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• Accident or Design: To what extent do teachers plan and own their professional learning?

  Author: Walsh, P. D., 2014

  Supervisor: Lloyd, C. (Supervisor) & Kay, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A comparative ethnographic case study of the early years curriculum in Chinese and English settings

  Author: Tang, F., 2008

  Supervisor: Troman, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Maxwell, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A critical realist exploration of the comparative impact on successful first generation and non-first generation graduates of a programme of change aimed at enhancing employability

  Author: Cashian, P. S., 26 Jan 2014

  Supervisor: Burke, P. J. (External person) (Supervisor), Thorpe, A. (Supervisor) & Lim, L. L. L. K. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A critical study of internationalisation in the public universities in Ghana

  Author: Gyamera, G. O., 17 Jul 2014

  Supervisor: Harris, S. (Supervisor) & Burke, P. J. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An enquiry into how English for Academic Purposes practitioners construct their professional identities

  Author: Taylor, S., 4 Feb 2020

  Supervisor: Thorpe, A. (Supervisor) & Shaughnessy, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: EdD

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• An exploration of how creative arts lecturers in higher education talk about reflecting on their teaching

  Author: Mckie, A., 28 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Douglas, A. (Director of Studies), Thorpe, A. (Co-Supervisor) & Shaughnessy, J. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An exploration of pastoral care as an activity in a secondary school setting

  Author: Treby, N., 4 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Douglas, A. (Director of Studies) & Shaughnessy, J. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• An exploration of the development of the Ofsted criteria for evaluating the quality of teaching in mainstream schools and how the criteria are perceived and used by primary school headteachers and teachers

  Author: McVeigh, H., 17 Jun 2016

  Supervisor: Race, R. (Supervisor) & Hoskins, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Black Women Secondary School Leaders

  Author: Bailey-Morrissey , C., 14 Jun 2016

  Supervisor: Race, R. (Supervisor) & Thorpe, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An exploration of the perceptions of future ‘eminence’ among highachieving secondary schoolgirls, through ‘possible selves’ narratives

  Author: Jackets, K., 30 Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Shaughnessy, J. (Supervisor), Healy, M. (Supervisor) & Mahony, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An Exploration of the Perceptions of Subject Leaders of Design and Technology about their Leadership Practices in Sustaining and Developing the Subject in the Secondary School Curriculum

  Author: Mburu, P. K., 22 May 2022

  Supervisor: Thorpe, A. (Director of Studies) & Douglas, A. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An exploration of the ways in which teachers navigate tensions in their professional lives

  Author: Lee, H., 22 May 2018

  Supervisor: Shaughnessy, J. (Supervisor) & Douglas, A. S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: EdD

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• An Exploratory Study of the Role of Music with Participants in Children’s Centres

  Author: Pitt, J., 8 Jun 2014

  Supervisor: Hargreaves, D. J. (Supervisor) & Marshall, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An investigation into the relationship between design thinking and skilled knowledge in craft education

  Author: Sato, M., 2010

  Supervisor: Bedford, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mogi, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An Investigation into the Relationship Between Intended and Actual Learning in Key Stage 3 Design and Technology Lessons

  Author: Southall, M., 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An investigation of how cultural dimensions influence students’ achievements in secondary schools in London

  Author: Boadi, C., 21 Dec 2021

  Supervisor: Race, R. (Director of Studies) & Thorpe, A. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A Peircean Theory of Learning

  Author: Olteanu, A., 20 Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Terzi, L. (Supervisor) & Stables, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A qualitative study examining Ontario science curriculum policy from 1985 to 2008: Global influences, local political arenas and curriculum reform

  Author: Bloch, M., 21 Jan 2014

  Supervisor: Race, R. (Supervisor), Mahony, P. (External person) (Supervisor), Troman, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Alsop, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Art history in an infant primary school: an intervention in the curriculum

  Author: Pitfield Worsley, L., 2011

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Attitudes to and Views of Parents and Teachers in Relation to Parental Involvement in the Saudi Arabian Preschool Contexts (with specific reference to mothers and female guardians)

  Author: Alsaeid, T., 7 Feb 2023

  Supervisor: McCormack, M. (Director of Studies) & Guimaraes, A. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Attitudes to child-rearing and young children in Kent (England) and Murcia (Spain): A comparative multiple-case study of pre-compulsory early years settings

  Author: Gomez, C., 18 Feb 2013

  Supervisor: Brehony, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Alexander, E. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Beyond Cognitivism : Alternative perspectives on the communication of musical structure through performance

  Author: Shifres, F., 2007

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Building Musical Lives: The role of musical play in promoting interaction, creativity and social development for autistic children and their families

  Author: Shaughnessy, C. E., 11 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Ockelford, G. (Director of Studies) & Mann, W. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Children's changing perceptions over the course of the transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1

  Author: Howe, S., Oct 2012

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Children's health perception and health behaviour: an intervention approach

  Author: Marie Chater, A., 2006

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Children's Perceptions of Beauty: Exploring aesthetic experience through photography

  Author: Watts, R., 26 Jul 2016

  Supervisor: Mason, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Durà-Vilà, V. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Children’s and teachers’ experiences of engaging with ICT in learning EFL: a case study of Saudi Arabian preschool education (ages 5-6)

  Author: Aseri, S., 14 Aug 2018

  Supervisor: Urban, M. (Supervisor) & Tang, F. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Children’s Changing Perceptions over the course of the Transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1

  Author: Howe, S., 29 Jan 2013

  Supervisor: Brehony, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Alexander, E. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Conceptualising a visual culture curriculum for Greek art education

  Author: Christopoulou, M., 2008

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Continuing technology professional development: A technology learning preferences instrument to support teacher educators’ workplace learning

  Author: Schols, M., 20 Jun 2016

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Disabled Teachers

  Author: Lyn, M. A., 10 Jun 2021

  Supervisor: Terzi, L. (Director of Studies), Epstein, D. (Co-Supervisor) & O'Flynn, S. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Enacting ‘creativity’ in a neoliberal policy context: a case study of English primary school teachers’ experiences

  Author: Cottle, M., 5 Nov 2019

  Supervisor: Crozier, G. (Supervisor) & Mahony, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Equal Access and Quality in Early Childhood Education: A Case Study of Early Childhood Settings in Imo State, Nigeria

  Author: Aligbe Ngozi , T., 14 Nov 2017

  Supervisor: Urban, M. (Supervisor) & Quinn, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Equality policies, their implementation, and their effects on children with disabilities in pre-schools in Saudi Arabia

  Author: Kadasah, T., 18 Apr 2017

  Supervisor: Terzi, L. (Supervisor) & Urban, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Examining the impact of a discussion group on the self-perception of Early Years Practitioners

  Author: Louis, S., 31 Oct 2017

  Supervisor: Ockelford, G. (Supervisor), Elfer, P. (Supervisor) & Farouk, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: EdD

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• Experiences of disadvantaged youths in Colombia and the role of EFL in enabling their social mobility: Exploring, the (trans)formation of identities and inequalities.

  Author: Puentes-Rodriguez, M., 16 Aug 2022

  Supervisor: Terzi, L. (Director of Studies), Moreau, M. (Co-Supervisor), Eppler, E. (Co-Supervisor) & Henning, L. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Exploring Approaches to Teaching Music History at University

  Author: Polydorou, N., 2015

  Supervisor: Ockelford, G. (Supervisor) & Hargreaves, D. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring performance anxiety in classically trained musicians in relation to perfectionism, self-concept and interpersonal influences

  Author: Hruska, E., 13 May 2019

  Supervisor: Hargreaves, D. (Supervisor), Ockelford, A. (Supervisor) & Bonneville-Roussy, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring possible influences of teacher commitment and motivation on the teaching profession status in Nigeria through the perceptions of educational administrators

  Author: Okuchaba , I. V., 21 Dec 2021

  Supervisor: Thorpe, A. (Director of Studies) & Castro-Kemp, S. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring the application of the sounds of intent music-developmental framework for children on the autism spectrum with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties in relation to piano pedagogy

  Author: Soo, W. S., 3 Jun 2019

  Supervisor: Ockelford, A. (Supervisor) & Castro, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring the formation of pedagogical beliefs in female early years teachers

  Author: Parker, L. F., 13 Jun 2018

  Supervisor: Urban, M. (Supervisor), Quinn, S. (Supervisor) & Hoskins, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Framing academies: an investigation into the cultural framing of academisation in the public imagination through the lens of popular media representations

  Author: Mozaffari-Chinjani , H., 11 Jan 2023

  Supervisor: Terzi, L. (Director of Studies), O'Flynn, S. (Co-Supervisor) & Epstein, D. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Girls at the front: an exploration of the relationship between human rights education policy and the experiences of girls taken by the militia in northern Uganda‘s civil war

  Author: Chapman Halsall, E., 2010

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Home Literacy Practices of Four Families: A Case Study of 4-5-year-old Children's Literacy Experiences in Plateau State, Nigeria

  Author: Ojo, N. Y., 31 Aug 2021

  Supervisor: Tang, F. (Director of Studies) & Howe, S. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• How Do Irish Post-Primary Teachers Conceptualise Their Own Professionalism?

  Author: Greene, E., 6 Jun 2017

  Supervisor: Crozier, G. (Supervisor) & Shaughnessy, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: EdD

• In pursuit of transformation: A complex responsive processes perspective on the enactment of improvement strategies in the everyday practice of two primary schools in England

  Author: Bates, A., 13 Jun 2013

  Supervisor: Harris, S. (Supervisor) & Terzi, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Language of instruction and acquisition of literacy skills in English as a second language by children aged 4-5 years in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria

  Author: Ekanem, I. E., 31 Mar 2021

  Supervisor: Tang, F. (Supervisor) & Guimaraes, A. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Learning pathways for digitally creative youth: a study of 3D animation

  Author: Kemp, P. E. J., 22 Apr 2020

  Supervisor: Epstein, D. (Director of Studies) & Wong, B. (Co-Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Learning to teach physical education in primary schools : the influence of dispositions and external structures on practice

  Author: Pickup, I., 11 Jul 2012

  Supervisor: Shaughnessy, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Life histories of Saudi female headteachers: an exploration of their journeys and experiences of leadership

  Author: Alajaji, W., 12 Jun 2019

  Supervisor: Thorpe, A. (Supervisor) & Hoskins, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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