Stuart Woodcock
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3655046 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Stuart Woodcock |
| PRENOMES | Stuart |
| SOBRENOME | Woodcock |
| ASSINATURA | WOODCOCK S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2035-8638 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 41 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 88 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
‘School is no longer a lone wolf effort’
Based on the premise that the successful implementation of inclusion is largely dependent on the educators’ commitment to inclusive ideals, this study sought to examine the ways principals promote an inclusive vision and foster the development of associated practices in their school community. The study employed an exploratory qualitative research design, collecting data through semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 12 principals of hi…
Parental (dis)satisfaction with school placement to achieve inclusion
Background This study draws on data from a larger international project exploring parents' perceptions of the education of their children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Using responses from 1,309 parents in Australia, England, Germany, and Norway it examines parental satisfaction with mainstream and special schools, and parents' school placement preferences, including willingness to change schools. Parental satisfactio…
Measuring teachers’ beliefs in their capacity to use differentiated instruction in their classrooms
The purpose of this study was to develop, validate and confirm a scale to gain a better understanding of teachers’ beliefs in their capacity to use differentiated instruction in their classrooms. Differentiation is an effective approach to teaching, designed to enable equitable learning opportunities for every student. Teachers are recommended to differentiate aspects of teaching, instruction, learning, assessment and the learning environment due…
From classroom to campus
Induction and the early career substitute teacher workforce
Examining teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education for all
Teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education are widely recognised as a key indicator of the inclusiveness of classroom environments. However, existing instruments inadequately capture teachers’ mindsets in relation to inclusive education for all learners. This study addresses this gap by developing and validating a new cross-cultural measurement instrument: the Attitudes Towards Inclusion for All scale (ATIFA), in both English (ATIFA-EN) and …
Precariously employed early career teachers and induction policies
Inclusion climate perceptions of secondary students with and without Send and their association with motivation for academic engagement
Drawing on a recent study, this paper questions the literature's dominant representation of integrated students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) as holding negative perceptions of their school climate and, by extension, being at a greater risk of poor psycho‐social adjustment. Key dimensions of school climate and their association with motivation for academic engagement were examined in a sample of 626 secondary students,…
Strengthening student support
Whilst high school provided a more personal level of assistance than university, there is a need for more inclusive approaches to avoid micro-exclusions. • At university, students suggested more personalised support, noting generalised accommodations did not cater sufficiently to students’ individual needs. • (In)effective support not only impacted learning and achievement, but was reported to impact students’ mental health. Internationally, ther…
Leveraging students' voices
Student diversity in higher education is increasing, and to reduce barriers to students’ full and equitable participation, universities often provide accessibility and wellbeing support services to accommodate their needs. However, a more student-centred approach is required to respond to the challenges for many students with accessibility requirements or disabilities who are insufficiently accommodated, impacting negatively on their achievement …
Bots and baddies
Teacher self‐efficacy
Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self‐efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement problems, and are not theoretically sound. This paper proposes a new theoretically and rigorously developed …
What does the village need to raise a child with additional needs? Thoughts on creating a framework to support collective inclusion
In this paper, a group of nine international scholars reflect on the collective responsibilities of stakeholders within inclusive educational settings. This reflection was prompted by the need to identify specific elements which would support intentional, collective responsibility to support authentic inclusion for all students. In order to engender this collectivist mindset, mirroring the metaphor of the nurturing village, the group conducted a …
First-year primary teachers’ classroom management strategies
As newly qualified teachers begin their teaching career, the first year can be a challenging one where they need to learn new skills and handle many stresses, including classroom management. Managing the class in order to teach is a challenging skill for newly qualified teachers. This study investigated 156 primary school teachers who are based in New South Wales, Australia, in their first year of teaching and their classroom management strategie…
Language learning beyond the classrooms
Conceptualising English L1 speakers’ motivation for learning L2 Chinese in Australian universities
This study investigated English first language (L1) speakers’ motivation for learning Chinese as a second language (L2) in Australia and the links of underlying motivational components to learner sociobiographical (e.g. gender and reasons for learning) and language learning variables (i.e. experience abroad, hours of self-study, and speaking with Chinese L1 speakers). A total of 164 Australian university students participated in the study. The fi…
What's colour got to do with it? A psychometric assessment of Peggy McIntosh 's white privilege
Peggy McIntosh's ( White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women's studies , Working Paper 189, Wellesley Center for Research on Women, 1988) list of 50 racial privileges, which purportedly benefit persons of white skin colour, has had enormous impact on social science research and educational curriculum and pedagogy. Surprisingly, to date, no attempt has been made to empirically exp…
The Effects of a Martial Arts-Based Intervention on Secondary School Students’ Self-Efficacy
Physical activities are generally accepted as promoting important psychological benefits. However, studies examining martial arts as a form of physical activity and mental health have exhibited many methodological limitations in the past. Additionally, recent philosophical discussion has debated whether martial arts training promotes psychological wellbeing or illness. Self-efficacy has an important relationship with mental health and may be an i…
Investigating Teachers’ Beliefs in Inclusive Education and Their Levels of Teacher Self-Efficacy
Inclusive education caters for all students and embraces their unique characteristics, backgrounds, and abilities. While many challenges persist that prevent inclusion from being fully embraced and implemented, such as varying definitions of what inclusion is at an international, national, and intra-national level, teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion and their belief in their capabilities may play an important role. This paper examined the rela…
An Exploration of the Experiences of Substitute Teachers
This article reports on a systematic review of literature on the experiences of substitute teachers, also known as casual or relief teachers. This occupational group are an essential part of school improvement efforts, allowing release time for other teachers to participate in professional learning, complete administrative duties, and attend to personal matters. Although a ubiquitous component of the teaching workforce, little is known about thei…
Inclusive education policies – objects of observance, omission, and obfuscation
This article draws upon a critical policy analysis approach to examine the state of inclusive education policy in Global North settings over the past decade.Building on an earlier paper on this topic ten years ago, this updated article seeks to explore whether and how inclusion and inclusive education have been understood in varied international, national and sub-national policy settings over time.While it might be anticipated that schooling syst…
Examining Parental Perception of Inclusive Education Climate
Parental perspectives about the inclusion of their child with a disability has received limited attention in the literature. Considering parental voice plays an important role in determining the quality of inclusive education, the lack of reliable and valid tools to investigate parental experiences has significantly limited research in this area. One of the key objectives of this study was to build the evidence base in the field by testing the ps…
Career-changers’ technology integration beliefs and practice in initial teacher education
“It isn't you”
Teachers’ beliefs in inclusive education can be highly significant in the success of inclusive classrooms resulting in the performance outcomes of students. Teachers’ understandings and expectations of students are important if students are to reach their potential. This study investigated 182 Australian secondary teachers’ beliefs about inclusive education in relation to their causal attributions toward students with specific learning disabiliti…
Who’s included and Who’s not? An analysis of instruments that measure teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education
In this paper, inclusive education was understood as the right of all students to access, presence, participation and success in their local school (Slee, 2018). With a focus on teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education, the measurement instruments in 225 relevant empirical studies were examined. The findings showed that the vast majority of instruments utilised exclusionary wording focusing on particular (groups of) learners. There was no …
Inclusive education policies
This paper provides an analysis of inclusive education policies across international, and Anglo-American national and provincial/state jurisdictions to reveal how policies discursively construct inclusion under current, increasingly neoliberal conditions. In making this case, the paper draws upon primary UNESCO and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development policies, and a selection of key policies in United States, Canada, England an…
Teacher self-efficacy and inclusive education practices
This paper examined the relationship between 41 primary teachers' self-efficacy and inclusive education practices across New South Wales, Australia. Thematic analysis was employed to examine and probe the qualitative data. Findings reveal that while teachers with high and low efficacy had similar conceptual understanding about inclusive education, their teaching practices differed. Informing teachers about what inclusive education is may only hav…
Success and near misses
Beyond the binary
This article presents research into Canadian elementary and secondary teachers’ understandings of inclusion. The research investigates how a sample of 120 teachers in the southern part of Ontario defined inclusion, and the extent to which they believed an inclusive classroom is an effective way to teach all students. The article draws upon literature into how inclusion is currently defined followed by research into the politics of diversity in in…
Who’s included and Who’s not? An analysis of instruments that measure teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education
In this paper, inclusive education was understood as the right of all students to access, presence, participation and success in their local school (Slee, 2018). With a focus on teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education, the measurement instruments in 225 relevant empirical studies were examined. The findings showed that the vast majority of instruments utilised exclusionary wording focusing on particular (groups of) learners. There was no …
Inclusive education policies – objects of observance, omission, and obfuscation
This article draws upon a critical policy analysis approach to examine the state of inclusive education policy in Global North settings over the past decade.Building on an earlier paper on this topic ten years ago, this updated article seeks to explore whether and how inclusion and inclusive education have been understood in varied international, national and sub-national policy settings over time.While it might be anticipated that schooling syst…
You’re probably going to catch me out here’
In this article, we reveal the complex and contested nature of principals’ understandings of inclusion policy in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Drawing upon critical policy sociology, research into inclusion, and interviews with 18 principals from rural, regional and urban areas throughout the state, the research shows how principals expressed a range of absences and uncertainties about the nature of policies pertaining to inclusion. Th…
Language learning beyond the classrooms
Conceptualising English L1 speakers’ motivation for learning L2 Chinese in Australian universities
This study investigated English first language (L1) speakers’ motivation for learning Chinese as a second language (L2) in Australia and the links of underlying motivational components to learner sociobiographical (e.g. gender and reasons for learning) and language learning variables (i.e. experience abroad, hours of self-study, and speaking with Chinese L1 speakers). A total of 164 Australian university students participated in the study. The fi…
Well-being warriors
BackgroundMental health problems are a growing and significant issue in the Australian education system. Research has suggested that resilience can be learned and that schools can play an important role in developing resilient skills among youth; however, rigorous evaluation of interventions promoting resilience is limited.AimsAs martial arts training has been found to have psychological benefits such as increased confidence and self-esteem, this…
Success and near misses
Are we exacerbating students’ learning disabilities? An investigation of preservice teachers’ attributions of the educational outcomes of students with learning disabilities
Investigation of Chinese University Students’ Attributions of English Language Learning
Despite the importance of developing students’ learning autonomy in Chinese schools similar to Western cultured schools, many concerns are raised regarding the influence and effectiveness that learner autonomy has on students’ academic achievements. The aim of this study was to identify the attribution patterns of Chinese university students for success and failure toward students who learnt through autonomy learning (student-centered approaches)…
Inclusive education policies
This paper provides an analysis of inclusive education policies across international, and Anglo-American national and provincial/state jurisdictions to reveal how policies discursively construct inclusion under current, increasingly neoliberal conditions. In making this case, the paper draws upon primary UNESCO and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development policies, and a selection of key policies in United States, Canada, England an…
Attributional Beliefs of Canadian Trainee Teachers toward Students with a Learning Disability
Teachers are one of the most important factors in successful inclusion of students with a learning disability in mainstream classrooms. Attitudes towards inclusion of certain students in classrooms have been mixed, and many attitudes are often developed during the pre-service training and early teaching years. This study investigated the attitudes of trainee teachers towards students with learning disabilities by analysing their attributional res…
Beyond the binary
This article presents research into Canadian elementary and secondary teachers’ understandings of inclusion. The research investigates how a sample of 120 teachers in the southern part of Ontario defined inclusion, and the extent to which they believed an inclusive classroom is an effective way to teach all students. The article draws upon literature into how inclusion is currently defined followed by research into the politics of diversity in in…
What are standardized literacy and numeracy tests testing? Evidence of the domain‐general contributions to students’ standardized educational test performance
BACKGROUND: A fundamental aim of standardized educational assessment is to achieve reliable discrimination between students differing in the knowledge, skills and abilities assessed. However, questions of the purity with which these tests index students' genuine abilities have arisen. Specifically, literacy and numeracy assessments may also engage unintentionally assessed capacities. AIMS: The current study investigated the extent to which domain…
Developing Wellbeing Through a Randomised Controlled Trial of a Martial Arts Based Intervention
Anti-bullying policies and interventions are the main approach addressing bullying behaviours in Australian schools. However, the evidence supporting these approaches is inconsistent and its theoretical underpinning may be problematic. The current study examined the effects of a martial arts based psycho-social intervention on participants' ratings of resilience and self-efficacy, delivered as a randomised controlled trial to 283 secondary school…
“I’ll Be Back…”
Political leadership has become increasingly volatile in recent times, as experienced directly by many of the leaders of both major parties in Australia over the last few decades who have been ousted by their own party. While some of these leaders have returned to power, others have faded away into history. Political capital can play a key role in the demise or reclaim of leadership and an immediate response can become critical not only in preven…
The effects of martial arts participation on mental and psychosocial health outcomes
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Register ACTR N12618001405202 . Registered 21st August 2018
You’re probably going to catch me out here’
In this article, we reveal the complex and contested nature of principals’ understandings of inclusion policy in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Drawing upon critical policy sociology, research into inclusion, and interviews with 18 principals from rural, regional and urban areas throughout the state, the research shows how principals expressed a range of absences and uncertainties about the nature of policies pertaining to inclusion. Th…
The effect of gender on teaching dispositions
The gender imbalance in the teaching profession occurs worldwide and declining male representation is a cause of concern. While some studies have looked into causes to explain disproportionate male representation, the notion that females may possess higher levels of teaching dispositional traits than males has not been empirically pursued in any depth. To address this, we investigated the effect of gender on 324 first year pre-service teachers’ d…
An Item Response Modeling Approach to Cognitive Load Measurement
The accurate measurement of the cognitive load a learner encounters in a given task is critical to the understanding and application of Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). However, as a covert psychological construct, cognitive load represents a challenging measurement issue. To date, this challenge has been met mostly by subjective self-reports of cognitive load experienced in a learning situation. In this paper, we find that a valid and reliable index…
Shedding light on students with support needs
More and more students attend university and a large number of those experience difficulties at some point throughout their degree. Furthermore, many students who experience difficulties in need of help from the universities’ support services do not disclose their additional needs and/or disabilities (AND), and thus, little is known about this population. A range of internal and external demands or stressors may be experienced by university stude…
Well-being warriors
BackgroundMental health problems are a growing and significant issue in the Australian education system. Research has suggested that resilience can be learned and that schools can play an important role in developing resilient skills among youth; however, rigorous evaluation of interventions promoting resilience is limited.AimsAs martial arts training has been found to have psychological benefits such as increased confidence and self-esteem, this…
Examining Parental Perception of Inclusive Education Climate
Parental perspectives about the inclusion of their child with a disability has received limited attention in the literature. Considering parental voice plays an important role in determining the quality of inclusive education, the lack of reliable and valid tools to investigate parental experiences has significantly limited research in this area. One of the key objectives of this study was to build the evidence base in the field by testing the ps…
Career-changers’ technology integration beliefs and practice in initial teacher education
“It isn't you”
Teachers’ beliefs in inclusive education can be highly significant in the success of inclusive classrooms resulting in the performance outcomes of students. Teachers’ understandings and expectations of students are important if students are to reach their potential. This study investigated 182 Australian secondary teachers’ beliefs about inclusive education in relation to their causal attributions toward students with specific learning disabiliti…
Who’s included and Who’s not? An analysis of instruments that measure teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education
In this paper, inclusive education was understood as the right of all students to access, presence, participation and success in their local school (Slee, 2018). With a focus on teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education, the measurement instruments in 225 relevant empirical studies were examined. The findings showed that the vast majority of instruments utilised exclusionary wording focusing on particular (groups of) learners. There was no …
Teacher self-efficacy and inclusive education practices
This paper examined the relationship between 41 primary teachers' self-efficacy and inclusive education practices across New South Wales, Australia. Thematic analysis was employed to examine and probe the qualitative data. Findings reveal that while teachers with high and low efficacy had similar conceptual understanding about inclusive education, their teaching practices differed. Informing teachers about what inclusive education is may only hav…
The Effects of a Martial Arts-Based Intervention on Secondary School Students’ Self-Efficacy
Physical activities are generally accepted as promoting important psychological benefits. However, studies examining martial arts as a form of physical activity and mental health have exhibited many methodological limitations in the past. Additionally, recent philosophical discussion has debated whether martial arts training promotes psychological wellbeing or illness. Self-efficacy has an important relationship with mental health and may be an i…
Investigating Teachers’ Beliefs in Inclusive Education and Their Levels of Teacher Self-Efficacy
Inclusive education caters for all students and embraces their unique characteristics, backgrounds, and abilities. While many challenges persist that prevent inclusion from being fully embraced and implemented, such as varying definitions of what inclusion is at an international, national, and intra-national level, teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion and their belief in their capabilities may play an important role. This paper examined the rela…
An Exploration of the Experiences of Substitute Teachers
This article reports on a systematic review of literature on the experiences of substitute teachers, also known as casual or relief teachers. This occupational group are an essential part of school improvement efforts, allowing release time for other teachers to participate in professional learning, complete administrative duties, and attend to personal matters. Although a ubiquitous component of the teaching workforce, little is known about thei…
Inclusive education policies – objects of observance, omission, and obfuscation
This article draws upon a critical policy analysis approach to examine the state of inclusive education policy in Global North settings over the past decade.Building on an earlier paper on this topic ten years ago, this updated article seeks to explore whether and how inclusion and inclusive education have been understood in varied international, national and sub-national policy settings over time.While it might be anticipated that schooling syst…
What does the village need to raise a child with additional needs? Thoughts on creating a framework to support collective inclusion
In this paper, a group of nine international scholars reflect on the collective responsibilities of stakeholders within inclusive educational settings. This reflection was prompted by the need to identify specific elements which would support intentional, collective responsibility to support authentic inclusion for all students. In order to engender this collectivist mindset, mirroring the metaphor of the nurturing village, the group conducted a …
Psychology (28 obras) · Pedagogy (18 obras) · Mathematics education (16 obras) · Social Psychology (16 obras) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 obras) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Medicine (10 obras) · Developmental psychology (9 obras) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (9 obras)