An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers

This edited volume illustrates the idea of a successful research capacity model, critically addressing preconceived notions of early career research projects' impact and drawing together insights and implications around the encouragement of newer researchers to conduct useful, robust studies with real-world effect. Centring on research undertaken at the UK Durham University Evidence Centre, the volume features contributions from authors based at universities in the US, China, India, and Pakistan. The book discusses 15 substantial studies which explore themes such as children's wider outcomes in school; disadvantage in education; and the supply of professionals for the teaching workforce. Novel in approach and highly interdisciplinary in nature, the book showcases a broad range of experience and knowledge sharing, from experienced researchers and policymakers to new academic staff, current doctoral students, and masters' students conducting ambitious large-scale projects, thereby giving voice to those just starting out in their career. Illustrating powerful studies that are feasible for students and beginners with limited or no resources, this book will appeal to new researchers, scholars and academics involved in the fields of educational research and research methods, continuing professional development, and education policy more broadly.

Stephen Gorard is Director of the Durham Evidence Centre for Education, Durham University, UK, and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Nadia Siddiqui is Professor of Childhood Education Studies, Durham University Evidence Centre for Education, Durham University, UK, and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

List of figures List of tables About the editors List of contributors Preface Introduction Chapter 1- Building research capacity through a pipeline, Nadia Siddiqui and Stephen Gorard Part I Development at school and beyond Introduction to development at school and beyond Chapter 2 - What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children's cognitive and social emotional learning, Nadia Siddiqui, Stephen Gorard, Smruti Bulsari, Saba Saeed, Hamza Sarfaraz, Beng Huat See, Pauline Dixon and Kiran Pandya Chapter 3 - Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties, Johny Daniel and Amy Barth Chapter 4 - Are Chinese students deficient in critical thinking?, Keji Fan Chapter 5 - Understanding young people's enjoyment and its links to attainment in history, David Prendergast Chapter 6 - The influence of UDL on primary school students' social and emotional competence, Bhavika Kapoor Part II Disadvantage matters at school and beyond Introduction to disadvantage matters Chapter 7 - How can school systems do better for disadvantaged students?, Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See, Nada El-Soufi, and Binwei Lu Chapter 8 - A brief introduction to the value-added approach and its unsettled evidence on educational effectiveness: the case of grammar schools in England, Bin Wei Lu and Xin Shao Chapter 9 - Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes (GiC) on infant's educational outcomes, Lan Dong, Jonathan Cairns, Beng Huat See and Stephen Gorard Chapter 10 - Missing data can speak loudly: a case study of widening participation to university, Yiyi Tan Chapter 11 - Improved classroom interaction matters to the reading proficiency of low-income students, Wenqing Chen Part III The supply of postgraduate professionals Introduction to the supply of postgraduate professionals Chapter 12 - Diversity in the school teaching workforce in England, Feyisa Demie and Beng Huat See Chapter 13 - A new approach to understanding the global teacher supply crisis, Mark Ledger, Beng Huat See, Stephen Gorard and Rebecca Morris Chapter 14 - Assessing the impact of the LADDER approach to teacher wellbeing and teacher retention. Kulwinder Maude and Beng Huat See Chapter 15 - Who are the teachers? A review of international studies - Sarah Ross Chapter 16 - Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China, Jiayi Zhao Conclusion Chapter 17 - The pipeline revisited: achievements and prospects, Stephen Gorard and Nadia Siddiqui Index