I was interviewed recently by Dr. Philip Tonner, Director of The Hutcheson’s Centre for Research in Glasgow, who very kindly asked me to shared my thoughts about social theory and

The Journal of Education Policy this year published a special issue on Testing regimes, accountabilities and education policy, which includes a set of nation-based case studies – including studies on

As usual I went to the annual Social Policy Association Conference, this time held at the University of Sheffield. I always get a lot out of this conference, one of

Prensky, somewhat incredulous at academia’s critical response to the Digital Native, recently claimed he intended his signature concept to be used only as a metaphor (see this book for details).

Joint post by Joan Forbes and Elspeth McCartney This is the first post linked to the event: BERA 2013 Conference: Social Theory and Education SIG papers – the paper is

Top of the class this week: Jessica Gerrard & Lesley Farrell (2013). ‘Peopling’ curriculum policy production: researching educational governance through institutional ethnography and Bourdieuian field analysis. Journal of Education Policy,