Kirstin Kerr
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085224 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirstin Kerr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirstin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerr |
| SIGNATURE | KERR K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2508-5544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using a theory of change approach to support teachers’ action research inquiries
Engaging teachers in action research (AR) in their own classrooms has long been established as a means to support their professional development and the quality of their practice. Yet it also presents distinct challenges. Teachers have to find ways to align the requirements of teaching practice and AR, within the demands of their education systems. This paper explores whether teachers could be supported in this by using a Theory of Change (ToC) a…
Establishing a Comprehensive Substance Use Health Hub
Background: In response to the escalating substance use crisis in Guelph-Wellington, the Guelph Community Health Centre (Guelph CHC) supported by many core partners through the Guelph-Wellington Ontario Health Team (GW OHT) developed the Substance Use Health Hub (SUHH) to provide comprehensive, wraparound care to individuals with complex, high acuity needs. This population frequently interacts with costly systems such as hospitals and correctiona…
Endogenous assets-mapping
Asset-based approaches to public service reform suggest a need for policymakers to shift attention from ‘fixing’ the perceived deficits of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, to recognising and building on the resources, or assets, they hold. However, these approaches have also been critiqued for interpreting assets so broadly that they effectively become meaningless, or so narrowly that they perpetuate deficit views. To counter these tendencies, a new…
Making participation in out-of-school-time provision an asset for young people in high-poverty neighbourhoods
Internationally, Out-of-School Time (OST) provision is widely seen as providing professionally-supervised activities through which young people, living in high-poverty contexts, can improve their after-school safety, as well as academic and personal development outcomes. However, even when practical barriers to access are removed, participation is typically low, with little known from young people’s perspectives about why this is. To address this…
Promoting Equity in Market-Driven Education Systems
There is a global trend towards the use of market-driven approaches as a strategy for educational reform. However, this is creating new barriers to the promotion of equity in some countries. Focusing on England as an extreme example of this approach, this paper points to some possibilities for addressing this concern. It reports findings from a series of studies in high poverty contexts in England. These studies have typically involved local educ…
Area-Based Initiatives in England
Education-focused area-based initiatives (ABIs) are attempts to vary the forms of provision and practice that are typical within an education system in order to respond to what are held to be the particular challenges of particular places. They have been used extensively in English education policy as a means of tackling educational disadvantage. This paper1 reviews the history of their use, but argues that their effects have been mixed at best. …
Acting Locally to Have Global Impact
Concepts of global citizenship, rather than citizenship per se, are gaining increasing currency in education (Alexiadou, 2005; Lundahl, 2005). There are specific structures - local, national and international - through which citizens can act in order to have global impacts. Additionally, citizens can engage in both cooperative and integrative activities at local levels to work towards the same results. The question we pose is whether these struct…
Exploring the European Dimension in Education
(2005). Exploring the European Dimension in Education: Practitioners’ Attitudes. European Education: Vol. 37, Integration and Identity: Implications for European Education: Part 2, pp. 22-34
Acting Locally to Have Global Impact
Concepts of global citizenship, rather than citizenship per se, are gaining increasing currency in education (Alexiadou, 2005; Lundahl, 2005). There are specific structures - local, national and international - through which citizens can act in order to have global impacts. Additionally, citizens can engage in both cooperative and integrative activities at local levels to work towards the same results. The question we pose is whether these struct…
Exploring the European Dimension in Education
(2005). Exploring the European Dimension in Education: Practitioners’ Attitudes. European Education: Vol. 37, Integration and Identity: Implications for European Education: Part 2, pp. 22-34
Acting Locally to Have Global Impact
Concepts of global citizenship, rather than citizenship per se, are gaining increasing currency in education (Alexiadou, 2005; Lundahl, 2005). There are specific structures - local, national and international - through which citizens can act in order to have global impacts. Additionally, citizens can engage in both cooperative and integrative activities at local levels to work towards the same results. The question we pose is whether these struct…
Area-Based Initiatives in England
Education-focused area-based initiatives (ABIs) are attempts to vary the forms of provision and practice that are typical within an education system in order to respond to what are held to be the particular challenges of particular places. They have been used extensively in English education policy as a means of tackling educational disadvantage. This paper1 reviews the history of their use, but argues that their effects have been mixed at best. …
Promoting Equity in Market-Driven Education Systems
There is a global trend towards the use of market-driven approaches as a strategy for educational reform. However, this is creating new barriers to the promotion of equity in some countries. Focusing on England as an extreme example of this approach, this paper points to some possibilities for addressing this concern. It reports findings from a series of studies in high poverty contexts in England. These studies have typically involved local educ…
Endogenous assets-mapping
Asset-based approaches to public service reform suggest a need for policymakers to shift attention from ‘fixing’ the perceived deficits of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, to recognising and building on the resources, or assets, they hold. However, these approaches have also been critiqued for interpreting assets so broadly that they effectively become meaningless, or so narrowly that they perpetuate deficit views. To counter these tendencies, a new…
Making participation in out-of-school-time provision an asset for young people in high-poverty neighbourhoods
Internationally, Out-of-School Time (OST) provision is widely seen as providing professionally-supervised activities through which young people, living in high-poverty contexts, can improve their after-school safety, as well as academic and personal development outcomes. However, even when practical barriers to access are removed, participation is typically low, with little known from young people’s perspectives about why this is. To address this…
Using a theory of change approach to support teachers’ action research inquiries
Engaging teachers in action research (AR) in their own classrooms has long been established as a means to support their professional development and the quality of their practice. Yet it also presents distinct challenges. Teachers have to find ways to align the requirements of teaching practice and AR, within the demands of their education systems. This paper explores whether teachers could be supported in this by using a Theory of Change (ToC) a…
Establishing a Comprehensive Substance Use Health Hub
Background: In response to the escalating substance use crisis in Guelph-Wellington, the Guelph Community Health Centre (Guelph CHC) supported by many core partners through the Guelph-Wellington Ontario Health Team (GW OHT) developed the Substance Use Health Hub (SUHH) to provide comprehensive, wraparound care to individuals with complex, high acuity needs. This population frequently interacts with costly systems such as hospitals and correctiona…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Disadvantaged (2 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (2 works)