A wiki is able to provide a learning environment which closely aligned with the social‐constructivist approach and more natural than many tools where open collaboration exchange of ideas are important. This case study analyses evaluates essential aspects for successful deployment in higher education setting using Salmon's five‐stage e‐learning framework. Indicators benefits were determined by qualitative analysis students' contributions. Students' perceptions captured through interviews...

In the context of Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), we examine academics’ perspectives on discourse ‘teaching excellence’ based an empirical study with 16 participants from five post-1992 universities. The article reports findings views term and concept excellence’, examples what may look like in practice, whether a distinction between ‘good’, ‘good enough’ ‘excellent teaching’ can be made, measurability excellence’. research suggest need more nuanced inclusive interpretation which...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that, in order achieve teaching excellence, student engagement dialogue on important matter needed. Students’ conceptualisations good are fundamental when building an understanding what and how it can be developed. Design/methodology/approach This reports findings a qualitative study undergraduate students’ perceptions university lecturer. draws the secondary dataset collected by four subject centres Higher Education Academy (HEA). Findings...

This paper argues for recognition of the centrality relational pedagogy student learning and important role played by academic developers in supporting this. In paper, authors situate within context contemporary marketized higher education, explore nature importance pedagogy, they illustrate some ways which it may be developed enacted. Academic play a significant academics' understanding practice pedagogy. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted at time when care relationships with others have...

The 2015 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice (CoP) was a significant reformation provision for children young people with additional complex learning needs in England. This paper explores the influence SEND CoP has had on professionals working within post-16 education study empirically grounded qualitative methodological orientation. Eighteen participants from an English special college took part [n = 18]. found that barriers to implementation guidance continue...

This longitudinal qualitative study explores the value of practicum experiences for formation pre-service teachers' (PSTs) identities at different stages their training in a Spanish context. It aimed to understand professional development and experiences, support needs during this time contribution teacher identities. Using case approach, data were collected from interviews with teachers drawings, elicit visual representations sense-making. A reflexive thematic approach was adopted analysis....

Abstract This paper explores narratives as an effective means of capturing multiple identities research participants in complex social environments education research. In doing so, it the role narrator two case studies modes narrative inquiry. Both present young people, focusing on which are influenced by a variety cultural and sub-cultural contexts inhabit to varying degrees. first study, researcher is narrator; second, participants. The uses discuss three challenging areas research:...

In Western societies, school pedagogies tend to be biased in favour of talk and emphasise the links between talking, thinking learning. Thus is often privileged over silence as basis for learning activities classrooms, sustained by theories which afford priority talk. Such cultural bias towards means that contrast, can perceived negatively construed a form ‘non-participation’. Through systematic literature review journal articles relating pedagogical approach published 2000 2021, this...

Higher education is increasingly defined by data, indicators and metrics. The paper examines how English universities conceptualise articulate their perspectives on 'teaching quality' in the context of Teaching Excellence Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) UK. By adopting a qualitative thematic analysis approach, author sample higher institutions [n = 18] articulated teaching quality analysing section TEF submissions. findings have shown that policies, such as TEF, greatly shaped institutions'...

The reduction in local control and oversight of schooling represented by the growth Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) England raises critical issues for public policy. These include articulation exercise power governance MATs, future democratic services accountability. Applying Foucault's genealogical framework, paper analyses antecedents current arrangements highlights reinvigorates suppressed, delegitimised belittled knowledges. authors argue that threads representation, community engagement...

In this paper, we have developed the concept of dialogic space to elaborate our view importance creating future academic practice together in relationship with others a higher education context. We see scope and potential for as forum ‘interthinking’ engage voices stakeholders contributing development more democratic understandings about reforms education. vignette has been used methodological approach illustrate possibility such space. At end wider implications using professional learning...

In this article, we explore what cosmopolitanism looks like in particular institutional contexts higher education and the sorts of conditions pedagogic practices which nurture sustain within overall running administration institution. Cosmopolitanism is sometimes popularly assumed to refer global culturally diverse, rather as if encounters with different cultures ethnicities from geographical locations could add up a cosmopolitan perspective. Our view our concern start local everyday...

Inspiring learning and teaching are a matter of growing importance in today’s marketised higher education sector. To date, much research this area has focus on reviewing literature or adopting single-stakeholder perspective – typically that staff students. This paper reports the findings qualitative study multi-stakeholder inspiring teaching. The sought to address following questions what is teaching, conditions under which universities might achieve it? Thirty-two participants from three...

This article proposes a conceptualisation of dialogic spaciality, and advances our understandings the dynamic interplay space (where meaningful conversations take place) place (a geographic location) influence these have on academic life. The is developed from qualitative study which focused relationship dialogue, intellectual encounters in faith-based higher education settings England. highlights significance dialogue institutions because emphasis traditionally placed conversation Christian...

This article recalls a time when local government infrastructure was strong and Chief Education Officer's (CEO) vision could be realised across region, in Clegg's case the West Riding of Yorkshire, one largest pre-1974 counties England. It is timely to revisit educational leadership practice from 1945 1974, as valuable source learning, challenge current ideologically-informed policy rhetoric which has undermined framework democratic decision-making. The authors identify four possible areas...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore parents as “stakeholders” in higher education England and how they perceive teaching excellence. Design/methodology/approach study adopted a qualitative research design using an interpretative approach through which the authors aimed develop understandings parents’ perspectives “stakeholders”. empirical data were gathered via focus group interviews online survey with 24 participants UK. Findings This found that majority wished be treated...

This article focuses on the current state of educational book publishing industry within UK in aftermath 2008 global recession. Following two previous surveys reported Nixon (1999) and Wellington (2005), draws views publishers to identify issues future trends industry. In opening section we focus generally argue that, recent financial crisis, has be understood against a continuing history globalisation, corporatism digitisation. The central sections provide brief description methods used...

We introduce an efficient method for learning linear models from uncertain data, where uncertainty is represented as a set of possible variations in the leading to predictive multiplicity. Our approach leverages abstract interpretation and zonotopes, type convex polytope, compactly represent these dataset variations, enabling symbolic execution gradient descent on all worlds simultaneously. develop techniques ensure that this process converges fixed point derive closed-form solutions point....