The island of Zanzibar where I was born was famous – or infamous – on two accounts: clove plantations and slavery. From the 17th century until 1909, spice plantations were worked by Black...
Continue reading blog postResearch has shown that deaf children experience disadvantage in the education system (Berry, 2017). This disadvantage is associated with a lack of tailored pedagogy, being educated in...
Continue reading blog postWhile we have seen a justified focus upon schools during the Covid-19 crisis, relatively little attention has been paid to how teacher-educators are adjusting their practice. In the UK in...
Continue reading blog postMany young people leaving school will at some point enter employment. It is, therefore, important to examine how employers engage with the future workforce within secondary schools. Businesses may...
Continue reading blog postWe know that ‘how’ students learn is as important as ‘what’ students learn, and this includes university undergraduates. In our discipline of criminology, students often arrive at our...
Continue reading blog postRecent times have seen a high level of support for the introduction of computer science (CS) in secondary schools (schools catering for students 12 to 18 years of age approximately). However, the...
Continue reading blog postThis article investigates the potential benefits of immersive virtual reality (IVR) in science education, exploring its effects on students' interests, self-efficacy, science aspirations, and...
Continue reading blog post‘My main anxiety at the moment is how I am going to be graded.’
Continue reading blog postInfrastructure – ignored and invisible – is usually taken for granted, until it goes wrong. We notice when the Wi-Fi signal drops out or when there’s a power cut. The lockdowns, physical...
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