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Reflections on my experience of developing and implementing a metalearning program for an EFL elective course in a Taiwanese secondary school (2017)
Journal Article
Lin, S., Rattray, J., & Walker-Gleaves, C. (2018). Reflections on my experience of developing and implementing a metalearning program for an EFL elective course in a Taiwanese secondary school. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 27, 120-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2017.12.001

This paper reports my personal reflection on the development and application of a metalearning program for a class of 10th grade (age: 15–16 years) students. Despite new government curriculum guidelines for senior high schools emphasizing critical th... Read More about Reflections on my experience of developing and implementing a metalearning program for an EFL elective course in a Taiwanese secondary school.

An exploration of students' lived experiences of using smartphones in diverse learning contexts using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach (2015)
Journal Article
Chan, N., Walker-Gleaves, C., & Walker-Gleaves, A. (2015). An exploration of students' lived experiences of using smartphones in diverse learning contexts using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Computers & Education, 82, 96-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.11.001

This study describes young people's experiences of using smartphones, by exploring what it means to acquire, possess, and create a purpose for these personal mobile devices within the complex and fluid contexts of formal and informal learning. Applyi... Read More about An exploration of students' lived experiences of using smartphones in diverse learning contexts using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach.

Attitudes Towards Shared Learning of Trainee Dental Technicians and Undergraduate Dental Students (2015)
Journal Article
Reeson, M., & Walker-Gleaves, C. (2015). Attitudes Towards Shared Learning of Trainee Dental Technicians and Undergraduate Dental Students. Journal of Dental Education, 79(1), 95-100

The challenges of health care are increasingly complex and subject to frequent change. Meeting these demands requires that health professionals work in partnership with each other and the patient. One way of contributing to this is for students to le... Read More about Attitudes Towards Shared Learning of Trainee Dental Technicians and Undergraduate Dental Students.

Interactions in the dental team: understanding theoretical complexities and practical challenges (2013)
Journal Article
Reeson, M., Walker-Gleaves, C., & Jepson, N. (2013). Interactions in the dental team: understanding theoretical complexities and practical challenges. British Dental Journal, 215(9), Article E16. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.1046

Background: Interdisciplinary collaboration and communication during dental training has become an increasingly influential idea within dental schools, both in the United Kingdom and European contexts. Research into this curriculum innovation has pro... Read More about Interactions in the dental team: understanding theoretical complexities and practical challenges.

Listening, Nurturing, Pulling: a passion to teach with care (2011)
Book Chapter
Walker, C. (2011). Listening, Nurturing, Pulling: a passion to teach with care. In T. Brown, E. Chapman Hoult, D. Hewitt, D. Sadler, C. Walker-Gleaves, & D. Watson (Eds.), Ten years of the National Teaching Fellowships : four stories from education (17-20). ESCalate

Can students within higher education learn to be resilient and, educationally speaking, does it matter? (2006)
Journal Article
Walker, C., Gleaves, A., & Grey, J. (2006). Can students within higher education learn to be resilient and, educationally speaking, does it matter?. Educational Studies, 32(3), 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690600631184

This paper presents a critical appraisal of resilience and its associated concepts within the context of higher education. It addresses wide‐ranging definitions of resilience, encompassing endurance and adaptability, and seeks to understand how these... Read More about Can students within higher education learn to be resilient and, educationally speaking, does it matter?.

A study of the difficulties of care and support in new University teachers' work (2006)
Journal Article
Walker, C., Gleaves, A., & Grey, J. (2006). A study of the difficulties of care and support in new University teachers' work. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 12(3), 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/13450600500467688

This paper discusses some findings from a small‐scale qualitative study involving ‘new’ teachers in a medium sized, regional English university. Using Grounded Theory methods to inform and guide the research, the study explores participants’ views on... Read More about A study of the difficulties of care and support in new University teachers' work.

Problems in the construction of gender and professional identities for women in a United Kingdom Merchant Navy Training School (2003)
Journal Article
Walker, C., Gleaves, A., & Peart, D. (2003). Problems in the construction of gender and professional identities for women in a United Kingdom Merchant Navy Training School. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 8(3), 285-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596740300200156

The United Kingdom Merchant Navy has a very poor record on access and training for females in terms of marine careers across all levels. Furthermore, it is a world where equity and equality are often simply overlooked, partly because the difficult an... Read More about Problems in the construction of gender and professional identities for women in a United Kingdom Merchant Navy Training School.