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Negotiating positions: a discourse-based exploration of the work of Teaching Assistants in English schools
Thesis
Negotiating positions: a discourse-based exploration of the work of Teaching Assistants in English schools. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/409103

This thesis focuses on Teaching Assistants (TAs) as members of the school workforce ‘remodelled’ and ‘modernised’ through the policies such as the ‘National Agreement’ (DfES, 2003c; ATL et al., 2003). Findings suggest that:
- schools are not monolit... Read More about Negotiating positions: a discourse-based exploration of the work of Teaching Assistants in English schools.

‘Encountering difference’: a study of adolescent males’ masculine identity work and its relationship to secondary age phase religious education
Thesis
masculine identity work and its relationship to secondary age phase religious education. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/409125

Evidence from examination boards and successive governments’ research into gender show that examination success in RE and the numbers opting to take the subject at GCSE and ‘A’ level remain heavily skewed towards female learners. Drawing from poststr... Read More about ‘Encountering difference’: a study of adolescent males’ masculine identity work and its relationship to secondary age phase religious education.

Men in the nursing profession: Masculinities and gendered identities
Thesis
Men in the nursing profession: Masculinities and gendered identities. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/408997

Nursing as a profession has historically been largely dominated by females, both in terms of the demographical profile and the common perception of nursing being a task for women. A small minority of men do however practice as nurses and as such are... Read More about Men in the nursing profession: Masculinities and gendered identities.

Transforming Transitions: The performance of motherhood and the school choice process
Thesis
the school choice process. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/409062

Giving parents a choice regarding which schools educate their children has been central to the discourse of school choice in England for many years. This choice and the capacity to make it has implications for all concerned. However, little research... Read More about Transforming Transitions: The performance of motherhood and the school choice process.

The relationship between technology integration and the development of global citizenship skills and attitudes in a Lebanese context
Thesis
The relationship between technology integration and the development of global citizenship skills and attitudes in a Lebanese context. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/408824

Information and communication technologies have seen exponential growth and development in the last few decades, therefore increasing the conditioning force they exert on power, knowledge, and creativity in the 21st century. This research aims to con... Read More about The relationship between technology integration and the development of global citizenship skills and attitudes in a Lebanese context.

Medical schools and the virtuous physician: how to ensure that physicians will do the right thing
Thesis
Medical schools and the virtuous physician: how to ensure that physicians will do the right thing. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/408368

The focus of this thesis is moral education. This study is important as it aims at solving a prevailing and increasing problem that is harming the medical profession of our times, namely, the fact that physicians are losing touch with the nature of t... Read More about Medical schools and the virtuous physician: how to ensure that physicians will do the right thing.

Primary school boys, academic achievement in literacy and hegemonic identities: a qualitative study
Thesis
Wells, J. Primary school boys, academic achievement in literacy and hegemonic identities: a qualitative study. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/407284

The perceptions held of the fundamental differences in the nature of boys and girls is an issue which has dominated educational discourse over recent years and thus, has shaped pedagogical approaches and policy. However, despite some calls to focus o... Read More about Primary school boys, academic achievement in literacy and hegemonic identities: a qualitative study.

An investigation into decision making within secondary schools on information and communications technology inside the same Northern county of England
Thesis
Middleton, A. R. An investigation into decision making within secondary schools on information and communications technology inside the same Northern county of England. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/407222

In 1997, New Labour introduced a national ICT strategy for schools and went on to spend over £3.54 billion on educational technology. This exploratory study examines whether changes to government funding for educational technology has altered the vie... Read More about An investigation into decision making within secondary schools on information and communications technology inside the same Northern county of England.

A critical discourse analysis of history teacher responses to the February 2013 draft National Curriculum for History
Thesis
Smith, J. A critical discourse analysis of history teacher responses to the February 2013 draft National Curriculum for History. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/407061

This thesis seeks to explore history teacher engagement in debates surrounding the 2013 draft National Curriculum for History and locates these in the wider context of English history teacher identity. The 2013 draft curriculum, which was announced i... Read More about A critical discourse analysis of history teacher responses to the February 2013 draft National Curriculum for History.

Great expectations: exploring the hopes and experiences of international business students in the United Kingdom
Thesis
Gilliland, M. D. Great expectations: exploring the hopes and experiences of international business students in the United Kingdom. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/407124

The number of international students coming to the UK to study has increased significantly over the past decade and while much has been written about their recruitment and retention, the development of a deeper understanding of the international stud... Read More about Great expectations: exploring the hopes and experiences of international business students in the United Kingdom.

Pupils' choices in their educational and career trajectories
Thesis
Cochrane, M. Pupils' choices in their educational and career trajectories. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/407039

This thesis investigates the effect of social background on pupils’ choices of educational and career pathways. A group of 18 pupils, chosen from a single Comprehensive School in the North West of England, was followed from the ages of 13 to 16 as th... Read More about Pupils' choices in their educational and career trajectories.