Linda Cooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3781934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Cooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8159-0588 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reflections on organisational justice among police officers investigating rape and serious sexual offences in England and Wales
Organisational justice occurs when employees consider the actions and procedures within their workplace to be fair and equitable, but the evidence of whether and how this operates in a policing context is limited. We have used the concept of organisational justice to contextualise and examine the results from our data across five police constabularies, with a specific focus on investigators of rape and serious sexual offences. We share insights g…
Cardiology Encounters for Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Borderline Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Background Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (UREGs) with HIV have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population. Referral to a cardiovascular specialist improves CVD risk factor management in high-risk individuals. However, patient and provider factors impacting the likelihood of UREGs with HIV to have an encounter with a cardiologist are unknown. Methods We evaluated a cohort of UREGs with HIV and bo…
From prior learning assessment to specialised pedagogy: Facilitating student transition through RPL assessment and selection
There has been a movement across South Africa’s education sector to widen access and participation in higher education. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) (or Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)) programmes offer an opportunity to do so by providing access to higher education to those who do not necessarily have the prerequisite requirements. Many RPL programmes are still being piloted, and little research has been conducted on the transition of pos…
Translational research in action: The use of technology to disseminate information to parents during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This paper addresses the research problem of how to reach, engage and support parents in home‐educating young children during the first national COVID‐19 lockdown in England (March–June 2020), which was addressed through using technology. An internet‐mediated research (IMR) approach is used to investigate the effectiveness of using technology and translational research as strategies for disseminating a rapidly produced digital guide, for promotin…
Conceptualising the historical tradition of radical workers' education in South Africa
This article sketches the contours of the particular tradition of radical workers’ education that emerged in South Africa in the context of the re-emergence of militant trade unionism in the 1970s and 1980s. It draws methodologically on Cultural Historical Activity Theory and its view of education as an activity system to present an analysis of the some of the distinctive features of this tradition of radical workers’ education. These include its…
Hierarchies of wounding: Media framings of ‘combat’ and ‘non-combat’ injury
In this article, we examine the representational practices of British newspapers in relation to forms of military injury. Using critical discourse analysis, we studied the reporting of injuries sustained by military personnel during the height of the UK’s war in Afghanistan in 2009 – and a comparison period five years later – and concluded that representations of injured personnel differed substantially between articles reporting on ‘combat’ and …
Transition From the Military Into Civilian Life: An Exploration of Cultural Competence
In this article, we employ the theoretical framework and concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to examine the notion of 'transition' from military to civilian life for U.K. Armed Forces personnel. We put Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, capital, and field to work in highlighting key differences between military and civilian life. The use of social theory allows us to describe the cultural legacy of military life and how this may influence the posttransition…
Women's ways of working: Circumventing the masculine structures operating within and upon the University
Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a catalyst for change in street-involved youth: A mixed methods study
Mothering and 'insider' Dilemmas: Feminist Sociologists in the Research Process
This paper is about care, insider positions and mothering within feminist research. We ask questions about how honest, ethical and caring can we really be in placing the self into the research process as mothers ourselves. Should we leave out aspects of the research that do not fit neatly and how ethical can we claim to be if we do? Moreover, should difficult differences, secrets and silences that emerge from the research process and research sto…
Risk in Academic Writing: Postgraduate Students, Their Teachers and the Making of Knowledge
Women and higher education: Perspectives of middle-class, mother–daughter dyads
This qualitative research explores women's experiences of accessing higher education (HE) in England, through the mother–daughter relationship. Women's pathways to university and their funding histories are presented from both past and recent generations, to contextualise an understanding of funding HE in light of the 2012 tuition fee increase. Interview data indicate that the middle-class mothers in this study continue to engage and mediate thei…
Recognition of prior learning: Exploring the ‘knowledge question’
This article addresses the ‘knowledge question’ in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in relation to postgraduate programmes. In contrast to many traditional theorisations of RPL which draw largely on adult and experiential learning theory, the article starts from a position of knowledge differentiation and explores whether the nature of the discipline or knowledge domain offers affordances or barriers to RPL. In an interview survey, academi…
Learning/work: Turning work and lifelong learning inside out
Wheeling Walks: Evaluation of a Media-Based Community Intervention
Mass media community-wide physical activity intervention to promote and sustain changes in walking was assessed using a 2-community longitudinal design. The intervention targeted sedentary 50- to 65-year-old residents of Wheeling, West Virginia. Telephone surveys of a probability sample followed cohorts at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month post-intervention with comparison communities. The intervention, consisting of paid advertisements, publi…
Exploring the transformative potential of project-based learning in university adult education
This paper critically explores the potential of Project Based Learning (Pbl) to facilitate socially transformative kinds of learning. It focuses on a model of Pbl developed at the Catholic University of Leuven for students of ‘Social Pedagogy’, which has its origins in the social democratic concerns of linking student learning to real-life community problems. The paper explores the pedagogic and epistemological considerations for adopting such a …
Popular writing and the democratisation of knowledge: Review article of Factory and Family, Vukani Makhosikazi and Working Women
Transition From the Military Into Civilian Life: An Exploration of Cultural Competence
In this article, we employ the theoretical framework and concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to examine the notion of 'transition' from military to civilian life for U.K. Armed Forces personnel. We put Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, capital, and field to work in highlighting key differences between military and civilian life. The use of social theory allows us to describe the cultural legacy of military life and how this may influence the posttransition…
Women's ways of working: Circumventing the masculine structures operating within and upon the University
Learning/work: Turning work and lifelong learning inside out
Hierarchies of wounding: Media framings of ‘combat’ and ‘non-combat’ injury
In this article, we examine the representational practices of British newspapers in relation to forms of military injury. Using critical discourse analysis, we studied the reporting of injuries sustained by military personnel during the height of the UK’s war in Afghanistan in 2009 – and a comparison period five years later – and concluded that representations of injured personnel differed substantially between articles reporting on ‘combat’ and …
Mothering and 'insider' Dilemmas: Feminist Sociologists in the Research Process
This paper is about care, insider positions and mothering within feminist research. We ask questions about how honest, ethical and caring can we really be in placing the self into the research process as mothers ourselves. Should we leave out aspects of the research that do not fit neatly and how ethical can we claim to be if we do? Moreover, should difficult differences, secrets and silences that emerge from the research process and research sto…
Recognition of prior learning: Exploring the ‘knowledge question’
This article addresses the ‘knowledge question’ in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in relation to postgraduate programmes. In contrast to many traditional theorisations of RPL which draw largely on adult and experiential learning theory, the article starts from a position of knowledge differentiation and explores whether the nature of the discipline or knowledge domain offers affordances or barriers to RPL. In an interview survey, academi…
Cardiology Encounters for Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Borderline Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Background Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (UREGs) with HIV have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population. Referral to a cardiovascular specialist improves CVD risk factor management in high-risk individuals. However, patient and provider factors impacting the likelihood of UREGs with HIV to have an encounter with a cardiologist are unknown. Methods We evaluated a cohort of UREGs with HIV and bo…
Women and higher education: Perspectives of middle-class, mother–daughter dyads
This qualitative research explores women's experiences of accessing higher education (HE) in England, through the mother–daughter relationship. Women's pathways to university and their funding histories are presented from both past and recent generations, to contextualise an understanding of funding HE in light of the 2012 tuition fee increase. Interview data indicate that the middle-class mothers in this study continue to engage and mediate thei…
Popular writing and the democratisation of knowledge: Review article of Factory and Family, Vukani Makhosikazi and Working Women
Popular writing and the democratisation of knowledge: Review article of Factory and Family, Vukani Makhosikazi and Working Women
Exploring the transformative potential of project-based learning in university adult education
This paper critically explores the potential of Project Based Learning (Pbl) to facilitate socially transformative kinds of learning. It focuses on a model of Pbl developed at the Catholic University of Leuven for students of ‘Social Pedagogy’, which has its origins in the social democratic concerns of linking student learning to real-life community problems. The paper explores the pedagogic and epistemological considerations for adopting such a …
Wheeling Walks: Evaluation of a Media-Based Community Intervention
Mass media community-wide physical activity intervention to promote and sustain changes in walking was assessed using a 2-community longitudinal design. The intervention targeted sedentary 50- to 65-year-old residents of Wheeling, West Virginia. Telephone surveys of a probability sample followed cohorts at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month post-intervention with comparison communities. The intervention, consisting of paid advertisements, publi…
Learning/work: Turning work and lifelong learning inside out
Risk in Academic Writing: Postgraduate Students, Their Teachers and the Making of Knowledge
Women and higher education: Perspectives of middle-class, mother–daughter dyads
This qualitative research explores women's experiences of accessing higher education (HE) in England, through the mother–daughter relationship. Women's pathways to university and their funding histories are presented from both past and recent generations, to contextualise an understanding of funding HE in light of the 2012 tuition fee increase. Interview data indicate that the middle-class mothers in this study continue to engage and mediate thei…
Recognition of prior learning: Exploring the ‘knowledge question’
This article addresses the ‘knowledge question’ in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in relation to postgraduate programmes. In contrast to many traditional theorisations of RPL which draw largely on adult and experiential learning theory, the article starts from a position of knowledge differentiation and explores whether the nature of the discipline or knowledge domain offers affordances or barriers to RPL. In an interview survey, academi…
Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a catalyst for change in street-involved youth: A mixed methods study
Mothering and 'insider' Dilemmas: Feminist Sociologists in the Research Process
This paper is about care, insider positions and mothering within feminist research. We ask questions about how honest, ethical and caring can we really be in placing the self into the research process as mothers ourselves. Should we leave out aspects of the research that do not fit neatly and how ethical can we claim to be if we do? Moreover, should difficult differences, secrets and silences that emerge from the research process and research sto…
Women's ways of working: Circumventing the masculine structures operating within and upon the University
Transition From the Military Into Civilian Life: An Exploration of Cultural Competence
In this article, we employ the theoretical framework and concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to examine the notion of 'transition' from military to civilian life for U.K. Armed Forces personnel. We put Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, capital, and field to work in highlighting key differences between military and civilian life. The use of social theory allows us to describe the cultural legacy of military life and how this may influence the posttransition…
Hierarchies of wounding: Media framings of ‘combat’ and ‘non-combat’ injury
In this article, we examine the representational practices of British newspapers in relation to forms of military injury. Using critical discourse analysis, we studied the reporting of injuries sustained by military personnel during the height of the UK’s war in Afghanistan in 2009 – and a comparison period five years later – and concluded that representations of injured personnel differed substantially between articles reporting on ‘combat’ and …
Translational research in action: The use of technology to disseminate information to parents during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This paper addresses the research problem of how to reach, engage and support parents in home‐educating young children during the first national COVID‐19 lockdown in England (March–June 2020), which was addressed through using technology. An internet‐mediated research (IMR) approach is used to investigate the effectiveness of using technology and translational research as strategies for disseminating a rapidly produced digital guide, for promotin…
Conceptualising the historical tradition of radical workers' education in South Africa
This article sketches the contours of the particular tradition of radical workers’ education that emerged in South Africa in the context of the re-emergence of militant trade unionism in the 1970s and 1980s. It draws methodologically on Cultural Historical Activity Theory and its view of education as an activity system to present an analysis of the some of the distinctive features of this tradition of radical workers’ education. These include its…
From prior learning assessment to specialised pedagogy: Facilitating student transition through RPL assessment and selection
There has been a movement across South Africa’s education sector to widen access and participation in higher education. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) (or Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)) programmes offer an opportunity to do so by providing access to higher education to those who do not necessarily have the prerequisite requirements. Many RPL programmes are still being piloted, and little research has been conducted on the transition of pos…
Cardiology Encounters for Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Borderline Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Background Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (UREGs) with HIV have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population. Referral to a cardiovascular specialist improves CVD risk factor management in high-risk individuals. However, patient and provider factors impacting the likelihood of UREGs with HIV to have an encounter with a cardiologist are unknown. Methods We evaluated a cohort of UREGs with HIV and bo…
Reflections on organisational justice among police officers investigating rape and serious sexual offences in England and Wales
Organisational justice occurs when employees consider the actions and procedures within their workplace to be fair and equitable, but the evidence of whether and how this operates in a policing context is limited. We have used the concept of organisational justice to contextualise and examine the results from our data across five police constabularies, with a specific focus on investigators of rape and serious sexual offences. We share insights g…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (3 works)