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The Inclusive Education SIG provides a forum for critical discussion about all aspects of Inclusive education. Our concerns are with the substantive, methodological and ethical aspects of research...
I am a part time Doctoral Student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Researching learner and teacher perspectives of digital technology. I also have a post humanist interest in...
Hauwa Imam has over 40 years of diverse experience as a secondary school teacher, educational administrator, and university academic. A professor at the University of Abuja since 2011, she has...
Teaching primary science in Northern Ireland is a journey filled with both challenges and exciting opportunities. Revised in 2007, the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Primary was designed to...
Continue reading blog postAdrian Simpson is the principal of St Mary’s College and Professor of Mathematics Education at Durham University. His research focuses on the school–university transition in mathematics,...
Beverley McCormick is a Lecturer of Education and the Course Director of the PGCE Primary at Ulster University. She is an active STEM ambassador having received recognition as Outstanding STEM...
In recent years, governments have moved social policy towards being ‘evidence-based’. To give just two examples, in the US the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) restricts funding to...
Continue reading blog postIn an old Irish joke, a ‘city-slicker’ lost in the countryside asking for directions is advised, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.’ This mirrors the complicated tale of the...
Continue reading blog postThis blog post is a little different. Using my background as an advocate for children, I reflect on what they require from an education system that is so often not designed to serve their needs....
Continue reading blog postThe education system in Northern Ireland has many strengths. Teaching is valued as a career and the profession is generally held in high esteem in the community. Teacher education has remained...
Continue reading blog postThere is a tendency to become habituated to our surroundings – we stop noticing features of the world around us. This has happened in Northern Ireland with regards to our divided social...
Continue reading blog postNorthern Ireland education has just had an Independent Review . It remarked that: ‘Northern Ireland could significantly benefit if unnecessary fragmentation or duplication, where they exist,...
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