View Vol 3 No 1 (2016): STeP Journal

Articles

Editorial

Alison Jackson
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1-3

Why have attempts to promote equality of opportunity in schools in the UK and/or other countries failed?

Rachel Kurtz
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4-10

Bereavement in the Primary School: A critical consideration of the nature, incidence, impact and possible responses

Jill Porter
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11-17

Managing Professional Change and Development: An investigation of the observed and perceived values of the use of music in the teaching of mathematics within the EYFS and Year One

Michael Dollan
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18-30

In the case of high attaining, phonemically aware, bilingual Year One children, can spelling tests using phonemically irregular words be an effective strategy in order to improve spelling?

Scott Dyer
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31-41

Praise, Power and Pupil-teacher Relationships

Bilsen Ibrahim
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42-50

An investigation into the correlation between children’s participation in extra-curricular activities and the characteristics of their class teacher

Harry Loughran
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51-72

An investigation into whether or not there is a link between children’s level of participation in external activities outside of school and their level of participation in extra-curricular activities

Christopher McGeown
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73-91

An investigation into whether there exists a positive relationship between a child’s level of extracurricular activity participation and their academic performance

Maeve Mullen
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92-110

Embracing ‘science capital’: An investigation into the approaches and initiatives established by a post-primary school to promote the uptake of STEM related subjects and subsequently STEM related careers with a particular focus on how this is helping to r

Mary Conlan
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111-133

The effectiveness of reciprocal reading as an intervention for underachieving children

Michaela McHugh
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134-157

A Comparative Paper Assessing the Appropriateness of Embedding Deep Personalisation and Educational Essentialism within the UK Further and Higher Education Sectors

Jonathan Miles
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158-172

An Exploratory Study: Raising the attainment of underachieving white working-class boys

Samuel Stones
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173-181