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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
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Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract All children should have access to quality education through a child‐centred pedagogy. An inclusive, child‐centred pedagogy uses a strength‐based view of children that recognises each child as unique and competent, providing children with multiple opportunities to explore and learn at their own pace.
Katherine Gulliver
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Connected Belonging: A relational and identity‐based approach to schools' role in promoting child wellbeing

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract With levels of mental health difficulties among young people rising and policymakers focusing on the state's role in promoting young people's wellbeing, educational institutions have become positioned on the front line as key sites to identify and implement wellbeing interventions.
Ceri Brown, Alison Douthwaite, Michael Donnelly, Marnee Shay   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Students' sense of belonging and authenticity in higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Sense of belonging entails students' comfort level in the classroom and experienced faculty and peer support. A diminished sense of belonging can hamper academic performance. Therefore, it is important to know which student groups may experience weaker belonging and whether these disparities extend to students' authenticity, or perception they
Anne‐Roos Verbree, Marieke van der Schaaf, Leoniek Wijngaards‐de Meij, Gönül Dilaver   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

The GCSE attainment gap: Assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Permanent school exclusions continue to be a topic of keen interest to UK schools and policymakers. The debate over the practice has recently intensified owing to the perceived negative outcomes directly resulting from the exclusion event. Research has indeed shown that pupils who have been permanently excluded are at a greater risk for a ...
Stephen Hills, Matthew Walker, James Guinn, Aubrey Kent   +3 more
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A study on the social integration of international secondary students in Canadian high schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on the international secondary students (ISS) is scarce compared with the proliferating literature on their tertiary counterparts. This paper focuses on social integration experiences of ISS from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the undergirding macro‐, meso‐, and micro‐mechanisms, and the supports needed for their successful integration ...
Yingling Lou
wiley   +1 more source

Distributed leadership in action: Different manifestations and what they require from school leaders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Distributed leadership is currently the most studied leadership model in education. This study posits that there is not a single best model or blueprint for distributed leadership, but that schools should foster manifestations of distributed leadership to support professional development and school improvement.
Frank Hulsbos, Stefan van Langevelde, Arnoud Evers, Rob Martens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring teacher perceptions and the measured impacts of a progressive curriculum reform for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The Foundation Phase is a pioneering early years education reform that was introduced across Wales in 2008. Based on a progressive, child‐centred design, this reform aimed to improve educational outcomes in Wales and reduce achievement gaps for young learners. This paper reports a number of findings from a mixed‐methods study that assessed the
Nikki Jones
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