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Research on Prediction of Infectious Diseases, their spread via Social Media and their link to Education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aduragba, O. T., & Cristea, A. I. (2019). Research on Prediction of Infectious Diseases, their spread via Social Media and their link to Education. In Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations (ICIEI 2019) (38-42). https://doi.org/10.1145/3345094.3345118

Infectious diseases are a great plague, especially in low and middle income countries. Beyond the actual treatment, an important role is played by early prevention mechanisms, and education of society at large, about existing risks. This paper tackle... Read More about Research on Prediction of Infectious Diseases, their spread via Social Media and their link to Education.

Giving Teachers Back to Education: Virtuoso Teacher (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ozyurek, E. (2019). Giving Teachers Back to Education: Virtuoso Teacher. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (151-163)

The imperative role teachers play in providing quality education that enables individuals to function effectively cannot be stressed enough. In this regard, the teacher’s individual characteristics—his personal philosophies, subject matter knowledge... Read More about Giving Teachers Back to Education: Virtuoso Teacher.

Internationalisation of Higher Education Strategies in China: Using Institutional Theory and Demand-Driven Analysis (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, H., Shao, X., & Dobson, E. (2019). Internationalisation of Higher Education Strategies in China: Using Institutional Theory and Demand-Driven Analysis. In Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (106-116)

The term “Internationalisation of Higher Education” (IHE) stresses the “process” instead of “outcomes” in education. It integrates an international, intercultural, or global dimension to cope with the academic environment internationally. China opene... Read More about Internationalisation of Higher Education Strategies in China: Using Institutional Theory and Demand-Driven Analysis.

Engaging the Poet: Exploring poetry through creativity and criticality in English secondary education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Diehl, M. (2019). Engaging the Poet: Exploring poetry through creativity and criticality in English secondary education. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (44-52)

Poetry, once seen as the only form of creativity, is a valuable part of the English lesson, yet the way in which it is taught is often criticised due to the pedestrian way of unpicking the poem, rather than looking at it as a vehicle for expressing c... Read More about Engaging the Poet: Exploring poetry through creativity and criticality in English secondary education.

Family, School and Job – The Impact of Socio-economic Background and School Segregation on Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study Next Steps in England (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shao, X. (2019). Family, School and Job – The Impact of Socio-economic Background and School Segregation on Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study Next Steps in England. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (200-212)

Early access to the labour market in the UK and other developed countries for young people is still clearly stratified according to socio-economic origins and prior educational attainment. However, these factors are difficult to change, are not the o... Read More about Family, School and Job – The Impact of Socio-economic Background and School Segregation on Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Longitudinal Study Next Steps in England.

Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oliver, M. (2019). Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (137-150)

The socio-cultural framework describes reasoning as a cultural phenomenon, expanding thinking to something which is played out in public. Drawing upon the academic field of cognitive history, this project argues that academic domains have developed t... Read More about Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English.

Enhancing the use of Educational Technology in the Early Years (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jack, C., Shao, X., & Dobson, E. (2019). Enhancing the use of Educational Technology in the Early Years. In Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (83-94)

Educational technologies can have a positive impact on teaching and learning. Recent research suggests that these technologies are more embedded in early years settings than they were in the past, but practitioners may not be using them to their full... Read More about Enhancing the use of Educational Technology in the Early Years.

Participation to Emancipation to Inclusion? Developing an active participatory research model with children with a visual impairment to promote educational inclusion, through improving teacher training provision on SEND (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pilson, A. (2019). Participation to Emancipation to Inclusion? Developing an active participatory research model with children with a visual impairment to promote educational inclusion, through improving teacher training provision on SEND. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (164-182)

This article outlines a proposed empirical study exploring the development of an innovative, participatory research methodology, related to the ‘Children-as- Researchers’ model (Kellett, 2005; Fielding, 2004). Its key aim is to conduct research with... Read More about Participation to Emancipation to Inclusion? Developing an active participatory research model with children with a visual impairment to promote educational inclusion, through improving teacher training provision on SEND.

The Effects of Cultural Difference on the Rating of ADHD* Symptoms: A Comparison between Chinese and British Teachers’ Ratings (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lu, L. (2019). The Effects of Cultural Difference on the Rating of ADHD* Symptoms: A Comparison between Chinese and British Teachers’ Ratings. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (117-127)

The observation of children's behaviour by teachers is a valuable source of information used to reveal behavioural issues in children. This study investigates the effect of culture difference on teachers’ ratings of ADHD symptoms. Six animated cartoo... Read More about The Effects of Cultural Difference on the Rating of ADHD* Symptoms: A Comparison between Chinese and British Teachers’ Ratings.

A theory-driven thesis: Utilising theory-driven evaluation to guide the conduct and content of a PhD thesis examining peer-led Sex and Relationships Education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dobson, E. (2019). A theory-driven thesis: Utilising theory-driven evaluation to guide the conduct and content of a PhD thesis examining peer-led Sex and Relationships Education. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (53-69)

The following article discusses the content and conduct of a PhD thesis exploring the utilisation of peer education to deliver Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) to adolescents in the United Kingdom. Evaluative literature currently suffers from a... Read More about A theory-driven thesis: Utilising theory-driven evaluation to guide the conduct and content of a PhD thesis examining peer-led Sex and Relationships Education.

Promoting academic buoyancy as a pro-active approach for improving student mental health and wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, S. (2019). Promoting academic buoyancy as a pro-active approach for improving student mental health and wellbeing. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (11-21)

This paper provides a rationale for undertaking a systematic review of the academic buoyancy construct which aims to answer four research questions: what is academic buoyancy?; Can academic buoyancy change?; How is academic buoyancy measured?; Do aca... Read More about Promoting academic buoyancy as a pro-active approach for improving student mental health and wellbeing.

Sick of Study: Student mental ‘illness’ and neoliberal higher education policy (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priestley, M. (2019). Sick of Study: Student mental ‘illness’ and neoliberal higher education policy. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (183-199)

‘The anxiety currently manifest in higher education is not an unintended consequence or malfunction, but is inherent in the design of a system driven by improving productivity and the potential for the accumulation of capital’ (Hall and Bowles, 2016,... Read More about Sick of Study: Student mental ‘illness’ and neoliberal higher education policy.

Professional Vision and Reflections of Qualified and Non-qualified Biology Teachers (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nemeckova, L., Shao, X., & Dobson, E. (2019). Professional Vision and Reflections of Qualified and Non-qualified Biology Teachers. In Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (128-136)

This paper shows the differences in the aiming of the professional vision of qualified and non-qualified biology teachers (n = 6). Teachers wrote two reflections; the first was made 24 hours after teaching, the second was made within 14 days with the... Read More about Professional Vision and Reflections of Qualified and Non-qualified Biology Teachers.

Learning to become an entrepreneur: integrating the threshold concept approach and social learning theory in Higher Education (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hatt, L., Shao, X., & Dobson, E. (2019). Learning to become an entrepreneur: integrating the threshold concept approach and social learning theory in Higher Education. In Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (70-82)

This paper suggests a conceptual framework to inform entrepreneurship education, integrating the threshold concept approach and social learning theory. It forms part of a doctoral research project consisting of an extended transactional curriculum in... Read More about Learning to become an entrepreneur: integrating the threshold concept approach and social learning theory in Higher Education.

Acts of Willpower. Developing Cosmopolitan Citizenship Through Student Engagement in Course Design (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bruni, T. (2019). Acts of Willpower. Developing Cosmopolitan Citizenship Through Student Engagement in Course Design. In X. Shao, & E. Dobson (Eds.), Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2018 (31-43)

This paper presents some preliminary outcomes of a student engagement experience undertaken at an undergraduate college in the Netherlands. Six students and an alumna participated in a teacher-student partnership with the researcher to co-design a ne... Read More about Acts of Willpower. Developing Cosmopolitan Citizenship Through Student Engagement in Course Design.

A crisis in education? An Arendtian perspective on citizenship and belonging in France and England (2019)
Journal Article
Welply, O. (2019). A crisis in education? An Arendtian perspective on citizenship and belonging in France and England. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40(6), 759-775. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1592661

This article draws together a comparative sociological analysis and a political theory perspective to interpret children’s views on the role of school and being a pupil, and what these tell us about their conceptual representations of citizenship and... Read More about A crisis in education? An Arendtian perspective on citizenship and belonging in France and England.

The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university (2019)
Book Chapter
Wang, C., & Holmes, P. (2019). The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university. In U. Lundgren, P. Castro, & J. Woodin (Eds.), Educational approaches to internationalization through intercultural dialogue : reflections on theory and practice (111-125). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429444289-9

This chapter explores the possibilities and limits of the informal curriculum in promoting intercultural dialogue among students in the context of a specific Chinese university. Through a document analysis of the institution’s internationalisation po... Read More about The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university.

Religious and Race Hate Experience Survey: Report Findings (2019)
Report
Siddiqui, N., Towl, G., Matthewson, J., Stretesky, C., & Earnshaw, M. (2019). Religious and Race Hate Experience Survey: Report Findings

Widening participation, diversity and inclusion have become the main goals to achieve in the UK higher education expansion and widening participation agenda. In April 2018, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Unit was awarded £50,000 from the Offic... Read More about Religious and Race Hate Experience Survey: Report Findings.