Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Reading motivation, self-regulated reading strategies and English vocabulary knowledge: Which most predicted students' English reading comprehension? [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Li H, Gan Z.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The mental health and wellbeing of young people has received increasing attention in both research and the wider public discourse. There has been a marked rise in mental health conditions in young people, and the burden of care is increasingly transferred onto schools and teachers.
Thomas Godfrey‐Faussett +6 more
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The Assessment of Chinese Children's English Vocabulary-A Culturally Appropriate Receptive Vocabulary Test for Young Chinese Learners of English. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 de Ruiter LE, Wen P, Chen S.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
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Influences of the Home Language and Literacy Environment on Spanish and English Vocabulary Growth among Dual Language Learners. [PDF]
Early Child Res Q, 2021 Goodrich JM +4 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey +3 more
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The integrative model of family stress underlying Spanish and English vocabulary development in Mexican American children: Unique effects of financial and sociocultural hardships. [PDF]
Dev Psychol, 2021 Yeo AJ +5 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Agency has increasingly become a central concept in educational leadership research, yet its application to those preparing to enter school leadership roles remains underexplored. Drawing on the conceptual framework of the ecological approach to teacher agency, we explored how and in what ways aspiring school leaders in Scotland (n = 21 ...
Romina Madrid Miranda +2 more
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Pandemic-related disruptions to childcare and English-Spanish bilingual language acquisition
Frontiers in EducationThe COVID-19 pandemic altered the landscape of children’s language experiences. Across the nation, many childcare centers closed with the result that bilingual children spent more time with their caregivers, potentially increasing heritage language ...
Melisa Gonzalez, Margaret Friend
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