British Education Studies Association
18th Annual Conference 2023
Education in a Changing Society
University of Derby
29–30 June
Professor Gary McCulloch, Institute of Education, London, Faculty of Education and Society, University College London.
Keynote | The School Meals Service in a Changing Society: Aims, Achievements and Limitations
The provision of school meals has undergone significant changes since the earliest national legislation to support it was passed in 1906.This keynote lecture will examine its general aims, achievements and limitations over this time in the context of a changing society. At first provided only permissively in particular local areas, it became a fully national service following the Second World War, the 1944 Education Act and the rise of the Welfare State. Yet by the 1960s it was beginning to be eroded, and by the early 21st century it was again contested and controversial. The lecture will seek to explain the changing position of the SMS over the past century and its implications for today.
Biography
Gary McCulloch is the inaugural Brian Simon professor of history of education at the IOE London, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. His recent publications include Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education (in press 2023), the Bloomsbury Cultural History of Education (general editor, 6 volumes), Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum History (jnternational edition) and A Social History of Educational Studies And Research. He is a past president of the British Educational Research Association and the UK History of Education Society and a previous Editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies and of History of Education. He is currently leading a major ESRC-funded research project on The School Meals Service: past, present – and future?
Dr Jennie Bristow, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies
Keynote | Generational tensions in Higher Education
Debates about academic freedom, freedom of speech, and the construction of knowledge have been part of the University landscape for decades, and at times taken the form of generational conflict. For example, during the campus protests of the late 1960s, students from the youthful ‘Baby Boomer’ generation pitted themselves against the ‘pedagogic gerontocracy’ of traditional academic practices and institutional norms, demanding the right to self-expression and a critical orientation to knowledge. The ‘free speech wars’ currently playing out on campuses in the UK and US are similarly characterised by tensions between students and academics over language, knowledge, and the purpose of the University, but with some significant differences. Younger generations stand accused of promoting an illiberal ‘cancel culture’, while their elders are presented as manipulating the principle of free speech to perpetuate social injustice. In this lecture, sociologist Jennie Bristow uses a generational lens to explore current conflicts in Higher Education, and why these have erupted now.
Biography
Jennie Bristow is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies at the University of Kent. She is author of a number of books about generational conflict and collaboration, including The Corona Generation: Coming of Age in a Crisis (2020) and Stop Mugging Grandma: The ‘Generation Wars’ and Why Boomer Blaming Won’t Solve Anything (2019); and co-author of Generational Encounters in Higher Education: The Academic-Student Relationship and the University Experience (2020). Bristow is co-editor, with Elisabetta Ruspini, of the new Bristol University Press book series ‘Generations, Transitions and Social Change’.
Dr Nadia Siddiqui, Associate Professor in the School of Education at Durham University
Keynote | Why schools matter?
School is a long-term intervention in children’s lives. Children spend many hours in school where the expectation is that the activities will boost their natural growth and academic potential in the most receptive years of development. However, learning a combination of cognitive and noncognitive skills is also a natural process. Assuming that these only or even mostly occur at school could be a fallacy. How can we “partition” the effect of schooling? This keynote will present the findings of a natural experiment assessing the impact of school on children’s learning and general life experiences in early years of childhood (at age 3 to 8 years of age) by drawing a comparison with children who never or briefly attended school. The presentation will draw on the findings highlight where school can have maximum impact on children’s learning and how some school factors negatively impact on disadvantaged children leading to their exclusion from the main-stream education. Perhaps we need to re-think the purpose, structure and format of schools to make it more relevant and meaningful for children in today’s world.
Biography
Dr Nadia Siddiqui has academic expertise in education research and equity in education. She has led important education research projects contributing evidence for education policy in England. Her research interests are to explore the stubborn patterns of poverty and inequalities through population data sets and large-scale surveys. By using these secondary data resources, she investigates the indicators of disadvantage that determine children’s academic attainment, well-being and happiness, and access to pathways for successful life. Her recent completed research project was British Academy funded study on early child development. The project findings contribute important evidence on the role of school for children’s early years education and development. She is recognised among Top 75 Notable British Pakistani Academics and she is also the Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences.
| 2023 – Main Conference Thursday 29 June 2023 | ||
| 9am | Registration and refreshment | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 9:30am | Welcome University of Derby Professor Kath Mitchell, VC University of Derby | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 9:35am | Welcome Conference 2023 Caroline Lewis, Chair – welcome Ruth Mieschbuehler, Conference Convenor – housekeeping | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 9:45-10:45 | Keynote Lecture 1 The School Meals Service in a Changing Society: Aims, Achievements and Limitations Professor Gary McCulloch, Institute of Education, University College London Chair: Caroline Lewis, University of Wales, Trinity St David | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 10:45 | Refreshments | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 11-12:00 | Paper Session 1 1.1 Room: K203 Alternative provision in a marketised society Jade Murden, University of Derby Co-constructing critical change: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of education studies students in a neoliberal world Stephen Dixon, Newman University; Ben Johnson, Newman University, Andrew Edgar, Newman University Changing priorities? Positioning welfare vocationalism in a changing society Liz Atkins, University of Derby Making space for ‘engaged masculinities’: considering men on undergraduate Education Studies courses Mark Pulsford, University of Warwick | Room: K203 |
| 1.2 Symposium Room: K202 Misogyny and the rise of incel culture: the challenges for schools; ITTE staff; prevent teams; parents; researchers; the media and policy makers Deborah Outhwaite, DTSA; Helen Hinde, Meols Cop School; Sally Siner, Derby City Council | Room: K202 | |
| 1.3 Symposium Room: Kirtley Hall Global citizenship education for a society in change David Menendez Alvarez-Hevia, University of Oviedo; Gloria Braga Blanco, University of Oviedo; Adelina Calvo Salvador, University of Cantabria; Sara de la Fuente González, University of Oviedo; Aquilina Fueyo Gutiérrez, University of Oviedo; Isabel Hevia Artime; Carlos Rodríguez Hoyos, University of Cantabria; Karla del Socorro Ocaña Vallecillo, University of Oviedo | Room: Kirtley Hall | |
| 12.15-1pm | Lunch | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 1-1:45 | Book Launch and Book Preview New Studies in the History of Education: Connecting the Past to the Present in an Evolving Discipline, London: Routledge (forthcoming autumn 2023) Nicholas Joseph, University of Derby Leadership and Management for Education Studies: Introducing Key Concept of Theory and Practice London: Routledge (2023) Catherine A. Simon, Bath Spa University, Deborah Outhwaite, University of Liverpool Understanding Education Studies: Critical Issues and New Directions Mark Pulsford, University of Warwick Chair: Steve Ward, Emeritus Professor, Bath Spa University; Editor Routledge Education Studies Series | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| Workshop Room: K203 AI (artificial Intelligence) vs. AI (academic integrity): ‘evaluating’ the inevitable changes in education in an electronically evolving society Shivadas Sivasubramaniam, University of Derby | Room: K203 | |
| 2-2:30 | Paper session 2 2.1 Room: K202 Influence of social media use on the academic attainment of social studies students in tertiary institutions Esther Obiajulu-anyia, Delta State College of Education, Mosogar Exploring the potential of popular education in digital culture and social media: promoting social justice and transformative learning Karla Ocaña Vallecillo, Universidad de Oviedo | 2.1 Room: K202 |
| 2.2 Room: Kirtley Hall An exploration of factors influencing undergraduate student engagement Richard Millican; Tristan Middleton; Tyrone Perry-Harry, Ohoud Abdalla, Jorja Bond, Luci Holmes, University of Gloucestershire Expanding the comfort zone: Providing space for students to build relationships with their peers Jo Axe, Royal Road University | 2.2 Room: Kirtley Hall | |
| 2.3 Room: K203 How dangerous is therapeutic education? Geoff Bunn, Manchester Metropolitan University Inclusion and autism in higher music education in England: what are the barriers? Eunice S. Y. Tang, Institute of Education, University College London | 2.3 Room: K203 | |
| 2:30 | Refreshments | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| Hybrid Conference (online & in person) Thursday 29 June 2023 | ||
| 2:45-2:50 | Hybrid Conference Caroline Lewis, Chair Online link: Microsoft Teams meeting / ask conference organiser | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 2:50-3:50 | Keynote lecture 2: Hybrid conference Why schools matter? Dr Nadia Siddiqui, Associate Professor in the School of Education at Durham University Chair: Dr Steve Dixon, Newman University Online link: Microsoft Teams meeting / ask conference organiser | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 4-5pm | Paper sessions 3: Hybrid conference 3.1 Online link: Microsoft Teams meeting / ask conference organiser Teacher education in the digital transformation process in Nigeria during and after Covid-19 pandemic: situational analysis and way forward Victor Oghuvwu, Delta State College of Education Mosogar Student aspirations: impact of socio-economic uncertainties for students studying a work-based degree in education Rachel Illsley, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College Adult perspectives on children’s risk taking: outdoor provisions in England and Denmark Megan McGee, independent | 3.1 Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 3.2 Online link: Microsoft Teams meeting / ask conference organiser Social justice and inequality in tertiary education growth in Nigeria Henry Onoriode, Delta State College of Education Mosogar The influence of the home literacy environment of the development of written narrative skills in Chinese children aged 8-11 years Yuchen Song, Xi’an Jiaotong, Liverpool University, China Schemas, loose parts and the outdoors-an affordance of possibilities Amanda Thomas, University of South Wales; Pavla Boulton, University of South Wales | 3.2 Room: K202 | |
| 3.3 Online link: Microsoft Teams meeting / ask conference organiser Demographic analysis of students in accommodation Adele Ruston, Nottingham Trent University Computer-based testing versus computerized adaptive testing Nathaniel Ethe, Delta State College of Education, Mosogar | 3.3 Room: K203 | |
| 5-5:30pm | AGM All delegates are invited to attend. | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 5:30pm | Day 1 closes Caroline Lewis, Chair | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 7:30pm | Conference Dinner | Cosy Club |
| Main Conference Friday 30th June 2023 | ||
| 9am | Registration and refreshments | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 9:25am | Welcome day 2 Caroline Lewis, Chair | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 9:30-9:45 | Journal: Educationalfutures and Transformations Stephen Dixon, Zeta Williams-Brown Journal Editors Educationalfutures Julia Everitt, Journal Editor Transformations | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 9:45-10:45 | Keynote Lecture 3 Generational tensions in Higher Education Dr Jennie Bristow, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies Chair: Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler, University of Derby | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 10:45am | Refreshments | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 11-12:00 | Paper session 3 3.1 Room: K203 From active to activist parenting: educational struggle and the injuries of institutionalised misrecognition Nathan Fretwell, Middlesex University Children’s relationships with nature: pressured nature, children seen as activists with responsibility to save the natural world Su Wall, University of Derby The curlew’s call to Kairos – Exploring the pedagogical, ontological, and ecological implications of escaping the clutches of Chrono Dylan Adams, Cardiff Metropolitan University | 3.1 Room: K203 |
| 3.2 Room: Kirtley Hall Barriers affecting the post-16 transition of service children Hannah Blake, University of Derby The pre-existing conditions enabling and constraining BTEC HE decision-making in an FE College Diane Atkinson, Staffordshire University Navigating practice learning for nursing associate apprentices Tracey Whitmore, University of Derby An exploration of the factors affecting the likelihood of young people in England progressing into higher education Paul Martin, University of Warwick | 3.2 Room: Kirtley Hall | |
| 3.3 Room: K202 Families of sanctuary and SEND Wendy Conrad, University of Derby Views and experiences of teachers working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pupils with SEND Klaudia Matasovska, University of Derby Under the spotlight: exploring the challenges and opportunities of being a visible LGBT+ teacher Adam Brett, University of Derby Once, twice, three times a failure: time to permanently scrap statutory reception baseline Assessment Zeta Williams-Brown, University of Wolverhampton | 3.3 Room: K202 | |
| 12:15-1pm | Lunch | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| Poster Enhancing international students’ mobility in higher education: a case study of Viet Nam Tho Tran, TNR Services Ltd (*Please visit and explore the poster during lunchtime.) | Room: Kirtley Hall | |
| 1-2pm | Paper session 4 Room: K202 Adapting to a changing society: evaluating an innovative well-being curriculum for year 9 students in an East Midlands school. Purvi Gandhi, Trent College Taming the educational monsters in Africa: rescue and reformation intervention strategies of an educational counselling psychologist Moses Chukwugi Ossai, Delta State College of Education, Mosogar How have aspects of key stage 2 children’s academic wellbeing affected their attainment? Katie Blainey, Hodder Education | 4.1 Room: K202 |
| 4.2 Room: K203 English education policy during turbulent times 2015-2022 Catherine A. Simon, Bath Spa University Education reform, politics, and nationalistic education in Hong Kong: teachers’ perspectives on the replacement of liberal studies with citizenship and social development Adrian Yan, Institute of Education, University College London A case for a-theoretical history in Education Studies Nicholas Joseph, University of Derby Education and the failings of democracy: a Frickerian analysis through the lens of epistemic injustice Jack Stothard, University of Derby | 4.2 Room: K203 | |
| Room: Kirtley Hall Writing stories: an exploration of the personal writing histories of trainee English teachers and the impact of these experiences on their writer identities. Aisling Walters, Nottingham Trent University What does implication mean? An exploration of undergraduates’ vocabulary size and academic achievement Jennifer Marshall, University of Derby S ‘I was not a priority’: impact of permanent school exclusion from the previously excluded adult perspective Jenna Johnson, Institute of Education, Plymouth University The changing face of classroom violence: occurrence rates of teacher directed abuse on early career teachers April Steffeck, University of Edinburgh | 4.3 Room: Kirtley Hall | |
| 2:15pm | Refreshments | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 2:30-3:30pm | Paper session 5 5.1 Room: K202 An evaluation of a professional development program aimed at empowering teachers’ agency for social justice Marijke van Vijfeijken, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen Factors influencing students’ enrolment in agricultural science education course: motivational indices for improvement Emenim Raphael Onainor, Delta State College of Education, Mosogar Education in a changing society, the pentagon: more than triangulation in ITTE – five perspectives on the mentoring journey of a beginner teacher on the PGCE Deb Outhwaite, DTSA; Olivia Hopewell, University of Derby; Vikki Walker, Chellaston Academy; Purvi Gandhi, Trent College; Grace Hoskins, University of Derby Universal design for learning (UDL): an insight into its implications for teacher training Sara De la Fuente González, Universidad de Oviedo; Alejandro Rodríguez-Martín, Universidad de Oviedo; Emilio Álvarez-Arregui, Universidad de Oviedo; David Menéndez Álvarez-Hevia, Universidad the Oviedo | 5.1 Room: K202 |
| 5.2 Room: K203 Doing it in ‘Barnsley speak’: social class, accents, and pedagogical relatedness in higher education Claire Skea, Liverpool Hope University Neoliberal policy in education as racism in England and Germany Charlotte Chadderton, University of Derby; Anke Wishmann, University of Flensburg ‘They want to feel like they are represented within the curriculum’: a sociological study of the teaching of history in schools in a multicultural society. Philippa Rose, University of Derby | 5.2 Room: K203 | |
| 5.3: Symposium Room: Kirtley Hall Compassion in education: the why’s, the what’s, the result’s Presentation 1: Compassionate mind training for teachers (CMT-Teachers): a 6 module CPD Frances Maratos, University of Derby Presentation 2: Compassion mind training for pupils (CMT-P): PSHE curricula for pupils aged 9 to 12 Frances Maratos, University of Derby Presentation 3: Compassionate mind training in FE/HE (CC-FE/HE): the importance of compassionate communication Caroline Harvey, University of Derby | 5.3 Room: Kirtley Hall | |
| 3:30-3:45pm | Conference closes Caroline Lewis, Chair | Room: Kirtley Hall |
| 4pm | Departure | |
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Nathaniel Ethe
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Geoff Bunn
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Nicholas Joseph
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Adele Ruston
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Wendy Conrad
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Tracey Whitmore
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Frances Maratos
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Charlotte Chadderton
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David Menendez Alvarez Hevia
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Catherine Simon
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Zeta Williams-Brown
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Joanna Williamson and Carmen Vidal Rodeiro
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Bethan Davies
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Satwant Saggu
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Jessie Bustillos Morales
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Stephen Pritchard
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Sandra Abegglen
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Catherine Best
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Sandra Abegglen, David Blundell and Jessie Bustillos Morales
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David Menendez Alvarez Hevia, Alejandro Rodriguez-Martin, Dolors Forteza Forteza and Emilio Álvarez-Arregui
Location
Institute of Education, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Campus, Derby DE22 1GB, United Kingdom
The entrance to the main reception area at Kedleston Road Campus is between the South Tower and the Multi-Faith Centre.
Accommodation
We recommend the following hotels to conference delegates.
Leonardo Hotel Derby, King Street, Derby DE1 3DB
Website: https://www.leonardohotels.co.uk/hotels/derby; Telephone: 01332 621000
1.1 miles from University of Derby, Kedleston Road Campus, Derby DE22 1GB
Premier Inn, Derby City Centre, Cathedral Quarter, Full Street, Derby DE1 3AF
1.3 miles from University of Derby, Kedleston Road Campus, Derby DE22 1GB
Premier Inn, Derby City Centre, (Riverlights), Morledge, Derby DE1 2BB
1.5 miles from University of Derby, Kedleston Road Campus, Derby DE22 1GB
Conference Dinner
- Restaurant: Cosy Club, Royal Building, Victoria Street, Derby DE1 1ES. Weblink www.cosyclub.co.uk, T: 03112 631004.
- Day/time: Thursday 29 June, 7:30pm
- Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available
- Estimated cost: 3 course meal for £30 (This may vary depending on the meal delegates choose)
- Self-funded (Delegates will be paying for their conference dinner.)
- Please inform the conference organisers that you will be attending the conference dinner.
Local transport options
Taxis
- City Taxis 01332 757575
- Albatross Cars 01332 345345
- Western Taxis 01332 331331
- Uber Derby: book via Uber App
Buses
Uni bus route U1 – map
https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/u1/timetable
Uni bus route U1 – timetable (holiday service)
https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/services/u1/timetable
Alternative bus routes
https://www.derby.ac.uk/find-us/derby/travelling-to-derby-by-bus/other-buses-to-derby-campus/
Walking
Derby Cathedral to University of Derby Kedleston Road Campus
Luggage
A luggage room is available. It is a safe location, but luggage will be left at the owner’s risk.