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In Sweden, international trends are challenging traditional conceptions about teaching practices. On the one hand, Swedish schools are regulated through a system of accountability, which leads to...
Continue reading blog postGlobalisation, cyborg identities, potentially powerful social media oblige educators to deploy educational tools, toys, texts and technologies for oecumene, global bioethics, political justice for...
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Nationalist far-right parties have recently gained popularity in Europe and the United States. The current rise of xenophobic populism is connected to a broader backlash against changing...
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Traditionally adults do not consider students as a source of valuable insight about school problems and students are not seen as mature enough to be real partners in change initiatives. Adults’...
Continue reading blog postThe rise of Donald Trump as front running Republican Party presidential candidate in the United States has startled many left-liberal leaning members of the society, and captured the attention of...
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The existing research indicates a need for flexible psychosocial strengths based tool well suited to working with children and adults who have had traumatic or difficult life histories. The Tree...
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Following Teesside University’s successful social policy REF (Research Excellence Framework) submission I accepted a formal invitation to attend The Bremen International Graduate School of...
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In marked contrast to European nations, the United States lacks any formal policy to spur youth participation. The United States is soon to become the only nation in the world that has not...
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The issue of effectively engaging linguistically and culturally diverse students is one that preoccupies teachers and researchers alike, resonating across rural, suburban, urban, mainstream and...
Continue reading blog postThis blog is based on the paper presented in the EERA 2015 Conference Network Meeting. The European Educational Research Association (EERA) and its annual European Conference of Educational...
Continue reading blog postWhat does the term ‘Characteristic Spirit’ mean? What is the ‘Characteristic Spirit’ of a publicly-managed, Education and Training Board school? Questions such as these are the concern of...
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My PhD dissertation seeks to examine the extent and the means by which the mainland government has been endeavouring to (re)construct a Hong Kong identity with a sustained emphasis on...
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