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Technology‐enhanced learning in higher education institutions: Exploring the lived experiences of students with specific learning differences and their lecturers

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper challenges the prevailing assumption that technology‐enhanced learning (TEL) inherently benefits all students in higher education, examining how undergraduate students with specific learning differences (SpLDs) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use technology for learning.
Alexia Achtypi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hand in hand: automatic sign Language to English translation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, we describe the first data-driven automatic sign-language-to- speech translation system. While both sign language (SL) recognition and translation techniques exist, both use an intermediate notation system not directly intelligible for ...
Dreuw, Philippe   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Disingenuous ‘box‐ticking’: Undergraduate students' attitudes towards university mental health awareness efforts

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health problems are common among UK undergraduate students. In response, many universities have put considerable effort into raising awareness about student mental health problems and avenues of support (e.g., via workshops, posters, email newsletters and social media posts).
Sorcha Finan, Lucy Foulkes
wiley   +1 more source

Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental literacy and global citizenship education (GCE) are necessary to the development of a fairer, more peaceful and more sustainable world, but teachers frequently lack practical examples of their implementation in the classroom.
Claire Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Employability Programmes in higher education: Supporting students through tangible, transitional and transformational approaches

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As the UK higher education sector becomes increasingly market‐driven and focused on preparing students for the graduate labour market, universities must define and contextualise employability and their role in supporting students beyond academia.
Michael Maher   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a material‐dialogic theory of climate teacher education: A global North–South dialogue

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a novel theoretical stance for reimagining initial teacher education (ITE) through genuine North–South dialogue that challenges dominant Global North paradigms in teacher education. Drawing on collaborative inquiry between researchers from England and Chile, we synthesise material‐dialogic space theory (derived from Global ...
Lindsay Hetherington   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the paradox of primary teacher shortage in low‐income countries: Insights from Malawi

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Malawi faces a persistent and chronic teacher shortage, particularly at the primary school level, with much of the challenge attributed to teacher supply constraints. While the causes of teacher shortages are known to be complex and context‐dependent, there remains a lack of in‐depth, country‐specific research to guide effective policies ...
Peter Mtika, Edward M. Sosu
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Linguistics and Palaeography, two inseparable tools to teach History of the English language [PDF]

open access: yesEstudios Interlingüísticos, 2019
Palaeography is the study of ancient and medieval handwriting, and it focuses on the establishment of “patterns in the development of characteristic letter forms and abbreviations” (Lowe, 2006: 134).
Irene Diego Rodríguez
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‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment by Exploiting Linguistic Information from Transcripts [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 2: Short Papers), 2016
Veronika Vincze   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

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