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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using mobile RE tools to give end-users their own voice [PDF]

, 2010
Researchers highlight end-user involvement in system design as an important concept for developing useful and usable solutions. However, end-user involvement in software engineering is still an open-ended topic.
Graf, F., Maiden, N., Seyff, N.
core   +1 more source

Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of ...
Antonina Tereshchenko, Feyisa Demie, Stephen Gorard, Yiyang Gao, Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations between active commuting and physical and mental wellbeing [PDF]

Preventive Medicine, 2013
To examine whether a relationship exists between active commuting and physical and mental wellbeing.In 2009, cross-sectional postal questionnaire data were collected from a sample of working adults (aged 16 and over) in the Commuting and Health in Cambridge study.
Humphreys, David K., Goodman, Anna, Ogilvie, David   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

‘The best year’/‘I struggled with everything’: Widening participation experiences of pandemic online learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Improving retention and graduate outcomes for students from a widening participation (WP) background is key to achieving more equitable outcomes. However, evidence suggests WP students experienced different challenges than their peers during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Wilhelmiina Toivo, Emily Nordmann, Jacqui Hutchison, Alison Browitt, Jill R. D. MacKay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A pipeline crisis or a sustainability crisis? Local and national succession planning for headteachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recruiting and retaining school leaders is a challenge in many systems worldwide. Previous research has identified three distinct ways in which succession planning can be conceptualised and approached: a ‘pipeline’ approach seeks to match supply and demand for the posts that need filling; a ‘pool’ strategy involves proactively identifying and ...
Toby Greany, Pat Thomson, Tom Perry, Mike Collins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criterion distances and environmental correlates of active commuting to school in children

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2011
Background Active commuting to school can contribute to daily physical activity levels in children. Insight into the determinants of active commuting is needed, to promote such behavior in children living within a feasible commuting distance from school.
D'Haese Sara, De Meester Femke, De Bourdeaudhuij Ilse, Deforche Benedicte, Cardon Greet   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of the objective built environment along the route to school with children's modes of commuting: A multilevel modelling analysis (the SLIC study).

PLoS ONE, 2020
As active commuting levels continue to decline among primary schoolchildren, evidence about which built environmental characteristics influence walking or cycling to school remains inconclusive and is strongly context-dependent.
Lander S M M Bosch, Jonathan C K Wells, Sooky Lum, Alice M Reid   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of mode and distance of commuting to school with cardiorespiratory fitness in Slovenian schoolchildren: a nationwide cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background It is unclear whether active commuting has the potential to improve children’s health. This study examined the association of commuting mode and distance with children’s cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF).
Gregor Jurak, Maroje Soric, Vedrana Sember, Sasa Djuric, Gregor Starc, Marjeta Kovac, Bojan Leskosek   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability and change in the institutionalized commute in Belgium: exploring regional differences [PDF]

, 2012
This paper examines regional differences in commute-energy performance in Belgium, and explores their relationships with spatial characteristics such as the distribution of population and housing, the metropolitan influence of the Brussels agglomeration,
Boussauw, Kobe, Brévers, Florence, Dujardin, Sébastien, Lambotte, Jean-Marc, Teller, Jacques, Witlox, Frank   +5 more
core   +2 more sources