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Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties (2024)
Book Chapter
Daniel, J., & Barth, A. (2024). Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research (27-37). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-5

Reading comprehension is a complex cognitive task that involves the interaction of various subskills. This chapter starts by describing the theoretical framework that underpins reading comprehension and examines the key components associated with thi... Read More about Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties.

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.

Building research capacity through a pipeline (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2024). Building research capacity through a pipeline. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge

This book is unusual in having two related objectives. The overarching concern is about assisting the trajectories of researchers at every stage of their career, from conducting an MA thesis to promoted academic posts. And this is the explicit focus... Read More about Building research capacity through a pipeline.

Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. (2024). Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China. 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/10.4324/9781003455066-20

This chapter presents a tension between the surge in the number of postgraduate examinations and the slow growth of the number of postgraduate admissions in China. It presents a comparison of the background information between a postgraduate and a no... Read More about Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China.

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?.

United Kingdom (2024)
Book Chapter
Taylor, S. (2024). United Kingdom. In V. Kumar, & N. Wald (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Enhancing Doctoral Co-Supervision (137-148). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0460-6

The single supervisor model was dominant from the inception of the PhD in the UK in 1917 through to the 1980s. But then a series of developments led to the widespread introduction of team supervision in the late 20th and 21st centuries. This chapter... Read More about United Kingdom.

The Compassion–Resilience Connection: Their Place in Early Childhood Education in a Global Arena (2024)
Book Chapter
Broadfoot, H. (2024). The Compassion–Resilience Connection: Their Place in Early Childhood Education in a Global Arena. In Z. Nikiforidou, B. Anderson, & W. Robles-Melendez (Eds.), Resilience and Wellbeing in Young Children, Their Families and Communities: Exploring Diverse Contexts, Circumstances and Populations (113-129). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003345664-10

In light of the increasingly complex world and the challenges it presents, this chapter focuses on the need and means through which young children’s emotional resilience can be fostered and holistic wellbeing supported in a collective compassionate c... Read More about The Compassion–Resilience Connection: Their Place in Early Childhood Education in a Global Arena.

The politics of researching interculturally (2024)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P. (in press). The politics of researching interculturally. In S. Liu, A. Komisarof, Z. Jua, & L. Obijiofor (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of intercultural communication. SAGE Publications

United Kingdom (2023)
Book Chapter
Taylor, S. (2023). United Kingdom. In V. Kumar, S. Taylor, & S. Sharmini (Eds.), Doctoral Examination: Exploring Practice Across the Globe (165-176)