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Supportive but suspicious: Ideology, institutional trust, electoral participation and gender shape public opinion on citizenship education in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 848-868, April 2025.
Abstract Citizenship Education (CE) has been found to be an effective tool in preparing young people to participate actively in a democracy. However, recent years have seen a decline in both the quality and provision of CE, coupled with a notable absence of public input on the subject.
Annika Hecht   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender, participation and attainment in STEM: A comprehensive overview of long‐term trends in the United Kingdom

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 802-825, April 2025.
Abstract There is a longstanding imperative from both government and industry for a workforce with the skills needed to drive forward the scientific and technological advances that are considered so crucial to the economic prosperity of the nation. However, the skills of this workforce have purportedly been both in short supply and inadequate for many ...
Emma Smith, Patrick White
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge acquisition in science and the blurred boundary between perception and cognition

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper provides a critical and detailed study of what researchers in the fields of contemporary cognition and neuroscience have revealed about the blurred boundary between perception and cognition. We set out the arguments with a view to what researchers and teachers should now consider regarding the subtleties of their interrelationship ...
T. G. K. Bryce, E. J. Blown
wiley   +1 more source

Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 1009-1038, April 2025.
Abstract Early education provision in the state‐maintained sector has historically played an important role in ensuring equitable access to high‐quality early education in England. These settings have higher qualification requirements than other providers, and as they have been concentrated in areas of higher disadvantage, children from lower income ...
Kitty Stewart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achievement vs. engagement: Providing support in socially disadvantaged schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 1039-1072, April 2025.
Abstract Educational inequalities persist between students of low socioeconomic status and their more affluent peers. At the same time, there is evidence of positive relations between student engagement and achievement. This multiple case study investigates a national project aimed at increasing student engagement and achievement through post‐Covid‐19 ...
Jana Obrovská   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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