All Outputs (11)

Digital Literacies with and for young people Co-producing picture books to promote digital cultural knowledge (2025)
Report
Costa, C., & Michaela, O. (2025). Digital Literacies with and for young people Co-producing picture books to promote digital cultural knowledge. Durham: Durham University

This research report reports about the co-production processes of developing digital literacy knowledge with and for young people.

Fostering critical digital literacies: Connecting young people with university students as meaningful others (2025)
Journal Article
Costa, C., & Oliver, M. (2025). Fostering critical digital literacies: Connecting young people with university students as meaningful others. Advancing Education, 29-34

How to be a learner and a teacher at the same time (2024)
Book Chapter
Oliver, M. (2024). How to be a learner and a teacher at the same time. In M. Stephenson, & A. Gill (Eds.), Training to be a Primary School Teacher: ITT and Beyond. Sage

What does reasoning look like in the primary English classroom? (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Oliver, M. (2023). What does reasoning look like in the primary English classroom?. Primary Matters

The Durham Digital Literacy Project (2023)
Report
Costa, C., & Michaela, O. (2023). The Durham Digital Literacy Project. Durham: ESRC IAA

Developing reasoning to encourage deeper writing (2023)
Book Chapter
Oliver, M. (2023). Developing reasoning to encourage deeper writing. In A. Bushnell, A. Gill, D. Waugh, & R. Smith (Eds.), . (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications

Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English (2022)
Journal Article
Oliver, M., & Higgins, S. (2023). Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 47, Article 101230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101230

This paper draws upon a growing body of research emphasising the importance and prevalence of domain-specific practices in teaching and learning. Different disciplines have their own reasoning practices, conceptualised as reasoning styles, which are... Read More about Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English.

What styles of reasoning are important in primary English? (2021)
Journal Article
Oliver, M. (2021). What styles of reasoning are important in primary English?. The Curriculum Journal, 32(4), 704-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.120

The importance of teaching reasoning in schools is widely recognised. Yet this has presented teachers with difficulties, particularly in primary education. Difficulties partially stem from a lack of cohesive theory about reasoning for education and a... Read More about What styles of reasoning are important in primary English?.

Exploring and developing domain-specific reasoning in primary English (2020)
Thesis
Oliver, M. Exploring and developing domain-specific reasoning in primary English. (Thesis). Durham University. https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1617864

Developing reasoning to encourage deeper writing (2020)
Book Chapter
Oliver, M. (2020). Developing reasoning to encourage deeper writing. In A. Bushnell, A. Gill, D. Waugh, & R. Smith (Eds.), Mastering Writing at Greater Depth: A guide for primary teaching (173-189). SAGE Publications

Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oliver, M. (2019, December). Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English. Presented at Imagining Better Education, Durham, England

The socio-cultural framework describes reasoning as a cultural phenomenon, expanding thinking to something which is played out in public. Drawing upon the academic field of cognitive history, this project argues that academic domains have developed t... Read More about Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English.