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Measuring what matters: Evaluating the impact of curriculum decolonisation initiatives in UK business schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Curriculum decolonisation has become a prominent feature of equity agendas in UK higher education, yet there remains limited empirical and theoretical work on how such initiatives are evaluated, particularly within business schools. This paper presents one of the first multi‐institutional empirical studies examining how UK business schools ...
Sally Everett   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

Future Directions in Pragmatics Assessment

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2012
While the discussion of the importance of pragmatic ability arguably begins with Lado (1961), the idea of sociolinguistic or pragmatic competence has been widely recognized as one of four vital communicative competencies since Canale and Swain (1980) and
Fred S. Tsutagawa
doaj   +1 more source

Teacher confidence and student engagement with mental health and wellbeing lessons: Learning from an iterative curriculum intervention in schools

open access: yesBritish 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Discourse Completion Task (DCT) as Explicit Instruction on Indonesian Efl Learners' Production of Suggestion Acts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There are some activities that can be developed to bring up EFL learners' pragmatic awareness, such as contextualized language practice in given situations, constructed peer dialogues, and metapragmatic discussions. This task-based approach used in these
Aufa, F. (Fauzul)
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What are the possibilities for promoting teacher resilience at the school level? Insights from the co‐development of a participatory approach in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Alongside the growing teacher supply crisis, there are widespread concerns about the mental health and well‐being of teachers, leading to a growing interest in the concept of teacher resilience. In this article, we investigate the possibilities for promoting teacher resilience at the school level using a novel participatory approach. We report
Steph Ainsworth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EXPLORING EFL LEARNERS´ PRAGMATIC FAILURE: PERSPECTIVES FROM MOROCCAN EFL TEACHERS

open access: yesآداب الكوفة
Acquiring a language necessitates not only exposure to isolated lexical items and grammar rules but also rules of language use. Such input is profusely available in first language acquisition. However, in foreign language learning contexts, students are
Abdelfattah Abidi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of a One‐Week Bioengineering Outreach Activity on the Academic Perceptions and Motivation of High School Students

open access: yesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many universities across Europe have developed outreach programs to bring high school students closer to science and help them make more informed decisions about their academic futures. At the University of Porto (Portugal), the Junior University is a summer school that offers research and development activities on specific topics, enabling ...
J. S. Sousa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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