Mike Coldwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 6155378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Coldwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Coldwell |
| SIGNATURE | COLDWELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0829-5523 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learning from failure
Discussions of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in education that do not show an impact regularly focus on the intervention and how it failed to impact on expected measures, with typologies identifying persistent critical points of failure. This paper uses one such RCT—the Integrating English programme—to exemplify the application of a new model to explain failure in RCTs. To do so, the paper develops a set of categories of context drawing on …
Reconsidering context
This article considers the role of context in ‘theory-based’ evaluations, particularly those that use chain-type path or logic models. Reflecting on the use of causal models in the school professional development field, a set of underlying features of context is developed: the article proposes that context can be dynamic, agentic, relational, historically located, immanent and complex. These features are applied to a consideration of a commonly o…
What’s the point? The role of punctuation in realising information structure in written English
The main claim of this paper is that punctuation marks, in conjunction with spaces between words, function to provide visual rather than auditory cues for information structure in written English. Information structure is defined here as dividing the flow of discourse into units, each containing a newsworthy element, and in contrast to the Systemic Functional systems of Reference and Theme . A model of how these three systems interact is further …
Exploring the influence of professional development on teacher careers
Public library trends
Public libraries tend to be taken for granted. They can be found in nearly every community and are used by a substantial proportion of the population, particularly the young and the old. Yet the public library service, as it is today, is a relatively recent phenomenon. Despite their origins in the mid-19th century, the widespread network of public libraries is largely the product of the post-war welfare state. The demand for the service grew rapi…
The effectiveness of parliamentary information services in the United Kingdom
Small corpus studies and ELT
InfoTech1
Multimedia
Exploring the influence of professional development on teacher careers
Reconsidering context
This article considers the role of context in ‘theory-based’ evaluations, particularly those that use chain-type path or logic models. Reflecting on the use of causal models in the school professional development field, a set of underlying features of context is developed: the article proposes that context can be dynamic, agentic, relational, historically located, immanent and complex. These features are applied to a consideration of a commonly o…
The effectiveness of parliamentary information services in the United Kingdom
Small corpus studies and ELT
Multimedia
InfoTech1
The effectiveness of parliamentary information services in the United Kingdom
Small corpus studies and ELT
Public library trends
Public libraries tend to be taken for granted. They can be found in nearly every community and are used by a substantial proportion of the population, particularly the young and the old. Yet the public library service, as it is today, is a relatively recent phenomenon. Despite their origins in the mid-19th century, the widespread network of public libraries is largely the product of the post-war welfare state. The demand for the service grew rapi…
What’s the point? The role of punctuation in realising information structure in written English
The main claim of this paper is that punctuation marks, in conjunction with spaces between words, function to provide visual rather than auditory cues for information structure in written English. Information structure is defined here as dividing the flow of discourse into units, each containing a newsworthy element, and in contrast to the Systemic Functional systems of Reference and Theme . A model of how these three systems interact is further …
Exploring the influence of professional development on teacher careers
Reconsidering context
This article considers the role of context in ‘theory-based’ evaluations, particularly those that use chain-type path or logic models. Reflecting on the use of causal models in the school professional development field, a set of underlying features of context is developed: the article proposes that context can be dynamic, agentic, relational, historically located, immanent and complex. These features are applied to a consideration of a commonly o…
Learning from failure
Discussions of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in education that do not show an impact regularly focus on the intervention and how it failed to impact on expected measures, with typologies identifying persistent critical points of failure. This paper uses one such RCT—the Integrating English programme—to exemplify the application of a new model to explain failure in RCTs. To do so, the paper develops a set of categories of context drawing on …
Computer Science (7 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multimedia (3 works) · Educational Assessment and Improvement (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 works) · Management science (2 works)