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Student Welfare: Complexity, Dilemmas and Contradictions
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Cornish, Carlene – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2019
The role of the education sector has expanded into areas of social welfare. A key influence, relates to the disintegration of public-funded organisations responsible for mental health and social welfare provision. This article considers the policy drive for a broadened welfare mandate within education settings. Drawing on illustrations of…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Students, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
From Medium to Pedagogy: "Fun and Colourful" Lessons as a Model for Trainee Teachers in Further Education Colleges--Questioning the Postmodernist Constructivist Approach to Classroom Practice
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Dziubinski, Julian P. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
As a result of the "fragmented and largely isolated traditions of pedagogy" in the vastly diverse further education (FE) sector, initial teacher training (ITT) courses have been difficult to design and implement. Nevertheless, the historical requirement for FE teachers to possess a teaching qualification--although now removed--has raised…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Models, Preservice Teachers, Professional Continuing Education
Treated Like Adults: 14-16-Year-Olds in Further Education
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Harkin, Joe – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2006
This paper summarises the results of a Learning & Skills Development Agency-funded research project that focused on the pedagogy of teaching younger learners in English Further Education colleges. It sets out the background and rationale for the research, the methods used, and the main findings. It concludes by suggesting some features of best…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Adolescents, Postsecondary Education, Best Practices