Moray House School of Education : Recent submissions
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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 ... -
An investigation into the influence of outdoor environmental education courses on the environmental attitude and behaviours of Malaysian participants: a life history approach
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018)This research explores the influences of Residential Outdoor Environmental Education (ROEE) courses on participants’ environmental attitudes and behaviours, and whether and to what extent participants’ life experiences ... -
Evolution and education: a hermeneutical study of the genealogy and nature of evolutionary theorising in education based on the works of Spencer, Dewey and Vygotsky
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-20)This thesis looks at the relationship between evolutionary theory and educational theory. The core objectives are, firstly, to contribute to the gap in knowledge regarding evolutionary underpinnings in influential ... -
Using WeChat to explore parents' perspectives on early years education in China
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)Parents are increasingly making use of social media to discuss issues related to education and parenting. This phenomenon is especially true of China where parents are adopting WeChat, the leading social media app, to ... -
What does wellbeing mean to young people and how does this relate to policy discourses? A study of teenagers in one secondary school in Scotland
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)Since the turn of the 21st century there has been a prolific interest in the wellbeing of children and young people globally, nationally and regionally. The interested parties have ranged from politicians, academics, ... -
Space, sociomateriality, sound. The learning spaces of higher education
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)This thesis is concerned with the relationship between digital technology and the learning spaces of higher education. Across an academic year I observed and documented the learning spaces and practices that were emergent ... -
Conceptualisations of critical thinking in academic writing at a master’s level
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)Critical thinking is often considered to involve a set of skills required by graduates of higher educational institutions in the UK. However, the conceptualisation of critical thinking by university tutors varies across ... -
Young people, youth work and social justice: a participatory parity perspective
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)This thesis explores issues of social injustice impacting on a sample group of young people living in a Scottish community and critically examines their experiences on the periphery of the labour market. Existing research ...
