Аlison Taysum
Biographic Data
| ID | 5848345 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Аlison Taysum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Аlison |
| FAMILY NAME | Taysum |
| SIGNATURE | TAYSUM А |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4934-1223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preparing Teachers to Re-Build Democratic Communities and Disappearing Middle Class to Reverse Global Inequality
‘Double structuring’ of objective economic wealth and subjective perception of wealth through language and culture produce a common world of divisions in the classroom from ‘bad taste’ to ‘good taste’. Teachers’ language and culture of instruction and ‘good taste’ perpetuate systemic injustice with unconscious bias. The tool ‘A Blueprint for Character Development for Evolution (ABCDE) offers five steps to prepare teachers to recognize bias and re…
Exploring the role of India’s secondary school compulsory curriculum textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school
This study problematises the contribution of India’s school textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The textbooks construct students’ national identity on the concepts of India’s secular democracy, colonial resistance and equal citizenship rights. Notwithstanding study participants’ ambivalent identification with these ideals, they mostly express confusing identities evincing re…
Lifelong learning governance and International Organisations
Lifelong learning policies are subject to various approaches of educational governance. Our research presents a hypothesis that lifelong learning policies are creating and engaging with new facets of governance. To test for proof of concept, the lead author conducted interviews with officials and policy makers from international organisations such as the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation, the Organisation for Economic Coo…
The imposition of government education policy initiatives and school enactment
Rapid economic, social, political and technological changes in the external environments of\neducation systems put constant pressure on the internal processes and practices of educational\nsystems. Over the last four decades educational systems have become more and more vulnerable to economic, political and social developments. Recent global developments such as the\ncrises in the Arab world and their impact on the refugee crisis; the Brexit cris…
An Innovative strategy to re-build trust in educational governance systems after 40 years of English destabilising rapid reforms
The paper explores the relationship between levels of equity and levels of trust in the English education system from 1944 to 2018. The conceptual framework is that of centralised and decentralised decision making in education governance systems taking a socio-historiographical approach. Evidence reveals the impact of rapid government-initiated reforms is system losses of valuable resources, and decreased morale of key change implementers. An inn…
The Distinctiveness of the EdD in Producing and Transforming Knowledge
The aim of this paper is to focus on the distinctiveness of the Professional doctorate in education (EdD) located in the development of higher education (HE) in England using Bourdieu’s theory of practice. It does this by building on a previous paper published in this journal, ‘The Distinctiveness of the EdD in the University Tradition’ (vol. 38, no. 3, 2006: 323–34). The paper uses Bourdieusian analysis to reveal the extent to which capital may …
The Distinctiveness of the EdD within the University Tradition
The aim of this paper is to explore the distinctiveness of the professional doctorate in education (EdD). To deliver on this aim the paper contextualizes the local and particular EdD by locating it within its wider perspective. First the development of Higher Education (HE) in England is considered. Next the historical development of the EdD is examined. Finally the paper argues that the EdD is distinctive and challenges the university tradition.…
The imposition of government education policy initiatives and school enactment
Rapid economic, social, political and technological changes in the external environments of\neducation systems put constant pressure on the internal processes and practices of educational\nsystems. Over the last four decades educational systems have become more and more vulnerable to economic, political and social developments. Recent global developments such as the\ncrises in the Arab world and their impact on the refugee crisis; the Brexit cris…
Exploring the role of India’s secondary school compulsory curriculum textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school
This study problematises the contribution of India’s school textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The textbooks construct students’ national identity on the concepts of India’s secular democracy, colonial resistance and equal citizenship rights. Notwithstanding study participants’ ambivalent identification with these ideals, they mostly express confusing identities evincing re…
The Distinctiveness of the EdD within the University Tradition
The aim of this paper is to explore the distinctiveness of the professional doctorate in education (EdD). To deliver on this aim the paper contextualizes the local and particular EdD by locating it within its wider perspective. First the development of Higher Education (HE) in England is considered. Next the historical development of the EdD is examined. Finally the paper argues that the EdD is distinctive and challenges the university tradition.…
The Distinctiveness of the EdD in Producing and Transforming Knowledge
The aim of this paper is to focus on the distinctiveness of the Professional doctorate in education (EdD) located in the development of higher education (HE) in England using Bourdieu’s theory of practice. It does this by building on a previous paper published in this journal, ‘The Distinctiveness of the EdD in the University Tradition’ (vol. 38, no. 3, 2006: 323–34). The paper uses Bourdieusian analysis to reveal the extent to which capital may …
The imposition of government education policy initiatives and school enactment
Rapid economic, social, political and technological changes in the external environments of\neducation systems put constant pressure on the internal processes and practices of educational\nsystems. Over the last four decades educational systems have become more and more vulnerable to economic, political and social developments. Recent global developments such as the\ncrises in the Arab world and their impact on the refugee crisis; the Brexit cris…
An Innovative strategy to re-build trust in educational governance systems after 40 years of English destabilising rapid reforms
The paper explores the relationship between levels of equity and levels of trust in the English education system from 1944 to 2018. The conceptual framework is that of centralised and decentralised decision making in education governance systems taking a socio-historiographical approach. Evidence reveals the impact of rapid government-initiated reforms is system losses of valuable resources, and decreased morale of key change implementers. An inn…
Lifelong learning governance and International Organisations
Lifelong learning policies are subject to various approaches of educational governance. Our research presents a hypothesis that lifelong learning policies are creating and engaging with new facets of governance. To test for proof of concept, the lead author conducted interviews with officials and policy makers from international organisations such as the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation, the Organisation for Economic Coo…
Exploring the role of India’s secondary school compulsory curriculum textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school
This study problematises the contribution of India’s school textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The textbooks construct students’ national identity on the concepts of India’s secular democracy, colonial resistance and equal citizenship rights. Notwithstanding study participants’ ambivalent identification with these ideals, they mostly express confusing identities evincing re…
Preparing Teachers to Re-Build Democratic Communities and Disappearing Middle Class to Reverse Global Inequality
‘Double structuring’ of objective economic wealth and subjective perception of wealth through language and culture produce a common world of divisions in the classroom from ‘bad taste’ to ‘good taste’. Teachers’ language and culture of instruction and ‘good taste’ perpetuate systemic injustice with unconscious bias. The tool ‘A Blueprint for Character Development for Evolution (ABCDE) offers five steps to prepare teachers to recognize bias and re…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Corporate governance (2 works)