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In December 2017 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education in Wales commissioned WISERD to undertake an independent review of the implications for Estyn following the significant changes taking place in Wales through the development of a new curriculum together with a wide range of education reforms. The report written as a result of this review…

Erthygl yng nghofnodolyn Gwerddon, Rhifyn 26. Mae’r Cyfnod Sylfaen (CS) yn gwricwlwm statudol ym mhob ysgol gynradd y wladwriaeth yng Nghymru ers 2008. Mae’r bedagogeg yn ddatblygiadol, ac yn annog y plant i ymddiddori drwy ddysgu drwy brofiadau. Mae’r papur hwn yn rhan o werthusiad ehangach o’r CS a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2012, ac mae’n ystyried…

The article draws upon Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and cultural capital to provide an in-depth analysis of the gender differences in students’ motivation for undertaking postgraduate (PG) education in Mainland China. It reports an in-depth case study comprising 381 questionnaires and 30 semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data show that students who enter PG education do…

Lansiwyd Addysg WISERD yn 2012 er mwyn newid tirlun ymchwil addysgol yng Nghymru. Prif nodau’r Rhaglen oedd: • gwella’r capasiti i gynnal ymchwil addysgol o ansawdd o fewn y sector addysg uwch yng Nghymru; • ymgymryd â gweithgareddau ymchwil sydd â’r nod o wella ansawdd dysgu a safonau addysgu ac addysg athrawon yng Nghymru; •…

This paper focuses on the ‘mainstreaming’ of charities into schools. There have been growing concerns about the permeation of business and business values in education, but relatively little attention has been paid to the ways in which schools are increasingly engaged in the ‘business’ of fundraising for charities. Drawing on survey data from the WISERDEducation…

Since the Research Excellence Framework of 2014 (REF2014) ‘impact’ has created a conceptual conundrum gradually being pieced together by academics across the Higher Education sector. Emerging narratives and counter-narratives focus upon its role in dictating institutional reputation and funding to universities. However, not only does literature exploring impact, rather than ‘REF2014 impact’ per se, seldom…

This paper presents data that consider ways in which young people experience the curriculum through the lens of subject examination syllabuses (for GCSEs), their associated assessment techniques and structures, and educational policies at national and school level concerning subject choice. Drawing upon an original qualitative dataset from a mixed-methods study of students’ views and experiences…

Ym mis Gorffennaf 2017, penododd Llywodraeth Cymru OB3 Research, ar y cyd â WISERD, i gynnal gwerthusiad o Rwydwaith Seren. Gallwch ei lawrlwytho yma Comisiynwyd gwerthusiad ffurfiannol a phroses o’r Rhwydwaith Seren i lywio penderfyniadau ynghylch y meini prawf ar gyfer cyfranogiad pobl ifanc a dylunio darpariaeth y rhaglen ar lefel genedlaethol a lleol. Amcanion…

There is a growing amount of evidence on children’s subjective well-being in general, but research on this topic with younger children is still scarce. In the UK, Wave 4 of the Millennium Cohort Study asked questions about positive and negative affect to a nationally representative sample of over 13,000 children aged around seven years old….

This paper uses data from a mixed-methods research project which explored the views and experiences of students in Northern Ireland and Wales on the assessment and reform of GCSEs. The research found that while students were generally supportive of the substance of the reforms in each region, they raised concerns about the rapid pace of…