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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents findings from an Australian study investigating the practices of middle leaders responsible for facilitating school development. Despite middle leaders being increasingly recognised as essential in the development of teaching and learning in schools, middle leadership remains under‐researched and comparatively overlooked ...
Peter Grootenboer +3 more
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Informal sector, productivity, and tax collection [PDF]
The informal sector is a prominent characteristic of many developing countries. Most of the literature has focused on understanding the determinants of informality.
Leal Ordóñez, Julio C.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
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Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia [PDF]
This paper looks at the experiences of various Asian countries in expanding the coverage of the pension system to informal sector workers. The paper argues that given aging and growing informality, a rapid forward-looking response from governments in the
MacKellar, Landis
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Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick +6 more
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Economic Liberalization and Informal Wage in a Small Open Economy: Does Capital Mobility count? [PDF]
Empirical evidence suggests that the size of the informal sector in the developing countries has increased considerably during the liberalized economic regime. The present paper purports to analyze the consequences of economic reforms on the wellbeing of
Banerjee, Dibyendu, Chaudhuri, Sarbajit
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Flourishing through adventure learning: A (semi)cautionary tale
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Studies suggest that adventure learning can develop children's cognitive skills and promote social and emotional learning. However, evidence is needed as to whether the design of adventure learning—school‐based or external/residential—plays a role in that development/promotion, and whether learning gains are maintained.
Ben Willis, Sarah Reaney‐Wood
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Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment [PDF]
informal sector, legality, gender, regulation ...
Chen, Martha Alter
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's learning increasingly extends into everyday informal settings, but what counts as learning in these contexts remains insufficiently understood. Focusing on family travel as a mobile and socioculturally situated informal learning context, this study adopts a sociocultural perspective and uses liquid learning as a sensitising concept ...
Zhuxian (Zoey) Li +3 more
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