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The management of supply cover in the teaching profession [PDF]
, 2004 There have for some years been concerns in Scotland about the availability of supplycover, the quality of supply teachers, and the adequacy of support and developmentprovided for them.
Holligan, C. +4 more
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‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes +2 more
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, 2014 This research uses the 2011 UK Census to explore the diverse immigration picture in the UK. In contrast to a simplistic comparison between England and Scotland, this briefing paper suggests that a more pertinent approach is to consider how Scotland ...
Findlay, Allan, Packwood, Helen
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Overview of the Scottish labour market [November 2008] [PDF]
, 2008 Comparable figures on the labour market1 between Scotland and the United Kingdom in the second quarter of 2008 are summarised in Table 1. Labour Force Survey (LFS) data show that in the second three months of 2008 the level of employment in Scotland rose
Allan, Grant
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Recruiting and retaining school leaders is a challenge in many systems worldwide. Previous research has identified three distinct ways in which succession planning can be conceptualised and approached: a ‘pipeline’ approach seeks to match supply and demand for the posts that need filling; a ‘pool’ strategy involves proactively identifying and ...
Toby Greany +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract School is an important setting for supporting young people's healthy development and positive mental wellbeing. Recent curriculum changes in Scotland and Wales reflect this, adopting a whole‐school approach to health and wellbeing as a central pedagogical focus and responsibility of all working in the sector. Alongside education system reform,
Mary Wilson +8 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett +5 more
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Measuring wellbeing in Scotland : the Oxfam Humankind Index [PDF]
, 2012 This paper describes recent work by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) which constructs an index of wellbeing in Scotland. The issue of wellbeing has been extensively discussed in the economics literature on happiness, and wellbeing indices have been
Dunlop, Stewart, Swales, Kim
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper highlights the inclusive potential of relational and feminist pedagogic strategies in education, focusing on girls at risk of exclusion. Girls in England are less likely than boys to be suspended or permanently excluded from school, but numbers are increasing.
Juliette Wilson‐Thomas +3 more
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