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Eating your life-script: anchoring identity

Academia Letters, 2021

'You are what you eat!' if this were simply a matter of consuming adequate nutrients, no-one woul... more 'You are what you eat!' if this were simply a matter of consuming adequate nutrients, no-one would argue. But food consumption is more than nutrition: it involves social interactions, cultural rituals, culinary knowledge, and the instrumental expression of symbolic power. During childhood, the rules associated with eating are absorbed with every mouthful, shaping our sense of identity and belonging. Autobiographic reflection on some memorable childhood incidents will reveal the religious rituals and family beliefs symbolically passed down to me as part of the 'civilising process' of eating meals at home, and some of the mistakes I made when eating with others.

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Bringing a lemon to a lifer: tutoring in prison

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 13596740902921414, May 28, 2009

... Taking a lemon into prison as a visual aid for a tutorial will serve to illustrate the intend... more

Forbidden knowledge: the research process in a further education setting

Research in Post Compulsory Education, 1997

Abstract This article examines, through a process of self-reflection, the action of research as a... more

Incarcerated Students

Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide, 2013

Numbers and narratives: what can schoolteachers tell us about college drop-out?

Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004

Student drop-out is a complex phenomenon; this paper addresses some dysfunctional precursors, whi... more Student drop-out is a complex phenomenon; this paper addresses some dysfunctional precursors, which may predispose college students to drop out of further education. These precursors are seen in the light of institutional failure to transmit appropriate, positive values to children in schools, in respect of vocational education and training. Two methods of investigation have been employed: a correlation study between school performance and college drop-out, and a narrative analysis, which 'imaginatively' exploits the practical-wisdom of teachers to determine why this correlation exists. The proposed solution suggested by this research is one of vertical integration, incorporating a life-long learning approach, connecting schools with FE colleges and the world of work. The dualistic method itself is also spotlighted to evaluate the policy and practice challenges it suggests.

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Dropouts

Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide, 2013

Bringing a lemon to a lifer: tutoring in prison

Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2009

... Taking a lemon into prison as a visual aid for a tutorial will serve to illustrate the intend... more

My mums

Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 1999

This research started sometime before the author became involved in a trans-national project to d... more This research started sometime before the author became involved in a trans-national project to develop a vocational curriculum suitable for young, teenage mothers. When the project closed it had been successful but it was apparent that more work was needed in the field of measuring the seemingly unmeasurable. This article seeks to address some of the gender and pedagogic issues uncovered during the development and progress of the project as well as looking at the social consequences of the study from the reflective, post-modern practitioner's position. Evaluation of projects routinely occurs during and immediately after delivery, rather like health screening and post-mortem in medicine. According to a recent study, only 11% of researchers start their evaluation processes before a project commences. This study seeks to combine such pre-research evaluation with the post-hoc, using the project itself as a 'sounding board' for the evaluative process.

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Eating your life-script: anchoring identity

Academia Letters, 2021

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Bringing a lemon to a lifer: tutoring in prison

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 13596740902921414, May 28, 2009

... Taking a lemon into prison as a visual aid for a tutorial will serve to illustrate the intend... more

Forbidden knowledge: the research process in a further education setting

Research in Post Compulsory Education, 1997

Abstract This article examines, through a process of self-reflection, the action of research as a... more

Incarcerated Students

Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide, 2013