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Making Sense of Mathematics Mastery: A comparative judgement approach towards pre-service teachers' understanding (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heshmati, H., Wang, L., & Barmby, P. (2024, November). Making Sense of Mathematics Mastery: A comparative judgement approach towards pre-service teachers' understanding. Presented at British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, University of Southampton

Teaching for Mastery (TfM) has been developing for over a decade in England. As a result, there is the need to assess teacher trainees' understanding of concept. We therefore report a preliminary study that tested an alternative approach, called comp... Read More about Making Sense of Mathematics Mastery: A comparative judgement approach towards pre-service teachers' understanding.

Reconceptualising emotion dysregulation in the context of middle childhood: A scoping review of reviews (2024)
Journal Article
Antony, E., Beckmann, N., & Higgins, S. (2025). Reconceptualising emotion dysregulation in the context of middle childhood: A scoping review of reviews. JCPP Advances, 5(1), Article e12296. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12296

Background: Recent research has suggested that emotion dysregulation (ED) is a key mechanism which explains the associations between mental health illnesses, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and internalising problems, among youth.... Read More about Reconceptualising emotion dysregulation in the context of middle childhood: A scoping review of reviews.

Beyond Nomothetics and Idiographics: Towards a Systematization of Personality Research Approaches (2024)
Journal Article
Vy Phan, L., Modersitzki, N., Kuper, N., Beckmann, N., Fajkowska, M., Gollwitzer, M., Horstmann, K. T., Quirin, M., Renner, K.-H., Wright, A., & Rauthmann, J. (2025). Beyond Nomothetics and Idiographics: Towards a Systematization of Personality Research Approaches. European Journal of Personality, 39(2), 233-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241301633

Psychology is concerned with both general laws of psychological functioning and with the individual person. The debate surrounding nomothetics and idiographics has been brought up repeatedly, but it has never been completely resolved. We therefore ai... Read More about Beyond Nomothetics and Idiographics: Towards a Systematization of Personality Research Approaches.

Homonormativity and the focus on families in LGBT inclusion in English primary schools (2024)
Journal Article
Lecuyer, A. (online). Homonormativity and the focus on families in LGBT inclusion in English primary schools. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2024.2425013

Although the most recent changes to the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum in England encourage primary schools to include LGBT content, this inclusion is primarily focused on teaching about different types of families. In view of this,... Read More about Homonormativity and the focus on families in LGBT inclusion in English primary schools.

Analysis of Teacher Education policy in England (2010-2021) a Corpus based CDA approach (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridgway, R. (2024, November). Analysis of Teacher Education policy in England (2010-2021) a Corpus based CDA approach. Presented at Universities Council for Teacher Education (UCET) National Conference, Leeds

How do education policies in England construct teacher education? Is this distinct from previous education policy? Can we use new methods to discover discourses? Do education policies in England relate to global education trends? This project was pro... Read More about Analysis of Teacher Education policy in England (2010-2021) a Corpus based CDA approach.

Family Social Capital and Sustainable Well-Being: Navigating Chinese Adolescents’ Well-Being During COVID-19 Lockdown (2024)
Journal Article
Jiang, M., Bartholomew, K. J., Edirisingha, P., Liu, Q., Wang, Y., Jin, T., Chen, M., & Russell, K. (online). Family Social Capital and Sustainable Well-Being: Navigating Chinese Adolescents’ Well-Being During COVID-19 Lockdown. British Journal of Educational Studies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2024.2422446

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruption as governments took actions to limit the spread of the virus. Measures such as physical distancing and lockdowns changed living conditions, leading to challenges such as social isolation and reduced... Read More about Family Social Capital and Sustainable Well-Being: Navigating Chinese Adolescents’ Well-Being During COVID-19 Lockdown.

Deepfakes and higher education: A research agenda and scoping review of synthetic media (2024)
Journal Article
Roe, J., Perkins, M., & Furze, L. (2024). Deepfakes and higher education: A research agenda and scoping review of synthetic media. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 21(10), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.53761/2y2np178

The availability of software which can produce convincing, yet synthetic media poses both threats and benefits to tertiary education globally. While other forms of synthetic media exist, this study focuses on deepfakes: advanced Generative AI (GenAI)... Read More about Deepfakes and higher education: A research agenda and scoping review of synthetic media.

What is this thing called Critical Thinking? Perspectives from business school academics (2024)
Journal Article
D'Northwood, G., & Rattray, J. (online). What is this thing called Critical Thinking? Perspectives from business school academics. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2024.2422310

In our ever-changing and complex world, we encounter difficult problems that demand sophisticated solutions. Critical thinking, a vital skill for modern survival, lies at the heart of higher education. It is what we should develop in students, arguab... Read More about What is this thing called Critical Thinking? Perspectives from business school academics.

The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching (2024)
Journal Article
Rattray, J., Reimann, N., Dragas, T., Rajab, T., & Murray, M. (online). The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching. International Journal for Academic Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2024.2423157

This paper arose from the authors’ experience of facilitating collective reflection on higher education teaching using the ‘intercultural teaching process recall’ (iTPR) method. Facilitators’ contributions to the iTPR sessions were analysed empirical... Read More about The role of the facilitator in collective reflection on higher education teaching.

Negotiating authenticity: experiences of student influencers on social media (2024)
Journal Article
Raaper, R., Hardey, M., Tiidenberg, K., & Aad, S. (online). Negotiating authenticity: experiences of student influencers on social media. Journal of Youth Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2419085

Research has shown that contemporary youth face a variety of challenges, ranging from social belonging to striving towards perfection in body image and personal achievements in all areas of life. Student life is expected to add further complexities,... Read More about Negotiating authenticity: experiences of student influencers on social media.

Factors related to the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers: What are the barriers and facilitators? (2024)
Journal Article
See, B. H., Gorard, S., Gao, Y., Hitt, L., Siddiqui, N., Demie, F., Tereshchenko, A., & El Soufi, N. (2024). Factors related to the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers: What are the barriers and facilitators?. Review of Education, 12(3), Article e70005. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.70005

This paper reports on the findings of a comprehensive structured review of the factors that can help explain and perhaps improve the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers in schools. This issue has been a policy concern in several cou... Read More about Factors related to the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers: What are the barriers and facilitators?.

What are the key predictors of international teacher shortages? (2024)
Journal Article
Gorard, S., Ledger, M., See, B. H., & Morris, R. (online). What are the key predictors of international teacher shortages?. Research Papers in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2024.2414427

Recurrent teacher shortages have been a long-standing problem for many countries. Popular strategies to attract and retain teachers, used over several decades across the world, include bursaries, scholarships, performance-related pay, professional de... Read More about What are the key predictors of international teacher shortages?.

Why are ethnic minority teacher paid differently in England: a preliminary analysis of the School Workforce Census (2024)
Journal Article
Gorard, S., Gao, Y., Siddiqui, N., & See, B. H. (online). Why are ethnic minority teacher paid differently in England: a preliminary analysis of the School Workforce Census. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, https://doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2024.803318S

This paper uses data from the School Workforce Census in England, 2015-2022, to examine differential pay rates for teachers of different ethnic groups. Part of the reason for this is to help understand why ethnic minority teachers are under-represent... Read More about Why are ethnic minority teacher paid differently in England: a preliminary analysis of the School Workforce Census.

Social Media (2024)
Book
Costa, C., McIlvaney, N., & Simpson, J. (Eds.). (2024). Social Media. Durham. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13961068

This book is part of a three-book collection focused on different aspects of young people’s (pre-teens) experiences with the digital world. It is also a resource for teachers, parents, mentors, and guardians in supporting conversations with and about... Read More about Social Media.

Interleaving in mathematical category learning (2024)
Journal Article
Rowlandson, P., & Simpson, A. (in press). Interleaving in mathematical category learning. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education,

On the basis of a substantial, robust and well-replicated cognitive science research literature, interleaving has been recommended across a wide range of professional pedagogical works as an evidence-based strategy for mathematics teachers. This pape... Read More about Interleaving in mathematical category learning.

‘Sir, if I let you blow me, will you not put a behaviour point on?’ The working-class, gay teacher and the limits of neoliberal inclusion (2024)
Journal Article
Llewellyn, A. (online). ‘Sir, if I let you blow me, will you not put a behaviour point on?’ The working-class, gay teacher and the limits of neoliberal inclusion. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17461979241290159

This study examines social-class and sexuality in the context of being a teacher in a secondary school in England. It is pertinent as some levels of LGBT inclusion, are currently expected in English schools, however this varies within and across scho... Read More about ‘Sir, if I let you blow me, will you not put a behaviour point on?’ The working-class, gay teacher and the limits of neoliberal inclusion.

A critical evaluation of regression discontinuity studies in school effectiveness research (2024)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (online). A critical evaluation of regression discontinuity studies in school effectiveness research. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2412730

School start regulations allocate children born immediately either side of a given date to different life paths: those slightly older starting school a full year earlier. School effectiveness literature exploits this to estimate causal effects descri... Read More about A critical evaluation of regression discontinuity studies in school effectiveness research.