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Staying with the troublemakers: A celebration of research in FE

AoC is delighted to launch Staying with the troublemakers: A celebration of research in FE, a Learning and Skills Research Network (LSRN) publication showcasing practitioner research within the FE sector. This journal brings together a compelling collection of papers following the LSRN national conference of 2023, amplifying its impact and reach.

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Foreword

Julia Belgutay

Preface

Jo Fletcher-Saxon

Introduction

Rachel Terry

Celebrating the story of LSRN

Andrew Morris

Supporting college strategy through social partnership and organisational culture

Mark Addis

Social justice through pedagogic rights, access and widening participation

Samantha Broadhead

Doing data differently: An intersectional, predictive analysis model for informing and supporting social justice for learners in further education

Kerry Heathcote

The use of the thinking environment as a lever for culture change

Kathryn Pogson

Can practitioner-led Action Research re-invigorate professional engagement and development?

Sarah Marshall and Gemma Lyons

An exploration of how daily physical exercise may enhance the sense of well-being and work performance amongst college teachers, from an action research perspective

Gemma Lyons

Networks of enterprises and multifaceted identifies in further education

Abbie Cairns

Rethinking vocational pedagogy: An analysis of occupational culture in Further Education

Amy Woodrow

Pip’s Post-conference Poem (PPOP)

Pip McDonald

What is a poet doing at a conference? A provocation

Pip McDonald

Findings from #AmplifyFE ‘Insights’ research: a practice-focused case study

Lynne Taylerson

Exploring tension within purpose and focus of vocational curriculum for lecturers when using technology enhanced learning

Heidi McWade

Challenging monocultural and monolingual curricula in maths for ESOL: an action research study

Chiara Colombo

Considering trustworthiness in qualitative research: reflections on a study on teaching agriculture in further education

Catherine Lloyd

Learning to read by learning to write

Marc Denervaux

Communication, numeracy and digital literacy in the workplace

Anne Reardon-James

Applying design thinking ‘immersion’ to planning in GCSE maths FE resits

Jane Kay

How maths self-beliefs affect maths performance: Quantifying the impact of teachers and individual factors on FE students’ maths anxiety and self-efficacy

Masha Apostolidu

Origami as a reflexive medium for educators: fostering creativity and wellbeing in the post-pandemic era

Joyce I-Hui Chen

And colleges: the rise of the practitioner researcher as resistance in England’s further education sector

Laura Kayes and Lou Mycroft

Coda

Christina Donovan