British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens +6 more
wiley +1 more source
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Primary education teachers face increasing challenges in engaging diverse learners and fostering creativity, digital competence and other transversal skills, often lacking clear, practical guidance for integrating these skills into their classrooms.
Nella Escala +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Simulating the "cultural other": the impact of GenAI interlocutors on EFL learners' intercultural communicative competence, speaking anxiety, and learning engagement. [PDF]
Front PsycholQu Z, Chen L.
europepmc +1 more source
Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley +1 more source
HASCom: A Heterogeneous Affective-Semantic Communication Framework for Speech Transmission. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Yu Z +4 more
europepmc +1 more source
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley +1 more source
Investigating Menzerath's law in crows and humans during cued vocal 'counting'. [PDF]
Anim CognLiao DA, Ilmanen A, Brecht KF, Nieder A.
europepmc +1 more source
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
wiley +1 more source
Cognitive Screening Variability by English Proficiency: A Multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis Using the National Health and Aging Trends Study Cognitive Screening Battery. [PDF]
J Cross Cult GerontolKitchens K.
europepmc +1 more source
Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade +3 more
wiley +1 more source