Browse research from the Plymouth Institute of Education, part of the School of Society and Culture.
Submissions from 2018
Exploring the potential of using undergraduates’ knowledge, skills and experience in research methods as a proxy for capturing learning gain, Rebecca Turner, Carole Sutton, Reema Muneer, Claire Gray, Nadine Schaefer, and Julie Swain
Knowledge and the study of education: an international comparison, P Kelly
Found in translation: an analytical framework to explore national and regional Early Childhood Education and Care systems, Ulrike Hohmann
Emerging School Landscapes in England: How primary system leaders are responding to new school groupings, MP Crawford
Falling into LINE: school strategies for overcoming challenges associated with learning in natural environments (LINE), A Edwards-Jones, S Waite, and R Passy
Falling into LINE: school strategies for overcoming challenges associated with learning in natural environments (LINE), Andrew Edwards-Jones, Sue Waite, and Rowena Passy
Submissions from 2017
Growing Up in Society - A Historical Social Psychology of Childhood, NR Gabriel
Headteacher performance management in England: Balancing internal and external accountability through performance leadership, M Crawford, D Eddy-spicer, S bubb, and P Earley
From student to graduate: Four learners’ perspectives of the professional doctorate journey, Louise A. Webber, Helen J. Goodall, Karen L. Wickett, and Valerie A. Huggins
Nestling into the World: The Importance of Place and Mutuality in the Early Years, V Huggins, D Evans, AD Morgan, and S Waite
Towards a pedagogy of hope, PN Warwick, A Warwick, and K Nash
Respecting young people’s informal learning: Circumventing strategic policy evasions, Jocey Quinn
Editorial: Professional doctorates in Education: Exploring the tensions and opportunities for those in leadership, G Czerniawski, N Pratt, and K Vigurs
Racism, Prevent and education: insisting on an open space, Joanna Haynes and Rowena Passy
Evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination, RA Passy, J Georgeson, N Schaefer, and I Kaimi
Review of the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination Provider Group quality assurance processes, J Georgeson and R Passy
Natural Connections Demonstration Project, 2012-2016: Analysis of the Key Evaluation Questions, M Gilchrist, R Passy, S Waite, and et al
Women, higher education and family capital: ‘i could not have done it without my family!’, Louise Anne Webber
Stepping through the daylight gate:compassionate spaces for learning in higher education, Joanna Haynes and Emma Macleod-Johnstone
'Supporting professional doctorate women students through identity change and turbulent times: who cares?', Louise Webber
The politics of care, compassion and concern in the contemporary academy, Suanne Gibson and Delia Baskerville
Will UN Article 24 lead to the demise of special education or to its re-affirmation?, C Hyatt and G Hornby
PISA, national and regional education policies and their effect on mathematics teaching in England and Germany, Peter Kelly and Hans Georg Kotthoff
Education governance and standardised tests in Denmark and England, Peter Kelly, Karen Egedal Andreasen, Kristine Kousholt, Elizabeth McNess, and Christian Ydesen
Home-to-school transport in contemporary schooling contexts: an irony in motion, Cath Gristy and Rebecca Johnson
Writing to it: creative engagements with writing practice in and with the not yet known in today’s academy, Jonathan Wyatt and Ken Gale
An exploration of important factors in the decision-making process undertaken by foundation degree students with respect to level 6 progression, C Schofield and L McKenzie
A school’s journey in creating a relational environment which supports attachment and emotional security, Louise Webber
German childhood services emphasise social pedagogy, U Hohmann and V Campbell-Barr
Think of the future: managing educational change from students' perspectives of an undergraduate sustainable business programme, Paul Warwick, Lynne Wyness, and Hugh Conway
Provision for mathematically able children in primary schools: a review of practice five years after England dropped the gifted and talented initiative, Christos Dimitriadis and Jan Georgeson
University wellness class impact on the cardiorespiratory fitness of overweight/obese students., G Soukup and TJ Lynch
“More than scaling up”: a critical and practical inquiry into operationalizing sustainability competencies, PN Warwick, S Sterling, M Rieckmann, and H Glasser
School gardens and the school food plan: contributing to a culture of healthy living, A Page, M Bremner, and R Passy
Class of 2010: a qualitative longitudinal study of an English secondary school that became an academy, R Passy and T Ovenden-Hope
Comparative Research on the Attitudinal Competence for Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe, Barr VJG Campbell and J Georgeson
Learning approaches and lecture attendance of medical students, Madeleine Bates, Sally Curtis, and Harriet Dismore
Including students as co-enquirers: matters of identity, agency, language and labelling in an International participatory research study, Suanne Gibson, Delia Baskerville, Alison Black, Ann Berry, Kathleen Norris, and Simoni Symeonidou
Pedagogies across borders: perspectives from teaching staff and students engaged with transnational programmes in Hong Kong., PJ Magne, O Poverjuc, and T Heffernan
It's different, it's difficult, it's unknown': Letting go of levels, N Pratt and J Alderton
Supporting the retention of non-traditional students in Higher Education using a resilience framework, DRE Cotton, T Nash, and P Kneale
Submissions from 2016
Playing the levelling field: teachers’ management of assessment in English primary schools, NM Pratt
The influence of online problem-based learning on teachers’ professional practice and identity, S Wheeler, P Kelly, and K Gale
Making Policy in the Classroom, Ulrike Hohmann
Intra-generational education: Imagining a post-age pedagogy, Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris
Learning to mock - Challenging the teaching establishment, N Gabriel
The cultural construction of subject discipline knowledge: comparing ‘abstraction’ in two international contexts, Nick Pratt and Peter Kelly
‘Diversity’ ‘Widening Participation’ and ‘Inclusion’ in Higher Education: An International study., S Gibson, D Baskerville, A Berry, A Black, K Norris, and S Symeonidou
BLOG: Semantics: ‘physical education’ vs ‘physical literacy’, TJ Lynch
Neoliberalism and the (internal) marketisation of primary school assessment in England, N Pratt
Changing student behaviour in schools located in areas of socioeconomic deprivation: findings from the 'coastal academies' research, RA Passy and T Ovenden-Hope
Utilizing Inclusion Instructional Methods to Promote Student Motivation and Success in the Movement Environment: "The Pool Model", WL Carleton, TW Henrich, GJ Soukup, GR Bowyer, and TJ Lynch
How can both scholars and school leaders engage with educational leadership from a relational perspective?', MP Crawford
"Physical education", "health and physical education", "physical literacy" and "health literacy": Global nomenclature confusion., TJ Lynch and GJ Soukup
Natural Connections Demonstration Project, 2012- 2016: Final Report, S Waite, R Passy, M Gilchrist, A Hunt, and I Blackwell
Governing bodies, headteacher performance and pay: the role of external advisers, P Earley, S Bubb, D Eddy-Spicer, M Crawford, and C James
Reflective writing: I wouldn’t start from here – examining a professional development initiative to enhance the scholarly activity of English HE in FE lecturers, Liz McKenzie, Rebecca Turner, and Ken Gale
Learning to learn in higher education: developing a modus vivendi, Harriet Dismore
Exploring schools' use of natural spaces, M Gilchrist, R Passy, S Waite, and R Cook
Australian Football: Leading Children's Fundamental Movement and Sporting Skill Development., TJ Lynch
Health and physical education (HPE): Implementation in primary schools, T Lynch
Submissions from 2015
Teacher education physical education: In search of a hybrid space, T Lynch
Standardised testing in compulsory schooling in England and Denmark: A comparative study and analysis, K Andreasen, P Kelly, K Kousholt, E McNess, and C Ydesen
Sustainability: what the entrepreneurship educators think, L Wyness, P Jones, and R Klapper
The role of transnational networking for higher education academics, Kelly Wakefield and Harriet Dismore
The public good in English private school governance, R Boyask
The University as a Site for Transformation around Sustainability, J Winter, D Cotton, P Hopkinson, and V Grant
Promoting Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Care and Education, VA Huggins
Translational research in education for knowledge mobilisation: a study of use and teacher perception in primary schools in England, UK, T Ovenden-Hope and L la Velle
Engaging with and moving on from participatory research: A personal reflection, Cath Gristy
Early Childhood Education for Sustainability: ethical approaches to working in partnership, VA Huggins
Investigating the spiritual dimension in HPE., TJ Lynch
Health and Physical Education (HPE): Local and Global Communities of Practice., TJ Lynch
The positions of primary and secondary schools in the English school field: a case of durable inequality, J Coldron, M Crawford, S Jones, and T Simkins
