Jean Mangan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941087 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean Mangan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean |
| FAMILY NAME | Mangan |
| SIGNATURE | MANGAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Staffordshire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 174 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
School expenditure and school performance
This article estimates the effects of school expenditure on school performance in government secondary schools in New South Wales, Australia over the period 2006–2010. It uses dynamic panel analysis to exploit time series data on individual schools that only recently has become available. We find a significant but small effect of expenditure on relative school performance and significant dynamics in the school improvement process. In addition, ou…
Hot’, ‘cold’ and ‘warm’ information and higher education decision-making
This paper draws on the notions of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ knowledge in analysing the responses of students to the relevance of different information and sources of such information in university choice. Analysis of questionnaire and focus group data from prospective and first-year undergraduate students provides evidence that many students put most credence on ‘hot’ knowledge, from persons in their social grapevine. However, this is supplemented by ‘wa…
The Games Ethic and Imperialism
This is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism.
Labour market motivation and undergraduates' choice of degree subject
Labour market outcomes of undergraduates' choice of subject are important for public policy and for students. Policy interest is indicated by the prominence of ‘employability’ in public discourse and in proposals to concentrate government funding in England in supporting STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). As students in England face the prospect of bearing the full financial burden of undergraduate tuition, the larg…
Do increased resources increase educational attainment during a period of rising expenditure? Evidence from English secondary schools using a dynamic panel analysis
This article estimates the effects of school expenditure on school performance at Key Stage 4 in England, over the period 2003–07 during which real per pupil expenditure increased rapidly. It adds to previous investigations by using dynamic panel analysis to: exploit time series data on individual schools that only recently has become available; adjust for the potential endogeneity not only of expenditure but also of other determinants of perform…
Fair access, achievement and geography
This quantitative study is concerned with what determines prospective university students’ first choice between universities of different status. The results suggest that examination performance, going to an independent school and fear of debt independently affect students’ decisions. Social factors and students’ perceived level of information on universities had no independent effect at this stage of decision‐making. There were considerable diff…
Threshold concepts and the integration of understanding in economics
This article outlines the recently developed idea of ‘Threshold Concepts’ and explains how this idea may be used to describe the progress of learning in economics. The authors examine the relationship between threshold concepts, key concepts and conceptual change and suggest that a distinction between basic, discipline and procedural concepts may be useful in determining a framework for the identification of threshold concepts. The current unders…
Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes
In the first half of this paper we develop a perspective on the role of ‘boldness’ in explaining gender differences in thinking and attitudes. We apply this analysis to evidence from Australia, the USA and the UK in relation to economics at school and university levels. In the second half we present the results of a study of over 1000 15–17‐year‐olds in UK secondary schools. On the basis of the gender differences revealed in these data and our pr…
Are secondary schools spending enough on books
Evidence is provided to illustrate that the current level of spending on books by English secondary schools is low with regard to maintaining existing book stocks and that parental expenditure is not making up the shortfall. An analysis of the inspection regime suggests a tendency to emphasise information and communications technology (ICT) to the relative neglect of books. The authors also provide an empirical study at school level of the respec…
What's in a Trend? A Comment on Gray, Goldstein and Thomas (2001), ‘Predicting the Future
Gray et al. (British Educational Research Journal, 27, 2001, p. 391) present evidence that ‘predicting future “value added” performance from past trends is unreliable’. This note argues that the authors treat the notion of trend in an unproblematic manner; namely, as deterministic time trends. Yet the movements in the data identified by the authors as school improvement trends may not be generated by the deterministic process they assume. Instead…
A Significant Social Revolution
A Significant Social Revolution
British Educational Research Journal- A valuable source book for issues in the history of education. History of Education Quarterly- Mangan has seized upon a topic ripe for examination and has presented it in an imaginative, comparative frame of reference. He deserves our commendation
Family expenditure on hotels and holidays
"Benefits Bestowed"? Education and British Imperialism
Play up and play the game
The Games Ethic and Imperialism
This is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism.
Fair access, achievement and geography
This quantitative study is concerned with what determines prospective university students’ first choice between universities of different status. The results suggest that examination performance, going to an independent school and fear of debt independently affect students’ decisions. Social factors and students’ perceived level of information on universities had no independent effect at this stage of decision‐making. There were considerable diff…
Family expenditure on hotels and holidays
Labour market motivation and undergraduates' choice of degree subject
Labour market outcomes of undergraduates' choice of subject are important for public policy and for students. Policy interest is indicated by the prominence of ‘employability’ in public discourse and in proposals to concentrate government funding in England in supporting STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). As students in England face the prospect of bearing the full financial burden of undergraduate tuition, the larg…
Hot’, ‘cold’ and ‘warm’ information and higher education decision-making
This paper draws on the notions of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ knowledge in analysing the responses of students to the relevance of different information and sources of such information in university choice. Analysis of questionnaire and focus group data from prospective and first-year undergraduate students provides evidence that many students put most credence on ‘hot’ knowledge, from persons in their social grapevine. However, this is supplemented by ‘wa…
Threshold concepts and the integration of understanding in economics
This article outlines the recently developed idea of ‘Threshold Concepts’ and explains how this idea may be used to describe the progress of learning in economics. The authors examine the relationship between threshold concepts, key concepts and conceptual change and suggest that a distinction between basic, discipline and procedural concepts may be useful in determining a framework for the identification of threshold concepts. The current unders…
Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes
In the first half of this paper we develop a perspective on the role of ‘boldness’ in explaining gender differences in thinking and attitudes. We apply this analysis to evidence from Australia, the USA and the UK in relation to economics at school and university levels. In the second half we present the results of a study of over 1000 15–17‐year‐olds in UK secondary schools. On the basis of the gender differences revealed in these data and our pr…
Do increased resources increase educational attainment during a period of rising expenditure? Evidence from English secondary schools using a dynamic panel analysis
This article estimates the effects of school expenditure on school performance at Key Stage 4 in England, over the period 2003–07 during which real per pupil expenditure increased rapidly. It adds to previous investigations by using dynamic panel analysis to: exploit time series data on individual schools that only recently has become available; adjust for the potential endogeneity not only of expenditure but also of other determinants of perform…
Are secondary schools spending enough on books
Evidence is provided to illustrate that the current level of spending on books by English secondary schools is low with regard to maintaining existing book stocks and that parental expenditure is not making up the shortfall. An analysis of the inspection regime suggests a tendency to emphasise information and communications technology (ICT) to the relative neglect of books. The authors also provide an empirical study at school level of the respec…
"Benefits Bestowed"? Education and British Imperialism
Play up and play the game
"Benefits Bestowed"? Education and British Imperialism
Family expenditure on hotels and holidays
A Significant Social Revolution
British Educational Research Journal- A valuable source book for issues in the history of education. History of Education Quarterly- Mangan has seized upon a topic ripe for examination and has presented it in an imaginative, comparative frame of reference. He deserves our commendation
A Significant Social Revolution
What's in a Trend? A Comment on Gray, Goldstein and Thomas (2001), ‘Predicting the Future
Gray et al. (British Educational Research Journal, 27, 2001, p. 391) present evidence that ‘predicting future “value added” performance from past trends is unreliable’. This note argues that the authors treat the notion of trend in an unproblematic manner; namely, as deterministic time trends. Yet the movements in the data identified by the authors as school improvement trends may not be generated by the deterministic process they assume. Instead…
Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes
In the first half of this paper we develop a perspective on the role of ‘boldness’ in explaining gender differences in thinking and attitudes. We apply this analysis to evidence from Australia, the USA and the UK in relation to economics at school and university levels. In the second half we present the results of a study of over 1000 15–17‐year‐olds in UK secondary schools. On the basis of the gender differences revealed in these data and our pr…
Are secondary schools spending enough on books
Evidence is provided to illustrate that the current level of spending on books by English secondary schools is low with regard to maintaining existing book stocks and that parental expenditure is not making up the shortfall. An analysis of the inspection regime suggests a tendency to emphasise information and communications technology (ICT) to the relative neglect of books. The authors also provide an empirical study at school level of the respec…
Threshold concepts and the integration of understanding in economics
This article outlines the recently developed idea of ‘Threshold Concepts’ and explains how this idea may be used to describe the progress of learning in economics. The authors examine the relationship between threshold concepts, key concepts and conceptual change and suggest that a distinction between basic, discipline and procedural concepts may be useful in determining a framework for the identification of threshold concepts. The current unders…
Fair access, achievement and geography
This quantitative study is concerned with what determines prospective university students’ first choice between universities of different status. The results suggest that examination performance, going to an independent school and fear of debt independently affect students’ decisions. Social factors and students’ perceived level of information on universities had no independent effect at this stage of decision‐making. There were considerable diff…
Do increased resources increase educational attainment during a period of rising expenditure? Evidence from English secondary schools using a dynamic panel analysis
This article estimates the effects of school expenditure on school performance at Key Stage 4 in England, over the period 2003–07 during which real per pupil expenditure increased rapidly. It adds to previous investigations by using dynamic panel analysis to: exploit time series data on individual schools that only recently has become available; adjust for the potential endogeneity not only of expenditure but also of other determinants of perform…
The Games Ethic and Imperialism
This is more than a description of the imperial spread of public school games: it considers hegemony and patronage, ideals and idealism, educational values and aspirations, cultural assimilation and adaptation and the dissemination of the moralistic ideology of athleticism.
Labour market motivation and undergraduates' choice of degree subject
Labour market outcomes of undergraduates' choice of subject are important for public policy and for students. Policy interest is indicated by the prominence of ‘employability’ in public discourse and in proposals to concentrate government funding in England in supporting STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). As students in England face the prospect of bearing the full financial burden of undergraduate tuition, the larg…
Hot’, ‘cold’ and ‘warm’ information and higher education decision-making
This paper draws on the notions of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ knowledge in analysing the responses of students to the relevance of different information and sources of such information in university choice. Analysis of questionnaire and focus group data from prospective and first-year undergraduate students provides evidence that many students put most credence on ‘hot’ knowledge, from persons in their social grapevine. However, this is supplemented by ‘wa…
School expenditure and school performance
This article estimates the effects of school expenditure on school performance in government secondary schools in New South Wales, Australia over the period 2006–2010. It uses dynamic panel analysis to exploit time series data on individual schools that only recently has become available. We find a significant but small effect of expenditure on relative school performance and significant dynamics in the school improvement process. In addition, ou…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Law (4 works)