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The Moray House School of Education has a distinguished tradition of providing undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses in teaching and community education. With some of the most modern UK sports facilities for PE and sports-science teaching and research.
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Polis-ing English for academic purposes: thinking with Hannah Arendt about education and politics
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The aim of this thesis is to offer a re-reading of some aspects of my professional context, the teaching of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at the University of Edinburgh, in light of my reading of the work of the ... -
Re-imagining disengagement from learning: the sociomaterial practices of classrooms and digital game spaces
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis challenges the way that disengagement and engagement have been thought about and defined in the formal learning context of schools. Rather than regarding schools as static ‘containers’ in which learning ... -
Education in its broadest sense: what do the stories told by young men from one foster home, tell us about their upbringing (Erziehung), with a single male foster carer?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Since the publication of the Curtis and Clyde Reports in 1946, academic discourse on parenting and approaches to raising children has been heavily influenced by psychological disciplines, such as developmental and behavioural ... -
Intercultural learning through the outdoor experiential medium of sail-training
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Living in an increasingly global world where people are expected to be interculturally competent makes the process of intercultural learning more important than ever before. Becoming interculturally competent is complex ... -
‘If it weren’t for YouTube, I wouldn’t be here’ Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Online Learning
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)In this study, I explored the voices of Indigenous students and teachers, who, despite the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), continue to be underrepresented in online learning at post-secondary ... -
Language maintenance through primary school education: the case of Daighi
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-30)Ongoing language shift to Taiwanese Mandarin is a pressing concern in Taiwan. With the concerns of losing the rich linguistic and cultural assets of Taiwan’s multilingual society, this study sets out to explore the ... -
Snakes and ladders: a critical examination of blocks in the talent pathway
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)There has been increasing interest in the nature of challenge variables in talent development (TD). Along with the attendant recognition that individual TD trajectories are typically non linear in nature, there is also ... -
Assessing golf and health, and investigating how the evidence base can impact policy and practice
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-27)Golf is a sport played by over 60 million people in over two-thirds of countries worldwide. This thesis contributes knowledge regarding what is known about golf and health, and what can be advised to maximise health ... -
Understanding the walking behaviour of older adults in walking groups.
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-24)Background: Older adults are one of the least active groups within the population. Despite well documented health benefits of being physically active, older adults in the main are not sufficiently active to enjoy such ... -
Young people's perspectives of public engagement with science: a collaborative, intergenerational case study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-30)As a field, public engagement with science has evolved from a communicative foundation (i.e. public understanding of science) to now embrace consultative and participative modes where non-scientists have greater involvement ... -
Teachers' conceptions of their actions with students on placement
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-03)School-based teaching placements have a central place in Initial Teacher Education [ITE]. The classroom teachers to whom student teachers are assigned play a role in shaping students’ practice and may impact on ... -
Exploration of how curriculum co-creation advances student and staff aims for Scottish higher education
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)The Scottish higher education landscape has been evolving to place a greater emphasis on student engagement, in common with the higher education sector internationally. In the last ten years, discussion of curriculum ... -
Learning space design and the negotiation of power
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)Although a growing body of research directly relates learning space design to student experience, it is insufficiently taken forward in practice, particularly with respect to the negotiation of power. This thesis argues ... -
Transformation of learner identity: exploring the transition of Chinese master's students into a Scottish university
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)This thesis is based on an in-depth study designed to understand a group of Chinese master’s students’ transition experience into a Scottish university that emphasises cultivating independent and reflective learners. The ... -
Gait-related variability: a practical recovery marker in team sport athletes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)Recovery is important to both athletes and coaches as a key component of training programmes and a determinant of optimal performance. At times the subsequent performance is the ultimate measure of the success of the ... -
International branch campuses in Qatar: Qatari students' experience of campus life
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)A priority for Qatar’s National Vision for 2030 is the development of its indigenous population. To help achieve this, universities have been invited to establish international branch campuses (IBCs) in Qatar. To ensure ... -
How did young left wing political activists learn to become active and critical citizens?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)This thesis explores the factors that inspired left wing young people to become politically active. In particular it examines their citizenship education experiences. It asserts a critical and maximal conception on citizenship ... -
Teaching critical literacy in a higher education institution in a Gulf State
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)This thesis provides an analytical account of the design, teaching and evaluation of an optional critical literacy course in a higher education institution in a Gulf state. This study set out to address the following ... -
Impact of dynamic soundfield on delivering improvements in educational attainment and closing the attainment gap with young learners in mainstream primary school
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)Introduction Young people in classrooms are generally listening to speech in an acoustically complex environment composed of long reverberation times and multiple competing voices generated by the room occupants. The ... -
Influence of social factors on the development of L2 and L1 by young migrant Polish children in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-06-30)Nowadays, families migrate more frequently than ever before. Regardless of reasons for migration, it has a substantial impact on families in terms of their language, culture, and communication. The linguistic aspect is ...
