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Any Time? Any Place? The impact on student learning of an on-line learning environment.
Jefferies, A.; Thornton, M.E.; Doolan, M.; Parkhurst, S.; Alltree, J. (ACTA Press, 2005)An increasing number of HE institutions are adopting virtual and managed learning environments (VLEs and MLEs), which offer flexible access to on-line learning materials all day and every day. There are multiple claims ... -
Changing Pedagogy: Does the Introduction of Networked Learning Have an Impact on Teaching
Thornton, M.E.; Jefferies, A.; Jones, I.; Alltree, J.; Leinonen, E. (2004)The University of Hertfordshire s Managed Learning Environment initiative, known as StudyNet, was developed in-house. Throughout the development, the enhancement of learning and teaching quality has remained a central ... -
Diversity and social integration on higher education campuses in India and the UK : student and staff perspectives
Thornton, M.E.; Bricheno, P.; Iyer, P.; Reid, I.; Wankhede, G.; Green, R. (2010)This paper reports findings from the first year of a UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), 'Widening participation: Diversity, isolation or integration in Higher Education?' Over a three-year period this ... -
Do Children with autism who pass false-belief tasks understand the mind as active interpreter
Luckett, T.; Powell, S.D.; Messer, D.J.; Thornton, M.E.; Schulz, J. (2002) -
Educational approaches in autism : What we know about what to do
Tutt, R.; Powell, S.D.; Thornton, M.E. (2006)There has been little attempt to relate well-known educational approaches in autism to increased psychological understanding about the condition. This paper addresses that gap. Four discrete educational approaches to autism ... -
Enhancing learning and teaching through funded, in-house, learning and teaching projects: A report on a research project
Thornton, M.E.; Bonner, D. (2006)In the current quality enhancement climate that dates back to Dearing (NCIHE, 1997), many universities are encouraging their staff to research into their own teaching practice, to innovate and to disseminate new ideas, ... -
Entrances and exits: changing perceptions of primary teaching as a career for men
Thornton, M.E.; Bricheno, P. (2008)The number of men in teaching has always been small, particularly in early childhood, but those that do come into teaching usually do so for the same reasons as women, namely enjoyment of working with children, of wanting ... -
Evaluating the benefits of web-based learning with academic staff
Jefferies, A.; Thornton, M.E.; Alltree, J.; Jones, I. (2004)The provision of Managed Learning Environments (MLEs) to organize web based learning have sprung up in universities and other Higher Education institutions across a number of countries in recent years. Some MLEs use ... -
Getting diverse students and staff to talk about integration on campus, and what they say when they do: A UK-India collaborative case study.
Thornton, M.E.; Bricheno, P.; Iyer, P.; Reid, I.; Wankhede, G.; Green, R. (EERA, 2009)This paper reports the early stages of a UKIERI-funded project, ‘Widening Participation: Diversity, isolation or integration in Higher Education?’.The project is concerned with greater equity, social justice, community and ... -
Introducing web based learning: An investigation into its impact on university lecturers and their pedagogy
Jefferies, A.; Thornton, M.E.; Alltree, J.; Jones, I. (2004) -
Men into primary teaching: who goes where Dilemmas of entry, survival and career prospects
Thornton, M.E. (1999)Concern about the under achievement of boys during compulsory schooling has been linked to the scarcity of male role models within primary teaching and is influential in current initiatives to attract more men into primary ... -
Men, pre-service training, and the implications for continuing professional development
Thornton, M.E. (2001) -
Missing Men in Education
Thornton, M.E.; Bricheno, P. (Trentham Books, 2006)This book reports on the ten years' research by the authors into men in teaching. There is much concern about boys' underachievement in schools compared to girls. But attributing this to the dearth of men in teaching is ... -
Open All Hours - Do students really want to access on-line learning 24/7?
Jefferies, A.; Thornton, M.E.; Doolan, M.; Parkhurst, S.; Alltree, J. (Association for Learning Technology, 2004)An increasing number of HE institutions are adopting virtual and managed learning environments (VLEs and MLEs), which offer flexible access to on-line learning materials all day and every day. There are multiple claims ... -
Primary Teacher Recruitment: Careers Guidance and Advice
Thornton, M.E.; Reid, I. (2001) -
Primary teachers and the primary curriculum
Thornton, M.E. (1995) -
Primary teachers careers in England and Wales: the relationship between gender, role, position and promotion aspirations
Thornton, M.E.; Bricheno, P. (2000)This study explores gender differences in UK primary teachers’ perceptions of their careers, through a national questionnaire survey and follow-up interviews. It is framed by reference to Weiner’s three main components of ... -
Role model, hero or champion? Children's views concerning role models
Bricheno, P.; Thornton, M.E. (2007) -
A rose by any other name: Teaching primary teachers citizenship, or PSE, or Social studies
Thornton, M.E. (2002) -
Staff gender Balance in Primary Schools
Bricheno, P.; Thornton, M.E. (2002)