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Insider-outsider-inbetweener? Researcher positioning, participative methods and cross-cultural educational research
Lizzi Milligan
Mar 01, 2016
This article reflects on the use of participative techniques with final-year secondary school students in one rural community in Western Kenya as an enabling tool for an outsider to both gain insider perspectives and develop a...
‘They are not serious like the boys’
Lizzi Milligan
Jan 01, 0001
This paper reconsiders urban–rural and modern–traditional dichotomies by exploring the multiple and contested gendered issues that secondary school girls face in rural Kisii, Western Kenya. Findings are drawn from a qualitative...
Insider-outsider-inbetweener? Researcher positioning, participative methods and cross-cultural educational research
Lizzi Milligan
Mar 01, 2016
This article reflects on the use of participative techniques with final-year secondary school students in one rural community in Western Kenya as an enabling tool for an outsider to both gain insider perspectives and develop a...
‘They are not serious like the boys’
Lizzi Milligan
Jan 01, 0001
This paper reconsiders urban–rural and modern–traditional dichotomies by exploring the multiple and contested gendered issues that secondary school girls face in rural Kisii, Western Kenya. Findings are drawn from a qualitative...
Convincing Students? Quantitative Junkies, Avoiders and Converts on a Cross-Disciplinary Course Using Quantitative Narratives
Amidst growing concern about the shortage of social science undergraduate students with even basic quantitative methods skills, student apprehension is recognised as a barrier to learning quantitative methods. A recent...
Amidst growing concern about the shortage of social science undergraduate students with even basic quantitative methods skills, student apprehension is recognised as a barrier to learning quantitative methods. A recent...
Understanding the role of learning and teaching support materials in enabling learning for all
There are many assumptions about the ways in which textbooks and other learning and teaching support materials (LTSM) can contribute to improved learning outcomes in many international contexts. These can focus on ways that they...
Lands DSS
Decision support systems (DSSs) are used in precision farming to address climate and environmental changes due to human action. However, increments in the amount of data produced continuously by the latest sensor and satellite...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Broodmother
This chapter asks, “What is it like to be a public school teacher in a school that doesn't allow for adequate bathroom breaks?” Using van Manen's interpretive phenomenological methodology, the authors analyzed interviews from...
Research Methods Education Curriculum Development and Instructional Design Library and Information Science Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Exploring the potential for language supportive learning in English Medium Instruction
This article puts forward the argument for language supportive learning for learners in English medium instruction (EMI) classrooms based on the findings from a mixed methods study in Rwanda. The article first reviews the...
Education quality and the Kenyan 8-4-4 curriculum
Lizzi O. Milligan
Jun 01, 2017
This article explores the implementation of Kenyan secondary education in rural Western Kenya, focusing on learners’ experiences. One of the key challenges to educational quality is shown to be the size and breadth of the...
EEB Project System Integration and Technology Sperimentation Matrix
Francesca Ugliotti
Jan 15, 2021
Today an increasing number of cities are equipping themselves with three-dimensional urban modelling and simulation platforms for energy management to integrate both spatial and semantic data for enabling better decision-making....
Urban & Regional Development Physical Sciences and Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Virtual Representations for Cybertherapy
Francesca Ugliotti
Jun 30, 2022
The development of serious games has enabled new challenges for the healthcare sector in psychological, cognitive, and motor rehabilitation. Thanks to virtual reality, stimulating and interactive experiences can be reproduced in...
Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality Social Sciences and Humanities Human Aspects of Technology Computer Science and Information Technology Media and Communications
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Digital Participatory Platforms for Urban Regeneration
Despite the increase in the globally connected population, there is still a high percentage of European citizens who do not have basic digital skills. In the era of smart cities, the Digital Divide affects the possibility for...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Convincing Students? Quantitative Junkies, Avoiders and Converts on a Cross-Disciplinary Course Using Quantitative Narratives
Amidst growing concern about the shortage of social science undergraduate students with even basic quantitative methods skills, student apprehension is recognised as a barrier to learning quantitative methods. A recent...
Amidst growing concern about the shortage of social science undergraduate students with even basic quantitative methods skills, student apprehension is recognised as a barrier to learning quantitative methods. A recent...
Understanding the role of learning and teaching support materials in enabling learning for all
There are many assumptions about the ways in which textbooks and other learning and teaching support materials (LTSM) can contribute to improved learning outcomes in many international contexts. These can focus on ways that they...
Textbook availability and use in Rwandan basic education
Textbooks and related learning materials, such as workbooks and teacher guides, are widely assumed to be key inputs in effective schooling systems. Some recent statistical analyses have challenged the validity of such...
Education quality and the Kenyan 8-4-4 curriculum
Lizzi O. Milligan
Jun 01, 2017
This article explores the implementation of Kenyan secondary education in rural Western Kenya, focusing on learners’ experiences. One of the key challenges to educational quality is shown to be the size and breadth of the...
Towards a social and epistemic justice approach for exploring the injustices of English as a Medium of Instruction in basic education
Lizzi O. Milligan
Dec 31, 2022
There are millions of children attending English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) government schools for their basic education. The vast majority of these are in countries across the Global South. In these contexts, EMI policy...
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