Daniel Muijs
Biographic Data
| ID | 2747908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Muijs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Muijs |
| SIGNATURE | MUIJS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0131-8921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
How school leadership and innovation shape instructional pathways to student achievement across nations
Educational leadership, innovation and teaching play essential roles in shaping student achievement. However, extant literature primarily has relied on linear modelling approaches and has not focused on substantively testing a theory. The present study employs multilevel structural equation modelling (ML-SEM) and multilevel decision trees (MLM trees) to investigate associations between school leadership, team innovation, cognitive activation and …
Education Research in ‘Interesting Times’
It is no secret to any of us that the world we live in is going through a great deal of turbulence, with the impact of COVID-19 lingering and social and political change occurring across continents [...]
Quality in School Trusts
Recent decades have seen the emergence of new forms of governance in education. Market-oriented education policies have seen schools removed from local government oversight, and instead sees them run by independent school trusts. This begs the question of what effectiveness and quality in a trust framework mean. In this paper, we review the literature from four countries with relatively comparable trust structures: England, the Netherlands, Swede…
Small Change, Big Difference
Sometimes a small change can make a big difference [...]
School leadership development and academic achievement
Many education systems face declining levels of academic achievement. Consequently, educational policymakers and practitioners alike are seeking ways to improve academic performance. This study examines the effectiveness of a specific school leadership development programme in the Netherlands called the High Performing Schools (HPS) programme. The HPS programme is a continuing professional development (CPD) initiative focused on evidence-informed…
Postgraduate student satisfaction
Student satisfaction has received growing attention in Higher Education systems in recent years, and are increasingly used for internal and external accountability in the sector. This does leave us with questions on the extent to which variance in student satisfaction can be explained by Higher Education Institution (HEI) and course attended rather than by individual student characteristics; and on what factors may predict student satisfaction. I…
Can schools reduce bullying? The relationship between school characteristics and the prevalence of bullying behaviours
BackgroundBullying remains a persistent phenomenon in schools, but the extent to which day-to-day policies and practices relate to bullying prevalence has not been widely studied. In this study, we use an educational effectiveness framework to interrogate this relationship.AimsThe aim was to study the relationship between school factors and prevalence of bullying in primary schools. We hypothesize that school conditions (e.g., size), school polic…
La mejora y la eficacia de las escuelas en zonas desfavorecidas
El autor realiza una revisión de la literatura sobre la eficacia y la mejora de escuelas situadas en zonas desfavorecidas. A partir de esta revisión extrae una serie de elementos que otros estudios han revelado como claves en el éxito de estos procesos, sea cual sea el entorno en el que se ubique la escuela; pero también encuentra ciertos factores que únicamente surgen en entornos socio-económicamente deprivados.Descriptores: eficacia escolar - m…
Collaboration and Networking Among Rural Schools
School-to-school collaboration as a school improvement method has grown in importance in England in recent years, and there is some evidence that such collaboration can have a positive impact on both capacity to change and student attainment. Most previous work in the area has focused on the urban context, however, despite the fact that increasing numbers of underperforming rural schools might benefit from collaboration. In this paper we examine …
State of the art – teacher effectiveness and professional learning
One of the key findings from decades of educational effectiveness research is the importance of the classroom level as a predictor of pupil outcomes. In this review, we therefore look at synthesising our best evidence from research on effective teaching, and its corollary, teacher development. In the 1st section, we will look at key findings from 35 years of research on effective teaching using a process-product research that has led to the ident…
Inequalities in the education system and the reproduction of socioeconomic disparities in voting in England, Denmark and Germany
This article performs exploratory research using a mixed-methods approach (structural equation modelling and a thematic analysis of interview data) to analyse the ways in which socioeconomic disparities in voting patterns are reproduced through inequalities in education in different national contexts, and the role of self-efficacy in this process. The evidence suggests that in Germany and England students with lower socioeconomic status (SES) hav…
Corrupt language, corrupt thought
This article deconstructs the language of the 2010 UK Coalition Government's White Paper, The Importance of Teaching . It uses analytical frameworks related to rhetoric established by Aristotle and Cicero. It explores the mechanisms of language using both critical discourse analysis and content analysis, offering quantitative data on the content of the paper and qualitative data on the literary strategies employed. It is concerned not only with h…
Attainment gap and responsible factors
The population in Cyprus, a recent European Union member, has become much more heterogeneous during the past decade. Here, we examine the attainment patterns of minority and native students enrolled in six secondary schools from different cities in Cyprus, and identify factors responsible for these patterns. The combination of examined factors has not, to our knowledge, taken place in previous studies. Findings confirm that ethnic minority groups…
Factors affecting ethnic minority students’ attainment in secondary schools in Cyprus
This is the first study in Cyprus aiming to gain insight into the factors responsible for the low attainment of ethnic minority students observed in earlier studies. Teachers from different schools and cities on the island participated in a focus group discussion. Identified factors related to the child, parents, home environment, teachers, school, and society. Examination of these factors revealed that the socio?economic status of the family and…
Where are we at? An empirical study of levels and methods of evaluating continuing professional development
Continuing professional development (CPD) is increasingly becoming recognised as important for all professionals in order to maintain and develop their competence. Many professions, especially in the health field, require evidence of CPD in order for professionals to be granted continuing registration as practitioners. Given its accreditation as well as developmental uses, it is important that CPD is evaluated. The present study examines the usef…
English Model of Gifted and Talented Education
This chapter outlines the prevailing model of gifted and talented education in England and to analyze the challenges and opportunities it faces. The English model was formulated in 1999, and implementation effectively started in 2002 with the establishment of the government funded National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth at the University of Warwick. The approach used to deliver gifted education in England is intended to be integrated in tw…
Teacher led school improvement
Primary modern foreign languages
There has never been a UK-wide policy for primary modern foreign language provision
Improving Schools in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Areas ? A Review of Research Evidence
Schools in difficult and challenging circumstances have received increasing policy and to some extent research attention in recent years. Improving schools in these circumstances is likely to prove a difficult process. This literature review has attempted to collect research on improving schools in these areas. Themes emerging from the literature include: a focus on teaching and learning, leadership, creating an information-rich environment, crea…
How Do they Manage
This article presents the findings from a review of literature on leadership in early childhood (EC). It identifies a paucity of research, despite a high potential for leadership activity in the early childhood field. It concludes that there is a clear need to identify what effective leadership practice is in terms of processes and outcomes within this field. It also concludes that theoretically based studies that allow different models and chara…
Teacher Leadership—Improvement through Empowerment?
As the limitations of the `charismatic head' theories of leadership in schools have become ever more apparent, there has been a move towards teacher leadership, characterized by a form of collective leadership in which teachers develop expertise by working collaboratively. In this article, the possible benefits of teacher leadership are explored, as well as the possible barriers to and opportunities for making teacher leadership work in practice.…
Children and Computer Games
The manifest popularity of computer games for many children has led to speculation about the meaning and effects of their use. However, research has yet to provide an adequate picture of the social characteristics of computer game players. This article, based on a large-scale study of Flemish 10- to 11-year-olds, is intended to sketch a profile of the computer game heavy user. The results indicate that heavy use of computer games is associated wi…
Predictors of academic achievement and academic self-concept
Background. A large body of research supports the existence of an academic achievement-self-concept relationship. Path analyses mostly show academic achievement to be causally predominant in this relationship.Aims. This study aims to replicate these findings among Belgian primary school-age children, controlling for a number of other relevant variables such as school commitment, parental socio-economic status (SES), gender and teacher expectation…
Teacher led school improvement
Inequalities in the education system and the reproduction of socioeconomic disparities in voting in England, Denmark and Germany
This article performs exploratory research using a mixed-methods approach (structural equation modelling and a thematic analysis of interview data) to analyse the ways in which socioeconomic disparities in voting patterns are reproduced through inequalities in education in different national contexts, and the role of self-efficacy in this process. The evidence suggests that in Germany and England students with lower socioeconomic status (SES) hav…
Children and Computer Games
The manifest popularity of computer games for many children has led to speculation about the meaning and effects of their use. However, research has yet to provide an adequate picture of the social characteristics of computer game players. This article, based on a large-scale study of Flemish 10- to 11-year-olds, is intended to sketch a profile of the computer game heavy user. The results indicate that heavy use of computer games is associated wi…
Predictors of academic achievement and academic self-concept
Background. A large body of research supports the existence of an academic achievement-self-concept relationship. Path analyses mostly show academic achievement to be causally predominant in this relationship.Aims. This study aims to replicate these findings among Belgian primary school-age children, controlling for a number of other relevant variables such as school commitment, parental socio-economic status (SES), gender and teacher expectation…
How Do they Manage
This article presents the findings from a review of literature on leadership in early childhood (EC). It identifies a paucity of research, despite a high potential for leadership activity in the early childhood field. It concludes that there is a clear need to identify what effective leadership practice is in terms of processes and outcomes within this field. It also concludes that theoretically based studies that allow different models and chara…
Factors affecting ethnic minority students’ attainment in secondary schools in Cyprus
This is the first study in Cyprus aiming to gain insight into the factors responsible for the low attainment of ethnic minority students observed in earlier studies. Teachers from different schools and cities on the island participated in a focus group discussion. Identified factors related to the child, parents, home environment, teachers, school, and society. Examination of these factors revealed that the socio?economic status of the family and…
Where are we at? An empirical study of levels and methods of evaluating continuing professional development
Continuing professional development (CPD) is increasingly becoming recognised as important for all professionals in order to maintain and develop their competence. Many professions, especially in the health field, require evidence of CPD in order for professionals to be granted continuing registration as practitioners. Given its accreditation as well as developmental uses, it is important that CPD is evaluated. The present study examines the usef…
Collaboration and Networking Among Rural Schools
School-to-school collaboration as a school improvement method has grown in importance in England in recent years, and there is some evidence that such collaboration can have a positive impact on both capacity to change and student attainment. Most previous work in the area has focused on the urban context, however, despite the fact that increasing numbers of underperforming rural schools might benefit from collaboration. In this paper we examine …
Attainment gap and responsible factors
The population in Cyprus, a recent European Union member, has become much more heterogeneous during the past decade. Here, we examine the attainment patterns of minority and native students enrolled in six secondary schools from different cities in Cyprus, and identify factors responsible for these patterns. The combination of examined factors has not, to our knowledge, taken place in previous studies. Findings confirm that ethnic minority groups…
Predictors of academic achievement and academic self-concept
Background. A large body of research supports the existence of an academic achievement-self-concept relationship. Path analyses mostly show academic achievement to be causally predominant in this relationship.Aims. This study aims to replicate these findings among Belgian primary school-age children, controlling for a number of other relevant variables such as school commitment, parental socio-economic status (SES), gender and teacher expectation…
Children and Computer Games
The manifest popularity of computer games for many children has led to speculation about the meaning and effects of their use. However, research has yet to provide an adequate picture of the social characteristics of computer game players. This article, based on a large-scale study of Flemish 10- to 11-year-olds, is intended to sketch a profile of the computer game heavy user. The results indicate that heavy use of computer games is associated wi…
Teacher Leadership—Improvement through Empowerment?
As the limitations of the `charismatic head' theories of leadership in schools have become ever more apparent, there has been a move towards teacher leadership, characterized by a form of collective leadership in which teachers develop expertise by working collaboratively. In this article, the possible benefits of teacher leadership are explored, as well as the possible barriers to and opportunities for making teacher leadership work in practice.…
Improving Schools in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Areas ? A Review of Research Evidence
Schools in difficult and challenging circumstances have received increasing policy and to some extent research attention in recent years. Improving schools in these circumstances is likely to prove a difficult process. This literature review has attempted to collect research on improving schools in these areas. Themes emerging from the literature include: a focus on teaching and learning, leadership, creating an information-rich environment, crea…
How Do they Manage
This article presents the findings from a review of literature on leadership in early childhood (EC). It identifies a paucity of research, despite a high potential for leadership activity in the early childhood field. It concludes that there is a clear need to identify what effective leadership practice is in terms of processes and outcomes within this field. It also concludes that theoretically based studies that allow different models and chara…
Primary modern foreign languages
There has never been a UK-wide policy for primary modern foreign language provision
Teacher led school improvement
English Model of Gifted and Talented Education
This chapter outlines the prevailing model of gifted and talented education in England and to analyze the challenges and opportunities it faces. The English model was formulated in 1999, and implementation effectively started in 2002 with the establishment of the government funded National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth at the University of Warwick. The approach used to deliver gifted education in England is intended to be integrated in tw…
Where are we at? An empirical study of levels and methods of evaluating continuing professional development
Continuing professional development (CPD) is increasingly becoming recognised as important for all professionals in order to maintain and develop their competence. Many professions, especially in the health field, require evidence of CPD in order for professionals to be granted continuing registration as practitioners. Given its accreditation as well as developmental uses, it is important that CPD is evaluated. The present study examines the usef…
Factors affecting ethnic minority students’ attainment in secondary schools in Cyprus
This is the first study in Cyprus aiming to gain insight into the factors responsible for the low attainment of ethnic minority students observed in earlier studies. Teachers from different schools and cities on the island participated in a focus group discussion. Identified factors related to the child, parents, home environment, teachers, school, and society. Examination of these factors revealed that the socio?economic status of the family and…
Attainment gap and responsible factors
The population in Cyprus, a recent European Union member, has become much more heterogeneous during the past decade. Here, we examine the attainment patterns of minority and native students enrolled in six secondary schools from different cities in Cyprus, and identify factors responsible for these patterns. The combination of examined factors has not, to our knowledge, taken place in previous studies. Findings confirm that ethnic minority groups…
State of the art – teacher effectiveness and professional learning
One of the key findings from decades of educational effectiveness research is the importance of the classroom level as a predictor of pupil outcomes. In this review, we therefore look at synthesising our best evidence from research on effective teaching, and its corollary, teacher development. In the 1st section, we will look at key findings from 35 years of research on effective teaching using a process-product research that has led to the ident…
Inequalities in the education system and the reproduction of socioeconomic disparities in voting in England, Denmark and Germany
This article performs exploratory research using a mixed-methods approach (structural equation modelling and a thematic analysis of interview data) to analyse the ways in which socioeconomic disparities in voting patterns are reproduced through inequalities in education in different national contexts, and the role of self-efficacy in this process. The evidence suggests that in Germany and England students with lower socioeconomic status (SES) hav…
Corrupt language, corrupt thought
This article deconstructs the language of the 2010 UK Coalition Government's White Paper, The Importance of Teaching . It uses analytical frameworks related to rhetoric established by Aristotle and Cicero. It explores the mechanisms of language using both critical discourse analysis and content analysis, offering quantitative data on the content of the paper and qualitative data on the literary strategies employed. It is concerned not only with h…
Collaboration and Networking Among Rural Schools
School-to-school collaboration as a school improvement method has grown in importance in England in recent years, and there is some evidence that such collaboration can have a positive impact on both capacity to change and student attainment. Most previous work in the area has focused on the urban context, however, despite the fact that increasing numbers of underperforming rural schools might benefit from collaboration. In this paper we examine …
La mejora y la eficacia de las escuelas en zonas desfavorecidas
El autor realiza una revisión de la literatura sobre la eficacia y la mejora de escuelas situadas en zonas desfavorecidas. A partir de esta revisión extrae una serie de elementos que otros estudios han revelado como claves en el éxito de estos procesos, sea cual sea el entorno en el que se ubique la escuela; pero también encuentra ciertos factores que únicamente surgen en entornos socio-económicamente deprivados.Descriptores: eficacia escolar - m…
Postgraduate student satisfaction
Student satisfaction has received growing attention in Higher Education systems in recent years, and are increasingly used for internal and external accountability in the sector. This does leave us with questions on the extent to which variance in student satisfaction can be explained by Higher Education Institution (HEI) and course attended rather than by individual student characteristics; and on what factors may predict student satisfaction. I…
Can schools reduce bullying? The relationship between school characteristics and the prevalence of bullying behaviours
BackgroundBullying remains a persistent phenomenon in schools, but the extent to which day-to-day policies and practices relate to bullying prevalence has not been widely studied. In this study, we use an educational effectiveness framework to interrogate this relationship.AimsThe aim was to study the relationship between school factors and prevalence of bullying in primary schools. We hypothesize that school conditions (e.g., size), school polic…
School leadership development and academic achievement
Many education systems face declining levels of academic achievement. Consequently, educational policymakers and practitioners alike are seeking ways to improve academic performance. This study examines the effectiveness of a specific school leadership development programme in the Netherlands called the High Performing Schools (HPS) programme. The HPS programme is a continuing professional development (CPD) initiative focused on evidence-informed…
Education Research in ‘Interesting Times’
It is no secret to any of us that the world we live in is going through a great deal of turbulence, with the impact of COVID-19 lingering and social and political change occurring across continents [...]
Quality in School Trusts
Recent decades have seen the emergence of new forms of governance in education. Market-oriented education policies have seen schools removed from local government oversight, and instead sees them run by independent school trusts. This begs the question of what effectiveness and quality in a trust framework mean. In this paper, we review the literature from four countries with relatively comparable trust structures: England, the Netherlands, Swede…
Small Change, Big Difference
Sometimes a small change can make a big difference [...]
How school leadership and innovation shape instructional pathways to student achievement across nations
Educational leadership, innovation and teaching play essential roles in shaping student achievement. However, extant literature primarily has relied on linear modelling approaches and has not focused on substantively testing a theory. The present study employs multilevel structural equation modelling (ML-SEM) and multilevel decision trees (MLM trees) to investigate associations between school leadership, team innovation, cognitive activation and …
Psychology (20 works) · Political science (16 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Pedagogy (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (5 works)