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Sihui Wang

Sihui Wang is a Lecturer in Educational Studies at the University of Glasgow, with international experience working and studying in China, Australia, and the UK. She holds a PhD in Higher...

Claire Coulter

I'm a Senior Teaching Fellow in Project Management at the University of Portsmouth. My teaching practice focuses on our two undergraduate business degree apprenticeships, and my research explores...

SIG Meet & Discuss: Post Compulsory and Lifelong Learning

Our upcoming SIG meeting promises to be a thought-provoking session featuring the introduction of our new convenor, a deep dive into the intriguing 'Cinderella Sector', and exciting opportunities...

Structured freedom: Supporting children’s agency in primary education

In a recent article published in the British Educational Research Journal, I explore how children’s agency operates within England’s primary education system, and propose the concept of...

Vignettes from the museum and the classroom: Illuminating young children’s engagement with objects

Objects in early childhood education Object-based learning is familiar in early childhood practice. Sociocultural theories of learning conceptualise objects as tools that support children’s...

Reimagining the curriculum: A call for decolonial and values-driven education

Curriculum is often seen as a fixed ‘course of study’ – a neutral list of topics to be taught and assessed. Yet, it is anything but neutral (Apple, 2004). Pinar (2019) argues that curriculum...

Encouraging Intercultural Sharing and Community Building through Embodied Learning in an Alternative Education Space

Emily Dobrich was awarded Best Presentation for Alternative Education at the 2024 Â鶹ÒùÔº/WERA Conference for her presentation, An Embodied Educational Research Project to Build Solidarity and...

Encouraging Intercultural Sharing and Community Building through Embodied Learning in an Alternative Education Space

Emily Dobrich was awarded best presentation for Alternative Education at the 2024 Â鶹ÒùÔº/WERA conference for her presentation: An Embodied Educational Research Project to Build Solidarity and...

Why shouldn’t I Google it? A case for the use of enhanced internet tools within the primary classroom

It has become second nature: when a question arises, the first thing we do is reach for our phones and access one of the plethora of internet platforms, where we may reliably assume that we will...

Keynote Speakers

Education and Psychology

Championing interdisciplinary research excellence Psychology plays a foundational role in education. Over recent decades, the interrelationship between the two disciplines has become increasingly...

Beyond the checklist: Building a primary curriculum that sparks joy and includes every child

With the UK Labour government commissioning Professor Becky Francis to review England’s national curriculum, we have an opportunity to reconsider not just what children should learn but how. As...