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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.

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.

Subject Content Knowledge and Teacher Talk in the Primary Science Classroom (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D., & Newton, L. (2001). Subject Content Knowledge and Teacher Talk in the Primary Science Classroom. European Journal of Teacher Education, 24(3), 369-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619760220128914

Investigated whether a background in science would make a difference in the oral interactions of elementary teachers in their science lessons. Observations of 50 British elementary science teachers and comparison of the oral discourse of teachers wit... Read More about Subject Content Knowledge and Teacher Talk in the Primary Science Classroom.

Public participation of an environmental dispute: implications for science education (2001)
Journal Article
Tytler, R., Duggan, S., & Gott, R. (2001). Public participation of an environmental dispute: implications for science education. Public Understanding of Science, 10(4), 343-364. https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-6625/10/4/301

The paper, which reports the findings of a case study of an environmental dispute, focuses on the role of the key players and the way in which they interacted with the underlying science. A model is proposed that lays out some of the dimensions of th... Read More about Public participation of an environmental dispute: implications for science education.

Globalising Counselling: Humanistic Counselling in Kenya (2001)
Journal Article
McGuiness, J., Alred, G., Cohen, N., Hunt, K., & Robson, M. (2001). Globalising Counselling: Humanistic Counselling in Kenya. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 29(3), 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069880123130

This paper explores the application of a Western, psychologically-based model of counselling and counselling training in contexts where the social and cultural conditions differ from mainstream Western societies. A group of Kenyan trainee counsellors... Read More about Globalising Counselling: Humanistic Counselling in Kenya.

Rejecting Schools: Towards a Fuller Understanding of the Process of Parental Choice (2001)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., Woods, P., & Glatter, R. (2001). Rejecting Schools: Towards a Fuller Understanding of the Process of Parental Choice. School Leadership and Management, 21(3), 309-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632430120074455

Investigates why (British) parents reject certain secondary schools for their children, drawing on data from the Parental and School Choice Interaction study. The main reason cited was transport or distance, followed by concerns about unacceptable pu... Read More about Rejecting Schools: Towards a Fuller Understanding of the Process of Parental Choice.

Teachers' thinking about information and communications technology and learning: beliefs and outcomes (2001)
Journal Article
Higgins, S., & Moseley, D. (2001). Teachers' thinking about information and communications technology and learning: beliefs and outcomes. Teacher Development, 5(2), 191-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/13664530100200138

Constructs about teaching and learning were elicited from teachers of Reception (4-5-year-olds), Year 2 (6-7-year-olds) and Year 4 (8-9-year-olds). Self-ratings on 70 constructs relating to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and learning... Read More about Teachers' thinking about information and communications technology and learning: beliefs and outcomes.

Implementation of School Choice Policy: Interpretation and Response by Parents of Students with Special Educational Needs (2001)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., Woods, P., & Woods, G. (2001). Implementation of School Choice Policy: Interpretation and Response by Parents of Students with Special Educational Needs. British Educational Research Journal, 27(3), 287-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920120048313

Provides empirically based insights into preferences, perceptions, and responses of parents of students with special education needs to the 1990s restructured school system in England. Uses analyses of quantitative/qualitative data generated by a lar... Read More about Implementation of School Choice Policy: Interpretation and Response by Parents of Students with Special Educational Needs.

A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School (2001)
Journal Article
Tymms, P. (2001). A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12(2), 161-181. https://doi.org/10.1076/sesi.12.2.161.3452

The feelings (self-concepts and attitudes) toward maths, reading and school of 21,000 seven-year-olds in England were investigated using multi-variate multi-level models. The most important explanatory variables were the teacher and the academic leve... Read More about A Test of the Big Fish in a Little Pond Hypothesis: An Investigation into the Feelings of Seven-Year-Old Pupils in School.

Investigating the Assessment of Singers in a Music College Setting: The Students' Perspective (2001)
Journal Article
Coimbra, D., Davidson, J., & Kokotsaki, D. (2001). Investigating the Assessment of Singers in a Music College Setting: The Students' Perspective. Research Studies in Music Education, 16(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103x010160010301

This article examines the singing assessment context, first in relation to the assessors, evaluation procedures and, second, in relation to the students, anxiety levels, gender and developmental stage. The primary intention is to explore the psycholo... Read More about Investigating the Assessment of Singers in a Music College Setting: The Students' Perspective.

Do Children Have Privacy Rights in the Classroom? (2001)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2001). Do Children Have Privacy Rights in the Classroom?. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 20(3), 245-54. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1010306811944

Argues that, while students should have the right to privacy in the classroom, there are instances when that right must be waived. Contends, however, that learners cannot acquire a proper understanding of factual material, or the justification for be... Read More about Do Children Have Privacy Rights in the Classroom?.

Educational Research and Intertextual Forms of (Re)Presentation: The case for Dancing the Data (2001)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., & Cancienne, M. (2001). Educational Research and Intertextual Forms of (Re)Presentation: The case for Dancing the Data. Qualitative Inquiry, 7(2), 221-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780040100700205

Contemporary dialogues concerning qualitative methodology focus increasingly on alternative forms of data (re)presentation. This article explores the use of dance as a medium for such (re)presentation. The article contextualizes, describes, and refle... Read More about Educational Research and Intertextual Forms of (Re)Presentation: The case for Dancing the Data.

Motivation in the junior years: international perspectives on children's attitudes, expectations and behaviour and their relationship to educational achievement (2001)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., Hufton, N., Illushin, L., & Lauchlan, F. (2001). Motivation in the junior years: international perspectives on children's attitudes, expectations and behaviour and their relationship to educational achievement. Oxford Review of Education, 27(1), 37-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054980123436

This paper reports findings from a large-scale international investigation of a number of factors that are considered to impact upon educational motivation and achievement. Following on from an earlier investigation of adolescent attitudes, the prese... Read More about Motivation in the junior years: international perspectives on children's attitudes, expectations and behaviour and their relationship to educational achievement.

Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress (2001)
Journal Article
Merrell, C., & Tymms, P. (2001). Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 71(1), 43-56. https://doi.org/10.1348/000709901158389

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been found to achieve lower grades at school than their peers. Does this extend to pupils who are apparently exceptionally inattentive, hyperactive or impulsive, but have not been dia... Read More about Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness: Their impact on academic achievement and progress.

Dimensions of Evidence, the Public Understanding of Science and Science Education (2001)
Journal Article
Tytler, R., Duggan, S., & Gott, R. (2001). Dimensions of Evidence, the Public Understanding of Science and Science Education. International Journal of Science Education, 23(8), 815-832. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690010016058

This paper explores the nature and type of evidence employed by participants in an issue of public concern. By examining documents and interviewing members of the public involved in the debate, the way in which evidence was used in the arguments for... Read More about Dimensions of Evidence, the Public Understanding of Science and Science Education.