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ºÚÁÏÍø911 Bites, issue 3: Innovative methods for educational research

ºÚÁÏÍø911 Bites

The ºÚÁÏÍø911 Bites series presents selected articles from the ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning resources...

Academy of Social Sciences response to Plan S, and UKRI implementation

Call for abstract reviewers – ºÚÁÏÍø911 Conference 2019

Please note you will need to be logged in as a member to see the ‘register’ button Would you be willing to act as a reviewer for abstracts submitted to the ºÚÁÏÍø911 Annual Conference 2019? To be...

Different schools, same problem: What value teacher research and inquiry?

Robust school leadership is seen as the most effective route by which schools and outcomes for students can be achieved (Greany, 2015). But how does a headteacher of a school graded...

Professional learning resources to contribute towards a more collaborative professional community of teacher educators

In England there are two distinct communities of teacher educators: institute-based teacher educators (IBTEs) employed by higher education institutions (HEIs), and school-based teacher educators...

Read the editorial from issue #139: ‘Re-examining the curriculum’

As the convenors for the ºÚÁÏÍø911 special interest group on Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy, we have developed this themed issue to re-examine the curriculum from varied perspectives. Although the...

Spring 2019

Research Intelligence issue 138: Re-examining the curriculum This special issue – guest edited by Ruth Dann and Chris Hanley, convenors of ºÚÁÏÍø911's Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy Special...

As an academic, how do you self-assess quality?

The question that vexes an old-school academic like myself is, ‘Am I doing a good job?’ Too often as academics we are asked to assess ourselves against statistics rather than conscience:...

A realistic look at entrepreneurship education competitions

Competitions and competitive learning are a staple of entrepreneurship and enterprise education. They are recommended for 11–18-year-olds in England (Hanson, Cox & Hooley, 2017), and identified...

Apply for the ºÚÁÏÍø911 Doctoral Fellowship – EdD

In 2019 and 2020 ºÚÁÏÍø911 invites applications for two doctoral fellowships for students commencing their studies at a UK institution within the 2019/2020 academic year.  In 2019 a fellowship will...

W(h)ither Media in English: considering the future of media work in the English curriculum

Over the last few years teaching about media texts has been ‘disappeared’ from English. It does not appear in the National Curriculum and does not feature in the relatively new GCSE...

Helping teachers improve their use of computer games for student learning

Games have been used in schools since the 1970s. Currently, the games most commonly used in classrooms are ‘edutainment’ games such as Math Blaster (Boyle et al., 2016). These games are...