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Meta-analysis examining the effects of electronic storybooks on language and literacy outcomes for children in grades Pre-K to grade 2 (2021)
Journal Article
Savva, M., Higgins, S., & Beckmann, N. (2022). Meta-analysis examining the effects of electronic storybooks on language and literacy outcomes for children in grades Pre-K to grade 2. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 38(2), 526-564. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12623

Background The array of availability of diverse digital reading applications, the mixed results emerging from small-scale experimental studies, as well as the long-standing tradition and range of known positive developmental outcomes gained from adul... Read More about Meta-analysis examining the effects of electronic storybooks on language and literacy outcomes for children in grades Pre-K to grade 2.

Professional Learning Networks: a conceptual model and research opportunities (2021)
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Poortman, C., Brown, C., & Schildkamp, K. (2022). Professional Learning Networks: a conceptual model and research opportunities. Educational Research, 64(1), 95-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2021.1985398

Background: Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) of educators represent a promising approach to achieving continuous school improvement. At the same time, a range of studies in this area, including several systematic reviews and meta-analyses, repor... Read More about Professional Learning Networks: a conceptual model and research opportunities.

Examining the Effects of Integrating Anxiety Management Instruction Within a Reading Intervention for Upper Elementary Students With Reading Difficulties (2021)
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Vaughn, S., Grills, A., Capin, P., Roberts, G., Fall, A. M., & Daniel, J. (2022). Examining the Effects of Integrating Anxiety Management Instruction Within a Reading Intervention for Upper Elementary Students With Reading Difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 55(5), 408-426. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194211053225

We present findings from the first cohort of third- and fourth-grade students with reading difficulties (128 students from 31 classrooms) who participated in a 2-year intervention examining the effects of a reading intervention with and without anxie... Read More about Examining the Effects of Integrating Anxiety Management Instruction Within a Reading Intervention for Upper Elementary Students With Reading Difficulties.

An exploration of what conditionsfacilitate experiences of compassion in one early childhood community (2021)
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Broadfoot, H., & Pascal, C. (2021). An exploration of what conditionsfacilitate experiences of compassion in one early childhood community. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293x.2021.1985558

This paper reports on a praxeological investigation concerned with what conditions facilitate (or not) compassion in the daily life of one Pre-School community in England. With increasing concern for planetary well-being, it was conducted in context... Read More about An exploration of what conditionsfacilitate experiences of compassion in one early childhood community.

Systematic review measuring the efficacy of study abroad in undergraduate language learners on linguistic proficiency gains (2021)
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Moore, I., Torgerson, C., & Beckmann, N. (2021). Systematic review measuring the efficacy of study abroad in undergraduate language learners on linguistic proficiency gains. Review of Education, 9(3), Article e3306. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3306

Ascertaining the value of a study abroad experience on facilitating language development has long been a goal of Second Language Acquisition scholars. There is currently a plethora of studies regarding the topic, yet, despite this, the evidence remai... Read More about Systematic review measuring the efficacy of study abroad in undergraduate language learners on linguistic proficiency gains.

Teachers as educational change agents: what do we currently know? findings from a systematic review (2021)
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Brown, C., White, R., & Kelly, A. (2021). Teachers as educational change agents: what do we currently know? findings from a systematic review. Emerald Open Research, 3(26), https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.14385.1

Change agents are individuals who can successfully transform aspects of how organisations operate. In education, teachers as change agents are increasingly seen as vital to the successful operation of schools and self-improving school systems. To dat... Read More about Teachers as educational change agents: what do we currently know? findings from a systematic review.

University Students’ Conceptions and Experiences of Teacher Care amidst Online Learning (2021)
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Tanga, A., Walker-Gleaves, C., & Rattray, J. (2024). University Students’ Conceptions and Experiences of Teacher Care amidst Online Learning. Teaching in Higher Education, 29(2), 366-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2021.1989579

This qualitative research aims to examine university students’ conceptions and experiences of teacher care and its pedagogical implications, premised on ethics of care framed within Vygotskian social constructivism. The COVID-initiated rapid introduc... Read More about University Students’ Conceptions and Experiences of Teacher Care amidst Online Learning.

‘Look after the staff and they would look after the students’ cultures of wellbeing and mental health in the university setting (2021)
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Brewster, L., Jones, E., Priestley, M., Wilbraham, S. J., Spanner, L., & Hughes, G. (2022). ‘Look after the staff and they would look after the students’ cultures of wellbeing and mental health in the university setting. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46(4), 548-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2021.1986473

University student wellbeing is increasingly seen as a concern, and as demands on university staff time for research, teaching, leadership and pastoral support also increase, this is mirrored in concerns about staff wellbeing. Dominant sectoral narra... Read More about ‘Look after the staff and they would look after the students’ cultures of wellbeing and mental health in the university setting.

Cognitive development and non-aerobic physical fitness in preschoolers: a longitudinal study (2021)
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Kreuger de Aguiar, D., Tymms, P. B., Campelo Koslinski, M., Gil Soares de Araújo, C., & Lisboa Bartholo, T. (2021). Cognitive development and non-aerobic physical fitness in preschoolers: a longitudinal study. Lecturas educación física y deportes (Buenos Aires), 26(281), 21-42. https://doi.org/10.46642/efd.v26i281.2860

Introduction: Early childhood is the most critical period of healthy motor and cognitive development in human life and increased physical activity may provide health benefits across childhood and adolescence. Objective: The aim of this study was to q... Read More about Cognitive development and non-aerobic physical fitness in preschoolers: a longitudinal study.

Reviewing the logic of social scientific claims (2021)
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Gorard, S., & Tan, Y. (2021). Reviewing the logic of social scientific claims. Technium Social Sciences Journal, 24(1), 113-124. https://doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v24i1.4781

This paper considers three different claims to knowledge, namely, “fully descriptive”, “generally descriptive” and causal claims. These are all common in social science, and each type of claim requires more assumptions than the previous one. After di... Read More about Reviewing the logic of social scientific claims.

Increasing understanding of the aspirations and expectations of Roma students (2021)
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Zelinsky, T., Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2021). Increasing understanding of the aspirations and expectations of Roma students. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(4), 588-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1872366

Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe, and despite the efforts of national governments and international institutions in many countries, the majority still live below the poverty line. It is estimated that only approximately 20 per cent of a... Read More about Increasing understanding of the aspirations and expectations of Roma students.

Understanding the complexity of Chinese rural parents’ roles in their children’s access to Chinese elite universities (2021)
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Xu, Y., & Montgomery, C. (2021). Understanding the complexity of Chinese rural parents’ roles in their children’s access to Chinese elite universities. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(4), 555-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1872364

Chinese rural students are less privileged than their urban counterparts in accessing Chinese elite universities. Existing studies widely follow a Bourdieusian explanation for this discrepancy in access, focusing on rural parents’ capital deficit in... Read More about Understanding the complexity of Chinese rural parents’ roles in their children’s access to Chinese elite universities.

Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union (2021)
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Želinský, T., Mysíková, M., & Garner, T. I. (2022). Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union. European Journal of Development Research, 34(5), 2493-2516. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00457-2

When developing anti-poverty policies, policymakers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in the literature, though it remains a conceptually appeali... Read More about Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union.

Arts, language and intercultural education (2021)
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Fleming, M. (2023). Arts, language and intercultural education. Language Teaching Research, 27(2), 261-275. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211044244

This article is structured around four questions related to the arts, language and intercultural education. Are the claims for the value of the arts over-stated? Does the use of the arts in the service of non-art outcomes run the risk of distorting t... Read More about Arts, language and intercultural education.

Of Young People and Internet Cafés (2021)
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Xiao, Z., & Higgins, S. (2021). Of Young People and Internet Cafés. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 603992. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.603992

This study examines how adolescent experience in Internet cafés (known as wangba in Chinese) relates to academic attainment in urban, rural, and Tibetan schools of China. By documenting the frustrations teenagers express in their negotiations with ad... Read More about Of Young People and Internet Cafés.

Student support as social network: Exploring non-traditional student experiences of academic and wellbeing support during the Covid-19 pandemic (2021)
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Raaper, R., Brown, C., & Llewellyn, A. (2022). Student support as social network: Exploring non-traditional student experiences of academic and wellbeing support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Educational Review, 74(3), 402-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.1965960

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis in higher education, affecting all aspects of university work and practices. This article focuses on student experiences in particular by problematising academic and wellbeing support available to non-... Read More about Student support as social network: Exploring non-traditional student experiences of academic and wellbeing support during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Creative Sciences (2021)
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Rees, S., & Newton, D. (2021). The Creative Sciences. School science review, 382, 57-62

Creativity lies at the heart of science teaching and learning. However, stereotypically, creativity is more widely associated with the arts than the sciences. In this article, we challenge this perception and demonstrate how to teach for and with cre... Read More about The Creative Sciences.

Reconceptualising fair access to highly academically selective universities, Higher Education (2021)
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Boliver, V., Banerjee, P., Gorard, S., & Powell, M. (2022). Reconceptualising fair access to highly academically selective universities, Higher Education. Higher Education, 84(1), 85-100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00755-y

The higher education regulators for England have set challenging new widening access targets requiring universities to rethink “ how merit is judged in admissions” (OfS 2018: 8). Universities are being encouraged to move away from the traditional mer... Read More about Reconceptualising fair access to highly academically selective universities, Higher Education.

School-Aged Students’ Sustainable Online Learning Engagement during COVID-19: Community of Inquiry in a Chinese Secondary Education Context (2021)
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Li, F., Jin, T., Edirisingha, P., & Zhang, X. (2021). School-Aged Students’ Sustainable Online Learning Engagement during COVID-19: Community of Inquiry in a Chinese Secondary Education Context. Sustainability, 13(18), Article 10147. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810147

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread all over the world, many educational institutions have shifted to a full-time online teaching mode. Although online teaching has been widely explored, the unprecedented initiatives of mass-scale full-time onli... Read More about School-Aged Students’ Sustainable Online Learning Engagement during COVID-19: Community of Inquiry in a Chinese Secondary Education Context.