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Children spend more time in school than in any social institution outside the home. And schools probably exert more influence on children's development and life chances than any environment beyond the home and neighbourhood. The purpose of this book is to document some important ways schools influence children's development and to describe various models and methods for studying schooling effects. Key features include: Comprehensive Coverage - this is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of what is known about schools as a context for human development. Topical coverage ranges from theoretical foundations to investigative methodologies and from classroom-level influences such as teacher-student relations to broader influences such as school organization and educational policies. Cross-Disciplinary - this volume brings together the divergent perspectives, methods and findings of scholars from a variety of disciplines, among them educational psychology, developmental psychology, school psychology, social psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and educational policy. Chapter Structure - to ensure continuity, chapter authors describe 1) how schooling influences are conceptualized 2) identify their theoretical and methodological approaches 3) discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing research and 4) highlight implications for future research, practice, and policy. Methodologies - chapters included in the text feature various methodologies including longitudinal studies, hierarchical linear models, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and mixed methods.

In the contemporary world it is clear that the need to study beyond Masters Level is increasing in importance for a wide range of practitioners in diverse professional settings. Students across the world are choosing doctorates not only to become career academics, but to go beyond the academic arena, in order to make a personal and educational, as well as an economic investment, in their workplace careers and their lives. However for many doctoral students, both full-time and part-time, navigating the literature and key issues surrounding doctoral research can often be a challenge. Bringing together contributions from key names in the international education arena, The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion is a comprehensive guide to the literature surrounding doctorates, bringing together questions, challenges and solutions normally scattered over a wide range of texts. Accessible and wide-ranging, it covers all doctoral students need to know about: what doctoral education means in contemporary practice forming an identity and knowledge as a doctoral student the big questions which run throughout doctoral practice becoming a researcher the skills needed to conduct research integrating oneself into a scholarly community. Offering an extensive and rounded guide to undertaking doctoral research in a single volume, this book is essential reading for all full-time and part-time doctoral students in education and related disciplines. Pat Thomson is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and a Visiting Professor at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Melanie Walker is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Nottingham, and is also Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Part I Introduction Why the doctoral companions? Pat Thomson & Melanie Walker 1. The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral students Pat Thomson & Melanie Walker Part II Becoming and being a doctoral student 2. Ignorance in educational research - How not knowing shapes new knowledge? Jon Wagner 3. When qualitative meets quantitative: Conversations about the nature of knowledge Erica McWilliam & Jennifer Pei-Ling Tan 4. Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity - Diverse purposes of research: theory-oriented, situation-oriented, policy-oriented Des Gasper 5. The necessity and violence of theory Stephen J. Ball 6. Bringing theory to doctoral research Kalervo N. Gulson & Robert J. Parkes 7. Seeking the single thread: the Conceptual Quest Feng, Su, Jon Nixon and Bob Adamson 8. Theory and narrative in the production of knowledge Jean Barr 9. Making sense of supervision: Deciphering feedback Anthony Paré 10. Entering the gates of the elect: obtaining the doctorate in education in South Africa Crain Soudien 11. Weaving the threads of doctoral research journeys Jerry Wellington Part III Coming to terms with research practice 12. Its been said before and we’ll say it again – research is writing Pat Thomson & Barbara Kamler 13. Getting to grips with research in education and the social sciences - Research questions: what’s worth asking and why? John Pryor 14. Research questions: What’s worth asking and why? Andrew Brown 15. There is no golden key’: overcoming problems with data analysis in qualitative research Helen Colley 16. Dealing with analysis Ann-Marie Bathmaker 17. Researching with large datasets: learning to think big when small is beautiful Andy Noyes 18. Doing data analysis Stephen Gorard 19. Argumentation and the Doctoral Thesis: theory and practice Monica McLean 20. Writing research Maria Piantanida & Noreen B. Garman 21. 'Guilty knowledge' - the (im)possibility of ethical security in social science research- qualitative research: ethics in the swamplands Kevin Williams 22. Dangerous reflexivity: rigor, responsibility, and reflexivity in qualitative research Wanda S. Pillow 23. Emotions and being a doctoral student Chaya Herman Part IV Making a contribution to knowledge 24. Quality agenda and doctoral work: The tactic, the new agendas, the changing contexts Lyn Yates 25. Generating practitioner knowledge through practitioner action research: moving from local to public knowledge Gary L. Anderson & Kathryn Herr 26. Coyote and Raven talk about equivalency of other/ed knowledges in research Peter Cole & Pat O’Riley 27. Knowledge in context: Whose knowledge and for what context? Qing Gu 28 . Open access and the ongoing transformation of scholarly publishing: A guide for doctoral students Robert Lucas & John Willinsky 29. Inner university, knowledge workers, and limitality Tomasz Szkudlarek 30. Global students for global education research? Ian Menter, Joana da Silveira & Radhika Gorur 31. The impact of research on education policy: the relevance for doctoral researchers Bob Lingard Part V Conclusion 32. Last words: why doctoral study? Pat Thomson & Melanie Walker

Accompanying The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion this book examines what it means to be a doctoral student in education and the social sciences, providing a guide for those supervising students. Exploring the key role and pedagogical challenges that face supervisors in students’ personal development, the contributors outline the research capabilities which are essential for confidence, quality and success in doctorate level research. Providing guidance about helpful resources and methodological support, the chapters: frame important questions within the history of debates act as a road map through international literatures make suggestions for good practice raise important questions and provide answers to key pedagogical issues provide advice on enabling students’ scholarly careers and identities. While there is no one solution to ideal supervision, this wide-ranging text offers resources that will help supervisors develop their own personal approach to supervision. Ideal for all supervisors whether assisting part-time of full-time students, it is also highly suitable for helping academics to support international students who confront Western doctoral traditions and academic cultures, helping both supervisor and student to understand why things are as they are. Part I Introduction Why the doctoral companions? Melanie Walker and Pat Thomson Notes on Contributors Illustrations (Tables/Figures) Using this book 1. The changing nature of the doctorate and doctoral students Pat Thomson and Melanie Walker Part II: Supervision as pedagogy/ies 2. Doctoral education as ‘capability formation’ Melanie Walker 3. Perhaps I should be more proactive in changing my own supervisions': student agency in 'doing supervision Jackie Goode 4. From poster to PhD: the evolution of a literature review Kerryn Dixon and Hilary Janks 5. Understanding doctoral research for professional practitioners Terry Evans 6. Critical transcultural exchanges: educational development for supervisors Catherine Manathunga 7. Negotiating the layered relations of supervision Barbara M. Grant 8. Adapting signature pedagogies in doctoral education: The case of teaching how to work with the literature Chris M. Golde Part III: Challenges in supervision pedagogy/ies 9. Supervising part-time doctoral students: issues and challenges Jacqueline H. Watts 10. Supervising part-time doctoral students Terry Evans 11. Fortunate travellers: learning from the multiliterate lives of doctoral students Sue Starfield 12. Internationalization of higher education: challenges for the doctoral supervisor Anna Robinson-Pant 13. International Students and Doctoral Studies in Transnational Spaces Fazal Rizvi 14. The doctorate in the life course Diana Leonard 15. Rhythms of place: Time and space in the doctoral experience Sue Middleton 16. Global social justice, critical policy, and doctoral pedagogical spaces Elaine Unterhalter 17. Coming to terms with research practice - Riding the emotional rollercoaster of doctoral research studies Angus Morrison-Saunders, Susan A. Moore, Michael Hughes and David Newsome 18. Doctoral education in global times - ‘Scholarly quality’ as practical ethics in research Terri Seddon 19. The truth is not out there: becoming ‘undetective’ in social and educational inquiry - Crime fiction and social inquiry: intertextual continuities Noel Gough 20. A personal reflection on doctoral supervision from a feminist perspective Miriam E. David 21. Writing in, writing out: Doctoral writing as peer work Claire Aitchison and Alison Lee 22. Creating discursive and relational communities through an international doctoral student exchange Julie McLeod and Marianne Bloch 23. The relationship between doctoral students’ approach to research and experiences of their research environment Keith Trigwell 24. Educating the doctoral student: don’t forget the teaching Tony Harland Pat Thomson is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia and a Visiting Professor at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Melanie Walker is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Nottingham, and is also Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

The Wiley Handbook of Home Education is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad. * Presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government regulation * A truly global perspective on home education, this handbook includes the disparate work of scholars outside of the U.S. * Typically understudied topics are addressed, such as the emotional lives of home educating mothers and the impact of home education on young adults * Writing is accessible to students, scholars, educators, and anyone interested in home schooling issues

What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Teacher’s Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for both student and practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into practice, this Handbook guides you through studying your own teaching for personal development, evaluating your lessons through classroom research, and enhancing the quality of pupil learning. It offers an innovative framework which serves to prepare you for the challenges and complexities of the classroom environment, and supports the continuing improvement of your teaching. Underpinned by key theoretical concepts and contemporary research within the field of education, chapters help you to: systematically evaluate your teaching through classroom research procedures question personal theories and beliefs, and consider alternative perspectives and possibilities try out new strategies and ideas to maximise the learning potential of all students enhance the quality of, and continue to improve, your teaching. Including a range of reflective tasks, links to online resources, exemplification material and further reading to help you develop your own thinking, The Teacher’s Reflective Practice Handbook is an accessible guide which supports the facilitation of reflective practice through self and peer assessment, problem-based learning and personal development planning. The multi-dimensional framework enables you to build a meaningful, personally relevant portfolio of evidence-informed practice. Paula Zwozdiak-Myers is Course Director for the Secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Brunel University, UK. Preface Part One: Reflective Practice for Professional Development: Framing the construct 1. Reflective Practice: captured, framed and defined 2. Qualitative Distinctions in reflective practice Part Two: Dimensions of Reflective Practice 3. Dimenson 1 - Study your own teaching for personal improvement 4. Dimension 2 - Systematically evaluate your own teaching through classroom research procedures 5. Dimension 3 - Link theory with your own practice 6. Dimension 4 - Question your personal theories and beliefs 7. Dimension 5 - Consider alternative perspectives and possibilities 8. Dimension 6 - Try out new strategies and ideas 9. Dimension 7 - Maximise the learning potential of all your pupils 10. Dimension 8 - Enhance the quality of your own teaching 11. Dimension 9 - Continue to improve your own teaching Appendix A Appendix B

This excellent resource features step-by-step guidance for one-on-one mentoring and supervision of student teachers.

Timely and accessible, this book offers tangible strategies that will help ­teachers plan and sustain writing workshop experiences that are responsive to the needs of their specific students. Angela Stockman helps teachers understand why some writers may fail to meet their expectations and how to help all writers reach their fullest potential. Organized in three parts, this book reframes common narratives about resistant writers, empowers teachers to design, lead and refine their workshop, and provides a toolkit to do so. The appendices and eResources included provide teachers with instructions for mini-lessons and learning targets that support multimodal composition, perfect for pre-service and in-service teachers.

School effectiveness research has emerged from virtual total obscurity to a now central position in the educational discourse that is taking place within many countries... There is now a widespread assumption that schools affect childrens' development, that there are regularities in the schools that 'add value', and that the task of educational policies is to improve all schools in general and the more ineffective schools in particular. With an emphasis on North America, Britain, Australia and the Third World, the authors of this comprehensive handbook review the educational research evidence collected on 'what makes a good school' and 'how to make schools good'. The authors analyse the relationship between School Effectiveness Research and other movements such as Teacher Effectiveness Research and School Improvement... The handbook covers the foundations of the field as well as the cutting-edge areas that are currently exciting interest. With material from over eighty countries, reflected in 1,500 references, this is a much needed handbook. (DIPF/orig.).

Formative assessment has recently become a focus of renewed research as state and federal policy-makers realize that summative assessments have reached a point of diminishing returns as a tool for increasing student achievement. Consequently, supporters of large-scale testing programs are now beginning to consider the potential of formative assessments to improve student achievement. The mission of this handbook is to comprehensively profile this burgeoning field of study. Written by leading international scholars and practitioners, each chapter includes a discussion of key issues that dominate formative assessment policy and practice today, as well as those that are likely to affect research and practice in the coming years. (DIPF/Orig.).