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Insights into UK Teachers’ Wellbeing and Workload during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: Testimonies from the Silent Voices and Lessons Learnt (2024)
Journal Article
See, B. H. (2024). Insights into UK Teachers’ Wellbeing and Workload during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: Testimonies from the Silent Voices and Lessons Learnt. Education Sciences, 14(4), 344. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14040344

This paper presents the findings of a national survey of over 3400 teachers across all phases of education in England, 10 weeks into school closure. In this paper we report on the teachers’ experiences and their testimonies of the effects of the lock... Read More about Insights into UK Teachers’ Wellbeing and Workload during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: Testimonies from the Silent Voices and Lessons Learnt.

Dynamic testing of language learning aptitude: an exploratory proof of concept study (2024)
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Du, F., & Beckmann, J. F. (2024). Dynamic testing of language learning aptitude: an exploratory proof of concept study. Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 4(1), 168-197. https://doi.org/10.1515/jccall-2023-0028

This paper provides an example for how online technology can be utilised to increase efficiency and validity of assessment procedures beyond simple computerization of testing. We report the first steps of the development of an online assessment proce... Read More about Dynamic testing of language learning aptitude: an exploratory proof of concept study.

Faking good and bad on self‐reports versus informant‐reports of Dark Triad personality (2024)
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Walker, S., & MacCann, C. (2024). Faking good and bad on self‐reports versus informant‐reports of Dark Triad personality. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12465

Research consistently demonstrates that people can distort their responses on self‐report personality tests. Informant‐reports (where a knowledgeable informant rates a target's personality) can be used as an alternative to self‐ratings. However, ther... Read More about Faking good and bad on self‐reports versus informant‐reports of Dark Triad personality.

“I Told Them I Want to Speak Chinese!” The Struggle of UK Students to Negotiate Language Identities While Studying Chinese in China (2024)
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Jin, T., & O’Regan, J. P. (2024). “I Told Them I Want to Speak Chinese!” The Struggle of UK Students to Negotiate Language Identities While Studying Chinese in China. British Journal of Educational Studies, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2024.2309608

This article leverages interview data from students of Chinese who enrolled at a UK university but pursued a period of study abroad in China, aiming to delve into their negotiation of language identities during their overseas experience. By employing... Read More about “I Told Them I Want to Speak Chinese!” The Struggle of UK Students to Negotiate Language Identities While Studying Chinese in China.

Social moderation and calibration versus codification: a way forward for academic standards in higher education? (2024)
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O’Donovan, B., Sadler, I., & Reimann, N. (2024). Social moderation and calibration versus codification: a way forward for academic standards in higher education?. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2321504

A key responsibility of higher education providers is the accurate certification of the knowledge and skills attained by their students. However, despite an intense focus on developing relevant quality assurance regulations, academic standards in hig... Read More about Social moderation and calibration versus codification: a way forward for academic standards in higher education?.

Students’ perspectives on the ‘STEM belonging’ concept at A-level, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels: an examination of gender and ethnicity in student descriptions (2024)
Journal Article
Dost, G. (2024). Students’ perspectives on the ‘STEM belonging’ concept at A-level, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels: an examination of gender and ethnicity in student descriptions. International Journal of STEM Education, 11(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-024-00472-9

Background: Women and ethnic minorities have historically been underrepresented in some STEM fields. It is therefore important to understand the factors influencing students’ persistence in STEM fields, and what STEM belonging means from the voices o... Read More about Students’ perspectives on the ‘STEM belonging’ concept at A-level, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels: an examination of gender and ethnicity in student descriptions.

Do academically selective school systems strengthen the link between students’ family backgrounds and the likelihood of higher education participation? (2024)
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Lu, B., Dai, B., See, B. H., Shao, X., & Hu, X. (2024). Do academically selective school systems strengthen the link between students’ family backgrounds and the likelihood of higher education participation?. Educational Review, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2302117

Proponents of academic selection argue that academic selection helps children from disadvantaged backgrounds have better lifelong outcomes. However, the evidence needs to be clarified since selections by performance could be a proxy for selection by... Read More about Do academically selective school systems strengthen the link between students’ family backgrounds and the likelihood of higher education participation?.

Judging the relative trustworthiness of research results: How to do it and why it matters (2024)
Journal Article
Gorard, S. (2024). Judging the relative trustworthiness of research results: How to do it and why it matters. Review of Education, 12(1), Article e3448. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3448

This paper describes, and lays out an argument for, the use of a procedure to help groups of reviewers to judge the quality of prior research reports. It argues why such a procedure is needed, and how other existing approaches are only relevant to so... Read More about Judging the relative trustworthiness of research results: How to do it and why it matters.

A new mode of control: an actor–network theory account of effects of power and agency in establishing education policy (2024)
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Unsworth, R. (2024). A new mode of control: an actor–network theory account of effects of power and agency in establishing education policy. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 56(1), 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2023.2258827

In this paper, I argue that power promised to England’s teachers by the 2010 ‘Importance of Teaching’ white paper has rather played out as a reformulation of methods of policymaking to more indirect modes of government control. I trace the growth of... Read More about A new mode of control: an actor–network theory account of effects of power and agency in establishing education policy.

Enjoyment of music and GCSE uptake: Survey findings from three North East schools in England (2024)
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Whitford, H., & Kokotsaki, D. (2024). Enjoyment of music and GCSE uptake: Survey findings from three North East schools in England. British Journal of Music Education, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265051723000438

In recent years, music education has seen a decline in the number of students choosing to continue their studies at Key Stage 4 (14-16 year old students) and choose music as a GCSE option in England. Whilst the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a school... Read More about Enjoyment of music and GCSE uptake: Survey findings from three North East schools in England.

Why Didn't the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work? (2023)
Journal Article
Mathias, J., & Staddon, R. V. (2023). Why Didn't the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work?. Journal of the Foundation Year Network, 6, 99-112

There has been a growing demand for advanced quantitative skills in UK workplaces in the last twenty years. In response to this, the foundation programme in this study mandates social science, business and biology students to complete a 30-credit mat... Read More about Why Didn't the Pre-Arrival Intervention to Combat Maths Anxiety Work?.

Widening participation students’ experience and perception of flipped learning statistics compared with traditional teaching in higher education (2023)
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Mathias, J., Walczak, I., & Leech, S. (2023). Widening participation students’ experience and perception of flipped learning statistics compared with traditional teaching in higher education. MSOR Connections, 21(2), 4-14. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v21i2.1390

This paper presents data from a study comparing student experience and attainment when teaching statistics using Traditional Teaching (TT) and Flipped Learning (FL) approaches on a Foundation level module at a UK university. A survey of students’ exp... Read More about Widening participation students’ experience and perception of flipped learning statistics compared with traditional teaching in higher education.

An exploration of doctoral students’ resilience and coping strategies using Grounded Theory as the analytic lens (2023)
Journal Article
Kokotsaki, D. (2023). An exploration of doctoral students’ resilience and coping strategies using Grounded Theory as the analytic lens. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 18, 173-198. https://doi.org/10.28945/5137

Aim/Purpose: This study aimed to explore doctoral students’ perceived resilience and the coping strategies they choose to employ to overcome challenging circumstances during their studies. Background: Doctoral students often experience barriers which... Read More about An exploration of doctoral students’ resilience and coping strategies using Grounded Theory as the analytic lens.

Students’ attitudes to school music and perceived barriers to GCSE music uptake: a phenomenographic approach (2023)
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Kokotsaki, D., & Whitford, H. (2024). Students’ attitudes to school music and perceived barriers to GCSE music uptake: a phenomenographic approach. British Journal of Music Education, 41, 31-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265051723000426

The study aimed to investigate how students in lower secondary schools in England perceive the subject of music in terms of its importance and enjoyment. Following findings from the first survey phase of the project, it specifically sought to shed li... Read More about Students’ attitudes to school music and perceived barriers to GCSE music uptake: a phenomenographic approach.

Special issue: Gender equality and education (2023)
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Daniel, J., & Siddiqui, N. (2023). Special issue: Gender equality and education. Review of Education, 11(3), Article e3456. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3456

This special issue presents a compilation of scholarly articles on gender equality in education. This issue is particularly timely, aligning with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5, which emphasises the importance of achieving gender... Read More about Special issue: Gender equality and education.

Nastiness in Groups (2023)
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Bauer, M., Cahlíková, J., Celik Katreniak, D., Chytilová, J., Cingl, L., & Želinský, T. (2023). Nastiness in Groups. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, Article jvad072. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvad072

This paper provides evidence showing that people are more prone to engage in nasty behavior, malevolently causing financial harm to other people at own costs, when they make decisions in a group context rather than when making choices individually on... Read More about Nastiness in Groups.

The effectiveness and acceptability of multimedia information when recruiting children and young people to trials: the TRECA meta-analysis of SWATs (2023)
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Knapp, P., Martin-Kerry, J., Moe-Byrne, T., Sheridan, R., Coleman, E., Roche, J., …Stones, C. (2023). The effectiveness and acceptability of multimedia information when recruiting children and young people to trials: the TRECA meta-analysis of SWATs. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11(24), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3310/HTPM3841

The information provided to potential trial participants plays a crucial role in their decision-making. Printed participant information sheets for trials have received recurrent criticism as being too long and technical, unappealing and hard to navig... Read More about The effectiveness and acceptability of multimedia information when recruiting children and young people to trials: the TRECA meta-analysis of SWATs.

Multicomponent Reading Intervention: A Practitioner's Guide (2023)
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Daniel, J., Barth, A., & Ankrum, E. (2023). Multicomponent Reading Intervention: A Practitioner's Guide. The Reading Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2265

Reading comprehension is contingent upon the integration of various reading skills, including word reading, reading fluency, and comprehension strategies. Students who encounter challenges in both word reading and reading comprehension present an opp... Read More about Multicomponent Reading Intervention: A Practitioner's Guide.

Understanding the Patterns of Hate Incidents and Reporting Attitudes at a UK University (2023)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, N., Towl, G., Matthewson, J., & Earnshaw, M. (2023). Understanding the Patterns of Hate Incidents and Reporting Attitudes at a UK University. Qeios, https://doi.org/10.32388/D3PO6I

Widening participation, through diversity and inclusion, has become a major goal to achieve in UK Higher Education, with the potential of the most able, rather than simply the socially advantaged, attending university. Addressing challenges of racism... Read More about Understanding the Patterns of Hate Incidents and Reporting Attitudes at a UK University.