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Is there space for dyslexia in high‐attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study into attainment grouping in English primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a sociology of health and healthcare. [PDF]

Healthc Policy, 2013
Bourgeault IL, Benoit C, Bouchard L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
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, Jayne Finlay, Ross Little, Helen Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Fish in simulated water’? A Bourdieusian analysis of Chinese doctoral students' learning experiences in Southeast Asian developing countries

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract International student mobility (ISM) has historically followed a pattern of movement from developing regions to developed countries. However, in recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Chinese students pursuing doctoral studies in Southeast Asian developing countries, an area that has received relatively little ...
Yueyang Zheng, Kun Dai, Alan C. K. Cheung   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moving Beyond Income: Neighborhood Structure, Household Behavior, and Children's Health in the United States [PDF]

Using insights from economics, pediatrics, psychology, and sociology, this paper examines the effects of income, income inequality, participation in religious services, maternal health, breastfeeding, household smoking, neighborhood characteristics, and ...
Aradhyula, Satheesh V., Rahman, Tauhidur
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Feminism, embodiment and self-harm: interview with Dr Kay Inckle (1 of 2) [PDF]

, 2016
Part I of interview by Ronda Daniel Kay is currently the lecturer and teacher for the course SO211: The Sociology of Health and Medicine, covering for Carrie Friese.
Daniel, Ronda, Inckle, Kay
core  

Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

British 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

School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating mental health issues: exploring cultural causal attribution, stigmatization, and care recommendation behavior in Pakistani adolescents and young adults

BMC Psychology
Background Evidence has shown that the use of mental health services is less common among Pakistani adolescents and young adults compared to their peers in Western and English-speaking countries, despite a higher prevalence of mental health issues.
Rizwan Abbas, Piet Bracke, Katrijn Delaruelle   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source