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English language policy and educational planning: Issues and concerns in Asian contexts
This presentation discusses a number of current issues and concerns relating to English Language policies with particular attention to educational contexts in Asia.
16 July 2026
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Effects of pre-school education on outcomes at age 16 and predicted lifetime earnings: Findings from the mixed method EPPSE study
16 July 2026
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Are there some questions that can’t be answered? The limits of research in teacher education
This year will see the publication of no fewer than four highprofile reports into different aspects of teacher education (BERARSA, UUK, IFS/Nuffield, DFE Carter Review).
16 July 2026
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The rise and rise of testing and use of assessment data in Australia
In 2008 testing became high stakes in Australia and since that time we have witnessed the rise of a major industry with the emergence of readily available practice tests for purchase, increased provision of online resources and burgeoning tutoring services focused on National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN) style tests.
16 July 2026
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The Class: Connections and Disconnections in the Digital Age
We have been particularly interested in asking how young people perceive and respond to the demands made of them by school and family.
16 July 2026
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Developing a Dialogic Approach to Early Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teaching: insights and findings from the epiSTEMe project.
The Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education (epiSTEMe) project designed and trialled a research-informed intervention which sought to incorporate a dialogic component within the teaching of early-secondary science and mathematics.
16 July 2026
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Pronoun Interpretation in the Second Language
A much-studied phenomenon in first language (L1) acquisition concerns the fact that children have greater difficulty in interpreting sentences with pronouns than with reflexives, the so-called Delay of Principle B Effect (DPBE).
16 July 2026
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Multi-Word Vocabulary and literacy development in children with English as an Additional Language
Dr Vicki Murphy is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.
16 July 2026
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Measurement with no standards: reflections of an unconventional psychometrician
16 July 2026
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