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ɫ Annual Conference 2023 – SIG Best Presentation Award

Conference 2023 best paper award

The SIG convenors shortlisted then attended sessions for their SIG and judged these presentation. The ‘ɫ Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded.

You can view the full abstracts on the programme here.

Early Childhood Education and Care SIG

Shaddai Tembo and Simon BatesonDiversity in Unity: nurturing anti-racist habits in play through Froebelian pedagogies

Lewis FogartyA New Understanding of Leadership in Early Years

Youth Studies and Informal Education SIG

Ben LohmeyerInformal Education, school bullying and ‘public executions’: young people’s experiences of the hierarchical nature of relationships in school

Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making

Kate Hoskins and Emma WainwrightEngaging low-income families in education research: an interdisciplinary exploratory study

Educational Effectiveness and Improvement

Stephanie FlowerDoes size matter? Centralised approaches to curriculum in multi-academy trusts: some practical implications

Practitioner Research

Elizabeth HidsonFrom tiny acorns: a co-produced research project between Chinese teacher researchers and UK-based international initial teacher training academics.

Race, Ethnicity and Education

Penny RabigerJumping and pushing through the cruel optimism of racial justice work in schools

Comparative and International Education

Bettina TeegenAfrican International Doctoral Students in the UK: A Study of Acculturation

Creativities in Education

Lisa Stephenson,Angela Colvert andRachel LofthouseBoundary crossings with artists, teachers and children: Integrating creative pedagogies for young people’s wellbeing

Higher Education

Paula MilesUnderstanding and Improving the Wellbeing of Postgraduate Taught Students: A Longitudinal Study

Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education

Scott Buckler and Harriett MooreEnhancing Children’s psychological Wellbeing through training in the martial arts of Wing Chun and Ba Gua

Nature, Outdoor Learning and Play

Nicola Parkin“We were in the fresh air and we were living our best life”: an inductive thematic analysis of UK primary teachers’ experiences of taking part in a nature connection project with their class

Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy

Grace Cardiff Learning how to implement student voice pedagogies and promote meaningful experiences in Primary Physical Education

Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning

Min-Chen LiuLanguages Provision in UK Further Education

Religions, Values and Education

Uzma AsifHow do female Muslim teachers manage the challenges of homogenisation and stereotyping in an educational context?

Research Methodology in Education

Ben KnightPersonality differences and small group classroom interactions among 9-11 year olds: A mixed methods analysis deriving recommendations for more personality-sensitive pedagogies.

Social Theory and Education

Jan Hetherington andAndrew WilkinsThe rise of technocracy and the challenge to deliberative democracy: Using political theory to rethink spaces and practices of school governance

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Andrew Wilkins is Reader in Education and REF Impact Coordinator for UoA 23 Education in the Cass School of Education and Communities at the University of East London where he teaches research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students....

Artificial and Human Intelligence

David AldridgeIntelligence and embodiment

History

Karen HanrahanContinuity and change: the teaching vocations of former nuns

Alternative Education

Jonah Ulebor – The role of black supplementary schools in the education of black children