Why we need social theory in teacher education research
The recently published book, Social Theory for Teacher Education Research: Beyond the...
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Category: Method
Ever greater scrutiny: Researching the bureaucracy of educational accountability
This is the title of a book chapter in the following book: Education Governance and Social Theory:...
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Call for papers: Theorising the university: critical perspectives on institutional research
Call for chapter submissions for a new book, entitled: Theorising the university: critical...
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The experiences of ‘estranged students’: Call for Participants
Participants are required for the following study: The experiences of ‘estranged students’ beyond...
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Capturing habitus: theory, method and reflexivity
By Cristina Costa, Ciaran Burke and Mark Murphy This is the title of a recent paper by some of the...
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Call for book proposals: Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research (Bloomsbury Press)
The Bloomsbury book series Social theory and methodology in education research was launched in...
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Call for proposals: Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research (Flyer attached – Bloomsbury Press)
Dear all, There is now a flyer for the new book series which you can download here:...
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Habermas on the tasks of a critical sociology
[this is an extract from a forthcoming edited collection ‘Habermas and social...
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Foucault, hybridization and social research: reflections on the Foucault @90 Conference
I was fortunate enough to attend the recent Foucault @90 conference, held at the University of...
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New Bloomsbury book series: Social theory and methodology in education research
Education research has a long history of adapting ideas from social theory. While this has always...
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Positionality and my PhD
In this post I delve into some of the questions I asked myself during my journey through the...
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Losing sleep over habitus
During the dark days of my PhD, particularly when working graveyard shifts at my hotel, I used to...
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