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Twins and the relationship between homework and the academic progress of children: A Spanish case study

A wide range of literature has found that homework is positive for students’ academic achievement (see for example Murillo & Martínez-Garrido, 2013; Fernández-Alonso, Álvarez-Díaz,...

Kate Russell

Dr Kate Russell is an Associate Professor in Physical Education and Sport at the University of East Anglia’s School of Education and Lifelong Learning. Her research focuses on the intersections...

John Jerrim

John Jerrim is professor of education and social statistics at University College London, and director of the Quantitative Social Science research centre. His research interests include the...

Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo

Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo is a postdoctoral researcher at the Departamento de Economía Aplicada (Estadística y Econometría), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales at the Universidad...

Oscar David Marcenaro-Gutierrez

Oscar David Marcenaro-Gutierrez is professor at the Departamento de Economía Aplicada (Estadística y Econometría), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Málaga. He...

Culturally appropriate pedagogy in comparative contexts

Culture varies across different contexts, and so does pedagogy. The nexus of culture and pedagogy was one of the themes extensively discussed at the recent Comparative and International Education...

Nozomi Sakata

Nozomi Sakata is Assistant Professor in the Centre for the Study of International Cooperation in Education at Hiroshima University, Japan. In the field of Comparative and International Education,...

What are the drivers to inspire more girls to study computer science?

As our 21st century society evolves, computer science (CS) proves fundamental (Cotteleer & Sniderman, 2018) to our global communities’ economic growth, national security, sustainability and...

Lars Geer Hammershøj

Associate Professor

Lars Geer Hammershøj is PhD and Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. He has published books and articles about the creativity in education, the Bildung...

Kirsty Devaney

Postgraduate Research Assistant

Kirsty Devaney is a Birmingham based composer, researcher and educator with a passionate for promoting creative music making as something we all have the capacity to do. Her music has been...

Martine Mannion

Martine Mannion is a lecturer, researcher and trainer. Having worked successfully in the IT industry since leaving school, she moved into education 15 years ago, teaching computing at the early...

Children and young people’s mental health: The role of schools

The World Health Organisation (2014) defines mental health as a state of wellbeing in which every individual is able to achieve their own potential and participate in daily life. One in 10...