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Direct linkParker-Jenkins, Marie; Glenn, Meli; Janmaat, Jan Germen – UCL IOE Press, 2014
In what ways do Jewish and Muslim faith schools in Britain play a role in promoting and contributing to community cohesion? What 21st-century skills around intercultural understanding do they foster? This book examines the nuances of faith in school settings and draws on a case study of Jewish and Muslim faith schools. The authors show how these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parochial Schools, Jews, Judaism
Peer reviewedRingrose, Jessica; Renold, Emma – Gender and Education, 2012
This viewpoint begins by exploring whether the global phenomenon of the 2011 "SlutWalks" constitutes a feminist politics of re-signification. We then look at some qualitative, focus group data with teen girls who participated in a UK SlutWalk. We suggest girls are not only negotiating a schizoid double pull towards performing knowing…
Descriptors: Females, Focus Groups, Gender Issues, Sexuality
Pilkington, Andrew – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2013
This article has its origins in the Macpherson report's contention that public organisations in British society are characterised by institutional racism. Drawing upon the Parekh report's identification of ten components of institutional racism, the article examines which, if any, of these components are manifest in a university in Central England…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Bias, College Environment, Blacks
Elton-Chalcraft, Sally – Education 3-13, 2011
Research concerning children is often presented with only a brief comment on the research methods adopted. This paper takes a "behind the scenes" view and I discuss my adoption of a non-hierarchical "least adult role" adapted from Mandell's work in 1991 to undertake qualitative research in the sensitive area of children's…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teaching Methods, Cultural Pluralism, Minority Groups
Moreau, Marie-Pierre; Mendick, Heather; Epstein, Debbie – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
In this paper, based on a project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council considering how people position themselves in relation to popular representations of mathematics and mathematicians, we explore constructions of mathematicians in popular culture and the ways learners make meanings from these. Drawing on an analysis of popular…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Mathematics
Smyth, Ciara; Blaxland, Megan; Cass, Bettina – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
A common theme in the literature on care-giving is the issue of "hidden" carers, that is, people who undertake caring roles and responsibilities, yet do not identify themselves as carers. One reason people do not recognise themselves as carers relates to the nature of the caring relationship. When providing care for a family member,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Caregivers, Identification (Psychology), Social Attitudes
Download full textWilson, Doirean – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
This paper evaluates the meaning of respect in a 21st century global learning environment, with a view to exploring the implications for promoting harmonious working relationships among students of culturally diverse ethnic backgrounds in the classroom. Research conducted since 2005 that investigates the understanding, meaning and experience of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Global Approach, Student Diversity, Cultural Differences
Velija, Philippa; Kumar, Gavin – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
Research within the area of the sociology of physical education (PE) recognises that it is a subject which reinforces dominant ideologies about gender. The gendered nature of PE appears to continue into General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinable PE, as the proportion of boys being examined in GCSE PE compared to girls is nearly…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Females, Focus Groups
Matthew, Nicole; Clow, Susan – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2007
Where are all the disabled people in children's picture books? This article will introduce an innovative three-year project, based in the United Kingdom, which asks this question of the book world. In The Picture, managed by disability charity Scope, aims to point out the invisibility of disabled people in children's media to publishers, writers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Childrens Literature, Picture Books
