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Research paper thumbnail of Teachers as curriculum-makers: Professional learning implications for enacting a new curriculum in Wales, perspectives from the Humanities and Mathematics and Numeracy Areas of Learning and Experience

Research paper thumbnail of The wider world and children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development

Teaching Primary Humanities, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Cynnydd dysgu yn y dyniaethau: canfod tensiynau wrth gyfleu cynnydd yn y dyniaethau yng Nghymru

The Curriculum Journal, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of CAMAU Project: Progression Frameworks and Progression Steps

This paper contains information which provides a context for the work of the CAMAU research team ... more This paper contains information which provides a context for the work of the CAMAU research team based in the Universities of Glasgow and of Wales Trinity Saint David. This information includes an outline of the context of curriculum and assessment arrangements within which the research is situated and provides information on the processes of working with the Pioneer Schools network, a key aspect of the Welsh Government’s commitment to subsidiarity in educational decision making. This paper also includes key findings from the project’s Interim Report (October 2017) ‘Learning about Progression’.

Research paper thumbnail of Why I chose to become a teacher and why I might choose not to become one. A survey of student teachers’ perceptions of teaching as a career

A detailed questionnaire about why they chose teaching as a career and the challenges that they f... more A detailed questionnaire about why they chose teaching as a career and the challenges that they face on their ITT course was completed by 189 third year student teachers on a third year BA in Primary Education with QTS programme at a university in Wales. The findings showed that several factors contributed to their choosing a career as primary school teachers, including reasons related to perceived teaching ability, altruistic reasons, intrinsic reasons, and extrinsic reasons. The data also revealed that the main stressors faced by the respondents were linked to four factors, namely: high levels of accountability; the pressure of monitoring; the continual demand for change; and the perceived lack of respect given to the profession. Differences were found between the male and the female respondents in the ways they perceived their role within the profession. The findings have important implications for all those who are concerned with the attracting and retaining the most competent t...

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood poverty in Wales and its implications for schools - a survey of trainee teachers’ perceptions

With a third of all pupils in Wales in poverty it is essential that trainee teachers in the princ... more With a third of all pupils in Wales in poverty it is essential that trainee teachers in the principality understand the nature of poverty and develop a practical understanding of how best to deal with its negative effects. In order to explore trainee teachers’ perceptions of these issues a detailed questionnaire was completed by 94 of the 96 third year trainee teachers on a BA in Primary Education with QTS programme at a university in Wales. The data revealed a mature understanding of the main issues. Childhood poverty was seen by the respondents as a state of material, educational and emotional deprivation which prevents children and young people from developing their potential as individuals and from developing into fully active members of society. The respondents felt that schools had a central role to play in tackling the negative effects of poverty and that there were a range of positive measures that all schools needed to take in order to achieve this. The data also revealed t...

Research paper thumbnail of Tensiynau yn y broses bresennol o ddiwygio’r cwricwlwm a datblygu ymreolaeth broffesiynol athrawon

Research paper thumbnail of Learning progression in the humanities: identifying tensions in articulating progression in humanities in Wales

Research paper thumbnail of Tensions in current curriculum reform and the development of teachers’ professional autonomy

Research paper thumbnail of Education for sustainable development and global citizenship

Teaching Primary Humanities

Research paper thumbnail of Peidiwch ag anghofio am gyfraniad pwysig y dyniaethau!' – Arolwg o Farn Darpar Athrawon am y Cwricwlwm Cymreig

Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Teachers as curriculum-makers: Professional learning implications for enacting a new curriculum in Wales, perspectives from the Humanities and Mathematics and Numeracy Areas of Learning and Experience

Research paper thumbnail of The wider world and children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development

Teaching Primary Humanities, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Cynnydd dysgu yn y dyniaethau: canfod tensiynau wrth gyfleu cynnydd yn y dyniaethau yng Nghymru

The Curriculum Journal, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of CAMAU Project: Progression Frameworks and Progression Steps

This paper contains information which provides a context for the work of the CAMAU research team ... more This paper contains information which provides a context for the work of the CAMAU research team based in the Universities of Glasgow and of Wales Trinity Saint David. This information includes an outline of the context of curriculum and assessment arrangements within which the research is situated and provides information on the processes of working with the Pioneer Schools network, a key aspect of the Welsh Government’s commitment to subsidiarity in educational decision making. This paper also includes key findings from the project’s Interim Report (October 2017) ‘Learning about Progression’.

Research paper thumbnail of Why I chose to become a teacher and why I might choose not to become one. A survey of student teachers’ perceptions of teaching as a career

A detailed questionnaire about why they chose teaching as a career and the challenges that they f... more A detailed questionnaire about why they chose teaching as a career and the challenges that they face on their ITT course was completed by 189 third year student teachers on a third year BA in Primary Education with QTS programme at a university in Wales. The findings showed that several factors contributed to their choosing a career as primary school teachers, including reasons related to perceived teaching ability, altruistic reasons, intrinsic reasons, and extrinsic reasons. The data also revealed that the main stressors faced by the respondents were linked to four factors, namely: high levels of accountability; the pressure of monitoring; the continual demand for change; and the perceived lack of respect given to the profession. Differences were found between the male and the female respondents in the ways they perceived their role within the profession. The findings have important implications for all those who are concerned with the attracting and retaining the most competent t...

Research paper thumbnail of Childhood poverty in Wales and its implications for schools - a survey of trainee teachers’ perceptions

With a third of all pupils in Wales in poverty it is essential that trainee teachers in the princ... more With a third of all pupils in Wales in poverty it is essential that trainee teachers in the principality understand the nature of poverty and develop a practical understanding of how best to deal with its negative effects. In order to explore trainee teachers’ perceptions of these issues a detailed questionnaire was completed by 94 of the 96 third year trainee teachers on a BA in Primary Education with QTS programme at a university in Wales. The data revealed a mature understanding of the main issues. Childhood poverty was seen by the respondents as a state of material, educational and emotional deprivation which prevents children and young people from developing their potential as individuals and from developing into fully active members of society. The respondents felt that schools had a central role to play in tackling the negative effects of poverty and that there were a range of positive measures that all schools needed to take in order to achieve this. The data also revealed t...

Research paper thumbnail of Tensiynau yn y broses bresennol o ddiwygio’r cwricwlwm a datblygu ymreolaeth broffesiynol athrawon

Research paper thumbnail of Learning progression in the humanities: identifying tensions in articulating progression in humanities in Wales

Research paper thumbnail of Tensions in current curriculum reform and the development of teachers’ professional autonomy

Research paper thumbnail of Education for sustainable development and global citizenship

Teaching Primary Humanities

Research paper thumbnail of Peidiwch ag anghofio am gyfraniad pwysig y dyniaethau!' – Arolwg o Farn Darpar Athrawon am y Cwricwlwm Cymreig

Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education, 2016

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