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Dr Michaela Oliver's Outputs (6)

Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English (2022)
Journal Article
Oliver, M., & Higgins, S. (2023). Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 47, Article 101230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101230

This paper draws upon a growing body of research emphasising the importance and prevalence of domain-specific practices in teaching and learning. Different disciplines have their own reasoning practices, conceptualised as reasoning styles, which are... Read More about Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English.

What styles of reasoning are important in primary English? (2021)
Journal Article
Oliver, M. (2021). What styles of reasoning are important in primary English?. The Curriculum Journal, 32(4), 704-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.120

The importance of teaching reasoning in schools is widely recognised. Yet this has presented teachers with difficulties, particularly in primary education. Difficulties partially stem from a lack of cohesive theory about reasoning for education and a... Read More about What styles of reasoning are important in primary English?.

Developing reasoning to encourage deeper writing (2020)
Book Chapter
Oliver, M. (2020). Developing reasoning to encourage deeper writing. In A. Bushnell, A. Gill, D. Waugh, & R. Smith (Eds.), Mastering Writing at Greater Depth: A guide for primary teaching (173-189). SAGE Publications

Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oliver, M. (2019, December). Exploring and developing reasoning in primary English. Presented at Imagining Better Education, Durham, England

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.