Andy Biggart
Biographic Data
| ID | 366008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy Biggart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy |
| FAMILY NAME | Biggart |
| SIGNATURE | BIGGART A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway
This series builds on the Springer Handbook on Childhood and Youth, and on the widespread interest in current issues that pertain to young people and children.The series contributes to the field of youth studies, which encompasses the disciplines of sociology, psychology, education, health, economics, social geography and cultural studies.Within these fields, there is a need to address two distinctive elements in relation to children and youth.Th…
A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of different spaced learning models used during school examination revision: The SMART Spaces 24/10 model
Introduction The main aim of this pilot study was to compare the efficacy of using different spaced learning models during school examination revision on pupil attainment. Spaced learning is using intervals between periods of learning rather than learning content all at one time. Methods Three spaced learning models with different inter-study intervals (ISI’s) were co-designed by teachers and researchers using research evidence and practice knowl…
Comparing the effectiveness of two reciprocal reading comprehension interventions for primary school pupils in disadvantaged schools
BACKGROUND: Effective reading comprehension teaching is an aspiration of education systems across the world. Teaching incorporating reciprocal reading theory and evidence is an internationally popular approach for improving comprehension. AIMS: This paper uses two large cluster randomized controlled trials of similar reciprocal reading interventions implemented in different ways to compare their effectiveness. SAMPLE: The two interventions had th…
Institutional Frameworks and Structural Factors Relating to Educational Access Across Europe
In this article institutional and structural factors relating to access to education are assessed. First, the macro frameworks of institutional regulation that exert influence on the educational trajectories of young Europeans are demonstrated. Based on different aspects of these frameworks and drawing from extant research, the article presents a typology of education systems that provide varying levels of access to and accessibility of education…
Choice biographies and transitional linearity: Re-conceptualising modern youth transitions
En aquest article s’apunta que les transicions juvenils cada vegada són més llargues i complexes i que els camins entre l’escola i el treball, que abans es consideraven lineals i previsibles, actualment han estat substituïts per un conjunt de moviments que estan més fragmentats. L’objectiu d’aquest article és contextualitzar aquests canvis per tal de captar el grau de complexitat característic de les transicions modernes i explorar les implicacio…
Misleading Trajectories: Integration Policies for Young Adults in Europe
The educational and occupational aspirations of young people in Scotland and Finland
In this paper we examine subjective aspects of social reproduction in two countries: Finland and Scotland. Our aims are twofold. The first is to examine the extent to which individual actors are able to meaningfully negotiate opportunity structures through contrasting the future orientations of young people in two different societies. The central question here relates to the extent to which individual subjectivities are conditioned by social loca…
Life expectancy, economic inequality, homicide, and reproductive timing in Chicago neighbourhoods
In comparisons among Chicago neighbourhoods, homicide rates in 1988-93 varied more than 100-fold, while male life expectancy at birth ranged from 54 to 77 years, even with effects of homicide mortality removed. This “cause deleted” life expectancy was highly correlated with homicide rates; a measure of economic inequality added significant additional prediction, whereas median household income did not. Deaths from internal causes (diseases) show …
Educating ‘Discouraged Workers’: Cultural diversity in the upper secondary school
Through a qualitative study of the experiences of young people in the second year of post‐compulsory education in schools in four contrasting Scottish labour markets, we investigate the existence of a ‘discouraged worker’ effect. We argue that in the modem upper secondary school, which contains pupils with a range of attainment levels, it is possible to identify a number of distinct orientations to school life and suggest that the types of opport…
Neighbourhoods, Opportunity Structures and Occupational Aspirations
In this paper we use evidence from the Scottish Young People's Surveys to explore some of the ways in which local contexts help to shape young people's subjective orientations towards the labour market. We attempt to move beyond the concept of 'opportunity structures' introduced by Roberts by considering the salience of a number of possible components of these structures of opportunity. We argue that young people's occupational aspirations are sh…
Educating ‘Discouraged Workers’: Cultural diversity in the upper secondary school
Through a qualitative study of the experiences of young people in the second year of post‐compulsory education in schools in four contrasting Scottish labour markets, we investigate the existence of a ‘discouraged worker’ effect. We argue that in the modem upper secondary school, which contains pupils with a range of attainment levels, it is possible to identify a number of distinct orientations to school life and suggest that the types of opport…
Neighbourhoods, Opportunity Structures and Occupational Aspirations
In this paper we use evidence from the Scottish Young People's Surveys to explore some of the ways in which local contexts help to shape young people's subjective orientations towards the labour market. We attempt to move beyond the concept of 'opportunity structures' introduced by Roberts by considering the salience of a number of possible components of these structures of opportunity. We argue that young people's occupational aspirations are sh…
Choice biographies and transitional linearity: Re-conceptualising modern youth transitions
En aquest article s’apunta que les transicions juvenils cada vegada són més llargues i complexes i que els camins entre l’escola i el treball, que abans es consideraven lineals i previsibles, actualment han estat substituïts per un conjunt de moviments que estan més fragmentats. L’objectiu d’aquest article és contextualitzar aquests canvis per tal de captar el grau de complexitat característic de les transicions modernes i explorar les implicacio…
Institutional Frameworks and Structural Factors Relating to Educational Access Across Europe
In this article institutional and structural factors relating to access to education are assessed. First, the macro frameworks of institutional regulation that exert influence on the educational trajectories of young Europeans are demonstrated. Based on different aspects of these frameworks and drawing from extant research, the article presents a typology of education systems that provide varying levels of access to and accessibility of education…
Educating ‘Discouraged Workers’: Cultural diversity in the upper secondary school
Through a qualitative study of the experiences of young people in the second year of post‐compulsory education in schools in four contrasting Scottish labour markets, we investigate the existence of a ‘discouraged worker’ effect. We argue that in the modem upper secondary school, which contains pupils with a range of attainment levels, it is possible to identify a number of distinct orientations to school life and suggest that the types of opport…
Neighbourhoods, Opportunity Structures and Occupational Aspirations
In this paper we use evidence from the Scottish Young People's Surveys to explore some of the ways in which local contexts help to shape young people's subjective orientations towards the labour market. We attempt to move beyond the concept of 'opportunity structures' introduced by Roberts by considering the salience of a number of possible components of these structures of opportunity. We argue that young people's occupational aspirations are sh…
Life expectancy, economic inequality, homicide, and reproductive timing in Chicago neighbourhoods
In comparisons among Chicago neighbourhoods, homicide rates in 1988-93 varied more than 100-fold, while male life expectancy at birth ranged from 54 to 77 years, even with effects of homicide mortality removed. This “cause deleted” life expectancy was highly correlated with homicide rates; a measure of economic inequality added significant additional prediction, whereas median household income did not. Deaths from internal causes (diseases) show …
The educational and occupational aspirations of young people in Scotland and Finland
In this paper we examine subjective aspects of social reproduction in two countries: Finland and Scotland. Our aims are twofold. The first is to examine the extent to which individual actors are able to meaningfully negotiate opportunity structures through contrasting the future orientations of young people in two different societies. The central question here relates to the extent to which individual subjectivities are conditioned by social loca…
Misleading Trajectories: Integration Policies for Young Adults in Europe
Choice biographies and transitional linearity: Re-conceptualising modern youth transitions
En aquest article s’apunta que les transicions juvenils cada vegada són més llargues i complexes i que els camins entre l’escola i el treball, que abans es consideraven lineals i previsibles, actualment han estat substituïts per un conjunt de moviments que estan més fragmentats. L’objectiu d’aquest article és contextualitzar aquests canvis per tal de captar el grau de complexitat característic de les transicions modernes i explorar les implicacio…
Institutional Frameworks and Structural Factors Relating to Educational Access Across Europe
In this article institutional and structural factors relating to access to education are assessed. First, the macro frameworks of institutional regulation that exert influence on the educational trajectories of young Europeans are demonstrated. Based on different aspects of these frameworks and drawing from extant research, the article presents a typology of education systems that provide varying levels of access to and accessibility of education…
A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of different spaced learning models used during school examination revision: The SMART Spaces 24/10 model
Introduction The main aim of this pilot study was to compare the efficacy of using different spaced learning models during school examination revision on pupil attainment. Spaced learning is using intervals between periods of learning rather than learning content all at one time. Methods Three spaced learning models with different inter-study intervals (ISI’s) were co-designed by teachers and researchers using research evidence and practice knowl…
Comparing the effectiveness of two reciprocal reading comprehension interventions for primary school pupils in disadvantaged schools
BACKGROUND: Effective reading comprehension teaching is an aspiration of education systems across the world. Teaching incorporating reciprocal reading theory and evidence is an internationally popular approach for improving comprehension. AIMS: This paper uses two large cluster randomized controlled trials of similar reciprocal reading interventions implemented in different ways to compare their effectiveness. SAMPLE: The two interventions had th…
Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway
This series builds on the Springer Handbook on Childhood and Youth, and on the widespread interest in current issues that pertain to young people and children.The series contributes to the field of youth studies, which encompasses the disciplines of sociology, psychology, education, health, economics, social geography and cultural studies.Within these fields, there is a need to address two distinctive elements in relation to children and youth.Th…
Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Educational attainment (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works)