Calling All Working Class Student Teachers in Wales
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Help improve support for working-class ITE students in Wales by taking part in a PhD study.
Taking part is voluntary and anonymous.
For more information contact me at:
Jamie James ([email protected])
Taking part is voluntary and anonymous.
For more information contact me at:
Jamie James ([email protected])
Are working-class teachers visible or invisible? What are the pros and cons of sharing your background with the learners in your class and would you do it? If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story [email protected]
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Are working-class teachers visible or invisible? What are the pros and cons of sharing your background with the learners in your class and would you do it? If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story [email protected]
Education is a minefield for working-class parents, but the literature suggests it isn’t easy for middle-class parents either - www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1.... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Share your story - contact me on [email protected].
Class Strategies and the Education Market | The Middle Classes and Soc
Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes maintain and improve their social advantages in and through
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October 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Education is a minefield for working-class parents, but the literature suggests it isn’t easy for middle-class parents either - www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1.... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Share your story - contact me on [email protected].
Crossing class boundaries requires psychological effort and discomfort. Can we ever develop or climb the social ladder without being uncomfortable, do you think? Working-class student in Wales? Share your story by taking part in a study - [email protected].
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Crossing class boundaries requires psychological effort and discomfort. Can we ever develop or climb the social ladder without being uncomfortable, do you think? Working-class student in Wales? Share your story by taking part in a study - [email protected].
If you are interested in working-class culture, read Paul Willis’ ‘Common Culture’; the insights it presents are still as relevant now as they were 35 years ago when it was written. Working-class student in Wales? Contact me at [email protected]. to take part in a study.
October 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If you are interested in working-class culture, read Paul Willis’ ‘Common Culture’; the insights it presents are still as relevant now as they were 35 years ago when it was written. Working-class student in Wales? Contact me at [email protected]. to take part in a study.
Is identity a product of our experiences, or is it imposed on us by those in power? If the latter, who are ‘they’ and who gave them their identity? Working-class student teacher in Wales? Share your story and your identity - contact me at [email protected].
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Is identity a product of our experiences, or is it imposed on us by those in power? If the latter, who are ‘they’ and who gave them their identity? Working-class student teacher in Wales? Share your story and your identity - contact me at [email protected].
Looking for PhD-related advice on the web has become a minefield; so many ‘essay mills’ pretending to be ‘free resource’ web pages. Before you click, beware… . Working-class student teachers in Wales, take part in a study. Contact me at [email protected].
October 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Looking for PhD-related advice on the web has become a minefield; so many ‘essay mills’ pretending to be ‘free resource’ web pages. Before you click, beware… . Working-class student teachers in Wales, take part in a study. Contact me at [email protected].
Has critique become self-referential and what is its value in social research? See some thoughts at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1.... If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
Taking Sides in Social Research | Essays on Partisanship and Bias | Ma
In the past it was generally taken for granted that the goal of social research was the production of objective knowledge; and that this required a commitment
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October 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Has critique become self-referential and what is its value in social research? See some thoughts at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1.... If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
Social constructivism vs social constructionism - what’s in a word and what is the difference? See www.scirp.org/journal/pape.... If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - contact me at [email protected].
Epistemological and Pedagogical Concerns of Constructionism Relating to the Educational Practices
Explore the power of social constructs and knowledge construction in education. Discover how implementing a Constructionist perspective can bring desirable changes to the contemporary world.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Social constructivism vs social constructionism - what’s in a word and what is the difference? See www.scirp.org/journal/pape.... If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - contact me at [email protected].
Researchers, for years now, Braun and Clarke have set the standard for qualitative thematic analysis. Do we always choose their model for our research consciously, or are we ‘following the crowd’. Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Researchers, for years now, Braun and Clarke have set the standard for qualitative thematic analysis. Do we always choose their model for our research consciously, or are we ‘following the crowd’. Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
Narrating a story requires the ability to interact & to string events together to form a plot. For those who cannot do that, there are ways around this, such as photovoice. Working-class student teacher in Wales with a story to narrate? Take part in a study - [email protected].
October 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Narrating a story requires the ability to interact & to string events together to form a plot. For those who cannot do that, there are ways around this, such as photovoice. Working-class student teacher in Wales with a story to narrate? Take part in a study - [email protected].
It isn’t just student teachers who find professional transition a struggle, spare a thought for new initial teacher educators in university too - see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
Becoming a teacher educator: evidence from the field
This article makes a contribution to understanding the challenges new teacher educators face in establishing their professional identities in Higher E…
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October 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It isn’t just student teachers who find professional transition a struggle, spare a thought for new initial teacher educators in university too - see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities... - Interesting comment here on education for working-class children. Do you agree? Working-class student teacher in Wales? Take part in a study - [email protected].
The chronic miseducation of working class children in the UK
A regime of “teaching to the test”, harsh discipline and a narrow curriculum is robbing working class children of a good education and tools for self-expression
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October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities... - Interesting comment here on education for working-class children. Do you agree? Working-class student teacher in Wales? Take part in a study - [email protected].
Ever heard of Bourdieu? He is responsible for one of the most groundbreaking developments in understanding social class and class practices in the last 100 years and worth a read. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Ever heard of Bourdieu? He is responsible for one of the most groundbreaking developments in understanding social class and class practices in the last 100 years and worth a read. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
Headline rates of poverty have 'flatlined' in Wales in the last two decades. See www.jrf.org.uk/poverty-in-w.... Working class teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
Poverty in Wales 2025
Very deep poverty is rising in Wales. More people using food banks, unable to heat their homes, or living in temporary accommodation, means the human cost and impact on public services is huge.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Headline rates of poverty have 'flatlined' in Wales in the last two decades. See www.jrf.org.uk/poverty-in-w.... Working class teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
Good read - The Hidden Injuries of Social Class by Sennett and Cobb has been around for more than 50 years, but still offers insights that are as pertinent today as they ever were (if not more so). Working-class student teacher in Wales? Take part in a study - [email protected].
September 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Good read - The Hidden Injuries of Social Class by Sennett and Cobb has been around for more than 50 years, but still offers insights that are as pertinent today as they ever were (if not more so). Working-class student teacher in Wales? Take part in a study - [email protected].
They say that social class is largely hidden from public discourse these days. I am not so sure, however. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, have your say by taking part in a study. Contact me to participate - [email protected].
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
They say that social class is largely hidden from public discourse these days. I am not so sure, however. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, have your say by taking part in a study. Contact me to participate - [email protected].
When is a narrative no longer a narrative? Stories can be found not only in written texts but in paintings too (and a lot more besides). Think about Picasso’s ‘Guernica’, for example. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
When is a narrative no longer a narrative? Stories can be found not only in written texts but in paintings too (and a lot more besides). Think about Picasso’s ‘Guernica’, for example. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
Climbing the social ladder sounds positive (and it is), but it can bring with it feelings of betrayal, imposter syndrome and self-consciousness. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
September 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Climbing the social ladder sounds positive (and it is), but it can bring with it feelings of betrayal, imposter syndrome and self-consciousness. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, tell your story - [email protected].
Did you now that the social class we think we are can have more impact than our socioeconomic reality? Find out more by taking part in a study for working-class student teachers in Wales - [email protected].
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Did you now that the social class we think we are can have more impact than our socioeconomic reality? Find out more by taking part in a study for working-class student teachers in Wales - [email protected].
Some working-class student teachers seem to act as ‘chameleons’ when training, occupying different social class-spaces and keeping a foot in all camps www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
Chameleoning to fit in? Working class student teachers in Ireland performing differential social class identities in their placement schools
This paper is about social class and the teaching profession. While class has long been a core focus in the Sociology of Education, little attention has been paid to how it is conceived and enacted...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Some working-class student teachers seem to act as ‘chameleons’ when training, occupying different social class-spaces and keeping a foot in all camps www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
When is free-will not actually free? Social mobility is supposed to be fair and equal, but working class students at university tend to do worse than their middle-class peers in general. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
When is free-will not actually free? Social mobility is supposed to be fair and equal, but working class students at university tend to do worse than their middle-class peers in general. If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales? Tell your story - [email protected].
Are you an ‘omniscient narrator’ or an ‘unreliable’ one? If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, find out - take part in a study - [email protected].
July 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Are you an ‘omniscient narrator’ or an ‘unreliable’ one? If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, find out - take part in a study - [email protected].
Living standards are apparently on the rise, but more of us feel working-class now than 40 years ago - see www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc.... If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, take part in a study - [email protected]
We’re all working class now
More Brits feel “working class” than 40 years ago, according to a major study seen exclusively by the New Statesman.
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July 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Living standards are apparently on the rise, but more of us feel working-class now than 40 years ago - see www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc.... If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, take part in a study - [email protected]
In stories, you may have heard of antagonists and protagonists, but what about deuteragonists? Who are the deuteragonists in your story? If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, find out by taking part in a study - [email protected].
July 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
In stories, you may have heard of antagonists and protagonists, but what about deuteragonists? Who are the deuteragonists in your story? If you are a working-class student teacher in Wales, find out by taking part in a study - [email protected].
Life stories are full of sequences of redemption & contamination, or the positive and negative ways we interpret the challenges we have faced in our past. Working-class student teacher in Wales? Find out how redemptive your story is by taking part in a study - [email protected].
July 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Life stories are full of sequences of redemption & contamination, or the positive and negative ways we interpret the challenges we have faced in our past. Working-class student teacher in Wales? Find out how redemptive your story is by taking part in a study - [email protected].