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A review of school-based interventions for the improvement of social emotional skills and wider outcomes of education (2018)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, N., & Ventista, O. (2018). A review of school-based interventions for the improvement of social emotional skills and wider outcomes of education. International Journal of Educational Research, 90, 117-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2018.06.003

This paper presents a review of interventions which have the evidence of impact on students’ non-cognitive skills. The review included 3000 studies out of which 138 studies were found relevant. Only 13 studies could be considered for the final result... Read More about A review of school-based interventions for the improvement of social emotional skills and wider outcomes of education.

Primary school teachers’ conceptions of creativity in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in China (2018)
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Wang, L., & Kokotsaki, D. (2018). Primary school teachers’ conceptions of creativity in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in China. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 29, 115-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2018.06.002

Teachers’ crucial role in realising creativity within their subject and providing more opportunities to foster creative abilities in pupils have been widely recognised. However, few studies have focused on what constitutes creativity in a particular... Read More about Primary school teachers’ conceptions of creativity in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in China.

Political habitus in cross-border student migration: a longitudinal study of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong and beyond (2018)
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Xu, C. L. (2018). Political habitus in cross-border student migration: a longitudinal study of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong and beyond. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 27(2-3), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2017.1415768

This paper contributes to the understanding of how shifting time, space and subject positions can impact on the political habitus of border-crossing students. Employing in-depth interview data from a longitudinal project involving 31 mainland Chinese... Read More about Political habitus in cross-border student migration: a longitudinal study of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong and beyond.

Internationalisation in higher education – an internationalist perspective (2018)
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Byram, M. (2018). Internationalisation in higher education – an internationalist perspective. On the Horizon, 26(2), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/oth-11-2017-0090

Purpose This paper aims to argue for the significance of internationalism for the internationalisation of higher education. It analyses some conceptualisations and definitions of internationalisation before explaining the concept of internationalism,... Read More about Internationalisation in higher education – an internationalist perspective.

Closing the attainment gap: Collaboration between schools in Sierra Leone (2018)
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Mason, M., Galloway, D., & Joyce-Gibbons, A. (2018). Closing the attainment gap: Collaboration between schools in Sierra Leone. Educational and Child Psychology, 35(1), 27-39

Background: UK government policy views collaboration with outstanding schools as a way of helping apparently less successful schools to close the attainment gap. However, there has been little debate about criteria for defning a school's success or f... Read More about Closing the attainment gap: Collaboration between schools in Sierra Leone.

Links between Socio-Emotional Skills, Behaviour, Mathematics and Literacy of Preschool Children in Serbia (2018)
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Aleksić, G., Merrell, C., Ferring, D., Tymms, P., & Klemenović, J. (2019). Links between Socio-Emotional Skills, Behaviour, Mathematics and Literacy of Preschool Children in Serbia. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 34(2), 417-438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-018-0387-8

Young children’s socio-emotional skills are important for understanding their own and others’ behaviors and interactions. No study in Serbia has investigated this before. In this study, we explored the links between early socio-emotional skills, beha... Read More about Links between Socio-Emotional Skills, Behaviour, Mathematics and Literacy of Preschool Children in Serbia.

Enjoyment, Boredom, Anxiety in Elementary Schools in Two Domains: Relations with Achievement (2018)
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Raccanello, D., Brondino, M., Moè, M., Stupnisky, R., & Lichtenfeld, S. (2019). Enjoyment, Boredom, Anxiety in Elementary Schools in Two Domains: Relations with Achievement. The Journal of Experimental Education, 87(3), 449-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2018.1448747

This study investigated the enjoyment, boredom, and anxiety of elementary school students and the relations of these emotions with achievement in two domains. Seven-hundred-and-sixty-seven second- and fourth-graders completed an adaptation of the Ach... Read More about Enjoyment, Boredom, Anxiety in Elementary Schools in Two Domains: Relations with Achievement.

Moderators of learning and performance trajectories in microworld simulations: Too soon to give up on intellect!? (2018)
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Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Beckmann, N., Double, K., & Whittingham, K. (2018). Moderators of learning and performance trajectories in microworld simulations: Too soon to give up on intellect!?. Intelligence, 68, 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.03.008

The burgeoning increase in the importance given to non-cognitive factors in complex decisions making, has led to calls to question intelligence as the primary explanatory model of success. Features of a business microworld simulation were experimenta... Read More about Moderators of learning and performance trajectories in microworld simulations: Too soon to give up on intellect!?.

Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students? (2018)
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Rees, S., Kind, V., & Newton, D. (2018). Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students?. Chemistry education research and practice, 19(3), 755-766. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8rp00070k

Students commonly find the language of chemistry challenging and a barrier to developing understanding. This study investigated developments in chemical language understanding by a group of non-traditional students over the duration of a one year pre... Read More about Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students?.

Missing Intercultural Engagements in the University Experiences of Chinese International Students in the UK (2018)
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Yu, Y., & Moskal, M. (2018). Missing Intercultural Engagements in the University Experiences of Chinese International Students in the UK. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 49(4), 654-671. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2018.1448259

This paper looks at structural conditions or institutional arrangements that facilitate or hinder interactions for international students. Drawing on the contact and diversity theory, analyses compare Chinese students’ intercultural experience in bus... Read More about Missing Intercultural Engagements in the University Experiences of Chinese International Students in the UK.

Teachers’ Perceptions of Academic Intrinsic Motivation for Students With Disabilities (2018)
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Daniel, J. R., & Cooc, N. (2018). Teachers’ Perceptions of Academic Intrinsic Motivation for Students With Disabilities. The Journal of Special Education, 52(2), 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466918765276

Students who report high levels of intrinsic motivation (IM) perform better on academic tasks compared with students who report low levels of IM. However, there is a paucity of data on IM for several disability categories (e.g., intellectual disabili... Read More about Teachers’ Perceptions of Academic Intrinsic Motivation for Students With Disabilities.

Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes (2018)
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Gorard, S., & Siddiqui, N. (2018). Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(7), 909-924. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1443432

The UK government is planning to increase the number of pupils attending state-funded selective grammar schools, claiming that this will assist overall standards, reduce the poverty attainment gap and so aid social mobility. Using the full 2015 cohor... Read More about Grammar schools in England: a new analysis of social segregation and academic outcomes.

Students as consumers? A counter perspective from student assessment as a disciplinary technology (2018)
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Raaper, R. (2019). Students as consumers? A counter perspective from student assessment as a disciplinary technology. Teaching in Higher Education, 24(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2018.1456421

The notion of students as consumers who exercise educational decisions based on economic self-interest leads to interesting questions about their perceptions of current higher education assessment practices. Guided by a Foucauldian theorisation and t... Read More about Students as consumers? A counter perspective from student assessment as a disciplinary technology.