Alan Penny
Biographic Data
| ID | 6503242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Penny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Penny |
| SIGNATURE | PENNY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | British High Commission Nairobi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Education sector reform
A study of cross-national collaborative research
A story behind a story
This paper describes a process of analysis and the development of representational strategies in a narrative study. It takes the reader through the often hidden steps involved in doing research, and unveils some of the problematics of narrative and voice. Within the context of rural post-Apartheid South Africa, the researchers were positioned as outsiders, bordercrossing into the lives of the researched, in the name of articulating their voices. …
A study of teacher voice and vision in the narratives of rural South African and Gambian primary school teachers
An Analysis of Student Grade Expectations and Marker Consistency
This study sets out to assess the extent to which final‐year students following a four year degree in education have a realistic sense of the strengths and weaknesses of an independent research study they are required to undertake. An analysis of the self‐assessment grades and those of their tutors reveals a poor match, whilst the criteria students use to assess their studies emphasise lower order criteria such as style and presentation, and larg…
Collaborative research in education
The need to encourage staff in departments of education in South African universities to increase their research output has become a priority given the pressing educational needs within the country, and demands for university departments to be more accountable in a context of ever diminishing financial resources. This paper examines a strategy of collaborative research which was aimed at regenerating a culture of research within a university depa…
A study of teacher voice and vision in the narratives of rural South African and Gambian primary school teachers
Education sector reform
A story behind a story
This paper describes a process of analysis and the development of representational strategies in a narrative study. It takes the reader through the often hidden steps involved in doing research, and unveils some of the problematics of narrative and voice. Within the context of rural post-Apartheid South Africa, the researchers were positioned as outsiders, bordercrossing into the lives of the researched, in the name of articulating their voices. …
Collaborative research in education
The need to encourage staff in departments of education in South African universities to increase their research output has become a priority given the pressing educational needs within the country, and demands for university departments to be more accountable in a context of ever diminishing financial resources. This paper examines a strategy of collaborative research which was aimed at regenerating a culture of research within a university depa…
An Analysis of Student Grade Expectations and Marker Consistency
This study sets out to assess the extent to which final‐year students following a four year degree in education have a realistic sense of the strengths and weaknesses of an independent research study they are required to undertake. An analysis of the self‐assessment grades and those of their tutors reveals a poor match, whilst the criteria students use to assess their studies emphasise lower order criteria such as style and presentation, and larg…
A study of teacher voice and vision in the narratives of rural South African and Gambian primary school teachers
A story behind a story
This paper describes a process of analysis and the development of representational strategies in a narrative study. It takes the reader through the often hidden steps involved in doing research, and unveils some of the problematics of narrative and voice. Within the context of rural post-Apartheid South Africa, the researchers were positioned as outsiders, bordercrossing into the lives of the researched, in the name of articulating their voices. …
A study of cross-national collaborative research
Education sector reform
Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works)