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It’s time to place our students first, by putting feedback first

You’re at work late on a Friday night. The clock reads 9:58pm, and you’ve just finished providing feedback for the very last of your students’ essays. In the corner of your office, you spot...

Exploring learning entanglement

Learning spaces are changing. Classrooms, once filled with uniform furnishings and distinct ‘teacher’ and ‘student’ territories, are being reimagined to provide learning spaces that...

Five ways in which Edu-exit was the test run for Brexit

Brexit is the current and incredibly dangerous version of the ongoing and deeply rooted restructuring of UK health, welfare, security, and education services. Comparing the UK government reforms...

What next for curriculum?

People are talking about curriculum again. Not just literacy and maths, but the whole curriculum. What’s more, there seems to be a real appetite for these discussions: organisations as diverse...

Between a hard place and a hard place: A study of ethical dilemmas experienced by student teachers while on practicum

Drawing attention to the types of ethical challenges faced by experienced teachers has been an internationally common teaching approach in pre-service teacher education when exploring the ethical...

Exploring senior leaders’ experiences of off-rolling in mainstream secondary schools in England

Ofsted defines off-rolling as   ‘the practice of removing a pupil from the school roll without a formal, permanent exclusion or by encouraging a parent to remove their child from the...

The thinking school: Why we need teachers and children who can think

Context The thinking school is one in which staff learning is seen to be as significant as pupil learning. The simple premise for the development of this dynamic learning community is my belief...

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research (Northern Ireland)

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research

½¿É«µ¼º½ wants YOU if you: • Are a postgraduate research student (PGR) or early career researcher (ECR) in education; • Have issues around data analysis to discuss that have arisen (or could...

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research (South)

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research

speaker presentations: Abigail O’Brien Hatice Yildirim   Other events in this series: ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research (Wales) 29...

Is the ‘attainment gap’ fit for purpose?

In 2011 the UK government announced that it would introduce a new stream of funding to support ‘disadvantaged students’, and ultimately aim to close the attainment gap between these students...

Having a secure and safe place to conduct the fieldwork: Further anecdotal tales in pursuit of the elusive doctorate

In this blog we consider the more logistical aspects of completing a PhD – namely, ensuring that you have a secure and safe place in which to conduct the fieldwork. We both feel strongly about...

Do trainee teachers harm pupil attainment?

A school considering involvement with initial teacher training is likely to ask whether hosting trainee teachers will bring benefits to, or disadvantage, their pupils. This is an empirical...