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Abstract Attainment grouping is an important policy issue and is increasingly practiced in UK primary schools, with researchers presenting contrasting stances on the impact to pupils' attainment and academic self‐concept. This original research statistically analyses the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data (N = 3510) and explores: (i) whether dyslexic ...
Esther Alice Outram
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FOOD STUDIES IN THE SOCIOLOGY TODAY
The author presents the history of sociological theories about food and consumption. This brief description, by and large, coincides with the description of the development of the whole discipline.
Tymofii Brik
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick +3 more
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Reproductions, cultural capital and museums: aspects of the culture of copies
The concept of cultural capital is well known in museum studies from pioneering visitor research conducted and reported by Pierre Bourdieu in the 1960s.
Gordon Fyfe
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Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
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Background It remains unclear how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the mental health of different vulnerable groups. This study explores how mental health inequalities changed between 2014 (pre-COVID-19) and 2021 (during COVID-19) in the ...
Sanne E. Verra +5 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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MAIN TRENDS OF MEDIA CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIA IN THE CONDITIONS OF DYNAMICALLY CHANGING REALITY
The article highlights the current problem of media consumption in Russia, the concept of media use as an active social practice is considered.
A. Komarova
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Research Interviews in Historical Practice
A key difference between collecting life stories and doing research interviews is the role of the interviewer. While training in oral history may focus on using standard scripts to take a life story, research interviews are motivated by specific questions that arise from particular historical projects and are often not primarily focused on the ...
Lara Keuck, Soraya de Chadarevian
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