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This article argues for the dismantling of the myth of classlessness in entrepreneurship education. Discourse in favour of more entrepreneurship in education has contributed to a process where a...
Continue reading blog postI recently conducted a study on the reported “national scandal” of teachers leaving the profession. For example, 40% of teachers are found to leave within their first five years (Wilshaw,...
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One of the most striking characteristics of the post-compulsory education sector in England is the teaching of programmes with a vocational route to work. There is a tenacious underlying...
Continue reading blog postJust over twenty years ago, following a PhD in school based ITE (Articled Teachers, soon to be defunct) to the sound of seagulls in glorious Devon, I found myself in London – part of a big ESRC...
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Having worked as a teacher educator since 2006, I’ve observed significant changes and developments from the perspective of my roles in a University and as director of a SCITT. As an evolving...
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I read with great interest Ali Messer’s BERA blog (4th August 2016) which accords with the findings and recommendations arising from my research on the development of subject knowledge for...
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I have been pondering the effect of the neo-liberal economic and social world order on education and everyday life. In many ways the neo-liberal mantra is accepted as a kind of monolith – a...
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Following the release of the Department for Education’s Green Paper, “Schools That Work For Everyone”, commentary in the media and among educational commentators has focused primarily on the...
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Although women constitute more than half of the secondary teaching workforce in the UK, they continue to be underrepresented in senior leadership, especially headship. There are multifarious...
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Everything changes. Nothing could be more true; nothing could be more relevant to the field of education today. And yet whilst the educational landscape seems to change by the attosecond, never...
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My third daughter works in New York: the distance hasn’t changed the frequency of her communication with her sisters or her parents, and, at least once a week, she has a FaceTime conversation...
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Politicians and teachers find access to educational research problematic. Teachers call for open access to research journals and some national teachers’ councils provide this (Scotland and the...
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