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Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes (2024)
Book Chapter
Dong, L., Cairns, J., Huat See, B., & Gorard, S. (2024). Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-12

One obvious factor affecting children's learning in school is their ability to read and write, but this can be hampered if they cannot see properly. Yet many children in the UK have eye conditions that have gone undetected. Even amongst those who do... Read More about Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes.

What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning? (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., Dixon, P., See, B., Bulsari, S., Saeed, S., …Pandya, K. (2024). What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning?. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-4

This study addresses the impact of early childhood education in Pakistan and India. This is a natural experiment design where children of comparable age and household socioeconomic characteristics are in both groups of attending school and not attend... Read More about What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning?.

Tackling teacher shortages: doing the right thing at the right time and with the right evidence (2022)
Book Chapter
See, B. H., Gorard, S., & Morris, R. (2023). Tackling teacher shortages: doing the right thing at the right time and with the right evidence. In R. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Erkican (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition) (655-670). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-818630-5.04084-7

Teacher shortages are influenced by a complicated interaction of factors. Most prior research does not consider such complexities, resulting in misleading interpretations of the problem and ineffective solutions. Findings from our multi-pronged resea... Read More about Tackling teacher shortages: doing the right thing at the right time and with the right evidence.

Rethinking the Complex Determinants of Teacher Shortages (2022)
Book Chapter
See, B., Gorard, S., Morris, R., & Ventista, O. (2022). Rethinking the Complex Determinants of Teacher Shortages. In I. Menter (Ed.), Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59533-3_2-1

Teacher shortages have long been a policy concern for many countries worldwide. Despite wide-ranging policy initiatives and billions of pounds spent addressing the issue, shortages are still being reported, especially in the secondary sector and for... Read More about Rethinking the Complex Determinants of Teacher Shortages.

Schools and education (2021)
Book Chapter
Mon-Williams, M., Ayadurai, C., Bond, C., Ellison, A., Elshehaly, M., Murphy, E., …Waterman, A. (2021). Schools and education. In K. Pickett, & D. Taylor-Robinson (Eds.), The Child of the North: Building a fairer future after COVID-19 (37-41). The Northern Health Science Alliance and N8 Research Partnership

Children in the North are more likely to live in poverty than those in the rest of England – and increasingly so. Poverty is the lead driver of inequalities between children in the North and their counterparts in the rest of the country, leading to w... Read More about Schools and education.

How to recruit and retain teachers in hard-to-staff areas: A systematic review of the empirical evidence (2020)
Book Chapter
See, B., Gorard, S., Morris, R., & el-Soufi, N. (2020). How to recruit and retain teachers in hard-to-staff areas: A systematic review of the empirical evidence. In T. Ovenden-Hope, & R. Passy (Eds.), Exploring teacher recruitment and retention (148-162). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429021824-14

Attracting and retaining qualified teachers in some subjects, schools and geographical areas is a common challenge facing school staffing policies in many developed countries. Chapter 13 summarises a systematic review of international research lookin... Read More about How to recruit and retain teachers in hard-to-staff areas: A systematic review of the empirical evidence.