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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

Methods of analysis of spatial point patterns in socio-economic geography and spatial management [PDF]

W pracy przedstawiono wybrane metody analizy rozkładu przestrzennego obiektów punktowych wykorzystywanych w geografii społeczno-ekonomicznej i gospodarce przestrzennej.
Perdał, Robert
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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British 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

A historical GIS for England and Wales: a framework for reconstructing past geographies and analysing long-term change [PDF]

, 2001
PhDThis thesis describes the creation and possible uses of a Geographical Information System that contains the changing boundaries of the major administrative units of England and Wales from 1840 to 1974.
Gregory, Ian N.
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An international review of concepts for optimizing the conservation and management of the gastronomic landscape

Constructive geography and rational use of natural resources
This article provides an international overview of approaches to optimizing the conservation and management of the gastronomic landscape as a dynamic socio-ecological system.
I. Nesterchuk
semanticscholar   +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

‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley   +1 more source

Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette, Reece Mills, Terri Bourke, Simone White, Martin Mills, Lisa van Leent   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

City as a system: A systems approach to urban planning and development

Bulletin of Geography: Socio-Economic Series
The article presents the evolution of a systems approach in socio-economic geography and spatial management from its first application in Polish geography to the times of its gradual use within Complexity Theory.
J. Parysek, Lidia Mierzejewska
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
wiley   +1 more source