Zeta Williams-Brown

“Children are more than just a statistic. Education is more than government outlines”: Primary teachers’ perspectives on the standards agenda in England

This paper focuses on qualitative findings from a study that investigated primary teachers’ perspectives on the standards agenda in England. Q-methodology was used to investigate the complexity of their perspectives. The study’s Q-methodology findings are published in Education 3-13 (Williams-Brown and Jopling, 2021). This paper focuses on qualitative responses from…

Thoughts and reflections from our outgoing Chair Dr Zeta Williams-Brown

In this post Dr Zeta Williams-Brown, outgoing Chair of the British Education Studies Association discusses her reflections on the association, its progress in the last three years and its future prospects.

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Collaborative resilience-building: supporting childhood resilience through interaction between adults and children

The article reports on the key findings from a project that investigated children’s perspectives on their resilience, including whether they had a positive perception of themselves, whether they believed they were resilient and what support was available. The project formed part of an evaluation of Headstart, a programme funded by…

Aspiring to Higher Education? Choice, complexity and confidence in secondary students’ decision-making

This article reports on a programme designed to encourage young people who are currently in secondary school (age range 11-18) to apply to university. Explore University is a collaborative outreach programme provided by a small group of Higher Education Institutions in the West Midlands and Staffordshire areas of the UK.…

Symposium | Childhood resilience and wellbeing: implications from the Headstart evaluation for schools and communities

University of Wolverhampton Symposium The Office of National Statistics Survey of the Mental Health of Children and Young People indicated as long ago as 2004 that about 1 in 10 children in Great Britain experiences mental health problems (Children’s Commissioner, 2017). Although the Government has pledged to improve access to…

Aspiring to Higher Education? The complex views of secondary students:

The present paper emerged from a Q-method evaluation of the 2016-2017 Explore University programme which organised experiences for people of school age who might find value in studying higher education. The range of activities included campus visits, subject taster days, information, guidance and advice sessions in schools and summer schools.…