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Innovation and change within education (2023)
Book Chapter
Tymms, P., & Bolden, D. (in press). Innovation and change within education. In D. D. Preiss, M. Singer, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Creativity, Innovation, and Change Across Cultures. (1). Palgrave Macmillan

‘The only constant in life is change’ (Heraclitus) and so it is with education. Children change due to maturation, culture, home and teaching. In addition, the education systems within which children find themselves also change; the systems evolve an... Read More about Innovation and change within education.

The role of British missionary scholars in setting the foundations for the academic study of Chinese in British universities (2023)
Book Chapter
Jin, T., & Cowan, S. (2023). The role of British missionary scholars in setting the foundations for the academic study of Chinese in British universities. In D. Savatovsky, V. Spaëth, M. Albano, & T. Pham (Eds.), Language Learning and Teaching in Missionary and Colonial Contexts: L'apprentissage et l'enseignement des langues en contextes missionnaire et colonial. Amsterdam University Press

Digital Education Colonized by Design: Curriculum Reimagined (2023)
Journal Article
Costa, C., Bhatia, P., Murphy, M., & Pereira, A. L. (2023). Digital Education Colonized by Design: Curriculum Reimagined. Education Sciences, 13(9), Article 895. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13090895

This paper enlists Paulo Freire’s work to explore the interplay between technology and pedagogy from a decolonial approach, thus stressing the importance of adopting a critical stance to the facilitation of digital education experiences. It starts by... Read More about Digital Education Colonized by Design: Curriculum Reimagined.

An Exploration of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Experienced by Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdowns in England (2023)
Journal Article
Setty, E., & Dobson, E. (2023). An Exploration of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Experienced by Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdowns in England. Emerging Adulthood, 11(6), 1502-1517. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231200094

Romantic and intimate relationships are crucial for the socio-emotional development of young adults. However, the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting ‘lockdown’ restrictions imposed by the UK government limited opportunities for in-person relationshi... Read More about An Exploration of Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships Experienced by Emerging Adults During the Covid-19 Lockdowns in England.

E-learning Acceptance: The Mediating Role of Student Computer Competency in the Relationship Between the Instructor and the Educational Content (2023)
Journal Article
Sharif-Nia, H., Allen, K., Arslan, G., Reardon, J., She, L., Ghahrani, N., …Fomani, F. K. (2024). E-learning Acceptance: The Mediating Role of Student Computer Competency in the Relationship Between the Instructor and the Educational Content. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 19(1), e5-e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2023.08.001

Drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), this online cross-sectional study explored the mediating role of computer competencies in the relationship between the instructors’ r... Read More about E-learning Acceptance: The Mediating Role of Student Computer Competency in the Relationship Between the Instructor and the Educational Content.

Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, E., Loughlin, E., & Joyce-Gibbons, A. (2023, August). Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator. Paper presented at The 17th Biennial EARLI Conference., Tampere, Finland

Three case studies, three years and three differing student-led methodologies. The common factor across all three case studies is that they are informed by student engagement and have a student-led focus. Research carried out by a team comprising of... Read More about Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator.

Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data (2023)
Journal Article
Polo-Pérez, N., & Holmes, P. (2023). Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(8), 737-750. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2197882

This article explores the affordances of translanguaging as methodology by reflecting upon the role of the multilingual repertoires of research participants (including the researcher) in shaping an ethnographic inquiry on “language cafés” (LCs), unde... Read More about Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data.

The changing landscape of doctoral education: A framework for analysis and introduction to the special issue (2023)
Journal Article
Taylor, S. (2023). The changing landscape of doctoral education: A framework for analysis and introduction to the special issue. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 60(5), 606-622. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2023.2237962

Traditionally, doctoral education was a matter of the talented few being apprenticed to learn how to research from masters in their discipline; it was conducted in private in spaces far removed from normal teaching or industry or commerce; the only r... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education: A framework for analysis and introduction to the special issue.

The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research (2023)
Journal Article
Holley, K. A., Taylor, S., & Kiley, M. (2023). The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 60(5), 784-792. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2023.2237934

The articles in this special issue of Innovations in Education and Teaching International provide a global snapshot of the current state of doctoral education. They show variation across national systems, and at the same time, demonstrate that simila... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research.

The changing landscape of doctoral education in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., & Wisker, G. (2023). The changing landscape of doctoral education in the UK. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 60(5), 759-774. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2023.2237943

As elsewhere across the globe, for the past two decades doctoral education in the UK has been in the throes of change. This article seeks to describe and analyse developments in 1) the national framework for doctoral education, 2) institutional struc... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education in the UK.

The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children (2023)
Journal Article
Ikeda, Y., Kita, Y., Oi, Y., Okuzumi, H., Lanfranchi, S., Pulina, F., …Giofrè, D. (2023). The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children. Journal of Intelligence, 11(8), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11080167

There is a host of research on the structure of working memory (WM) and its relationship with intelligence in adults, but only a few studies have involved children. In this paper, several different WM models were tested on 170 Japanese school childre... Read More about The Structure of Working Memory and Its Relationship with Intelligence in Japanese Children.

Ethnic proportionality of teachers and students, and the link to school-level outcomes (2023)
Journal Article
Gorard, S. (2023). Ethnic proportionality of teachers and students, and the link to school-level outcomes. Education Sciences, 13(8), Article 838. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13080838

In England there are proportionately more White British teachers than White British pupils, and so a mismatch between the proportion of teachers and pupils of each ethnic minority group. This mismatch may reduce appropriate role models for some pupil... Read More about Ethnic proportionality of teachers and students, and the link to school-level outcomes.

Is parental awareness of children's academic potential a good predictor of children's learning outcomes in Early Year's settings? Findings from two provinces in Pakistan and India (2023)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, N., Dixon, P., & Gorard, S. (2023). Is parental awareness of children's academic potential a good predictor of children's learning outcomes in Early Year's settings? Findings from two provinces in Pakistan and India. Journal of Social Sciences, 8(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100651

Awareness and knowledge form the basis of parental involvement in children's education. There is very little known about parental awareness of children's learning in the Early Years setting, especially in global south countries. This study presents f... Read More about Is parental awareness of children's academic potential a good predictor of children's learning outcomes in Early Year's settings? Findings from two provinces in Pakistan and India.

On the affective threshold of power and privilege (2023)
Journal Article
Rattray, J. (2024). On the affective threshold of power and privilege. Higher Education, 87(6), 1829-1843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01093-x

Higher education is facing increasing calls to engage in a process of intellectual decolonisation. This process necessitates that we take time to consider both the content of our curriculum and the pedagogic practices used to facilitate its understan... Read More about On the affective threshold of power and privilege.

Open innovation networks: a driver for knowledge mobilisation in schools? (2023)
Journal Article
Pietsch, M., Brown, C., Aydin, B., & Cramer, C. (2023). Open innovation networks: a driver for knowledge mobilisation in schools?. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 8(3), 202-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-02-2023-0012

Purpose In organisational and innovation research, the term “open innovation” refers to the inflow and outflow of knowledge to and from organisations: with open innovation theory suggesting active exchanges of knowledge with external actors leads to... Read More about Open innovation networks: a driver for knowledge mobilisation in schools?.

A review of the empirical research literature on PLCs for teachers in the Global South: evidence, implications, and directions (2023)
Journal Article
Nguyen, D., Boeren, E., Maitra, S., & Cabus, S. (2023). A review of the empirical research literature on PLCs for teachers in the Global South: evidence, implications, and directions. Professional Development in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2023.2238728

This article presents a review of 70 empirical articles focussing on professional learning communities (PLCs) for teachers in the Global South. The review highlights an upward trend in the quantity of the publications on PLCs from 2010 onwards. The e... Read More about A review of the empirical research literature on PLCs for teachers in the Global South: evidence, implications, and directions.

Integrating Research and Practice to Enhance Experiences and Outcomes of Study Abroad of Underrepresented Students: An Introduction (2023)
Journal Article
Brunsting, N., Dietrich, A., Almassri, A., & Bingham, P. (2023). Integrating Research and Practice to Enhance Experiences and Outcomes of Study Abroad of Underrepresented Students: An Introduction. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 35(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v35i1.843

A team of practitioners, researchers, and scholar-practitioners collaborated to spotlight successes and to enhance areas for improvement in study abroad practices through interaction with research. The joint effort focused on study abroad students fr... Read More about Integrating Research and Practice to Enhance Experiences and Outcomes of Study Abroad of Underrepresented Students: An Introduction.