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2. Weekly Policy Papers.
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EDUCATION ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article focuses on the Publisher Weekly Policy Papers report, which provides details of policy papers published in the England over the last week.
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- 2023
3. The continuing professional development of science teachers: a discussion paper.
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Leach, John, Holman, John, and Millar, Robin
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CAREER development ,PROFESSIONAL employees ,SCIENCE teachers ,TEACHERS ,TEACHING ,SCIENCE education ,EDUCATION - Abstract
This article discusses a strategy for improving school science education in England through the continuing professional development of science teachers in the national network of Science Learning Centres. It presents evidence about effective continuing professional development, and considers the range of focuses and methods relevant for the continuing professional development of science teachers. Readers are encouraged to submit their contributions to the discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
4. Policy papers published last week.
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PUBLIC welfare policy ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article focuses on British government releasing several policy papers related to education and children's welfare in England including introducing T Levels and progress report on The Best Start for Life program and the government's efforts to improve services for families.
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- 2023
5. Curriculum Knowledge, Justice, Relations: The Schools White Paper (2010) in England.
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Winter, Christine
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EDUCATIONAL equalization , *ACHIEVEMENT gap , *PHILOSOPHY of education , *EDUCATION policy , *EDUCATION , *CURRICULUM , *THEORY of knowledge - Abstract
In this article I begin by discussing the persistent problem of relations between educational inequality and the attainment gap in schools. Because benefits accruing from an education are substantial, the 'gap' leads to large disparities in the quality of life many young people can expect to experience in the future. Curriculum knowledge has been a focus for debate in England in relation to educational equality for over 40 years. Given the contestation surrounding views about curriculum knowledge and equality I consider the thinking of two philosophers, Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas, and their work on justice, to trouble the curriculum framework and discourse of knowledge promoted through the policy text of The Importance of Teaching: The Schools White Paper (2010) and later associated policy reforms to the General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE) curriculum in England. The Schools White Paper aims to make the curriculum more challenging to students by introducing tight controls in terms of the assessment framework and curriculum knowledge. I argue that, when considered through Derrida's perspective on language and meaning and Levinas' view on the ethical responsibility for the other, the reforms present obstacles to the search for a just curriculum. I look to the work of Sharon Todd and Paul Standish for a re-imagination of curriculum as or through relations in the light of Derrida's and Levinas' philosophies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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6. LOOKING AT THE WALTER RODNEY PAPERS: ATLANTA, GEORGETOWN AND LONDON.
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Boukari-Yabara, Amzat
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ACTIVISTS , *POLITICAL opposition , *AFRICAN history , *COLLEGE teachers , *EDUCATION - Abstract
The article examines the life and research of professor and political activist Walter Rodney. Beginning with a brief biography of Rodney which discusses his birth in Guyana, his education, and his activism within political opposition movements, the paper ultimately examines a series of Rodney’s personal papers that have been archived in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgetown, Guyana, and London, England. The author recounts his own experience of traveling to each location to examine the papers. It is concluded that the papers give insight into why Rodney became an African historian and taught African history to the African and West Indian people.
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- 2010
7. The ‘shape’ of teacher professionalism in England: professional standards, performance management, professional development and the changes proposed in the 2010 White Paper.
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Evans, Linda
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TEACHERS , *PROFESSIONALISM , *TEACHER development , *PROFESSIONAL standards , *EDUCATION policy , *EDUCATION - Abstract
Teacher professionalism in England may be considered to have been shaped by the set of professional standards, and the accompanying statutory performance management system, introduced by the Labour government in 2007. More recently the coalition government’s 2010 White Paper, The Importance of Teaching, announced reforms that will potentially re-shape teacher professionalism. In this article I examine the ‘shape’ of teacher professionalism in England, as defined by the professional standards. I reveal it to be a lop-sided shape, indicating a professionalism that focuses predominantly on teachers’ behaviour, rather than on their attitudes and their intellectuality. Presenting my conceptual analysis of professionalism, and examination of its link with professional development, I consider whether—and to what extent—teacher professionalism may in fact be shaped by government-imposed reform. I conclude that ‘enacted’ professionalism may be quite different from ‘demanded’ professionalism, and shaping professionalism involves a complex and indecipherable process that is better understood by examining the process whereby individuals develop professionally. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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8. More than a piece of paper?: Personal education plans and ‘looked after’ children in England.
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Hayden, Carol
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CHILD welfare , *CHILD care , *EDUCATION , *SOCIAL services , *CHILD services - Abstract
This paper reports on research into personal education plans (PEPs) for ‘looked after’ children (children in care) in one large county local authority in England. PEPs were introduced by guidance from the Department for Education and Employment and Department of Health in 2000. The fieldwork for this research began two years after this guidance was published. The research findings show that although social services staff and teachers are critical of specific aspects of PEPs, they have helped to raise the profile of the educational needs of looked after children in the local authority studied. They have provided a forum for social work and education professionals to meet in the interests of particular children. Key problems relate to practical issues: ensuring social workers and teachers feel able to fulfil their expected roles in relation to the education of looked after children; making the system focus on meeting the needs of children as well as practitioners; difficulty in meeting specified timescales; more meaningful, constructive and sensitive involvement of children in the process of producing and reviewing PEPs. The broader issue, however, is about the ability to plan the education of looked after children. Additional barriers to planning were particularly apparent in residential care and specifically within secure accommodation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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9. Policy papers published last week.
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EDUCATION policy ,REPAYMENTS ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article lists the education policy papers published in Great Britain on September, 2021, on topics including setting of school hours; increase in repayments of any income group; and requirements on schools, colleges and universities in England to provide careers guidance.
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- 2021
10. 'You just need to work harder': Misalignments between the rhetoric of social mobility and education for social justice.
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Wood, Margaret, Su, Feng, and Pennington, Andrew
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SOCIAL mobility ,SOCIAL classes ,SOCIALIZATION ,EDUCATIONAL mobility ,SOCIAL justice ,POLITICAL participation ,POLICY discourse - Abstract
Examining the entanglement of democracy and social justice in education and the relationship to social mobility, this paper critiques the individualising nature of social mobility in policy discourse as inimical to human flourishing and education as a public good. The rhetoric of social mobility which responsibilises individuals for their success, without due regard to the systemic changes needed to enable this and the societal barriers to social mobility experienced disproportionately by some groups in society, is detrimental to social justice. A conception of education as a pathway to social mobility must be located in a wider vision of civic engagement in a more inclusive and fairer society. Yet civic engagement in education at the local level has been eroded, as illustrated in this paper by the example of an evolving model of school governance in England. As a corporatist, market driven reform, this model exemplifies how local democratic ties between schools and engagement with their communities can be undermined. Social mobility to enable opportunities, access and participation in democratic civic society becomes a fantasy when society is riven with systemic inequalities, lacks the necessary conditions to enable human flourishing and links to community engagement in education for democratic renewal are downplayed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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11. Education Excellence Everywhere White Paper.
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EDUCATION ,TEACHERS ,LEADERSHIP ,EXCELLENCE ,SCHOOLS - Abstract
The article focuses on the "Educational Excellence Everywhere" Department for Education White Paper, Cm 9230. Topics discussed include future of statutory education in England set by the White Paper; vision of educational excellence and great teachers in England; encouragement of leadership development training including teaching school alliances and mule-academy trusts (MATs); and preventing underperformance and helping schools.
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- 2016
12. Silencing the "other" Black Paper contributors.
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Limond, David
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BRITISH education system ,CRITICISM ,TWENTIETH century ,PHILOSOPHY of education ,SOCIAL criticism ,PROGRESSIVE education ,HISTORY of education - Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to encourage re-reading and re-evaluation of a series of educational polemics published in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s, the Black Papers. These works proposed, for the most part, avowedly conservative views on education: condemning so-called "progressive" teaching methods and the re-organisation of secondary schools in the UK (especially England) into non-selective comprehensives. It is argued, however, that much said and written about the Black Papers since has concentrated only on selected "high profile" contributors, to the neglect of other contributors, often anonymous, whose comments were sometimes more measured/thoughtful. Design/methodology/approach - The work proceeds first by re-visiting the facts surrounding the writing of the Black Papers and their critical reception. It then analyses the nature of the contributors and describes selected essays not usually referred to when the Black Papers are discussed by historians and others. Findings - The work finds that the Black Papers are often infuriatingly and unhelpful polemical in nature but that much written about them since has concentrated only on selected contributors, ignoring others who were more measured. Originality/value - The work is perhaps the first critical re-reading of the Black Papers in any depth in several decades. It does not simply dismiss them as hysterical rants by ill-informed authors and suggests that they re-pay careful attention, despite their often polemical nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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13. Education Excellence Everywhere White Paper.
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BRITISH education system ,EDUCATIONAL change ,TEACHER recruitment ,EDUCATION ,SELF-efficacy in students ,ACADEMIES (British public schools) ,PRIMARY education ,SECONDARY education - Abstract
The article offers information on the eight chapters of the white paper "Educational Excellence Everywhere," that was published on March 17, 2016. Topics discussed include the education excellence base on the capacity to improve and performance in England, the recruitment of talented teachers, and the empowerment of parents, communities and pupils of high performing maintained primary and secondary schools towards the academisation by 2020.
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- 2016
14. "I've got a mountain of paperwork to do!" Literacies and texts in a cycle technicians' workshop.
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Tummons, Jonathan
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WORKSHOPS (Facilities) ,ETHNOLOGY ,WORK environment ,EDUCATION - Abstract
Derived from an ethnography of working cultures and practices at a bike shop in the North of England, this paper rests on a critical application of social practice theories of literacy (Literacy Studies) in order to explore the complex and heterogeneous literacy practices of cycle technicians. Drawing on a series of vignettes constructed from the ethnographic data, the paper demonstrates the variety of experiences of both formal and informal learning that underpin the literacy practices of the cycle workshop. In addition to providing an account of a qualified and specialist workforce that is under-represented in extant research literature, the paper also provides an exemplar for ethnographic research as a vehicle for exploring literacy practices. The paper also suggests that ongoing debates concerning transferable workplace skills can be enriched through considering situated, contextualised literacy events. The paper concludes by arguing that for cycle technicians, and perhaps other occupations as well, Literacy Studies can generate rich and complex accounts that unpack the textual practices found alongside the occupational expertise and competence being observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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15. Systemically oriented leadership: Leading multi-school organisations in England.
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Constantinides, Michalis
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EDUCATIONAL leadership ,ECOLOGICAL systems theory ,EDUCATIONAL change ,SCHOOL administrators ,EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS - Abstract
This paper takes ecological systems theory as a conceptual basis for defining and examining the main aspects of 'system leadership' in a large-sized multi-school group, such as a multi-academy trust (MAT) in the context of England. The theory provides a sound framework for understanding the processes and interactions involved in this notion of leadership which is framed within an educational ecosystem as a complex set of interconnected elements. Such an approach focuses on MAT leadership strategies able to create and guide a holistic conception of educational change in the market-oriented and decentralised educational system of England. Data were drawn from interviews with eight MAT leaders and analysed alongside documentary evidence. The findings provide specific insight into the daily work of executive leaders acting as system leaders seeking to create and sustain achievement-centred and practice-focused systems MAT-wide. They demonstrate the social and developing as well as the organisational aspects of system leadership in MATs and the ways in which different elements of the environment influence executive leaders in thinking and acting systemically. This paper adds value to existing knowledge on MATs and the ways in which they are led by system players. It broadens the frame of reference of leadership beyond the individual school to consider features of the broader system and environment. Complexity and ecological perspectives provide essential tools to understand more deeply educational change and have the potential to analyse notions of leadership across multi-school groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. STEM education in England: questioning the "leaky pipeline" metaphor.
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Banerjee, Pallavi and Graham, Luke
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STEM education ,COLLEGE curriculum ,LIFE cycles (Biology) ,STUDENTS ,METAPHOR - Abstract
Purpose: The skillsets of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates are widely recognised to be important for economic prosperity. At the same time, it is broadly accepted that in England there is a need to increase the number of people studying STEM degree courses and working in STEM. However, despite decades of interventions post-16, STEM participation rates remain lower than projected requirements. Some research reports suggest a lack of positive attitudes towards these subjects and aspirations amongst some social groups. As these debates continue, official reports such as those released by the Department for Education show these patterns from the labour market and higher education (HE) extend to both attainment and participation in science and math in school. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, the authors summarise the authors' findings from the analysis of official reports, policy documents and major research reports focussing on attainment in school science and math and post-compulsory STEM participation. Findings: The authors identify the problematic ways in which STEM subject choices are made across the student life cycle and then discuss how the leaky pipeline metaphor can be ambiguous and needs to be used with caution. Research limitations/implications: Some aspects identified here warrant further research and will be of particular interest to researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Originality/value: In this new report, the authors identify the problematic ways in which STEM subject choices are made across the student life cycle in England and then discuss how the leaky pipeline metaphor can be ambiguous and needs to be used with caution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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17. A critical consideration of 'mental health and wellbeing' in education: Thinking about school aims in terms of wellbeing.
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Norwich, Brahm, Moore, Darren, Stentiford, Lauren, and Hall, Dave
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MENTAL health ,WELL-being ,EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS - Abstract
This paper examines ideas about mental health, wellbeing and school education to illustrate important issues in the relationship between mental health and education. The Covid crisis has amplified the pre‐existing mental health problems of children and young people in England and recognition of the opportunities in schools to address these. The paper gives an overview of child and adolescent mental health services and how they position the role of schools. It examines prominent concepts of mental health and their relationship to wellbeing, setting this in a discussion of 'mentally healthy' schools, mental health in special educational needs and whole‐school approaches. This analysis shows how the relationship between mental health and wellbeing has not been adequately worked out, using this as the basis for arguing for the dual‐factor mental health model which separates mental illness/disorder from wellbeing as two related dimensions. The paper then translates the dual‐factor model into a two‐dimensional framework that represents the distinctive but related aims of school education (wellbeing promotion) and mental health services (preventing, coping, helping mental health difficulties). This framework involves a complex conception of wellbeing, with schools playing an important role in promoting wellbeing (beyond emotional wellbeing), tiered models and establishing school‐wide social emotional learning. It is about a whole‐school curriculum approach that involves considering what is to be learned and how it is taught. It contributes to a more nuanced concept of wellbeing that has a place for meaningful learning and challenge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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18. Religious education syllabus development and the need for education theory.
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Hannam, Patricia
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EDUCATION theory ,RELIGIOUS education ,FLAVOR ,PROFESSIONAL ethics ,EDUCATIONAL accountability ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
Religious education in England is experiencing change of 'spring tide' proportions during the third decade of the twenty-first century. This paper offers a flavour of aspects of education theory informing the development of a locally agreed syllabus in the English context. After offering some background contextual information, the paper proceeds to demonstrate some implications of the absence of education theory in religious education discourse in recent times. The body of the paper lays out ways in which a remedy for this has been sought through syllabus development, followed by a discussion identifying practical implications. These include (i) a focus on the importance of teaching and professional responsibilities of each teacher and (ii) attention to curriculum making. The paper concludes by reiterating a desire to bring the educational position of religious education into the open so as to articulate an educational orientation that can secure the value at this point in history of bringing anything concerning religion to children and young people at all. This paper is of course limited as to what can be achieved entirely in this respect; greater consideration of this belongs in a further paper. However, it is hoped the matter will be seen as a pressing one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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19. Levelling Up and 18-24 Year Olds in England.
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Henehan, Kathleen
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EDUCATION ,ABILITY ,EMPLOYMENT ,INSURANCE policies - Abstract
The article reports that the long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper was finally released earlier this year. And although the White Paper included some very welcome proposals on education, skills and employment, I set out here some top-line challenges and recommendations for the policy makers charged with levelling up 18-24 year-olds in England.
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- 2022
20. Children and Society Policy Review—A review of government consultation processes when engaging with children and young people about the statutory guidance for Relationships and Sex Education in schools in England.
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Setty, Emily and Dobson, Emma
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HEALTH education ,HUMAN rights ,STAKEHOLDER analysis ,PRACTICAL politics ,PUBLIC administration ,SEX education ,GOVERNMENT policy ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,POLICY sciences ,CHILDREN ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
This paper examines the participation of children and young people within government consultation processes. It considers the recent Department for Education consultation on its statutory guidance for schools for Relationships and Sex Education in England. The paper is based on a Freedom of Information request for the consultation responses categorised as from 'young people'. We identify two issues in our interrogation of the data. First, there is evidence that a substantial proportion of responses were not submitted by young people. Second, the consultation approach did not include all the features necessary for meaningful consultation. We consider the implications for the youth consultation on policy matters that affect them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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21. Towards a mechanism for expert policy advice in education.
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Skerritt, Craig
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EDUCATION policy ,CIVIL service ,SPECIALISTS ,EDUCATORS ,EDUCATION - Abstract
There is a growing consensus that existing arrangements for policy making in education are far from optimal. This paper is about policy making and the roles of—and relationships between—elected officials, civil servants and academics in the making of policy. It aims to open up a conversation about new ways of making education policy that make better use of academic expertise by shedding light on policy making from the perspective of a former policy broker. With specific reference to England, experiences of the world of policy are drawn on to provide an account of the following: the disconnect between academic research and policy; what good policy advice looks like; and, most significantly, what an expert policy advice mechanism in education could look like. The mechanism put forward is one possibility for further discussion within the academic community in the first instance: an independent group of diverse academic experts to provide trustworthy and transparent policy advice to the education ministry. It is envisaged that by bringing a set of insights together here, understandings of the world of policy making will be enhanced and further thinking and conversations about mechanisms for expert policy advice in education will be induced, starting with this flagship journal's readership. The subsequent accumulation of these discussions may then, in time, lead us towards better policy making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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22. Reimagining Children's Behaviour and Behaviour Management "Otherwise": A Critical Commentary on the English Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
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Hester, Sally, Moran, Lisa, and Richards, Elizabeth
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CHILD care ,CHILD care services ,EDUCATION ,NEOLIBERALISM - Abstract
The paper focuses on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which sets standards for children's care, development and education in England from birth to five years old. Analysing the EYFS, as comprised of knowledge and discourses that inform, and are informed by broader cultural understandings of childhood and development, we argue that the way in which the current EYFS (2017) frames young children's behaviour promotes largely instrumental strategies for behaviour management which perpetuate overly static understandings of childhood and children's development and promote neo-liberal ideals that might be said to be detrimental to children's rights and their overall well-being. Importantly, we argue that the EYFS imposes discourses about responsibility for managing one's own behaviour on young children which simultaneously overlook the multidimensionality of children's lives and contradict other aspects of the EYFS and English early years policy. The paper makes suggestions about how the EYFS can be reimagined "otherwise" using the lens of governmentality, exposing power relations and the production of taken-for-granted "truths" about children's realities that appear in contemporary policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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23. The achievement gap: The impact of between‐class attainment grouping on pupil attainment and educational equity over time.
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Hodgen, Jeremy, Taylor, Becky, Francis, Becky, Craig, Nicole, Bretscher, Nicola, Tereshchenko, Antonina, Connolly, Paul, and Mazenod, Anna
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ACADEMIC achievement ,EDUCATIONAL equalization ,EDUCATION research ,ENGLISH language education ,MATHEMATICS education ,EDUCATION - Abstract
Despite extensive research on attainment grouping, the impact of attainment grouping on pupil attainment remains poorly understood and contested. This paper presents evidence from a study conducted with 2944 12–13 year olds, from 76 schools in England, who were allocated to between‐class attainment groups ('setting') in English and mathematics over the first 2 years of secondary schooling. After controlling for prior attainment, pupils in the top set performed significantly better than pupils in the middle and bottom sets in both English and mathematics. The findings indicate a widening gap in attainment, especially in the case of English. Findings, especially in the case of mathematics, provide more evidence of a relative benefit for pupils placed in top sets than a relative detriment for those in bottom sets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. Recent trends in the spatial distribution of human capital: Are skill levels converging across regions in England and Wales?
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Azpitarte, Francisco
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HUMAN capital ,LIQUIDATING dividends ,STOCHASTIC dominance ,INCOME inequality ,REGIONAL disparities - Abstract
In modern knowledge‐based societies human capital is the single most important determinant of regional inequalities in productivity and standards of living. Using a newly constructed data set that allows the analysis of educational attainments at different levels of geography, this paper evaluates spatial inequalities and the degree of convergence in the distribution of human capital across areas in England and Wales during the second decade of the 21st century. Our results show this was a period characterised by a large increase in educational attainment and skill intensity. However, the growth in skill intensity was far from uniform across space. In particular, we find strong evidence of both absolute σ‐divergence and β‐convergence in the distribution of skills. Thus, even if low‐skill areas grew on average more than other areas with higher skill intensity at the start of the period, the stochastic dominance analyses provide strong evidence of an unambiguous increase in absolute inequalities so that by end of the decade the skill gap between low‐ and high‐skill areas had significantly widened. We present new spatial and aspatial evidence that sheds light on those inequalities and the changes in the spatial configuration of human capital over the last decade. Despite the implementation of policies aimed at reducing regional inequalities, many low skill areas struggled to attract talent so that the gap with most skilled areas widened over that period likely contributing to the persistence of the well‐documented large spatial economic inequalities in this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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25. Critical race theory in England: impact and opposition.
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Warmington, Paul
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CRITICAL race theory - Abstract
This paper examines the development of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in England, in terms of impact and opposition. Since the early 2000s CRT has become a significant intellectual space for race-conscious scholars and activists in England. The current paper traces the growth of CRT in the field of education (where it has had the greatest impact since its arrival). It identifies the academic research, writing, networks and events that have established CRT in England. It discusses the substantive concerns of English CRT and how these are both similar to and distinct from CRT as developed in the USA. In England, CRT has also met with opposition. This paper examines the discourses of derision voiced by its antagonists, arguing that much of this antagonism has an atavistic quality, being rooted in long-standing antipathy towards race-conscious social analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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26. Interaction in Complementary School Contexts: Developing Identities of Choice -- An Introduction.
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Creese, Angela and Martin, Peter
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,SCHOOLS ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,EDITORS ,LANGUAGE & culture ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The papers collected here are based on those presented at a colloquium entitled interac- tion in Complementary School Contexts: Developing Identities of Choice at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 15 in Newcastle, April 2004. The colloquium was convened by the editors of this volume and Arvind Bhatt. The genesis for bringing together papers on complementary schools, a much under-researched area, was a project sponsored by the ESRC on Complementari1j Schools and their Commuiiities in Leicester (Bhatt et al., 2004; Martinet al., 2004a, b). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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27. EDUCATION AND SOCIAL HAUNTING IN POST-INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN: PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS' EXPERIENCES OF SCHOOLING IN A FORMER COALMINING COMMUNITY.
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Simpson, Katherine and Simmons, Robin
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DEINDUSTRIALIZATION ,PRIMARY education ,PRIMARY schools ,SCHOOL children ,CULTURAL relations ,WORKING class - Abstract
This paper examines the intergenerational effects of deindustrialisation on the processes and experiences of education at 'Lillydown Primary', a state primary school in a former mining community in the north of England. Complicating Avery Gordon's notion of 'haunting', and drawing on conceptualisations of affect and community 'being-ness', it highlights how contemporary experiences of education continue to be affected by historical and cultural relations and rhythms of everyday life, even though most of Britain's traditional industrial base is now gone. The paper draws on data from ethnographic research carried out at the School and explores the complex ways in which historical, class-based relations and modes of 'being' continue to haunt across time and space. Its findings suggest that by coming to know the fullness of a social haunting – the loss, injury and the 'goodness' of the past – schools may have the potential to engage working-class children in educational processes and experiences from which they might otherwise feel excluded, alienated or detached. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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28. Making Sense of Burnout: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of How Teachers in England Discuss and Encounter the Term Burnout.
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Soames, Matthew and Willis, Martin
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PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout ,COGNITION disorders ,DISCUSSION ,TEACHING ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOLOGY of teachers ,COLLEGE teacher attitudes ,SOCIAL stigma ,INTERVIEWING ,EXPERIENCE ,TERMS & phrases ,THEMATIC analysis ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SHAME ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) - Abstract
Despite extensive research looking at the phenomenon of burnout, little is known about how individuals working in traditionally high-burnout occupations understand the term. Interviews were conducted with six teachers working in state schools in England centring on how the term burnout was understood and how it was used or encountered. Reflexive thematic analysis was employed from a critical realist perspective to analyse the data generated. All participants described burnout as a stress-related condition, yet for some participants the point at which stress became burnout was unclear leading to an understanding that burnout was the point at which one was unable to work. Many participants highlighted an individualistic understanding of burnout, perceiving it as representing an individual deficit rather than an organisational failing. This was often reinforced by where the term was encountered (at work or in the media) and was linked to the stigma many participants associated with burnout. This paper concludes that individualistic framings of burnout obscure its organisational determinants while reinforcing notions that mental well-being is something which should be personally – and privately – managed by individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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29. Should I stay or should I go? The effect of London's terrorist attack on the educational choices of Muslims.
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Astorga-Rojas, Diego
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TERRORISM ,MUSLIMS ,RELIGIOUS groups ,PANEL analysis ,EDUCATIONAL planning - Abstract
This paper evaluates how the July 2005 London terrorist attacks affected Muslim teenagers' education plans and decisions. The attacks triggered a violent backslash against the Muslim community, which could have affected their incentives to continue in full-time education. I examine panel data on educational attitudes from the "Next Steps" Survey in England and use the month the survey was administered to divide individuals into treatment and control groups. I find that the attacks negatively affected the education plans of Muslims, but not those of any other major religious group. The probability of planning to continue in non-compulsory full-time education decreased by around 4.4% points for Muslims after the attacks. This corresponds to a 69% increase in individuals who were not sure whether to continue or drop out of full-time education. However, this change in plans appears to be a temporary reaction, since it did not affect students' actual decisions two years later. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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30. Bill Jones reports on a series of papers intended to be accessible to adult learners and society at large.
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Jones, Bill
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PUBLICATIONS ,ADULT learning ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article deals with the Vaughan Papers, a collection of research-based monographs published by Leicester University Institute of Lifelong Learning. The title reveals the series to be rooted in Vaughan College, the Working Men's College in Leicester and forerunner of the university itself. The first Vaughan Paper, a survey of the state of adult learning at a time when funding problems threatened serious cuts, was published in 1951. Its author was John Allaway, Director of the adult education department.
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- 2007
31. The difficulties of judging what difference the Pupil Premium has made to school intakes and outcomes in England.
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Gorard, Stephen, Siddiqui, Nadia, and See, Beng Huat
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EDUCATIONAL finance ,FEDERAL aid to education ,EDUCATION ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,SOCIAL status - Abstract
Pupil Premium funding has been provided to schools in England since 2011, to help overcome socio-economic segregation between schools, and reduce the poverty attainment gap. Yet there is little evidence such an approach is effective. Some important stakeholders are considering whether Pupil Premium should stop or be re-routed. It is therefore essential to know whether the policy has helped in the eight years since its inception. Evaluating the impact of such a funding policy is fraught with difficulties because of changes over time in the economy, legal definitions, prevalence of disadvantage, and metrics used. Previous research has generally ignored these, and the role of length and depth of disadvantage. Hence, previous estimates of the attainment gap are insecure. This paper introduces a new analysis, based on the National Pupil Database that considers changes in the prevalence of FSM-eligibility, private school attendance, GDP and the duration of individual poverty. Net of such factors, the results show that segregation has declined unexpectedly since 2011, suggesting that the Pupil Premium may be working. The policy should continue, while research looks at the long-term impact on the poverty gap. Meanwhile, the funding could be re-calibrated to be fairer to areas with longer-term disadvantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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32. Problematising social mobility in relation to Higher Education policy.
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Elwick, Alex
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SOCIAL mobility ,HIGHER education ,EDUCATION policy ,EDUCATION ,CONTENT analysis - Abstract
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- 2019
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33. Amenity as educator: Geographies of education, citizenship, and the CPRE in 1930s England.
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Church, Francesca
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EDUCATION ,NATURE study ,SCHOOL building design & construction ,CITIZENSHIP ,COUNTRY life - Abstract
This article examines the spaces, materiality, and practices of (in)formal education and citizenship bound up in the educational cultures of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE) in 1930s England. Founded in 1926, the CPRE aimed to preserve rural amenities through concerted action, by working through their constituent societies as a centre for furnishing or obtaining advice and information, and importantly, by educating public opinion. While much work has examined inter‐war preservationism and the CPRE's focus on planning legislation and design, less attention has been paid to the CPRE's cultures of education for children and young people. Drawing on archival research, this paper considers two educational topics, namely, nature study and school design, and makes three key contributions to the geographies of education. First, that the CPRE mobilised the notion of amenity to provide an experiential and intuitive education in preservationism: amenity was both education and educator. Second, that this education was linked to notions of (future) citizenship, hope, and (future) preservationism, becoming an education that would remain with the child throughout their life. Third, this article explores the CPRE's authority, revealing the ways in which it was often complex and precarious, as well as the ways in which the Council drew on other forms of authoritative identities, spaces, and structures. In so doing, this paper contributes to ongoing academic debates on the complex and fluid boundaries of (in)formal education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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34. Governing collaborations: how boards engage with their communities in multi-academy trusts in England.
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Baxter, Jacqueline Aundree and Cornforth, Chris
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COMMUNITIES ,COMMUNICATION strategies ,EDUCATION policy ,PUBLIC administration - Abstract
Decentralization policy in English education has resulted Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs)-groups of schools governed and led by trustees. Research illustrates that many of these organizations are failing to connect with the school communities they serve. This paper uses documentary analysis and interviews with 30 MAT Board Members to examine this key area. The paper reveals that although there are some strategies in place to overcome this issue, that failure to implement fundamental processes such as communication strategies are leading to fragmentation and feelings of disconnect, and this raises questions as to the extent to which MATs are in touch with and serving their school communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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35. £300+ million for mental health promised in Green Paper.
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MENTAL health ,EDUCATION ,STUDENT health ,HEALTH promotion - Published
- 2017
36. Educational Studies and Educational Practice: A Necessary Engagement.
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Hordern, Jim
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EDUCATION research ,EDUCATION policy ,KNOWLEDGE management ,EDUCATION - Abstract
This paper assesses prospects for the relationship between educational studies and educational practice, with reference to the current institutional and policy context in England. Drawing on the sociology of educational knowledge and practice, it is argued that educational studies can be conceptualised in contrasting ways, by considering internal structures, external relations and how disciplinary problematics are defined, but also by how educational practice is portrayed. To develop the analysis, Bernstein's work on knowledge structures and academic and professional discourses is articulated with philosophical work that distinguishes between different conceptualisations of practice prevalent in the humanities and social sciences. This enables critical reflection on three arrangements of educational studies (the foundation disciplines, the new science, and the deliberative traditions) each with their own internal dynamic, socio-epistemic assumptions, relationship to policy, and implications for the future production of knowledge. This process of reflection is illustrated with reference to some recent developments in England that illuminate the current position of educational studies in relation to educational policy and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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37. Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐19.
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Walz, Linda, Lyon, Charlotte Haines, Bright, Graham, Walton, Joan, and Reid, Kalen
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EDUCATORS ,PANDEMICS ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,HIGHER education ,BIOMETRIC identification ,EDUCATION - Abstract
This paper reports on a longitudinal study in the North of England with 13 educators in schools, colleges and universities during two lockdowns. The project was designed to 'unlock' education by providing spaces to co‐create new ways of thinking about education in light of the Covid‐19 pandemic. Focus groups were conducted with school and college teachers as well as university staff at the end of the first and second English lockdowns, in summer 2020 and spring 2021. An initial analysis identified issues with expectations and communication between educators and executive management as well as a lack of agency of educators, and how participants framed them as impacting on their identity as educators. Therefore, the framework of tactics of intersubjectivity was adopted to explore how educators discursively positioned themselves and others through constructions of similarity and difference, realness and power, and how their professional identities were affected by the experience of working through the pandemic and by those around them. Whilst educators took opportunities to authenticate their identity and reimagine education, their agency was undermined by top‐down governing involving little successful communication, leading to denaturalising and illegitimising experiences for educators. Executive management were perceived as lacking engagement with staff and understanding of the implications of their decisions on them. The findings call for relationship building and recognition of educators' voice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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38. Reading with technology: the new normal.
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Merchant, Guy
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COMPUTER literacy ,READING ,INTELLECTUAL life ,CLASSROOMS ,INTERPERSONAL communication ,DIGITAL communications - Abstract
Widespread changes in communication associated with new technologies have led to a growing interest in digital literacy. Although the concept of digital literacy suffers from a lack of agreed definition, this paper suggests that reading and writing with technology remains a key point of concern. The written word, a central feature of evolving patterns of communication, is now used in new ways and often in combination with different media as new devices and physical practices are recruited to the task of meaning making. The influence of different ways of thinking about these new communicative practices has led to the development of the diverse body of research outlined here. Tracing these strands in current research and writing about digital practice is used in order to identify how literacy has both expanded and diversified. Because it is now a significant aspect of full participation in social and cultural life, reading with technology raises important questions for education. This paper suggests that in England policy in this area is poorly articulated and argues that there is a pressing need for more focused classroom research to develop practices that support digital literacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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39. Everyday erosions: neoliberal political rationality, democratic decline and the Multi-Academy Trust.
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Kulz, Christy
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NEOLIBERALISM ,PRIVATE education ,PRIVATE schools ,EDUCATION ,AUTHORITARIANISM - Abstract
Since the late 1970s, Britain has moved from a Keynesian welfare state model toward a mode of governance where economic reasoning replaces politics. Education in England has not escaped this shift from government to governance described as neoliberalism. This shift toward a new governing rationality has taken shape within the English education system since the 1980s through new public management regimes and networked governance; it has accelerated with academies, or schools run outside of local authority oversight. This paper explores how Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), or chains of academies directed by a centralized Trust Board, takes neoliberalism's governing rationality further as opaque networks of power are consolidated. Through tracing the narratives of MAT CEOs, government officials and union organizers, this paper shows how network governance enables neoliberal rationalities to predominate within MAT structures where authoritarian practices become normalized. Democratic ideals become bumps in the road to market-orientated progress requiring removal from education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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40. Education, schooling and inclusive practice at a secondary free school in England.
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Jørgensen, Clara Rübner and Allan, Julie
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EDUCATION ,FREE schools ,STAKEHOLDERS ,QUALITATIVE research - Abstract
This paper reports the experiences of staff, parents, governors and students at a secondary free school in the West Midlands of England in relation to the inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN). The paper is based on a qualitative research project carried out at a school that opened in 2015, with the explicit aim of examining the extent to which it developed as an inclusive school, particularly for children with SEN. In the paper, we draw on the classic distinction between 'education' and 'schooling' to identify tensions and overlaps between process and outcome oriented practices and examine the views of different stakeholders on how such practices impact on inclusion. By focusing on the day-to-day practices of the school and linking them to broader notions of schooling and education, we provide a complementary perspective on the current research on free schools, which is overwhelmingly quantitative and focused on admissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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41. Writing together: practitioners, academics and policy makers.
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Stevenson, Jacqueline, Tooth, Rae, Bennett, Anna, and Burke, Penny Jane
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INNOVATIONS in higher education ,HIGHER education & state ,EDUCATION ,ADULT education ,HIGHER education research ,RESEARCH personnel ,WRITING ability testing - Abstract
An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including widening participation (WP) access initiatives and student support in England; recognition for research personnel in Australia, and introduction to international writing programme to support WP.
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- 2018
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42. Schools White Paper a classic curate's egg.
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EDUCATION ,EDUCATIONAL accountability - Abstract
The article discusses the White Paper "Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future: Building a 21st century schools system," which applies to England's schools. According to the article, the paper, which is over 100 pages long, discusses the government's approach to local authorities, schools, and increased autonomy. The response to the paper from Great Britain's Education secretary Ed Balls and from the National Union of Teachers General Secretary Christine Blower are given.
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- 2009
43. Integrating Young People into the Workforce: England's Twenty-First Century Solutions.
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Roberts, Ken
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YOUNG adults ,TWENTY-first century ,LABOR supply ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,ECONOMIC policy ,UNEMPLOYMENT statistics - Abstract
This paper uses the transition regime concept in a case study of how the regime in England has been reconstructed since the 1980s. It explains how the former transition regime evolved gradually up to the 1970s. Thereafter the regime proved unable to cope with an acceleration of de-industrialisation and the government's switch to neo-liberal social and economic policies. These changes destroyed many working-class routes into employment. The resultant push onto academic routes, which had the attraction of continuing to lead to jobs, meant that the enlarged numbers exiting the routes could no longer rely on employment that offered secure middle-class futures. The paper explains how the next 30 years became a period of radical regime reconstruction. Government education, training and welfare policies and changes in the economy and occupational structure, were the context in which schools, colleges and higher education institutions, employers and other training providers, together with young people, 'negotiated' new routes from points to entry to exits into different classes of employment. At the beginning of the 2020s, the reconstructed regime was delivering the fastest education-to-work transitions in Europe, with lower than average rates of youth unemployment and NEET. Then came the challenges of COVID-19, lockdowns and Brexit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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44. Does Family Structure Account for Child Achievement Gaps by Parental Education? Findings for England, France, Germany and the United States.
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Solaz, Anne, Panico, Lidia, Sheridan, Alexandra, Schneider, Thorsten, Dräger, Jascha, Waldfogel, Jane, Kwon, Sarah Jiyoon, Washbrook, Elizabeth, and Perinetti Casoni, Valentina
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FAMILY structure , *ACHIEVEMENT gap , *PERFORMANCE in children , *FAMILY roles , *HIGH-income countries , *PARENT-child relationships - Abstract
This paper explores the role of family trajectories during childhood in explaining inequalities by maternal education in children's math and reading skills using harmonized, longitudinal, and nationally representative surveys, which follow children over the course of primary and lower secondary school in four high‐income countries (England, France, Germany, and the United States). As single parenthood and family transitions are more likely among less educated parents and are associated with fewer resources for children, we explore whether growing up outside a stable two‐parent family mediates educational inequalities in math and reading scores. Results show a strong educational gradient in family trajectories in the four countries, but this varies by child age and by country. Children who experience a family transition record lower test scores, although the magnitude differs by the type of postseparation arrangements. Overall, family trajectories are strongly associated with children's math and reading scores but, because of the importance of selectivity in family trajectories, they play only a modest role in explaining the skills gaps by maternal education, considerably less than determinants such as income. The penalties associated with not living within a stable two‐parent family are always larger in the United States and England than in France and Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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45. Ready for Relationships Education? Primary school children's responses to a Healthy Relationships programme in England.
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Farrelly, Nicola, Barter, Christine, and Stanley, Nicky
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PREVENTION of child abuse ,SCHOOL health services ,FOCUS groups ,CHILD abuse ,RESEARCH methodology ,INTERVIEWING ,HARM reduction ,SURVEYS ,QUALITATIVE research ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,PSYCHOLOGY of school children ,THEMATIC analysis - Abstract
Children's experience of harm and abuse has a profound impact on their health and well-being. In response, school-based prevention programmes have been developed and delivered by external organisations with the aim of improving children's awareness and understanding of forms of harm and abuse which may affect them, encouraging them to seek help if needed. In September 2020, Relationships Education became statutory within the primary school curriculum in England and this ratification is likely to increase demand for externally delivered classroom-based programmes, which address the broad range of topics to be covered within this field. However, evidence is required to understand the impact and acceptability of such programmes. This paper presents qualitative findings from a larger mixed-methods study. Focus group discussions with 29 children explored their responses to one Healthy Relationships programme delivered to primary school children aged 10 and 11 in England. Analysis focuses specifically on responses to the topics of sexual abuse prevention and help-seeking. Children's widespread support for the programme indicates that topics are relevant and the opportunity to explore these issues is valued. However, for effective programme implementation, schools and parents need to be prepared, and prevention messages should continue to be embedded throughout children's school lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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46. 'I will be 'fighting' even more for pupils with SEN': SENCOs' role predictions in the changing English policy context.
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Pearson, Sue, Mitchell, Rafael, and Rapti, Maria
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SPECIAL education ,EDUCATION ,EDUCATION policy ,SPECIAL education administration ,SPECIAL education educators ,EDUCATIONAL change ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The Coalition Government's ' Green Paper' (DfE 2011) proposes a systemic overhaul of services for pupils with special educational needs in England, with increased parental choice of provision and 'sharper accountability' (p. 67) in schools. Deadlines for various stages of this reform have not been met, and its final nature remains uncertain. This paper reveals SENCOs' insights into their changing role in this turbulent policy context. This is achieved through the thematic analysis of 227 responses to an 'open-ended' question in the national Special Educational Needs Coordinator ( SENCO) Survey 2012. Findings from this sample indicate that SENCOs predict that schools in England will become more inclusive, with greater shared responsibility for achievement for all, and SENCOs' increased involvement in staff training and other whole school capacity-building activities. Respondents predict a greater partnership with parents, for whom they will provide advice and links to other services. They foresee their reduced involvement in direct teaching and an intensification of their work in other ways, especially in terms of paperwork associated with pupil tracking and other accountability measures. These changes are anticipated against a backdrop of resource cuts, requiring SENCOs to show increasing self-reliance and imagination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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47. What is the proposed role of research evidence in England’s ‘self-improving’ school system?
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Godfrey, David
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EDUCATION policy ,EDUCATION ,LEGISLATIVE reform ,VISIONS ,TEACHERS ,LEADERSHIP - Abstract
This article examines the English government’s vision for how research is proposed to lead to improvements in the system in the context of a school-led, self-improving system and rapid and sweeping legislative reforms. The debate about the role of research in the teaching profession has been sharpened by a large consultation effort in the academic community. The BERA-RSA inquiry suggests an empowering vision for teachers where research engagement informs practice and a role for schools in providing a ‘research-rich environment’. However, the government’s proposals offer a rather less empowering vision. The author of the paper contrasts a version of research-informed teaching and leadership with one where teachers are supposed to follow and be led by the evidence. The government’s education policy, especially as set out in the 2016 White Paper ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’ is analysed in relation to this position. Analysis of statements from the document are shown in the paper, and contextualised with examples from the English school system. The extent to which teacher agency is promoted through research evidence is explored. The article concludes that the government’s over emphasis on a ‘what works’/‘evidence-based practice’ model is unhelpful in achieving an improved education system. Suggestions for the role of universities and the College of Teaching in promoting research-informed practice are given. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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48. Who has high science capital? An exploration of emerging patterns of science capital among students aged 17/18 in England.
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Moote, Julie, Archer, Louise, DeWitt, Jennifer, and MacLeod, Emily
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SCIENCE education ,SCIENCE students ,EDUCATION ,EDUCATIONAL outcomes ,OUTCOME-based education - Abstract
Increasing and diversifying participation in science remains a key educational policy concern for governments across the world. Science capital has been proposed as a useful theoretical lens that can explain patterns in science aspirations among young people aged 11-16 – but to date it has not been explored in relation to educational outcomes among older age groups. This paper reports findings from a new survey of 7,013 17/18 year old English secondary school students. It replicates and extends previous findings, showing that among older students, levels of science capital remain patterned by gender, ethnicity, cultural capital and science set. Comparison of effect sizes with previous findings from a younger cohort also reveal that, overall, levels of science capital seem to decrease with age. However, the proportion of students with 'high' science capital remained stable while the proportion of those with 'low' science capital increased. Analysis also revealed a small but significant increase in the proportion of boys with high science capital. Findings confirm that science capital relates to outcomes at age 17/18, with high science capital students being relatively more likely to be pursuing post-compulsory STEM qualifications and routes. Implications for educational policy and practice are identified, particularly with regard to goals of diversifying and increasing science participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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49. The relational features of evidence use.
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Rickinson, Mark and Edwards, Anne
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EVIDENCE-based education ,EDUCATION methodology ,EDUCATION ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,EVIDENCE - Abstract
The use of research evidence is increasingly seen as critical to improving practice across many areas of public policy. At the same time, the role of relationships and relational work have become far more widely recognised in many fields of professional practice. This paper brings together these two developments by focusing on the relational features of evidence use. Drawing on two studies of educational evidence use, in England and Australia, the authors explore how concepts from studies of inter-professional collaboration – 'relational expertise', 'common knowledge' and 'relational agency' – might help in making sense of how research evidence is used and how such processes can be supported. The authors argue that these concepts can help in terms of: supporting more interactive approaches to evidence use; unpicking what is happening within the relational aspects of evidence use; and specifying what is involved in high-quality evidence use relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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50. The one-in-ten: quantitative Critical Race Theory and the education of the 'new (white) oppressed'.
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Crawford, Claire E.
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RACISM ,WORKING class ,CRITICAL race theory ,EDUCATION ,ACADEMIC achievement ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,EDUCATION statistics - Abstract
This paper challenges the notion that quantitative data – as a numeric truth – exist independent of a nation's political and racial landscape. Utilising large-scale national attainment data, the analysis challenges the belief that 'White working class' children in England, especially boys, are 'the new oppressed' – as a former equality adviser has publicly claimed. The analysis applies Quantitative Critical Race Theory, or 'QuantCrit', an emerging quantitative sub-field of Critical Race Theory in education. The paper argues that far from being 'oppressed', White boys continue to enjoy achievement advantages over numerous minoritised groups; especially their peers of Black Caribbean ethnic origin. Additionally, the analysis uniquely exposes racialised trends of 'equivalency' in core subject qualifications, whereby minority ethnic children are over-represented in certain lower-status qualifications that are counted as equivalent in education statistics but not in the real world labour market. The analysis concludes that knowing misrepresentations of quantitative data are at the heart of an institutional process through which race and racism are produced, legitimised and perpetuated in education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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