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Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy, Gianni De Fraja, Mike Adkins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Case of the Phantom MTB and the Loss of HMCS \u3cem\u3eAthabaskan\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2012
In the early dawn hours of 29 April 1944, the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan plunged to the depths of the English Channel, her hull wracked by two powerful explosions. One hundred and twenty-eight young Canadians died with her.
Whitby, Michael
core   +1 more source

Lost learning: Prevalence, inequalities and outcomes of internal exclusion in mainstream secondary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internal exclusion (isolation) is a behaviour management approach involving the temporary relocation of a pupil from their classroom to a designated isolation space as a consequence of disruptive behaviour. We present the first study of prevalence (i.e., what proportion of young people are isolated?), inequalities (i.e., who is more likely to ...
Emma Thornton, Qiqi Cheng, Ola Demkowicz, Neil Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informality in academic English texts by Arabic and British scholars: A corpus study

Russian Journal of Linguistics
There has long been a widespread belief that academic writing has to maintain a high degree of formality and impersonality. Despite this, it has been observed that there is a general tendency to use informal style in academic writing by writers from ...
Abuelgasim S. E. Mohammed, Abdulaziz B. Sanosi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
wiley   +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

A systematic review of facilitators and barriers to school staff development projects using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a systematic literature review (SLR) of research published between 2009 and 2022 that aims to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing staff development projects (SDPs) in schools in England. Twelve research papers fulfilled all inclusion criteria and were each evaluated as being at least medium‐quality research.
David Preston, Pamela Qualter, Kevin Woods   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Register-Specific Semantic Prosody in ESL Advanced Instruction: “Environmental” Discourse in Academic and Journalism Genres of British English

Polish Journal of English Studies
This article explores semantic prosody (SP) and the pedagogical need for teaching register-specific SP to advanced learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), using the corpus linguistic analysis of the adjective ENVIRONMENTAL as a case study ...
Michał Rutkowski
doaj   +1 more source