http://hdl.handle.net/2173/1769 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:13:14 GMT 2013-05-24T00:13:14Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288619 Title: Tom's story: Developing music education with technology Authors: Savage, Jonathan Abstract: Tom is a keen, young guitarist. When traditional methods of musical instruction failed, he sought out alternative approaches using online social tools. These transformed his learning, engaged him and helped him develop his playing in significant ways. Tom's story is unremarkable in many respects. However, on reflection, it does reveal four important ideas that will continue to drive forward music education. First, the Internet is the most powerful technology available to us today; second, making and learning is all about connecting; third, teachers and learners need to be careful about the technologies they choose to use in their work; and, finally, curriculum development is inextricably tied to teacher development. In the United Kingdom, music education as a core entitlement for all young people as part of their formal education is under threat. The development of a rich, varied, broad and balanced curriculum and the skilful, professional role that teachers play in delivering this are inextricably linked. As teachers and researchers, we have a responsibility not to fail young people like Tom. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Journal of music, technology and education, published by and copyright Intellect Ltd. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288619 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288607 Title: Supporting statistical literacy: What do culturally relevant/realistic tasks show us about the nature of pupil engagement with statistics? Authors: Carvalho, Carolina; Solomon, Yvette Abstract: The Portuguese curriculum has recently moved away from a focus on individual subject disciplines towards the development of cross-disciplinary competencies for civic life, including the development of statistical literacy in application to everyday problems. Students are encouraged to draw on their own interests to collect and organize data sets in support of intra- and inter-disciplinary problem solving, reasoning and communication. In this paper we investigate this conception of the development of statistical literacy and its relation to ‘real life’ by exploring the talk of three pairs of working-class Portuguese students engaged in a task that was considered to be culturally relevant and realistic, and hence supportive of the development of civic competencies. We analyse what the nature of their talk indicates about the role of identities and dispositions in the way they approach statistics and their application in the real world. We suggest that differences between how each pair of students engages with the tasks illustrate the importance of individual experience and identity in accessing important statistical literacy. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in International journal of educational research, published by and copyright Pergamon. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288607 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288598 Title: Finding a voice? Narrating the female self in mathematics Authors: Solomon, Yvette Abstract: If mathematics is a male domain, where does this leave women who do mathematics? In a world where there is little or no discursive space in which to be female, women who enter in must do identity work in order to achieve what is often an uneasy presence. This paper builds on recent research which suggests that some undergraduate women are however finding new spaces for belonging in the world of mathematics through critical reflection and collective challenge to dominant discourses. Focussing on an analysis of two women’s narratives of their success in mathematics, it explores their multi-voiced accounts of self through the lens of Bakhtin’s dialogism. It discusses the scope of reflexivity in creating new identity spaces in refigured worlds. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Educational studies in mathematics, published by and copyright Springer Netherlands. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288598 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288606 Title: Cultural-historical activity theory and action research Authors: Somekh, Bridget; Nissen, Morten Abstract: The aim of this special issue is to provide a platform for comprehensive and critical discussion of the issues arising from methodology and practice in the experience of those working in the field of socio-cultural research with a cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) and/or action research (AR) orientation. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Mind, culture and activity, published by and copyright Routledge. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/288606 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z