Volume 10(1) 2019
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The International Education Studies Association
Supporting research in Education Studies
The International Education Studies Association
Supporting research in Education Studies
Joe Gazdula
The Global Neoliberal Political Economy of Education
This paper is a literature review providing a critical observation of the current academic debate on the meaning and purpose of education from a global political economy perspective driven by neoliberalism. It provides clarity for students and researchers on neoliberalism as a concept and examines the way political economies engage…
Developing Teachers as Researchers: A Case Study in Collaborative Learning
This paper considers the findings of a staff development programme to develop prospective researchers at a teaching university in the North of England. The Research and Collaborative Enterprise for Staff (RaCES) programme used a facilitated approach to develop a community of practice centred on collaborative learning, creativity, and enterprise to…
Volume 9(2) 2018
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Psychology and the Study of Education: Critical Perspectives on Developing Theories by Cathal Ó Siochrú
As an educationalist first and foremost I usually find psychology books with education in the title fall into one of two categories. The heavy psychology theory laden textbook which promotes learning as something stemming from psychological models, or the ‘here’s how it works for educationalist’ type of book. Neither works…
Managing Alternative Higher Education Providers: Towards a conceptual model of management for collaborative HE provision?
Changes in funding arrangements for UK Higher Education provision, has seen a marked increase in the number of Alternative Providers (AP’s). Fielden and Middlehurst (2017) cite BIS statistics to report Alternative Providers of Higher Education rose from 670 in 2013 to 732 in 2017 and describe AP’s as “a fast…