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How can books hit the sweet spot between the reader and the story character?

Why do some stories resonate with readers more than others? It is probably because they minimise the distance between the reader and the story character. The classic reader-response theory...

Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea

Dr Xianghan (Christine) O’Dea is senior lecturer, course leader in the Business School, York St John University. Her major research interests lie in the areas of digital innovation, digital...

Neuromyths in schools

In recent years, much interest has been focused on the application of neuroscience in daily lessons and pedagogies (Canbulat & Kiriktas, 2017; Dekker et al., 2012). As a result, the new concept of...

Bukola Oyinloye

Doctoral researcher

Dr Oyinloye is a Research Associate at the University of York where she examines the doctoral applicant recruitment and selection landscape towards exploring opportunities to improve access for...

Ofsted’s subject review of science: Could it put science into a subject silo?

It is one of the most heated debates in education forums around the world: is it better to teach lessons in discipline silos, or should schools create timetables that emphasise cross-cutting...

Janet Law

Janet is a trainee educational psychologist. She is particularly interested in developing a career as an educational psychologist and also research in social networking sites, wellbeing and...

Nagamani Bora

Dr Nagamani Bora is the lead and director for biotechnology degree programmes at the University of Nottingham. Prior to this she worked as a senior lecturer in microbial technology at De Montfort...

Open educational resources offer promise for more equitable teaching and learning

The past year and the pivot to online learning has highlighted and exacerbated inequities in education systems around the world. It is more apparent than ever that our schools must do better at...

Martin Weller

Martin Weller is a professor of educational technology at the Open University. Weller chaired the Open University’s first major e-learning course, T171, in 1999 with nearly 15,000 students. He...

Jack Whitehead

Visiting Professor of Education

Jack Whitehead is a Visiting Professor at the University of Cumbria. He is a former president of the British Educational Research Association and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Westminster...

Marie Huxtable

Visiting Research Fellow

Marie Huxtable practiced as an Educational Psychologist in English Local Authorities. For the final 15 years of her career she developed and implemented an inclusive educational policy to improve...

Gaurav Dubay

Evidence Lead in Education

Gaurav Dubay is Head of English at a unique inner-city grammar school in Birmingham. In addition to this, he works as the English Subject Network Lead for the King Edward VI Trust and as an...