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Banner, Indira; Donnelly, Jim; Ryder, Jim – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2012
This article uses the concept of "boundary object", first developed within science studies by Star and Griesemer, to analyse curriculum policy implementation. It employs as a vehicle a significant but contested reform of the science curriculum in schools in England from 2006 onwards, drawing empirically on an extended study of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Science Curriculum
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Stack, Michelle – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2020
Drawing on the concepts of mediatisation and celebrification, this paper analyses how the Nobel Prize is used as a proxy of excellence by the 'Big Three' university rankers and top-ranked universities. Ranking advisories, university leadership at top-ranked institutions, and Nobel Prize adjudication committees are overwhelming from the same…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Reputation, Awards
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Allen, Kate; Hansford, Lorraine; Hayes, Rachel; Longdon, Bryony; Allwood, Matthew; Price, Anna; Byford, Sarah; Norwich, Brahm; Ford, Tamsin – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: The Incredible Years® (IY) Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) programme may reduce disruptive behaviour in the classroom and improve child and teacher mental health; however, few studies have considered how acceptable TCM is to teachers or what facilitators and barriers there are to its implementation. Aims: In this paper we examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Picton, Irene; Clark, Christina; Riad, Lara; Cole, Aimee – National Literacy Trust, 2021
The conversation around reluctant readers continues to focus on boys, with research, practice and policy exploring what could be done to (re)engage boys in reading (see National Literacy Trust, 2012; Department for Education, 2019; OECD, 2021). Girls who don't enjoy reading or who don't read in their free time are seldom the focus of interest,…
Descriptors: Females, Reading Attitudes, Gender Differences, Reading Motivation
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Walker, Barbara M. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2007
This paper focuses on a commonly-reported horizontal division between what boys feel to be the circumstances surrounding the lives of older generations and those surrounding their own. This aspect of individualization is explored, seeking to discover the discourses today's boys look to for routes to travel in their search for an independent, adult…
Descriptors: Siblings, Role Models, Males, Sibling Relationship