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Analysing power dynamics in teachers’ understanding of policies through storytelling about refugees in the East Midlands region (2024)
Thesis
Hewitt, S. Analysing power dynamics in teachers’ understanding of policies through storytelling about refugees in the East Midlands region. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1012522

The aim of this thesis was to use storytelling to determine how five teachers in the East Midlands assimilated conflicting discourses into practice and whether they aligned policy with personal and professional beliefs, ultimately identifying if they... Read More about Analysing power dynamics in teachers’ understanding of policies through storytelling about refugees in the East Midlands region.

‘More able’ pupils in non-selective secondary schools: a qualitative examination of teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of progress (2024)
Thesis
Buckingham, P. E. ‘More able’ pupils in non-selective secondary schools: a qualitative examination of teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of progress. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/956384

This thesis explores the experiences of students labelled as ‘more able’, privileging the voices of pupils and practitioners equally. The research is conducted within a non-selective ‘comprehensive’ secondary school in England and argues that the cur... Read More about ‘More able’ pupils in non-selective secondary schools: a qualitative examination of teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of progress.

How do medical schools influence their students’ career choices? A realist evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Thomas, A., Kinston, R., Yardley, S., McKinley, R. K., & Lefroy, J. (2024). How do medical schools influence their students’ career choices? A realist evaluation. Medical Education Online, 29(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2024.2320459

Introduction
The career choices of medical graduates vary widely between medical schools in the UK and elsewhere and are generally not well matched with societal needs. Research has found that experiences in medical school including formal, informal... Read More about How do medical schools influence their students’ career choices? A realist evaluation.

Contract cheating and academic literacies: Exploring the landscape (2022)
Thesis
Thacker, E. J. (2022). Contract cheating and academic literacies: Exploring the landscape. (Thesis). Keele University

The phenomenon of contract cheating in higher education is complex and a growing concern for those invested in the delivery of high-quality education and positive educational outcomes. This research explores the academic literacies practices, exchang... Read More about Contract cheating and academic literacies: Exploring the landscape.

Sex education, gender and sexualised behaviour in the primary school: a qualitative analysis of parent, teacher and pupil perspectives (2019)
Thesis
Wire, T. (2019). Sex education, gender and sexualised behaviour in the primary school: a qualitative analysis of parent, teacher and pupil perspectives. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414952

This thesis compares teachers’ and parents’ views concerning content and delivery of KS1 Sex and Relationships Education with children’s lived experiences and understanding of gender and sexuality. Data was gathered through 18 focus group interviews... Read More about Sex education, gender and sexualised behaviour in the primary school: a qualitative analysis of parent, teacher and pupil perspectives.

Teachers and multi-agency working: a study of secondary school teachers’ engagement with multi-agency work in the context of the Every Child Matters agenda (2019)
Thesis
Somerfield, R. (2019). Teachers and multi-agency working: a study of secondary school teachers’ engagement with multi-agency work in the context of the Every Child Matters agenda. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414421

This thesis seeks to uncover how teachers engage with multi-agency working within the context of the Every Child Matters agenda (DfES, 2003) and how this impacts on their sense of identity. To do this it provides an account of a qualitative study of... Read More about Teachers and multi-agency working: a study of secondary school teachers’ engagement with multi-agency work in the context of the Every Child Matters agenda.

Social Media Networks and Community Development in Work-based Undergraduate Students (2019)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Deeming, A., Millward, H., & Jones, J. (2019). Social Media Networks and Community Development in Work-based Undergraduate Students. Polish journal of Educational Studies, 72(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2019-0002

The purpose of the study was to explore how students on two related work-based degree courses with limited opportunities for face to face interaction used social media platforms to support their experiences and learning. The students involved work as... Read More about Social Media Networks and Community Development in Work-based Undergraduate Students.

Inhabiting a woman’s world: the experience of male general student nurses in the Republic of Ireland (2018)
Thesis
Neary, M. (2018). Inhabiting a woman’s world: the experience of male general student nurses in the Republic of Ireland. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/411468

This thesis explores the experience of being a male general student nurse in the feminised world of nursing in the Republic of Ireland, where only 5% of general nurses are male. The main focus of the thesis is the experienceof male general student nu... Read More about Inhabiting a woman’s world: the experience of male general student nurses in the Republic of Ireland.

Lifelong learning among accountants: exploring the links with professional identity (2018)
Thesis
Adjei-Kusi, K. (2018). Lifelong learning among accountants: exploring the links with professional identity. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/411440

This thesis explores links between lifelong learning and professional identity among a group of eighteen accountants working across three countries between 2013 and 2016. The substantive aim of this study was to contribute to existing but limited lit... Read More about Lifelong learning among accountants: exploring the links with professional identity.

Academics in transition - Internationalisation of academic professionals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Thesis
professionals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

This thesis investigates the experiences of internationalisation among academics from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, focusing on the role of internationalisation in the construction of academic identity, practice and approaches to univer... Read More about Academics in transition - Internationalisation of academic professionals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Understanding authentic early experience in undergraduate medical education
Thesis
(2011). Understanding authentic early experience in undergraduate medical education

Authentic early experience describes new medical students undertaking ‘human contact in a social or clinical context that enhances learning of health, illness or disease, and the role of the health professional’ (Littlewood et al. 2005). This thesis... Read More about Understanding authentic early experience in undergraduate medical education.

Black History Month and Black History with Key Stage 3 Students in English Secondary Schools: A Critical Race Theory Approach
Thesis
Doharty, N. (2017). Black History Month and Black History with Key Stage 3 Students in English Secondary Schools: A Critical Race Theory Approach

The aim of this thesis is to explore Key Stage 3 (KS3) students’ experiences of Black History Month (BHM) and Black History (BH) with a particular focus on African and Caribbean students in two English secondary schools. African and Caribbean student... Read More about Black History Month and Black History with Key Stage 3 Students in English Secondary Schools: A Critical Race Theory Approach.

Ethnicity, politics and education: a study in the development of Malayan education and its policy implementation process 1955-1970
Thesis
(1983). Ethnicity, politics and education: a study in the development of Malayan education and its policy implementation process 1955-1970

Basically, the problems of Malayan education centred around the 'language of instruction in schools' and its position in the national system of education. What invoked the controversy was over the claim of legitimacy each ethnic group had over their... Read More about Ethnicity, politics and education: a study in the development of Malayan education and its policy implementation process 1955-1970.

A consultative management model of staff development in Colleges of Further Education
Thesis
(1983). A consultative management model of staff development in Colleges of Further Education

Over the last forty years there has been a growing awareness that staff development in Further Education has been neglected in terms of , research into its purpose, modes of operation and methods of evaluation.
Ever since the 1944 Education Act conc... Read More about A consultative management model of staff development in Colleges of Further Education.

'Problematic Youth': An ethnographic study of working class culture at 'home' and within a Pupil Referral Unit
Thesis
Edwards, S. (2015). 'Problematic Youth': An ethnographic study of working class culture at 'home' and within a Pupil Referral Unit

Social anxieties surrounding the perceived deviancy of young people both within their communities and the education system have been continually reconstructed, over the past century. Burgeoning contemporary media representations and government polici... Read More about 'Problematic Youth': An ethnographic study of working class culture at 'home' and within a Pupil Referral Unit.

Comparative evaluation of different methods for the assessment of attitudes to science
Thesis
(1984). Comparative evaluation of different methods for the assessment of attitudes to science

In the field of science education a considerable decree of confussion has existed over specifying appropriate constructs and assessment techniques to ascertain measures of a pupil's attitude towards science. In a conceptual analysis of the items from... Read More about Comparative evaluation of different methods for the assessment of attitudes to science.