Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
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The impact of trauma‐informed teacher education
Abstract In this study, two cohorts of university students in an employment‐based teacher education course undertook trauma‐informed education training embedded within their coursework to enhance their preparedness to work with diverse learners and their self‐efficacy for trauma‐informed teaching. With increased calls for teacher preparation programmes
Michael Witter +2 more
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis
Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
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Emotional nourishment begets academic coping during the primary to secondary school transition
Abstract The transition from primary to secondary school is widely viewed as the most demanding in a child's educational journey. Despite a wealth of research on this transition, little is known about the children's ‘lived experience’ of it across different contexts.
Peter Wood +2 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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The Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach to Health and Care: Improving Transcendental Health through Reframing Thoughts using Cognitive Patterns of Reframing Thoughts in the Holy Qur'an. [PDF]
Tabei SZ, Varzandeh M.
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Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
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Navigating the landscape of academic prose: A corpus-driven inquiry into rhetorical preferences and their pedagogical implications for advanced L2 writers. [PDF]
Yu Y, Xu Y, Wu Y.
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Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
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Freud and collocation: a psychodynamic interpretation of '<i>make</i>' and '<i>do</i>' in English. [PDF]
Al-Jarrah R +3 more
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