CSPACE Blog
The Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE) is a community of researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students committed to exploring culture and practice across a wide spectrum of educational settings. This blog will offer insight into our inventive and creative approaches to research, as well as promoting our work on inclusion and social justice across a range of educational fields.
The place of teacher assessment in Primary School statutory testing
Considerations of how teacher assessment is (or is not) used in Primary schools to inform end of Primary Schools asses...
The Research Garden: finding your way through the undergrowth and having the courage to try
Conceptualising and planning a research project from scratch is a challenge. Applying for funding to support your idea...
Threshold concepts and formative assessment within Key Stage 3 group composing
This blog draws on the notion of threshold concepts focusing on the Key Stage 3 group composing context. Using video-r...
Moments of Light: Loss, Work and Research
This blog post shares the moments of success I have found as an educator and doctoral student during the period of lock...
Critical Perspective 2: Formative Presentations
This blog listing is about my experiences as the module lead on Critical Perspective 2, a module on School of Educatio...
Holiday food programmes and food insecurity prevention- recommendations for delivery.
A PhD researcher shares her observations on the importance of considering tastes and preferences when delivering holid...
Home schooling; Children; Families; School; Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
This article discusses a new project that aims to explore the experiences of children with SEND and their parents durin...
Crossing boundaries: reflections on being an academic and a writer of fiction
This blog explores the experience of an academic who spent a year writing fiction and highlights the ways in which both...
Lockdown in Theory
The purpose of this piece is to encourage readers to reflect on the source/s of their theory and to critique the need ...
Research Informed Teaching
Research informed teaching focuses on enhancing the knowledge of students through research, teaching students to develo...