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Conceptualizing and measuring social and emotional learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis of moral reasoning and academic ability, religiosity, political orientation, personality (2019)
Journal Article
Corcoran, R. P., O’Flaherty, J., Xie, C., & Cheung, A. C. (2020). Conceptualizing and measuring social and emotional learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis of moral reasoning and academic ability, religiosity, political orientation, personality. Educational Research Review, 30, Article 100285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2019.100285

Responsible decision-making is a sub-domain of social emotional competence and develops through the educational process of social and emotional learning (SEL). The current review examines the relationship between decision-making, specifically, moral... Read More about Conceptualizing and measuring social and emotional learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis of moral reasoning and academic ability, religiosity, political orientation, personality.

Highly Recommended and Poorly Used: English and Spanish Science Teachers' Views of Inquiry-based Learning (IBL) and its Enactment (2019)
Journal Article
Romero-Ariza, M., Quesada, A., Abril, A. M., Sorensen, P., & Oliver, M. C. (2019). Highly Recommended and Poorly Used: English and Spanish Science Teachers' Views of Inquiry-based Learning (IBL) and its Enactment. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/109658

Inquiry pedagogies provide opportunities to meet learning outcomes linked to developing scientific literacy. Within a European project intended at promoting Inquiry Based Learning (IBL), this paper presents quantitative and qualitative data about tea... Read More about Highly Recommended and Poorly Used: English and Spanish Science Teachers' Views of Inquiry-based Learning (IBL) and its Enactment.

Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers' person- centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism (2019)
Journal Article
Joseph, S. (2020). Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers' person- centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism. Humanistic Psychologist, 48(3), 271-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000151

Recent years have seen much interest in the new field of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS). POS focuses specifically on what is positive, flourishing, and life-giving in organizations, and how to cultivate individual and organizational perfor... Read More about Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers' person- centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism.

An Exploration of Female Engagement and Collaboration: The Bricks and Bits Maker Project (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Aleman, E., & Davis, P. (2019). An Exploration of Female Engagement and Collaboration: The Bricks and Bits Maker Project. In K. Lund, G. P. Niccolai, E. Lavoué, C. Hmelo-Silver, G. Gweon, & M. Baker (Eds.), A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings: 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference Proceedings: Volume 2 (905-906)

This poster explores how learners engage in "maker" activities when collaborating and how participation can become more inclusive when framing activities in order to connect learners with children in their own community. We describe the first iterati... Read More about An Exploration of Female Engagement and Collaboration: The Bricks and Bits Maker Project.

Skills for human development : transforming vocational education and training (2019)
Book
MCGRATH, S., & Powell, L. (2019). Skills for human development : transforming vocational education and training. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315657592

Focusing on reimagining the purpose of vocational education and training (VET) and grounded in the reality of a small cohort of young South Africans and an institution seeking to serve them, Skills for Human Development moves beyond the inadequacies... Read More about Skills for human development : transforming vocational education and training.

Liderar la mejora y la innovación en las escuelas y en los sistemas (2019)
Book Chapter
Greany, T. (2019). Liderar la mejora y la innovación en las escuelas y en los sistemas. In Las paradojas de la innovación educativa. Barcelona: Horsori Editorial, S.L

Aquest capítol se centra en el paper del lideratge educatiu entorn de la millora i la innovació a les escoles. El focus d’atenció s’estableix en el lideratge en l’àmbit escolar en el context dels debats i testimoniatges actuals en l’administració del... Read More about Liderar la mejora y la innovación en las escuelas y en los sistemas.

Constraints to the implementation of inclusive teaching: a cultural historical activity theory approach (2019)
Journal Article
Andrews, D., Walton, E., & Osman, R. (2019). Constraints to the implementation of inclusive teaching: a cultural historical activity theory approach. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2019.1620880

Learners who experience learning challenges are at risk of not accessing equitable education opportunities in South African schools. This is despite teacher education and system reform initiatives towards more inclusive education. To discover what co... Read More about Constraints to the implementation of inclusive teaching: a cultural historical activity theory approach.

Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy: An Overview and Critical Perspective on Possible Future Directions (2019)
Journal Article
Joseph, S., Sempik, J., Leu, A., & Becker, S. (2020). Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy: An Overview and Critical Perspective on Possible Future Directions. Adolescent Research Review, 5(1), 77–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-019-00119-9

Many children, adolescents, teenagers, and young adults have caring responsibilities for parents and family members. These young carers and young adult carers are present in every country. Their responsibilities include domestic chores as well as int... Read More about Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy: An Overview and Critical Perspective on Possible Future Directions.

Professional identities of lecturers in three international universities in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia: multilingual professionals at work (2019)
Journal Article
Evison, J., Bailey, L., Taylor, P., & Tubpun, T. (2019). Professional identities of lecturers in three international universities in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia: multilingual professionals at work. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1608814

This paper examines the impact of internationalisation on the professional identities of lecturers at three international universities in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. Higher education in SE Asia faces significant pressures to change because of the... Read More about Professional identities of lecturers in three international universities in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia: multilingual professionals at work.

Distributed leadership and the Malaysia Education Blueprint: from prescription to partial school-based enactment in a highly centralised context (2019)
Journal Article
Bush, T., & Ng Yoon Mooi, A. (2019). Distributed leadership and the Malaysia Education Blueprint: from prescription to partial school-based enactment in a highly centralised context. Journal of Educational Administration, 57(3), 279-295. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-11-2018-0206

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to present and discuss the findings from research on the relationship between leadership theory and policy reform in Malaysia. The research was conducted in two dissimilar Malaysian states. Research Design... Read More about Distributed leadership and the Malaysia Education Blueprint: from prescription to partial school-based enactment in a highly centralised context.

PISA and self-projection in Shanghai (2019)
Book Chapter
Reyes, V., & TAN, C. (2019). PISA and self-projection in Shanghai. In Understanding PISA’s Attractiveness Critical Analyses in Comparative Policy Studies (161-176). Bloomsbury Academic

This chapter explores 'self-projection' by analysing the responses of Chinese education officials to Shanghai's success in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). It is argued that the self-image projected is both positive and nega... Read More about PISA and self-projection in Shanghai.

Conceptions of teaching in and through noise: a study of experimental musicians’ beliefs (2019)
Journal Article
Woods, P. J. (2019). Conceptions of teaching in and through noise: a study of experimental musicians’ beliefs. Music Education Research, 21(4), 459-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2019.1611753

Critical analyses of experimental music and free improvisation have uncovered multiple educational benefits embedded within this broad collection of genres. However, by rooting this work primarily within formal classrooms, scholars have yet to discov... Read More about Conceptions of teaching in and through noise: a study of experimental musicians’ beliefs.

Transitions to higher education: the case of students with vocational background (2019)
Journal Article
Katartzi, E., & Hayward, G. (2020). Transitions to higher education: the case of students with vocational background. Studies in Higher Education, 45(12), 2371-2381. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1610866

The paper examines the ways transitions to Higher Education are experienced and narrated by students with Vocational qualifications. Drawing upon the mixed-method project that documented transitions to HE, we utilise interview data to illustrate the... Read More about Transitions to higher education: the case of students with vocational background.

Young carers in England: Findings from the 2018 BBC survey on the prevalence and nature of caring among young people (2019)
Journal Article
Joseph, S., Kendall, C., Toher, D., Sempik, J., Holland, J., & Becker, S. (2019). Young carers in England: Findings from the 2018 BBC survey on the prevalence and nature of caring among young people. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45(4), 606-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12674

Background. Many young people are involved in caring for parents, siblings, or other relatives who have an illness or disability. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of caring by young people in England. Method. A national survey of... Read More about Young carers in England: Findings from the 2018 BBC survey on the prevalence and nature of caring among young people.

Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era? (2019)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2019). Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era?. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17(5), 658-673. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2019.1595534

Comparing China’s 2006 and 2015 Africa policies, this article reveals how China’s political discourse has become more confident, practical, and depoliticised. In particular, this paper shows how education is allocated, promised, and embedded in China... Read More about Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era?.

Leading and sustaining Zimbabwe's private schools: matching vision with economic reality (2019)
Journal Article
Bush, T., Chingarande, D., Glover, D., Muchabaiwa, W., Simango, J., & Thondhlana, J. (2019). Leading and sustaining Zimbabwe's private schools: matching vision with economic reality. Management in Education, 33(3), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892020619831760

The political, economic and social challenges in Zimbabwe are well documented. Public schools have been damaged by a shortage of resources, and by a brain drain of teachers. This has led many parents to seek private education for their children but... Read More about Leading and sustaining Zimbabwe's private schools: matching vision with economic reality.

Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions (2019)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M., & Crook, C. (2020). Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(4), 467-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2019.1579895

The PowerPoint assisted lecture (slide-lecture) is a common lecturing approach in Higher Education, in spite of much criticism of its use. Its popularity is facilitated by its affordances for multimodal instructional design, e.g. text with images and... Read More about Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions.

Curriculum responsiveness and student employability: An institutional analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Wedekind, V. (2019). Curriculum responsiveness and student employability: An institutional analysis. In Skills for the future: new research perspectives. , (79-90). Cape Town: HSRC Press

Education organisations are under constant pressure from policy-makers, political actors and the public to make their programmes responsive to the needs of the economy and society. In contexts of social change and where broader economic and societal... Read More about Curriculum responsiveness and student employability: An institutional analysis.