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Multilingual story-telling by children and for children
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, our Family Language Policy research team (Prof Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen and Dr Jing Huang) ran a 'Multilingual Story-telling for Children by Children' event at the Bath Central library on the 3rd...
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New Publication: "Learning-centred parental engagement: Freire reimagined
Goodall, Janet. 2017. "Learning-centred parental engagement: Freire reimagined." Educational Review:1-19. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2017.1358697. Many years ago, Paulo Freire was one of a group of writers who insisted that we look at our processes of schooling differently, that we examine the power...
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New Publication: Identity construction in learning English academic writing in a Japanese university.
Published, July 2017 Abstract The construction of writer identity in English L2 academic writing is not usually explicitly addressed in such writing classrooms, yet it plays a significant role for English L2 students learning to write in academic genres. This...
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GE2017 and Education: a policy ‘battle royale’
Professor Hugh Lauder is Professor of Education and Political Economy at the University of Bath The general election provided an opportunity for the political parties to demonstrate a vision for the future of education. In the recent past, more has...
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New Book: The Dutch Way in Education: Teach, learn and lead the Dutch Way
The Dutch Way - Teach, Lead and Learn the Dutch Way Authors: Alma Harris and Michelle Jones The global interest in high performing education systems shows no signs of slowing down. The simple and persuasive argument of ‘borrowing from the...
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Book Chapter: Understanding Emotions in Mathematical Thinking and Learning
By Janet Goodall, Sue Johnston-Wilder and Rosemary Russel Editors: Ulises Xolocotzin eBook ISBN: 9780128024898 Hardcover ISBN: 9780128022184 Published Date: 26th May 2017 Available online at - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012802218400011X In our chapter (Chapter 11) in this edited work, we build on ideas of mathematical resilience, that...
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New Publication: Teachers in international schools: a neglected ‘middling actor’ in expatriation
This paper is in a special edition of the Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, within the International Human Resource Management (IHRM) field. It introduces, for the first time in IHRM research, the rapidly growing body...
