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Dr Laura Mazzoli Smith's Outputs (26)

Extending sociological theorising on high ability: the significance of values and lived experience (2014)
Journal Article
Mazzoli Smith, L. (2014). Extending sociological theorising on high ability: the significance of values and lived experience. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 24(4), 354-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2014.976436

Sociological work on high ability is framed by social constructionist theorising and/or takes a social justice approach, and hence particular analytical intellectual traditions are foregrounded. Whilst these approaches have contributed the main criti... Read More about Extending sociological theorising on high ability: the significance of values and lived experience.

Giftedness and Globalisation: the challenge of cultural diversity for gifted education programmes in a neoliberal educational marketplace. (2013)
Journal Article
Mazzoli Smith, L. (2013). Giftedness and Globalisation: the challenge of cultural diversity for gifted education programmes in a neoliberal educational marketplace. Gifted Education International, 30(3), 197-211. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261429413486572

This article draws on evidence from interviews with directors of a diverse group of international gifted education organisations. The business models with which they operate and their obligation to satisfy various stakeholder expectations are found t... Read More about Giftedness and Globalisation: the challenge of cultural diversity for gifted education programmes in a neoliberal educational marketplace..

Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) in an English School: an example of transformative pedagogy? (2013)
Journal Article
Dolan, P., Leat, D., Mazzoli Smith, L., Mitra, S., & Todd, L. (2013). Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) in an English School: an example of transformative pedagogy?. Online educational research journal, 3(11), 1-19

Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) are models of learning in which students self-organise in groups and learn using a computer connected to the internet with minimal teacher support. The original ‘hole in the wall’ experiments in India are... Read More about Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) in an English School: an example of transformative pedagogy?.