This paper focusses on young women working as peer educators through the charity Home-Start in th... more This paper focusses on young women working as peer educators through the charity Home-Start in the north of England. The paper is conceptual whilst incorporating findings from a small-scale empirical study undertaken in 2016. It holds relevance to the following SCUTREA conference themes: active citizenship; families and communities; formal and informal learning; social inclusion in times of austerity. The peer educators who participated are undertaking their work in a context where educational achievement is increasingly measured by certification and at a time when occupational hierarchies have been ‘professionalised’ whilst notions of what it is to be a professional have been drained of meaning in ways which can be seen as potentially democratising. State educational imperatives in the UK have focussed on academic excellence (for ‘the gifted few’) and the promotion of vocational opportunities (intended for those from ‘hard working families’) such as ‘apprenticeships’. Deeper and mo...
... Avis, James, Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2009) Issues in post-compulsory education and tr... more ... Avis, James, Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2009) Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK. ISBN 9781862180860. Metadata only available from this repository. Item Type: Book. ...
This presentation considered some of the key issues surrounding the pedagogy of working with inte... more This presentation considered some of the key issues surrounding the pedagogy of working with international students embedded within vocational classes, including the Access to HE Diploma. It was based on work undertaken by Mike Saunders (Head of Studies, Lifelong Learning and HE, York College) and Roy Fisher (Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield). A section of the work presented will be included as part of a chapter in a book published by Springer International. The work will also contribute to a research project being carried out at York College, which aims to investigate how the principles identified from research in other countries apply in the UK further education (FE) sector. The presentation focussed on the principles needed to develop pedagogy that meets the needs of both international and local students
Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2011
... Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Morgan-Klein, Brenda (2010) Vocational educatio... more ... Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Morgan-Klein, Brenda (2010) Vocational education teacher training in Scotland and England: policy and practice. In: European conference on educational research, 25-27 August 2010, Helsinki. (Unpublished). ...
Summary The analysis of cultural artefacts, such as cartoons and films, provides the potential to... more Summary The analysis of cultural artefacts, such as cartoons and films, provides the potential to gain insights into both the professional identities of teachers and the behaviour and self-concepts of students. This paper suggests that the ostensibly banal animated ...
This paper focusses on young women working as peer educators through the charity Home-Start in th... more This paper focusses on young women working as peer educators through the charity Home-Start in the north of England. The paper is conceptual whilst incorporating findings from a small-scale empirical study undertaken in 2016. It holds relevance to the following SCUTREA conference themes: active citizenship; families and communities; formal and informal learning; social inclusion in times of austerity. The peer educators who participated are undertaking their work in a context where educational achievement is increasingly measured by certification and at a time when occupational hierarchies have been ‘professionalised’ whilst notions of what it is to be a professional have been drained of meaning in ways which can be seen as potentially democratising. State educational imperatives in the UK have focussed on academic excellence (for ‘the gifted few’) and the promotion of vocational opportunities (intended for those from ‘hard working families’) such as ‘apprenticeships’. Deeper and mo...
... Avis, James, Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2009) Issues in post-compulsory education and tr... more ... Avis, James, Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2009) Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK. ISBN 9781862180860. Metadata only available from this repository. Item Type: Book. ...
This presentation considered some of the key issues surrounding the pedagogy of working with inte... more This presentation considered some of the key issues surrounding the pedagogy of working with international students embedded within vocational classes, including the Access to HE Diploma. It was based on work undertaken by Mike Saunders (Head of Studies, Lifelong Learning and HE, York College) and Roy Fisher (Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield). A section of the work presented will be included as part of a chapter in a book published by Springer International. The work will also contribute to a research project being carried out at York College, which aims to investigate how the principles identified from research in other countries apply in the UK further education (FE) sector. The presentation focussed on the principles needed to develop pedagogy that meets the needs of both international and local students
Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2011
... Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Morgan-Klein, Brenda (2010) Vocational educatio... more ... Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Morgan-Klein, Brenda (2010) Vocational education teacher training in Scotland and England: policy and practice. In: European conference on educational research, 25-27 August 2010, Helsinki. (Unpublished). ...
Summary The analysis of cultural artefacts, such as cartoons and films, provides the potential to... more Summary The analysis of cultural artefacts, such as cartoons and films, provides the potential to gain insights into both the professional identities of teachers and the behaviour and self-concepts of students. This paper suggests that the ostensibly banal animated ...
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