., Oliver, M., & Reiss, M. (in press). Learning and engagement through natural history museums. Studies in Science Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057267.2018.1442820

This review examines how natural history museums (NHMs) can enhance learning and engagement in science, particularly for school-age students. First, we describe the learning potential of informal science learning institutions in general, then we focu... Read More about Learning and engagement through natural history museums.

Formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Swan, M., & Foster, C. (2018). Formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving.

Formative assessment is the process by which teachers and students gather evidence of learning and then use this to adapt the way they teach and learn in the classroom. In this paper we describe a design research project in which we integrated format... Read More about Formative assessment lessons for concept development and problem solving.

Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: an exploratory South African study (2018)
Journal Article
Walton, E. (2018). Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: an exploratory South African study. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 13(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1386/ctl.13.1.45_1

Inclusive education is described as an ‘apprenticeship in democracy’ as it is concerned with the identification and dismantling of exclusionary practices in schools. One such practice is grade repetition, which is known to result in school disaffecti... Read More about Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: an exploratory South African study.

A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training (2018)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Irfan, N., Barnett, H., Castledine, E., & Enescu, L. (in press). A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12162

Background: This study addresses the thorny issue of mandatory personal psychotherapy within counselling and psychotherapy training. It is expensive, emotionally demanding and time-consuming. Nevertheless, proponents argue that it is essential in pro... Read More about A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training.

Physiological, but not fitness, effects of two interacting haemoparasitic infections in a wild rodent (2018)
Journal Article
Taylor, C. H., Wanelik, K. M., Friberg, I. M., Lowe, A., Hall, A. J., Ralli, C., …Bradley, J. E. (2018). Physiological, but not fitness, effects of two interacting haemoparasitic infections in a wild rodent. International Journal for Parasitology, 48(6), 463-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.11.006

In contrast to the conditions in most laboratory studies, wild animals are routinely challenged by multiple infections at once, and these infections can interact in complex ways. This means that the impact of a parasite on its host’s physiology and f... Read More about Physiological, but not fitness, effects of two interacting haemoparasitic infections in a wild rodent.

What do we teach when we teach the Learning Sciences? A document analysis of 75 graduate programs (2018)
Journal Article
Sommerhoff, D., Szameitat, A., Vogel, F., Chernikova, O., Loderer, K., & Fischer, F. (2018). What do we teach when we teach the Learning Sciences? A document analysis of 75 graduate programs. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2018.1440353

The learning sciences, as an academic community investigating human learning, emerged more than 30 years ago. Since then, graduate learning sciences programs have been established worldwide. Little is currently known, however, about their disciplinar... Read More about What do we teach when we teach the Learning Sciences? A document analysis of 75 graduate programs.

Muslims, home education and risk in British society (2018)
Journal Article
Myers, M., & Bhopal, K. (2018). Muslims, home education and risk in British society. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(2), 212-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2017.1406337

The number of families who choose to home educate has significantly increased in the last decade. This article explores the experiences of British Muslims who home educate using data from a larger study exploring the views of a diverse range of famil... Read More about Muslims, home education and risk in British society.

How do you describe mathematics tasks? (2018)
Journal Article
Foster, C., & Inglis, M. (2018). How do you describe mathematics tasks?. Mathematics Teaching -Derby-, 260,

Colin Foster and Matthew Inglis ask what it means to describe a task as ‘rich’.

Multi-modal, multi-source reading: a multi-representational reader’s perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Ainsworth, S. E. (2018). Multi-modal, multi-source reading: a multi-representational reader’s perspective. Learning and Instruction, 57, 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2018.01.014

In this commentary, I review the five articles that comprise the Special Issue titled ‘Towards a model of multi-source, multi-modal processing”. The papers are discussed in terms of how they help us understand the “second generational” issues of read... Read More about Multi-modal, multi-source reading: a multi-representational reader’s perspective.

Adult education under a comparative lens: areas of influence (2018)
Book Chapter
Holford, J., Milana, M., & Rasmussen, P. (2018). Adult education under a comparative lens: areas of influence. In A. W. Wiseman (Ed.), Annual review of comparative and international education 2017 (85-93). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920180000034009

This chapter outlines key areas of literature and policy that have influenced or affected our research on the comparative study of adult education. Policy influences include the growth of lifelong learning within a neoliberal framing since the 1990s... Read More about Adult education under a comparative lens: areas of influence.

A long goodbye to the 'good girl': An auto ethnographic account (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, P. (2018). A long goodbye to the 'good girl': An auto ethnographic account. In Feeling academic in the neoliberal university: Feminist flights, fights and failures (243-260). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64224-6_11

The contemporary university relies on academic staff who are ready and willing to be highly productive on a number of fronts—publish widely and for a range of audiences, publish for audit purposes, attract funding, work in interdisciplinary teams, pr... Read More about A long goodbye to the 'good girl': An auto ethnographic account.