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Autonomy and Regulation in the School System in England
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda; Jarvis, Joy; Culshaw, Suzanne (Springer Nature, 2020-05-29)The chapter examines the school system in England, concentrating on developments since 2010. During this period, a radical refashioning of the school system in England has taken place as large numbers of schools have moved ... -
Autonomy, Leadership and Leadership Development in England’s School System
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda; Jarvis, Joy; Culshaw, Suzanne (2021-03-15)The policy context for schools in England places great emphasis on leadership and autonomy as drivers of educational improvement. The purpose of this article is to explore how we can better understand, in this context, the ... -
The BodyMind Approach® as Transformative Learning to Promote Self-Management for Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Payne, Helen; Roberts, Amanda; Jarvis, Joy (2019-11-06)This article describes how adults learn to self-manage chronic bodily symptoms, a complex and costly health problem. It proposes a theory of learning for an innovative, research-informed intervention, The BodyMind Approach® ... -
Collaborative School Leadership in a Global Society: A critical perspective’
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda (2019-09-01)In the context of evolving global challenges and opportunities, this article explores the kind of leadership that moves beyond the philosophy of dependence which pervades many of the everyday assumptions of educational ... -
Collaborative School Leadership: A critical guide
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda (SAGE Publications, 2018-02)Schools need to respond to rising expectations and the imperative to release the creativity of educators and learners to achieve more socially just education. Yet, strongly hierarchical structures and reliance on the idea ... -
Collaborative Teacher Learning: Cases from the HertsCam Network
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda; Chivers, Leo (Centre for Educational Leadership, UH, 2016)The cases in this report – from the UK and Bosnia – provide accounts of innovative and successful ways of teachers working collaboratively and exercising leadership to enhance their own learning and development and that ... -
Current Challenges to Educational Leadership & Administration: An International Survey Report on the Pilot Survey
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda; Culshaw, Suzanne (University Council for Educational Administration, 2018) -
Developing research-rich teaching: sharing strategies
White, Elizabeth; Roberts, Amanda; Collins, Christine; Ward, Ute (2016-05-05)There has long been a debate about the benefit of research-rich teaching (Hughes, 2005; Chetty and Lubin, 2010). Within early years settings, primary and secondary schools and other educational establishments there is now ... -
Developing your practice through engaging with educational literature.
Fuller, Lara; Taylor, Hilary; Roberts, Amanda (SAGE Publications, 2012) -
Distributed Leadership and Social Justice (DLSJ) : UK National Review
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda (EPNoSL, 2013-05)This national review forms part of the Distributed Leadership and Social Justice (DLSJ) study undertaken by the University of Hertfordshire (UH) team. The DLSJ study constitutes the UK contribution to the group researching ... -
Distributed Leadership and Social Justice : A case study investigation of distributed leadership and the extent to which it promotes social justice and democratic practices (UK)
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda (European Policy Network on School Leadership, 2013-12)The concept of distributed leadership has come to have increasing influence in the last decade or so, attracting much scholarly exploration and research, generating diverse definitions and understandings. The theoretical ... -
Distributed Leadership and Social Justice : Images and meanings from different positions across the school landscape
Woods, Philip; Roberts, Amanda (2016-03-14)This paper reports data from a study investigating distributed leadership (DL) and its relationship to social justice and democratic values. The research comprised a case study of a UK secondary school, which describes ... -
Do I need an academic identity?
Roberts, Amanda (Critical Publishing Ltd, 2014-10-15) -
Eczema Care Online: development and qualitative optimisation of an online behavioural intervention to support self-management in young people with eczema
Greenwell, Kate; Ghio, Daniela; Sivyer, Katy; Steele, Mary; Teasdale, Emma; Ridd, Matthew J; Roberts, Amanda; Chalmers, Joanne R; Lawton, Sandra; Langan, Sinead; Cowdell, Fiona; Le Roux, Emma; Wilczynska, Sylvia; Jones, Hannah; Whittaker, Emilia; Williams, HC; Thomas, Kim Suzanne; Yardley, Lucy; Santer, Miriam; Muller, Ingrid (2022-04-20)Objectives: To describe the development of Eczema Care Online (ECO), an online behaviour change intervention for young people with eczema (phase I); and explore and optimise the acceptability of ECO among this target group ... -
Embodied leadership: A Perspective on Reciprocal Body Movement
Payne, Helen; Jääskeläinen , Pauliina (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023-11-17)This chapter explores the concept of embodied leadership and its ontological and epistemological underpinnings in educational and other organisational settings. Embodiment, derived from phenomenology, emphasises body-mind ... -
Enabling students to participate in school improvement through a students as researchers programme
Roberts, Amanda; Nash, J. (2009)This paper explores students’ potential to make a difference to their school through a Students as Researchers programme. It begins by discussing the impetus for the current increase in student voice initiatives in schools. ... -
An exploration of the development of academic identity in a School of Education
White, Elizabeth; Roberts, Amanda; Rees, Mary; Read, Mary (2014)This paper explores the complex processes involved in the self-construction of academic identity in a UK School of Education. Building on seminal literature in this field and drawing on the research of four academics, it ... -
Exploring professional knowledge-building through an inter-school visits programme
Roberts, Amanda (2011)This paper explores the learning arising from a pilot inter-school visits programme in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Teachers from two schools undertook a series of visits with the aim of developing learning and teaching in ... -
From artmaking to changemaking: Conceptualizing the PATCH (Palliative care patient-led change) programme
Roberts, Amanda (2021-08-17)This article charts the learning from an online, artmaking programme supporting individuals with a life-limiting illness. The programme sought to fill a gap caused by the temporary closure of face-to-face UK hospice-based ... -
Gambling disorder in the UK: key research priorities and the urgent need for independent research funding
Bowden-Jones, Henrietta; Hook, Roxanne; Grant, Jon E; Ioannidis, Konstantinos; Corazza, Ornella; Fineberg, Naomi; Singer, Bryan; Roberts, Amanda; Bethlehem, Richard; Dymond, Simon; Romero-Garcia, Rafael; Robbins, Trevor; Cortese, Samuele; Thomas, Shane; Sahakian, Barbara J.; Dowling, Nicki; Chamberlain, Samuel R. (2022-04-15)Gambling in the modern era is pervasive owing to the variety of gambling opportunities available, including those that use technology (eg, online applications on smartphones). Although many people gamble recreationally ...