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Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the most segregated in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, its long history of school ...
Michael G. Sciffer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediated religion: Implications for religious authority

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2016
The relationship between media and religion seems to be a well established research topic today. Themes like identity formation and community with regard to digital religion are well researched, but religious authority is pointed out as an area that ...
Anita L. Cloete
doaj   +1 more source

Multilevel analysis of ethnic clustering across local schools: Exploring group dynamics

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines ethnic clustering patterns across English secondary schools from 2010 to 2018 using National Pupil Database data and multilevel modelling. Despite concerns about increased segregation following educational reforms, findings reveal a general decline in ethnic concentration across all groups during this period.
Yiyang Gao
wiley   +1 more source

Football and religious experience: sociological reflections [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Football (“soccer”) is a central aspect of contemporary British, European and even global culture – as the build-up to big international events such as the European Championships and the World Cup shows.
Eyre, Anne
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Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Religious Rights of Teachers and Students: Establishment, Accommodation, Neutrality, or Hostility? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Despite the notion that First Amendment rights are established, valued, and respected in the United States, there continues to be confusion in public schools that leads to legal conflict over issues associated with freedoms of speech and expression ...
Smith, Samuel J.
core   +1 more source

Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental literacy and global citizenship education (GCE) are necessary to the development of a fairer, more peaceful and more sustainable world, but teachers frequently lack practical examples of their implementation in the classroom.
Claire Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

To what extent do pupils perceive science to be inconsistent with religious faith? An exploratory survey of 13-14 year-old English pupils [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Scientists hold a wide range of beliefs on matters of religion, although popular media coverage in the UK commonly suggests that atheism is a core commitment for scientists. Considering the relationship between religion and science is a recommended topic
Billingsley, Berry   +3 more
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Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
wiley   +1 more source

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