Valerie Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3942132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4182-5159 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Alabama’s and Maryland’s Similar Black Unemployment Rates Mask Major Differences in Labor Market Conditions
The Leadership Alliance: Twenty Years of Developing a Diverse Research Workforce
The Leadership Alliance is a national academic consortium currently comprising 32 academic institutions including Ivy League and major-research and minority-serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). For 2 decades these institutions have worked collaboratively to train, mentor, and support underrepresented minority students from undergraduate through advanced graduate training programs. Effectively bridg…
The role of the teaching headteacher: A question of support
Bunking off’: The impact of truancy on pupils and teachers
There is widespread interest in the impact of unauthorised absence on pupil attainment, links with disaffection, exclusion from school and criminality. However, little is heard about what those who take unauthorised absence from school think that the effect has been on them; nor do we hear the voices of other pupils and their teachers. This article presents evidence from a one‐year study of absence in seven local authorities in England funded by …
Do the Benefits Justify the Costs? An Evaluation of the ‘Sitter Service’ in Scotland
This research identified the costs and benefits of the sitter service in Scotland. A ‘sitter service’ is one that provides home‐based childcare outside the hours of 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekdays and at weekends to support children of shift workers, single parents/carers and for children who require additional support. Nine sitter services, organised by voluntary or not‐for‐profit organisations in Scotland, were contacted; their costs were compar…
Supporting Teachers in Scottish Schools: Has the Money Been Well Spent
Traditionally, education in Scotland has been viewed as a national service that is locally administered. This research casts new light on that relationship between the Scottish Executive and local authorities by drawing on evidence from an evaluation of the implementation of the additional support staff element of the Teachers' Agreement which determined not only teachers' pay structure but also established the professional conditions under which…
Pupil guidance: An integral part of teacher education and development in Scotland
Childhood IQ, Social Class, Deprivation, and Their Relationships with Mortality and Morbidity Risk in Later Life: Prospective Observational Study Linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspa…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate how childhood mental ability (IQ) is related to mortality and morbidity risk, when socioeconomic factors are also considered. METHODS: Participants were from the Midspan studies conducted on adults in the 1970s; 938 Midspan participants were successfully matched with the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 in which children born in 1921 and attending Scottish schools on June 1, 1932, took a cognitive ability test. Mortality, hos…
Prescription for learning? Meeting the development needs of the pharmacy profession
This article explores the use of open learning to meet pharmacists' continuing development needs in the UK—a topic that the researchers first explored in 1996. First, it sets those needs in the context of the changing role of the pharmacist within the health care team. Second, the authors report the findings from a one-year study conducted in 1999–2000 by the Scottish Council for Research in Education of continuing professional development (CPD) …
Learning at a distance: The case of the community pharmacist
The article, written jointly by a provider and an evaluator of distance learning, begins by highlighting recent increased interest in continuing professional development. In particular community pharmacists' needs for continuing education are examined against a background of their changing role. The authors then report the findings from a one-year evaluation of distance learning materials produced and distributed by the Centre for Pharmacy Postgr…
Developing professional competence: Lessons from the emergency room
This article begins by reassessing the nature and value of practice-based learning in the health professions. The role and status of work-based learning are then examined in the context of recent policy developments in the field of health care. The authors report the findings from a 1-year qualitative study of clinicians' perceptions of the workplace as an environment for learning, funded by the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Denta…
Focus Groups: A useful qualitative method for educational research
During 1994‐95, a small team of researchers at the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) undertook a commissioned study of adults’ perceptions of their lifestyle options within a Scottish region. The findings of the research were intended to inform initiatives in health education and promotion. Two methods of data collection were employed: in‐depth interviews and focus group meetings. In this article, the researcher reflects on one of…
Focus Groups: A useful qualitative method for educational research
During 1994‐95, a small team of researchers at the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) undertook a commissioned study of adults’ perceptions of their lifestyle options within a Scottish region. The findings of the research were intended to inform initiatives in health education and promotion. Two methods of data collection were employed: in‐depth interviews and focus group meetings. In this article, the researcher reflects on one of…
Developing professional competence: Lessons from the emergency room
This article begins by reassessing the nature and value of practice-based learning in the health professions. The role and status of work-based learning are then examined in the context of recent policy developments in the field of health care. The authors report the findings from a 1-year qualitative study of clinicians' perceptions of the workplace as an environment for learning, funded by the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Denta…
Bunking off’: The impact of truancy on pupils and teachers
There is widespread interest in the impact of unauthorised absence on pupil attainment, links with disaffection, exclusion from school and criminality. However, little is heard about what those who take unauthorised absence from school think that the effect has been on them; nor do we hear the voices of other pupils and their teachers. This article presents evidence from a one‐year study of absence in seven local authorities in England funded by …
Learning at a distance: The case of the community pharmacist
The article, written jointly by a provider and an evaluator of distance learning, begins by highlighting recent increased interest in continuing professional development. In particular community pharmacists' needs for continuing education are examined against a background of their changing role. The authors then report the findings from a one-year evaluation of distance learning materials produced and distributed by the Centre for Pharmacy Postgr…
Focus Groups: A useful qualitative method for educational research
During 1994‐95, a small team of researchers at the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) undertook a commissioned study of adults’ perceptions of their lifestyle options within a Scottish region. The findings of the research were intended to inform initiatives in health education and promotion. Two methods of data collection were employed: in‐depth interviews and focus group meetings. In this article, the researcher reflects on one of…
Learning at a distance: The case of the community pharmacist
The article, written jointly by a provider and an evaluator of distance learning, begins by highlighting recent increased interest in continuing professional development. In particular community pharmacists' needs for continuing education are examined against a background of their changing role. The authors then report the findings from a one-year evaluation of distance learning materials produced and distributed by the Centre for Pharmacy Postgr…
Developing professional competence: Lessons from the emergency room
This article begins by reassessing the nature and value of practice-based learning in the health professions. The role and status of work-based learning are then examined in the context of recent policy developments in the field of health care. The authors report the findings from a 1-year qualitative study of clinicians' perceptions of the workplace as an environment for learning, funded by the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Denta…
Childhood IQ, Social Class, Deprivation, and Their Relationships with Mortality and Morbidity Risk in Later Life: Prospective Observational Study Linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspa…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate how childhood mental ability (IQ) is related to mortality and morbidity risk, when socioeconomic factors are also considered. METHODS: Participants were from the Midspan studies conducted on adults in the 1970s; 938 Midspan participants were successfully matched with the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 in which children born in 1921 and attending Scottish schools on June 1, 1932, took a cognitive ability test. Mortality, hos…
Prescription for learning? Meeting the development needs of the pharmacy profession
This article explores the use of open learning to meet pharmacists' continuing development needs in the UK—a topic that the researchers first explored in 1996. First, it sets those needs in the context of the changing role of the pharmacist within the health care team. Second, the authors report the findings from a one-year study conducted in 1999–2000 by the Scottish Council for Research in Education of continuing professional development (CPD) …
Pupil guidance: An integral part of teacher education and development in Scotland
Do the Benefits Justify the Costs? An Evaluation of the ‘Sitter Service’ in Scotland
This research identified the costs and benefits of the sitter service in Scotland. A ‘sitter service’ is one that provides home‐based childcare outside the hours of 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekdays and at weekends to support children of shift workers, single parents/carers and for children who require additional support. Nine sitter services, organised by voluntary or not‐for‐profit organisations in Scotland, were contacted; their costs were compar…
Supporting Teachers in Scottish Schools: Has the Money Been Well Spent
Traditionally, education in Scotland has been viewed as a national service that is locally administered. This research casts new light on that relationship between the Scottish Executive and local authorities by drawing on evidence from an evaluation of the implementation of the additional support staff element of the Teachers' Agreement which determined not only teachers' pay structure but also established the professional conditions under which…
The role of the teaching headteacher: A question of support
Bunking off’: The impact of truancy on pupils and teachers
There is widespread interest in the impact of unauthorised absence on pupil attainment, links with disaffection, exclusion from school and criminality. However, little is heard about what those who take unauthorised absence from school think that the effect has been on them; nor do we hear the voices of other pupils and their teachers. This article presents evidence from a one‐year study of absence in seven local authorities in England funded by …
The Leadership Alliance: Twenty Years of Developing a Diverse Research Workforce
The Leadership Alliance is a national academic consortium currently comprising 32 academic institutions including Ivy League and major-research and minority-serving institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). For 2 decades these institutions have worked collaboratively to train, mentor, and support underrepresented minority students from undergraduate through advanced graduate training programs. Effectively bridg…
Alabama’s and Maryland’s Similar Black Unemployment Rates Mask Major Differences in Labor Market Conditions
Pedagogy (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Medical education (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Reflective Practices in Education (4 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Nursing (3 works)