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- “Effect of adding a compassion focused intervention on emotion, eating and weight outcomes” – Dr Cristiana Duarte et al.In the context of weight management, compassion-based interventions may help redirect maladaptive eating behaviours (e.g. binge eating) and weight-related self-evaluation towards better coping… – Duarte et al. (2) In this study, Duarte et al. examine whether adding online compassion-focused exercises into a commercial weight management programme affected self-evaluation, binge eating […]
- “The Impact and Legacy of Sir Alec Clegg’s Educational Ideas and Practices” – Dr Margaret Wood, Andrew Pennington, and Dr Feng SuClegg believed caretakers played an important role in improving the physical environment for the better, something he was aware of from the example set by his father as a headteacher. By improving the quality of the environment the caretaker also contributes in ‘subtle’ and ‘powerful’ ways to the provision of education. – […]
- “Reflecting on My Positionality as a Multilingual Researcher” – Dr Chisato Danjoone’s position as a researcher and the way this position is perceived by participants has a great influence on almost all aspects of the research… – Dr Chisato Danjo (106) In this chapter of Professor Jean Conteh’s book, Dr Chisato Danjo evaluates her role as a researcher who participated in […]
- “Creating a Shared Vision of Out of Hours Care” – Professor Jeremy Dale et al.Establishing new out of hours services involved substantial change in local health services and provides a unique opportunity for planning more integrated care. – Dale et al. (1206) In this paper, Professor Jeremy Dale and colleagues (including York St John’s Lynne Lacock) undertake a district wide review of out of […]
- “Evaluating Counselling for Depression” – Dr Peter Pearce et al.As IAPT services roll out a wider range of therapies, it is important that clients receive clear, consistent descriptions of the approaches available, and that therapists deliver the therapy as described. Without this there is no genuine choice for IAPT clients. – Pearce et al. This article (co-authored by York […]
- Research Highlights – Jenny CarpenterWe talked to Jenny Carpenter about her research, this is what we found out! What fascinates me the most is that there is never a final answer, simply a new approach to seeing what reality is all about. – Jenny Carpenter Jenny’s research is centred around co-creating a mathematics ITE […]
- “First Steps towards Japanese Language Textbook Design” – Mary Murata and Dr Becky Muradás-TaylorOur project focusses on two research questions: 1) Do any existing textbooks meet the needs of our students? 2) What content do our students need to prepare them for study abroad? Using the data gathered from the project we hope to be able to design tailor-made materials or a text […]
- “From Accrington Stanley to academia?” – Professor Stella Jones-Devitt and Dr Catherine SamieiThe authors construct a convincing argument which challenges a number of key assumptions in terms of markets, which they argue should be examined critically by all stakeholders. – Professor Jane Hemsley-Brown, University of Surrey In this chapter, Professor Stella Jones-Devitt and Dr Catherine Samiei consider the outcomes and unintended consequences […]
- Lacan and Education Policy: The Other Side of Education – Professor Matthew ClarkeMatthew Clarke’s book brings a new and devastating critical perspective to bear on education policy … This is a telling and timely book that skilfully deploys psychoanalytic insights to unpack the fantasies that haunt and inhibit education policy – it is exciting, challenging, and important! – Professor Stephen Ball, University […]
- “A brighter future” – Jennifer Boland et al.whilst depressed individuals report similar numbers of future goals as their non-depressed counterparts, and attribute similar levels of importance to them, they predict that these goals are less likely to occur and that they have less control over their occurrence… – Boland et al. (3) In this article, Jennifer Boland […]
- “Perceptions of the tutor role in Higher Education: Beyond the Academic?” – Michelle YeomanWe spoke to Michelle Yeoman about her Doctoral research, this is what she had to say! For various reasons the tutor role is often understood in different ways by different people, with some giving more weight to each of the aspects; academic, personal, pastoral, than others, meaning the role, and […]
- “Resilience – the art of coping” – Dr Jamie StephensonResilience is an important skill to learn. Having confidence in our abilities to cope with and bounce back from adversity is really important to our psychological and emotional well-being. – Dr Jamie Stephenson In this blog post, Dr Jamie Stephenson explains four different methods for one to improve their resilience, […]
- “The inappropriateness of language” – Dr Clare CunninghamI propose that situating practitioners and trainee teachers as discourse analysts in professional development and teacher education programmes could be a valuable way to increase awareness of the importance of individual discourses and making steps to adapt them more effectively to the local context. – Dr Clare Cunningham (297) In […]
- “The future of education?” – Ian WilsonFor too long the focus of education has been firmly rooted in the transference of knowledge. We transmit this knowledge to the learners placing ourselves in the position of knowledgeable experts at the front of the class, and then expect learners to regurgitate the facts back to us in order to achieve marks and classifications. – Ian Wilson In this blog post, […]
- “Face of a Fighter” – Dr Samuele Zilioli et al.along with … indirect (and sometimes imprecise) signals of formidability, evidence suggests that the humans possess neurocognitive adaptations specifically evolved for assessing opponents’ fighting ability. – Zilioli et al. (322) In this article by Dr Samuele Zilioli et al. and colleagues (including York St John’s Dr Michael Stirrat) use three […]
- “Maternal and Paternal Literacies: The Role of Early Intervention” – Sue ShippenWe spoke to Sue Shippen about her Doctorate of Education (EdD), this is what she had to say! The study explores how action learning sets can be used as a learning strategy that supports early years practitioners, parents, and managers to form professional and transformational relationships. It is envisaged that […]
- “Yorkshire Assimilation” – Dr Kate Whisker-Taylor and Dr Lynn ClarkThere is … reason to believe that YA is constrained by both regional and social factors in ways that again set it apart from more general cases of voice assimilation in English. – Whisker-Taylor and Clark (223) In this paper, Whisker-Taylor and Clark explore both the production and perception of […]
- “Meeting the Emotional Needs of Hospital Patients With Dementia” – Dr Stephanie Petty et al.People with dementia are vulnerable when in hospital, with serious risks to their physical and emotional well-being. Hospital staff are expected to understand and respond to the emotions of the patient; however, it is not known how this can be achieved. – Petty et al. In this article, Dr Stephanie […]
- “Moving beyond the ‘initial’ in Initial Teacher Education” – Louise WhitfieldMuch literature around the NQT induction year is embedded in the narrative of ‘survival’ with discourse focusing upon this primarily as a gateway for NQTs to then ‘thrive’ … perhaps this narrative sets NQTs up to believe that the NQT year is something much more daunting than it need be… […]
- Mapping Applied Linguistics – Professor Chris Hall, Dr Patrick Smith, Dr Rachel WicaksonoMapping Applied Linguistics is a clear and comprehensive introduction to a complex and extended area of study. It is, moreover, readily accessible to its intended readership of undergraduate students and non-specialists. – Susan Samata, Birkbeck, University of London This innovative book by Professor Chris Hall and colleagues maps the diverse […]
- “Social justice and action research” – Dr Joan WaltonQuantum physics opens up the possibility of a new, participatory worldview; a worldview which proposes that we live in a universe where separation is an illusion, where participation means much more than the interaction of individuals, and where social justice is an ontologically significant principle embedded in reality. – Dr […]
- “Communities reclaiming power and social justice in the face of climate change” – Dr Maria Fernandes-Jesus et al.Those most vulnerable to climate change impacts also have the least power to affect and influence social change … vulnerability to climate change is political, as access to power may be the critical factor that shapes communities’ ability to plan for, cope with and respond to the impacts of climate […]
- “Imaginary Companions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” – Dr Paige Davis et al.certain individuals presenting with ASD are very creative and imaginative, based on examining art and literature created by ASD and TD individuals – Davis et al. (2796) This exploratory study’s main aim was to discover what proportion of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) created Imaginary Companions, investigating potential […]
- “Deontic commitments in conditional promises and threats” – Dr Magdalena Sztencel and Dr Leesa ClarkePromises and threats play a central role in human communication, from family life to negotiation and politics. – Sztencel and Clarke This paper from the Journal of Language and Cognition examines two types of cognitive factors that are assumed to underpin people’s interpretation of conditional promises and threats. We would […]
- Relational Ethics in Practice Narratives from Counselling and Psychotherapy – Professor Lynne Gabriel and Roger CasemoreThis book makes an unusual and special contribution to the developing body of knowledge on practice ethics. – Gabriel and Casemore (2) In this book, Professor Lynne Gabriel, Roger Casemore and their contributors share narratives that emphasise how the consideration of the ethical dimension is of paramount importance to therapeutic […]
- “Learning to teach mathematics in a multicultural society” – Manjinder Jagdev and Avril MallettMathematics is culturally situated, with its own history that has developed in rich and diverse ways in different cultures over thousands of years, and there are benefits to young people in experiencing mathematics in these ways. – Jagdev and Mallett (61) In this chapter, Manjinder Jagdev and Avril Mallett argue […]
- Very Young Children’s Reflections as Indicators of Metacognition – Dr Helen RoweWe talked to Dr Helen Rowe about her Doctorate of Education (EdD) research, this is what she said! My study explored the relationship between young children’s reflections and their metacognitive knowledge (MCK). Whist there is reluctance to accept that metacognition and reflection are skills possessed by young children, the Early […]
- “Challenge and threat states, performance, and attentional control during a pressurized soccer penalty task.” – Jack Brimmell et al.When faced with pressure, athletes are expected to thrive. However, stress can have divergent effects on the performance of athletes, with some rising to the occasion and excelling, and others struggling to cope and failing. – Brimmell et al. (3) In this study, Jack Brimmell and colleagues shed more light […]
- “Working across Geographical Borders to Dispel Language Misconceptions” – Dr Indu Vibha Meddegama and Yuan QianThe native speaker ideology which stems largely from the historical association of England with modern-day English identifies and idealises those who are traditionally classed as native English speakers to be the absolutely “correct” users of the language. – Meddegama and Qian In this chapter Dr Indu Vibha Meddegama and Yuan Qian present […]
- “Creating Space to Question” – Catherine Brentnall and Jennifer HuntsleyNow, as a lecturer and teacher educator, one of my aims is to facilitate my trainees’ reflecting critically on their teaching. – Jennifer Huntsley DESCRIPTION OF THE PAPER (E.G. IN THIS PRESENTATION BRENTNALL AND HUNTSLEY…) As Catherine said, we came to realise that while we were planning, delivering and reflecting […]
- Speech Perception and Spoken Word Recognition – Professor Gareth Gaskell and Dr Jelena Mirkoviccognitive neuroscience has made more extensive advances in identifying the neural mechanisms that support speech perception, and these advances are now beginning to contribute to cognitive theory. – Gaskell and Mirkovic (1) This book presents a renewed focus on theoretical and developmental issues in the realm of psycholinguistics, as well […]
- “Employability for UK University Students and Graduates on the Autism Spectrum” – Dr Jonathan VincentBarriers to employment … exist at an environmental level, in terms of society’s labelling of autistic idiosyncrasies as ‘deficits’ or ‘abnormalities’ instead of positive attributes in the workplace. – Dr Jonathan Vincent (13) This study by Dr Jonathan Vincent uncovers important insights into which factors affect autistic graduates’ employment mobilities […]
- “Languages in the workplace” – Alison OrganIn this chapter, Alison Organ examines a case study of York St John University students reflecting on the impact of work placement on their linguistic development and employability skills. Work placement modules can be good examples of experiential learning as advocated by Kolb (1984), who drew on earlier work to […]
- “Attachment style and clinical outcome within a DBT-informed Therapeutic Community” – Brendan James Dunlop and Dr Mark Andrew McFetridgeReliability and consistency in caregiver interaction was proposed as crucial, given that the primary caregiver must act as a secure base from which the infant can explore their social world, and a safe haven to retreat to when needed. – Dunlop and McFetridge (16) This study by Brendan James Dunlop […]
- “Service user experiences of a novel in-reach rehabilitation and recovery service” – Dr Penn Smith et al.Despite perceived power imbalances and ongoing challenges, service users express hope in the form of future aspirations, improvements in their situation, and insights they had gained. – Smith et al. (8) In this study, Dr Penn Smith et al., use the creative method of photo-elicitation to explore the experiences of service […]
- “Academic practice and public engagement through the lens of Hannah Arendt’s public sphere of action” – Dr Margaret Meredithan important part of public engagement is to create spaces of interaction between people from different backgrounds and perspectives with the aim of identifying issues for collaborative enquiry and fostering transformed understandings around such issues. – Dr Margaret Meredith (2) This paper by Dr Margaret Meredith contributes to conceptualisations of […]
- “Sound can enhance the analgesic effect of virtual reality” – Sarah Johnson and Dr Matthew CoxonWhile previous research supports the broad notion that the higher the technological level of the VR system the more effective it will be, this provides limited guidance on the necessary components of such a system. – Johnson and Coxon (5) This first-of-its-kind study explores the relationship between sound and Virtual […]
- Supporting Mental Health in Primary and Early Years – Professor Jonathan Glazzard and Dr Sarah TrusslerA fantastically helpful book from Glazzard and Trussler, authors in the field of education that you can trust. – Sarah Addicott, Teacher Education and Training at Blackpool and the Fylde College This book by Professor Jonathan Glazzard and Dr Sarah Trussler covers the importance of creating a culture of inclusion […]
- “The Home Literacy Environment as a Predictor of the Early Literacy Development of Children at Family-Risk of Dyslexia” – Dr Lorna HamiltonThe role of the HLE in the language and reading development of typically developing children has been well documented. The contribution of the current study is to show similar developmental relationships in an English-speaking sample of children at family-risk of dyslexia, – Hamilton et al. (416) This study investigates the […]
- “Use of Videos in Teaching and Learning” – Amanda Smith and Dr Dai O’BrienIt is hoped that this chapter will encourage other teachers of sign languages to explore the possibilities offered by these new technologies and share their experiences and tips for exploiting them to their full potential. – Smith and O’Brien (2) This chapter by Amanda Smith and Dr Dai O’Brien discusses […]
- Understanding Feedback : A Critical Exploration for Teacher Educators – Dr Caroline Elbra-RamsayIf we are to ensure that our student teachers enter the profession with a sophisticated view of both the theory and practice of feedback, we need to acknowledge their own experiences and understanding of feedback, too. – Dr Caroline Elbra-Ramsay (2) Dr Caroline Elbra-Ramsay’s book, Understanding Feedback: A Critical Exploration […]
- Cosmopolitan Perspectives on Academic Leadership in Higher Education – Dr Feng Su and Dr Margaret WoodThe cosmopolitan outlook on academic leadership proposed in this book is multi-layered and locates leadership levels and perspectives across the expanse of diversely situated geo-political, socio-cultural, economic, organization and policy contexts. – Su and Wood (13) This book, edited by Dr Feng Su and Dr Margaret Wood, explores what academic […]
- “Body talk in the digital age” – Dr Beth Bell, Caitlin Taylor, Danielle Paddock, Adam Bates, and Dr Sam Orangeadolescents are repeatedly exposed to messages emphasising the importance of physical attractiveness, which is defined in terms of culturally prescribed, unrealistic and artificial body and beauty ideals – Bell et al (2) This study by Dr Beth Bell and colleagues (including York St John’s Danielle Paddock) evaluates the efficacy of […]
- “Auto-driven Photo-Elicitation Interviews with Young Deaf People” – Dr Dai O’BrienMy use of photo-elicitation interviews certainly added depth to the data gathered and exposed deeper meanings of how my participants experienced the world around them, – Dr Dai O’Brien (65) Dr Dai O’Brien’s chapter in this edited collection explores the suitability of auto-driven photo-elicitation interviews in qualitative research with young […]
- “Collaborating to Develop Practitioners in ITE” – Keither ParkerOur commitment at YSJ to working in real partnership ensures I keep in touch with what is really happening in schools and this really benefits our students. – Keither Parker (54) Keither Parker’s section in this report on Practice-Informed Learning is a glowing appraisal of York St John’s ITE Programme […]
- “Neurodivergent intersubjectivity” – Dr Brett Heasman and Dr Alex GillespieAutistic people are neurologically divergent, yet methods for investigating autistic sociality tend to assume neurotypical definitions of being social. Comparative design often results in autistic behaviour being interpreted as a deficit, rather than a difference, from neurotypical benchmarks. – Heasman and Gillespie (910) This study uses the concept of intersubjectivity […]
- “Newly-acquired words are more phonologically robust in verbal short-term memory when they have associated semantic representations” – Dr Nicola Savill et al.The primary question motivating this study was whether semantic information supports the phonological maintenance of whole word traces in verbal short-term memory, even when phonological-lexical experience is equated. – Savill et al. (94) This article by Dr Nicola Savill and colleagues examines whether semantic information increases the stability of new […]
- “‘We don’t need to abide by that!’ Negotiating Professional Roles in Problem-Solving Talk at Work” – Dr Kyoungmi Kim and Professor Jo AngouriWe focus on how interactants negotiate their own agendas and that of their interlocutors in the problem-solving meeting in a multinational company. – Kim and Angouri (173) This article discusses problem-solving in corporate meetings. Dr Kyoungmi Kim and Dr Jo Angouri focus on how interactants negotiate agendas in a problem-solving […]
- “Starting a conversation” – Mike Hickman and Linda MasonPodcasting in education could encourage collaborative dialogue between students, tutors and peers alike… – Hickman and Mason (291) This chapter uses York St John’s part-time post-graduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programme as a case study on the use of podcasting for assessment feedback to encourage conversations and engagement. One of our […]
- “An anger management programme as an action learning set” – Dr Gary ShepherdAnger itself is a complex emotion which can be triggered by a wide range of experiences which differ from person to person. – Dr Gary Shepherd (256) In this article, Dr Gary Shepherd shares my experiences of using Action Learning (AL) within a mental health framework. This article takes on […]
- “Attention, working-memory control, working-memory capacity, and sport performance” – Dr Robert Vaughan and Dr Sylvain LabordePrevious work is yet to provide a cognitive measure of attention using multiple measures to capture the complexity of this process (i.e. adapting attentional resources via greater visual search sensitivity and ability to ignore distractor patterns), – Vaughan and Laborde (242) This paper by Dr Robert Vaughan and Dr Sylvain […]
- “Japanese pitch accent production in an English/Nupe/Hausa trilingual” – Dr Becky Muradás-TaylorDr Becky Muradás-Taylor’s article is a case study of a person with three L1s who started studying Japanese in the UK at the age of 30. The study investigates the participant’s production of accurate pitch accent in their spoken Japanese. This paper shows that L2 Japanese learners’ Standard Japanese pitch […]
- “Person-centred experiential therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy” – Professor Michael Barkham et al.Given the increasing prevalence of depression, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to an additional 380000 adults being able to access IAPT services by 2023–24, there is urgency in obtaining definitive evidence that PCET is non-inferior to CBT. – Barkham et […]
- GCSE Physical Sciences for Combined Science – Dr Katy Bloom MilnerEvery student who has ever taken an exam will know how vital study guides and textbooks are for studying and revision. But did you know York St John’s very own Dr Katy Bloom Milner has authored a student book? This student book is AQA-Approved and utilized across the country to […]
- “Is tool modification more difficult than innovation?” – Dr Nicola Cutting et al.It is important to note that whilst addressing important questions about the nature of children’s innovative abilities, the current research on children’s tool innovation has been limited to very few paradigms… – Cutting et al. (10) This article by Dr Nicola Cutting and colleagues details two experiments conducted in order […]
- Ontologies of English – Professor Chris Hall and Dr Rachel WicaksonoAppropriately for a book on applied linguistics, Hall and Wicaksono’s collection aims at being ‘useful’ for scholars and practitioners engaged in language education. To this end it mixes abstract discussions about ontology […] with case studies focussing on different elements of English language education. – Phillip Seargeant, Open University This […]
- “Rethinking the Student Selection Process” – Richard DayWe spoke to Richard Day about his Doctorate of Education, this is what we found out! The widely accepted interactions between expert and novice in which question-interpretation-response-interpretation and the uses of language combine to bring into being the candidate as teacher via a search to unveil a prescribed set of […]
- “Motivation as individual differences and task conditions from a regulatory focus perspective” – Dr Yeji Han and Professor Kim McDonoughThe potential for pedagogical intervention that draws upon students’ motivational strengths without requiring additional class time could help bridge the gap between individual differences research and L2 pedagogy. – Han and McDonough (4) This article by Dr Yeji Han and Professor Kim McDonough focuses on motivation for Second Language Acquisition […]
- Love and Therapy – Professor Divine Charura and Stephen PaulThis book is written for everyone interested in love and in therapy. Therapists are invited to consider the place of love in their work and in how they relate to their clients. Those for whom therapy is part of their lives in the past, the present, or the future will […]
- “Working towards a democratic home-school imaginary” – Dr Charlotte Haines LyonThis book is a must-read for all those concerned about growing inequalities in education and what we need to do about them. – Diane Reay, University of Cambridge Drawing on political theory, Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon’s chapter explores how a radical pluralist democratic understanding of parent engagement with schools can […]
- “Terror versus soul” – Dr Peter RaymondIf we can forefront that strong sense of creative identity and agency rather than putting these performative measures at the forefront, then we can practice creativity as a genuine virtue rather than one side in a struggle. – Dr Peter Raymond (144) This paper argues for the ‘virtue’ of creativity, […]
- “The role of cognitive appraisals in the relationship between peer-victimization and depressive symptomatology in adolescents” – Dr Nathalie Noret et al.Understanding these individual differences in adolescents’ adaptations to peer-victimization is fundamental to the development of theoretically informed explanations of this effect and of appropriate interventions to support those experiencing victimization – Noret et al. (3) This study by Dr Nathalie Noret et al. examines the role of cognitive appraisals in […]
- “LGBTQ+ Youth Experiences of Social Media in Narrative Identity Development” – Adam Bates, Dr Beth Bell, and Dr Trish HobmanThis study explored the narrative identity development of contemporary undergraduate LGBTQ+ youth, who are the first generation to have had persistent access to social media throughout their adolescence… – Bates, Bell, and Hobman (57) This study by Adam Bates, Dr Beth Bell, and Dr Trish Hobman adopts a person-centred narrative […]
- Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality A Student Guide – Professor Helen Sauntson“This book will spark students’ interest in language, gender and sexuality and provide them with invaluable guidance for their own research projects.” – Heiko Motschenbacher, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences This accessible guidebook offers an outline of the practical steps and ethical guidelines involved when gathering linguistic data for […]
- “Selfie-Objectification: Self-Objectification and Positive Feedback” – Dr Beth Bell et al.“In Western consumer culture, women are routinely objectified, that is, their value is reduced to the appearance of their body parts and/or their sexual function. However, little is known about how young adult women, socialised in this culture to self-objectify and adopt an external viewer’s perspective of their own body, […]
- “Children as Reflective Learners” – Emma Thraves-Ferguson“Theories about reflection tend to be fluid and not fact; they are amended and interpreted according to the needs of the researcher and the reader. To truly understand it you need to experience it and be inside it.” – Emma Thraves-Ferguson (11) Emma Thraves-Ferguson’s chapter on “Children as Reflective Learners” […]
- “Synthesizing the effects of mental simulation on behavior change” – Dr Scott Cole“Mental simulation of future scenarios is hypothesized to affect future behavior, but a large and inconsistent literature means it is unclear whether, and under what conditions, mental simulation can change people’s behavior.” – Scott Cole et al. In this peer-reviewed article, Dr Scott Cole et al. conduct a meta-analysis of […]
- “Is fluency being ‘neglected’ in the classroom?” – Professor Parvaneh Tavakoli and Dr Ann-Marie Hunter“… we know very little about how teachers understand L2 fluency and in what ways their understanding of fluency interacts with their classroom practices. This is a gap the current study aims to help fill.” – Tavakoli and Hunter (331) This study examines second language (L2) teachers’ understanding of speech […]
- Youth Work: Global Futures – Graham Bright and Carole PughWe were each challenged by the need to move beyond critique towards imagining different professional futures, which remained rooted in the profession’s historical values, whilst critically responding to the actualities of present conditions. – Bright and Pugh (xii) This collection, edited by Graham Bright and Carole Pugh, addresses the on-going […]
- “Coaching in a non-clinical setting” – Andrew Pendle, Nick Rowe, David BrittenThis week we kick off our Research Highlights with a highlight on Andrew Pendle, Nick Rowe, and David Britten’s article from the department of Counselling Psychology! In this article, Pendle, Rowe and Britten analyse the effectivity of coaching for those who access mental health service in collaboration with YSJ’s Converge. […]