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This page is intended for the publication of short articles about abstracts for dissertations and theses plus anecdotes about professional learning that followed qualifying. It may also include the contact details of authors and some commentary. Helping with this will be Adamantia (Mandy) Tsatsarou who I hope will gradually take over. Most items will be relatively short.
At times complete abstracts may be included. At other times those abstracts shall be the basis for critical reflection. We wish to hear critical professional voices from across many professions. And as a hint to show what we have in mind, a question. What word do we get if we only use the first seven letters of 'professional?' It is always nice to see and to know something about the person holding the pen. And, yes, pictures of authors would be nice.
Mandy Tsatsarou (download CV)
Abstract
The first part of this dissertation, which was based on data collected from literature, examined historically the practice of exclusions, the causes of the rapid increase in the numbers of the excluded pupils, their profile, their disaffection with school as well as their future ambitions and prospects. The second part presented a case study I undertook in one of Liverpool’s Pupil Referral Units.
download the whole articleKatharine O'Neill (download Dissertation)
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This dissertation is in memory of Ada, who inspired my love of children’s literature and passion for reading.
Thanks to my family for making me the bibliophile I am today and always believing in me, particularly Mum for being so sagacious and perspicacious (FTL) about literature and grammar. Grateful thanks to Paul and Jemima for always being there, but also giving me the time and space to write when I needed it. Also to Cliff for his positive affirmations and advice.
The support and encouragement of all my colleagues at Liverpool Hope University has been so appreciated, particularly my guru, Veronica – thank you.
Thanks too to my fourth year students for being so enthusiastic about participating in both the intervention and my research – their positivity and willingness to try new ideas contributed considerably to the success of the programme. (download Research In Action)
Katerina Saiti (download CV)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the school community - principals and educators as well-in the school units of the greek primary education with reference to crisis management in the school’s workplace , scrutinizing comparatively the situation by using anonymous questionnaire especially adjusted to the initiative of the study and answered by 734 principals and educators in a nationwide level during the school year 2016,from March to June 2017.