Meet The Education Researcher

Meet The Education Researcher
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Emerging issues and the latest ideas from across the world of education research. Hear from a range of academics about their current research in schools, universities and beyond. Hosted by Neil Selwyn from Monash University, Australia.

  1. 11/24/2024

    Assessment and feedback in higher education (Phillip Dawson)

    We talk to Phill Dawson (Deakin University) about how to make sense of some of the latest trends around authentic assessment, self-assessment and ‘ungrading’. We also talk about what makes good feedback, and how students and teachers can benefit from developing ‘feedback literacy’.

    18 min

  2. 10/13/2024

    International student mobilities (Rachel Brooks)

    Students choosing to study overseas has long been an important part of higher education, but is becoming increasingly politically contentious. Professor Rachel Brooks (University of Oxford) talks about her research around student mobilities in UK higher education – highlighting the complex institutional politics and personal experiences of studying abroad.

    17 min

  3. 09/04/2024

    School uniforms and ‘appropriate appearance’ policies (Kayla Mildren)

    Many Australian schools have extensive rules around what students are expected to wear and what they should look like. Kayla Mildren (Griffith University) talks about her work on the sociology of school uniform policies – especially schools' attempts to regulate students’ hair and hairstyles.

    20 min

  4. 08/11/2024

    A journal editor’s view on getting published (Sam Sellar)

    Getting published in academic journals can be a major source of stress for education researchers. We talk to Sam Sellar (lead editor of Discourse) about how best to navigate the article writing and submission process, dealing with peer reviews, and seeing journals as a space for ongoing conversations and community-building.

    13 min

  5. 07/13/2024

    Teacher recruitment and the problem of ‘hard-to-staff’ schools (Jo Lampert)

    We hear regular reports of a ‘crisis’ in teacher recruitment and what has been characterised as an exodus of educators leaving the profession. Professor Jo Lampert (Monash University) talks about her research around teacher workforce issues, and a new study examining the realities of working in ‘hard-to-staff’ schools.

    15 min

  6. 06/11/2024

    Precision Education Governance (Kristiina Brunila)

    Prof. Kristiina Brunila (University of Helsinki) talks about the rise of ‘Precision Education Governance’ – the current push to reform education systems through markets, digital technologies, standardised measurements, behavioural sciences and the precise shaping of human conduct.

    20 min

  7. 05/08/2024

    Mental health education and social-emotional learning (Neil Humphrey)

    Mental health is now recognised as an important part of schooling. Neil Humphrey (University of Manchester) talks about recent efforts to establish compulsory mental health education across English schools, and the benefits of supporting students’ social and emotional learning.

    19 min

  8. 04/11/2024

    The coming crisis in education research … and what we might do about it (Sally Power)

    Academic research is becoming increasingly peripheral to education policy-makers and practitioners. Prof. Sally Power (Cardiff University) talks about the current shortcomings of our work, and how education research might be reinvigorated through a new ‘politics of method’.

    19 min
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Emerging issues and the latest ideas from across the world of education research. Hear from a range of academics about their current research in schools, universities and beyond. Hosted by Neil Selwyn from Monash University, Australia.

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    Meet The Education Researcher
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    120
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