All Outputs (35)

Procedural understanding in biology : the 'thinking behind the doing' (2001)
Journal Article
Roberts, R. (2001). Procedural understanding in biology : the 'thinking behind the doing'. Journal of Biological Education, 35(3), 113-117

Procedural understanding should be taught to students for an understanding of the 'nature of science'. Considers some of the concepts of evidence that are particularly important to biology, and discusses how and why these ideas could be taught.

Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique (2001)
Journal Article
Cooper, B. (2001). Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique. British Journal of Educational Studies, 49(1), 92-94

The Need for Randomised Controlled Trials in Educational Research. (2001)
Journal Article
Torgerson, C., & Torgerson, D. (2001). The Need for Randomised Controlled Trials in Educational Research. British Journal of Educational Studies, 49(3), 316-328

Accountability and School Inspection: In Defence of Audited Self-Review (2001)
Journal Article
Davis, A., & White, J. (2001). Accountability and School Inspection: In Defence of Audited Self-Review. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 35(4), 667-681

The Kids Are Doing All Right': Differences in Parental Satisfaction, Expectation, and Attribution in St. Petersburg, Sunderland, and Kentucky (2001)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., Hufton, N., Illushin, L., & Willis, W. (2001). The Kids Are Doing All Right': Differences in Parental Satisfaction, Expectation, and Attribution in St. Petersburg, Sunderland, and Kentucky. Cambridge Journal of Education, 31(2), 179-204

Explores children's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in Sunderland (United Kingdom), Eastern Kentucky, and St. Petersburg (Russia) by surveying parental perspectives. States that findings from these three regions reinforce earlier findings about Bri... Read More about The Kids Are Doing All Right': Differences in Parental Satisfaction, Expectation, and Attribution in St. Petersburg, Sunderland, and Kentucky.

Ofsted inspection and school improvement: to what extent does inspection improve examination performance in the comprehensive school? (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D., Shaw, I., Darnell, R., & Aitkin, M. (2001). Ofsted inspection and school improvement: to what extent does inspection improve examination performance in the comprehensive school?. FORUM, 43(3), 124-126

Social Class, Ethnicity and Educational Performance (2001)
Journal Article
McCallum, I., & Demie, F. (2001). Social Class, Ethnicity and Educational Performance. Educational Research, 43(2), 147-159

Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, L. (2001). Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 182-88

Discusses what counts as understanding in history at the elementary school (British primary school) level and describes some strategies that have been shown by research to be effective in supporting the construction of historical understanding. Ident... Read More about Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom.

Working through Complexity - an experience of devleoping mathematical thinking through the use of Logo with low attaining pupils (2001)
Journal Article
Harries, A. (2001). Working through Complexity - an experience of devleoping mathematical thinking through the use of Logo with low attaining pupils. Support for Learning, 16(1), 23-28

What primary school student-teachers and head teachers think matters when choosing and judging a teacher, (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D., & Newton, L. (2001). What primary school student-teachers and head teachers think matters when choosing and judging a teacher,. Research in Education, 66, 54-64

Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (2001)
Journal Article
English, E. (2001). Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 197-204

This paper briefly considers what research has told us about the development of young children's understanding. It goes on to look at the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (QCA, 2000) in terms of that research. The paper suggests that the... Read More about Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage.

Quantitative methods in educational research: the role of numbers made easy (book review) (2001)
Journal Article
Cooper, B. (2001). Quantitative methods in educational research: the role of numbers made easy (book review)

Subject content knowledge and some teacher talk in the primary science classroom. (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D., & Newton, L. (2001). Subject content knowledge and some teacher talk in the primary science classroom. European Journal of Teacher Education, 24(3), 369-379

Ethnic and Gender Difference in Educational Achievement and Implications for School Improvement Strategies (2001)
Journal Article
Demie, F. (2001). Ethnic and Gender Difference in Educational Achievement and Implications for School Improvement Strategies. Educational Research, 43(1), 91-106

The demand of language: the justice of the différend, The School Field (2001)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2001). The demand of language: the justice of the différend, The School Field

Helping children to understand. (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D. (2001). Helping children to understand. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 119-127

Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics (2001)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2001). Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 136-42

Discusses the nature of mathematical understanding for primary school (elementary school) students in the context of the National Numeracy Strategy of the United Kingdom. Suggests some ways in which the national curriculum does not seem well designed... Read More about Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics.

Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, L. (2001). Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 143-53

Discusses what counts as understanding in primary school science (elementary school science) in the context of the United Kingdom's National Curriculum Order for Science. Considers the problems elementary school teachers face in pressing for understa... Read More about Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science.

The evidence for misleading statistics in local authority league tables. (2001)
Journal Article
Torgerson, C. (2001). The evidence for misleading statistics in local authority league tables

Choosing and judging teachers: What Heads and student teachers think matters (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D. P., & Newton, L. D. (2001). Choosing and judging teachers: What Heads and student teachers think matters. Research in Education, 66(November), 54-64

Head teachers and student teachers have conceptions of what matters when selecting and judging the effectiveness of a new teacher. This study reports the results of surveys of sixty-six primary school head teachers' and eighty-one postgraduate studen... Read More about Choosing and judging teachers: What Heads and student teachers think matters.