Supporting research in Education Studies
Supporting research in Education Studies
This theoretical article explores the recent furore surrounding the emergence of generative Artificial Intelligence tools, particularly ChatGPT. Both AI and ChatGPT are discussed, before recent debate is contextualised against historical reactions to the adoption of technologies in education. An example…
This paper offers considerations of how political discourse is intertwined with education. Utilising Foucault’s (1987) notion of discourse we explore its usefulness for producing an analysis of discursive formations which shape education for driving the economy, developing human capital and…
Podcasts are seen by many educators as having significant pedagogical potential, especially in higher education. The benefits of students, working in groups, to create their own podcasts, have been described by a number of studies. The podcast creation process is…
The article outlines the main points in my new book with Martin Allen. Published by Continuum in April 2010, it questions whether young people today really are a lost generation as they have been called by the media. Or whether…
This article presents findings from a curricular intervention made by lecturers on the Education Studies degree programme at Newman University College (a programme that stands alone without any proximal relation to teacher training). In so doing, it engages with the…
The development, and expansion, of “new” Education Studies programmes within the framework of Higher Education Funding Council provision is one that has been subject to a recent and rapid expansion. Furthermore, it appears this expansion is set to continue, as…