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Carol Azumah Dennis; Fiona Aubrey-Smith; Inma Alvarez; Philippa Waterhouse; Gillian Ferguson – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
This paper explores the different epistemologies that define the Professional Doctorate, paying close attention to how Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) doing a Professional Doctorate reconcile academic and professional knowledge. Through a narrative exploration of the literature published since the first UK Professional Doctorates were awarded in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students
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Ioannis Katsantonis; Ryan Alberto Gibbons; Jennifer E. Symonds; Niall Costello – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
There are few longitudinal studies of adolescent students' choice to persist in post-compulsory education. Hence, the present study introduces a longitudinal model that describes the interplay between sociological and psychological explanations of adolescents' choice to persist in post-compulsory education in the UK. Data on parental education,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compulsory Education, Academic Persistence, Educational Attainment
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Angela Hodgkins; Peter Gossman; Rachael Paige; Richard Woolley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This article uses selected findings from a small-scale research project entitled 'Exploring early childhood practitioners' perceptions of empathic interactions with children and families'. The project used an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology to explore data from a small number of early childhood practitioners working in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Vince Mitchell; Erica Borgstrom; Sam Murphy; Charlene Campbell; Sandy Sieminski; Sandy Fraser – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2024
This study explores the experiences of five distance learners at a UK university who needed support to resubmit their final assignment following a fail result. Having received written feedback on the submission, we asked how this could be best delivered to inform and motivate a successful resubmission. Written feedback alone was found to be…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Academic Failure, Assignments
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Aurelie M. C. Lange; Emily Stapley; Hannah Merrick; Daniel Hayes – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
Supporting children to successfully transition from primary to secondary school is of utmost importance for several reasons, including to prevent future emotional and behavioural problems. Level Up is a novel, UK-based intervention consisting of five online group sessions, straddling the summer holidays, and providing at-risk children and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Intervention
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Pamela McKinney; Corin Peacock; Andrew Cox – Journal of Information Literacy, 2024
This paper explores the self-tracking information literacy practices of LGBTQ+ students, how the practices connect to LGBTQ+ identities, and whether these practices are perceived as empowering. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted with students who identified as LGBTQ+ self-trackers. Four previously discovered dimensions of IL in…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Knowledge Level, Information Literacy, Self Concept