Moray House School of Education : Recent submissions
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Socio-material reading of belonging: mobile children and mobile devices in school spaces
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Despite national incentives and additional resourcing, large numbers of children from traditionally mobile families (specifically Gypsies and Travellers) do not engage with school in Scotland beyond the age of eleven. ... -
Student teachers’ narrative (re)construction of teacher professional identities in relation to the concept of creativity during initial teacher education in the Scottish context
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Over the past two decades, the concept of creativity has gained prominence in educational policies, exhorting nations to engage with learners in order to cultivate innovative citizens with a potential to produce new ideas ... -
Executive function in children and adolescents with Down Syndrome: a systematic review and Kuwait-based intervention
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have been found to exhibit significant atypicalities in most executive functions (EFs), such as working memory (WM), cognitive flexibility/shifting, inhibition, self-regulation and ... -
Ethical design and evaluation of digital technology to support play behaviours: a hospital case study with young children, parents and practitioner
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)In the last decade, children’s access to a variety of applications on tablet devices has increased. Similarly, there has been an increase in the technology used in paediatric clinical settings, with the aim of improving ... -
How do workplace walking programmes produce their effects? A realist evaluation of the Step Count Challenge
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Background: There is robust evidence that walking reduces risk factors for non-communicable diseases; however, the few studies of interventions to increase walking in workplaces settings (where we spend a large proportion ... -
What matters for improving primary school mathematics education in St. Lucia?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)In the past few decades, policy attention in developing countries has shifted from ensuring that all children have access to primary education to improving children’s learning and skills acquisition. Growing evidence ... -
Impact of resistance training on correlates of physical activity and physical activity levels in youth
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)In youth, there are several benefits of being physically active which are well established. Regular participation has the potential to improve a child’s emotional, social and cognitive well-being, as well as physical ... -
Exploring adolescents’ perceptions of a self-report measure on violence against children: a multi-country study in Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis explores how adolescents perceive, interpret, and experience answering self-report measures on violence against children. In doing so, this study tests the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse ... -
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.
