Moray House School of Education : Recent submissions
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Towards a history for 'unlearning racism': exploring Ontario history teacher candidates' knowledges, purposes and identities
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis, located in critical race theory (CRT), explores how 46 Ontario history teacher candidates were positioned to take up a history for ‘unlearning racism’ (Ladson-Billings, 2003). Through an eclectic qualitative ... -
Investigation of the impact of the language used for instruction on high school students' identity formation in Punjab, India
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Existing research suggests that the force and flow of globalisation and the consequent use of English as the global lingua franca has a significant impact on people’s identity formation. Many postcolonial countries use ... -
Manoeuvring paradoxes within international nongovernmental organisations: the human resource partner role and its nexus positioning
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)International nongovernmental organisations (INGOs) work across the globe to offer humanitarian and development assistance to communities in need. Effective management of human resources is crucial for INGO program ... -
Secondary head teachers as leaders for learning: perceptions and practices of leadership focused on learning and teaching
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The key rationale behind this primarily instrumental case study (in three Scottish secondary schools) was the need to comprehend more clearly the scope, nature and influence of secondary Head Teachers’ leadership for ... -
Dancing with hypermobility: an exploration of the health risk and experience of generalized joint hypermobility within a classical ballet narrative
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Generalised Joint Hypermobility (GJH) is a heritable disorder of the connective tissue that can manifest as extreme range of motion in the joints and is associated with tissue fragility and injury. GJH is prevalent ... -
Teachers of action: a narrative study into the Identities of Turkish teachers of English
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This narrative study explores the identities of Turkish teachers of English, who engage in volunteering activities in addition to their everyday teaching. These activities include writing local and international development ... -
Flipped versus conventional classes in a Saudi Arabian university
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis presents an investigation of the implementation of the flipped classroom in higher education in Saudi Arabia, which addressed three main research questions: 1- Is there any difference in acquisition of ... -
Is this an emergency?' What is an emergency on a school expedition?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis is an autoethnographic account of emergencies that occurred on expeditions I have led. The central question addressed in this thesis was: What is an emergency on a school expedition? The aim of the research ... -
Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2021
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-06)The annual report of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, based with the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. -
Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2020
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-05)The annual report of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, based with the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. -
Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2019
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-05)The annual report of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, based with the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. -
Centre for Research in Digital Education Annual Report 2018
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-05)The annual report of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, based with the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. -
Changing the discourse: self-cultivation for a sustainable teaching profession
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-07-30)Teaching is multifaceted and complex; a plethora of activities, roles and emotional elements, a huge pressure of expectation and an increasing degree of tension surrounding its central debates (Cochran-Smith, 2004; Labaree, ... -
Nature of public provision outdoor education in the Republic of Ireland: an ethno-case study of four outdoor education and training centres
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Outdoor education has been growing as a sector in Ireland since its inception in the 1960s. There has, however, been a lack of empirical research into the development of outdoor education practice in Ireland. In the absence ... -
It really does depend: an exploration into the dichotomous positions held across the psycho-motoric concomitants to high-level performance
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)As the practice of performance psychology has evolved, so too has the underpinning knowledge within this field. Throughout this evolution, however, a number of theoretical stances or positions have emerged which often sit ... -
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 ...
