Abstract:
The influence on learning outcomes of interpersonal interaction amongst
teachers, pupils and parents is the subject of an inquiry that took this researcher on a
voyage from the qualitative to the quantitative side of the “methodological divide”, and

This paper will outline my current qualitative case study research which takes an in depth look into how the two year Drama and Theatre Studies A Level is being delivered by teachers in schools and colleges in Leicester and Leicestershire.…

This paper reports a framework for describing the nature of mathematics enrichment that emerged from a case study based on the work of the NRICH Project (www.nrich.maths.org) team when producing “mathematics enrichment trails” (an ordered set of related mathematics problems…

Education is viewed as an instrument for development. Therein lies the importance of education for social change. It is education that makes people aware of the situation around them. Yet, in a different way, education is also an instrument to…

This paper describes the process of becoming an educational researcher. Years of carrying out minor research projects where time and disciplinary constraints necessitated a pre-planned research strategy, led to a determination to let the unfolding research agenda dictate the choice…

Many HE Institutions are currently transforming their processes and programmes in response to global and local demands. Leaders in HE play a significant role in managing such external and internal pressures of change. HE leadership is considered to be under-researched,…

Conflicts can arise within UK higher education institutions, as widening participation and an encouragement of internationalisation brings a range of different expectations and backgrounds into the scene of postgraduate study.  Factors such as cultural differences, market-oriented education and different reasons…

Contextualisation
Despite the existence in Northern Ireland of an internationally endorsed Peace Process (the 1998 Good Friday or Belfast Agreement), the need for education to play its part in developing a new peace culture and peace consciousness remains as important…