
Self and Identity
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In this interview, Mark Carrigan (@mark_carrigan) talks to Dr. Jana Bacevic, University of Cambridge. Dr. Bacevic works on social theory and the politics of knowledge production, and is a Research
Professional Identities in Initial Teacher Education: The Narratives and Questions of Teacher Agency. Mifsud, D. (2018), Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 978-3-319-76173-2, 234 pp. I don’t feel that it is necessary to
[This is a blog post based on my forthcoming talk at the PESGB Gregynog Conference, taking place in Wales from 23rd-25th July 2018] The annual Gregynog conference is organised
Roles and responsibility of the university in shaping future societies How can higher education adapt to rapid changes? How can we prepare the students for an unknowable and uncertain future?
Imagining the future after Brexit: Academics tell their stories Call for Participation What is this research about? After four decades of membership, the UK has voted to leave
Social Justice
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Research Students
What are the benefits and drawbacks of case study research?
Posted in: Method, Research Students Tags: benefits and drawbacks case study, Case study research, research methodsThere should be no doubt that with case studies what you gain in depth you lose in breadth – this is the unavoidable compromise that needs to be understood from
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What is the Difference Between an Aspiration and an Expectation?
Posted in: Inequalities Tags: Education, education aspirations, Glasgow University, higher education, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development[image (c) Eric Bézine] Vincent Dupriez recently delivered a presentation at Glasgow University entitled ‘Social Inequalities of Post-secondary Educational Aspirations: influence of social background, school composition and institutional context’ [the
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Borrowing from Foucault: his notions of discourse and governmentality [PART 1]
Posted in: Foucault, Governance, Latest Posts Tags: Denise Mifsud, Discourse, Governmentality, Malta, Michel Foucault, schools, Social theory[This blog post refers to the following article: Mifsud, D. (2015) ‘Decentralised’ neoliberalism and/or ‘masked’ re-centralisation? The policy to practice trajectory of Maltese school reform through the lens of neoliberalism
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Posted in: Bourdieu, Governance, Latest Posts Tags: bourdieu, education administration, Educational research, Scott Eacott, Social theory













