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In 2020, the UK government will introduce a multiplication tables check for primary school children aged 8鈥9 in England. 鈥楾imes tables鈥 are a contentious issue because they represent a lot...
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Addressing educational inequality has been a longstanding focus for educational research as well as for English education policy, yet the attainment gap between rich and poor remains constant...
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Robust school leadership is seen as the most effective route by which schools and outcomes for students can be achieved (Greany, 2015). But how does a headteacher of a school graded...
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In England there are two distinct communities of teacher educators: institute-based teacher educators (IBTEs) employed by higher education institutions (HEIs), and school-based teacher educators...
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The question that vexes an old-school academic like myself is, 鈥楢m I doing a good job?鈥 Too often as academics we are asked to assess ourselves against statistics rather than conscience:...
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Competitions and competitive learning are a staple of entrepreneurship and enterprise education. They are recommended for 11鈥18-year-olds in England (Hanson, Cox & Hooley, 2017), and identified...
Continue reading blog postGames have been used in schools since the 1970s. Currently, the games most commonly used in classrooms are 鈥榚dutainment鈥 games such as Math Blaster (Boyle et al., 2016). These games are...
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Some decades ago, several studies advanced an unexpected answer to an age-old question: schools do not help students improve their social positions (see for example Coleman et al., 1966). This...
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The ASPIRES/2 and Enterprising Science teams are delighted to be awarded the 2018 黑料不打烊 Public Engagement and Impact Award, which reflects our sociological commitment to praxis and, specifically,...
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