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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Post-compulsory education"”.
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Examination of collaborative practices among post-compulsory education basic skills and vocational teachers
… of collaborative activities engaged in by 72 Post-compulsory education basic skills and vocational teachers in three colleges in south London and how these teachers experience and value collaborative practices in supporting students’ learning. A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was …
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The Life Stories of Teachers in Post Compulsory Education: A Narrative Exploration of Teacher Identity
… inquiry of the life stories of teachers in Post Compulsory Education with the aim of exploring how the ‘self’ is constructed within discursive environments. The study adopts a dialogical approach to narrative identity formation as an ongoing process of becoming within the life course. …
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An investigation of curriculum arrangements conducive to fostering creativity in post-compulsory education and training institutions
… conducive to fostering creativity in post-16 (further) education institutions and classrooms, to analyse factors promoting or impeding creativity, curriculum content and processes, and also to offer/develop models of good practice for encouraging creativity in a further education …
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An investigation into concepts of personhood and equity, with specific reference to mixed race women in post-compulsory education
… of mixed race people in Britain and in Further Education, the study of mixed race identity remains an under-researched area, and little or no research appears to have been done on mixed race identity in relation to the Further Education sector. By bringing mixed race to the forefront of …
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How do those completing initial teacher training in the post-compulsory education and training sector consider ‘theory’ in relation to their practice?
This research examines theory in relation to educational practice analysing how one specific group of practitioners consider the construct ‘theory’ in relation to their practice. The participants were drawn from those completing Initial Teacher Training in the post-compulsory education and training …
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Essays in labour economics: School leaving, unemployment and retirement
… investigates the extent to which the demand for post-compulsory education of British 16-year-olds responds to local labour market conditions. The findings show that prevailing unemployment rates influence the schooling decisions of students from a less affluent family background, while students …
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Exploring Transformative Journeys through a Higher Education Programme in a Further Education College
… under-represented in further and higher education (Thompson, 2000; Burke, 2012). Widening participation has encouraged students to return who are poorly prepared for the intellectual challenges of post-compulsory education (Leatherwood, 2005; Burton and Golding Lloyd et al, 2011). Some …
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Facilitating improvements in teaching and learning through self-directed professional development
In post-compulsory education settings opportunities for more appropriate interpersonal communication between a teacher and their students are required. However, reflective practice, proposed as a means of empowering teachers to enhance the process of teaching and learning, is neglected or …
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Looking beyond the label: What are the educational experiences of a cross-section of four cohorts of students labelled as ’non-traditional’?
… research has explored the past and present educational experiences of mainly mature female students who are labelled as ‘non-traditional’ in a College-based Higher Education (HE) establishment in the 13th most deprived borough of the United Kingdom (UK). Semi-structured interviews with 19 …
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School to work transition experience of Year 12 school leavers
As a consequence of increased retention rates in post compulsory schooling, educational systems have attempted to expand their curricular offerings. The aims of this study were twofold. The first was to examine a process of transition from school to work and the second considered the implications …
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Professional Pathways for Teacher Educators in Further Education practice: a framework to support professional learning.
… learning for teacher educators, focusing on Post Compulsory Education & Training, and particularly practices in Further Education. The intention of the framework is to enhance practice and promote professional recognition for people who support others in becoming or developing as teachers: …
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Access policy and practice in further and higher education: investigating “success” as access turns into widening participation
… with radical, practitioner-led discourses on post compulsory education and training (PCET) of the 1970s and 80s and even from earlier periods. This research focuses on the underrepresented student experience and perceptions of success within the PCET system. It uses a mainly qualitative …
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An exploration of the American College golf system: a developmental pathway for international student-athletes
… Kingdom (UK) into the US college golf system (post compulsory education) is far from straightforward, as student-athletes experience a series of normative and non-normative transitions. While these experiences during the initial months of the freshman year have the capacity to impact negatively …
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Professional identities in transition : the perceptions of in-service trainee PCE teachers undertaking an initial PCE teacher-training course
… and perception regarding the importance of the Post Compulsory Education (PCE) sector to the economy has led to an increase in the professionalisation of the sector as a whole. This in turn has led to changes in training for teachers who work in PCE - the latest of these changes took place in …
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The directions taken by young people on leaving compulsory education:a study in two Birmingham schools
… factors affecting working-class school-leavers' post-compulsory education transitions into post-sixteen education, training, employment and unemployment. It focuses on school-leavers choosing to enter the labour market, whether successfully or not and the influences affecting this choice. …
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The rôle of metaphor in the teaching of computing; towards a taxonomy of pedagogic content knowledge
… and successful computer teachers working at post-16 level (grades 12-13) in 20 south-of-England schools and colleges.<br/><br/>It is proposed that metaphor usage can be divided into many distinct forms. The most easily recognised metaphor is the narrative theme where an object, function or …
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Uncertain futures : young women in transition to adulthood in a post-industrial British city
… two adjacent ‘outer-urban’ neighbourhoods in the post-industrial city of Birmingham, UK. It focuses on three distinct, and inter-related, spheres of transition: education and training, employment and independent household formation, including family of origin, housing, couple relationships, …
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Aboriginal Students Perceptions Of The Effect Of Vocational Education And Training On Post School Experiences
… have been dramatic and unprecedented changes in post compulsory education, with an increase of over 40% for year 12 retention rates to 76.6% in 1992 and huge expansion of year 11 and 12 vocational education and training programs. However, for Aboriginal past compulsory age students, the picture …
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A framework for understanding student drop-out in the further education context
… of student drop-out in a college of Further Education. Traditionally, this aspect of post-compulsory education has been under-researched. Colleges are beginning to recognise the benefits of curriculum research. While there remains a certain amount of hostility towards such non-traditional …
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A Mixed Method Exploration of the Challenges to Inclusive and Progressive Education for Students with Dyslexia in the West of Ireland.
… developments towards inclusive and progressive education at primary, post-primary and at higher education level, little improvement or advancement has being made for students with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia accessing learning support services in further education. Current …