Bishop Grosseteste University

About: Bishop Grosseteste University is a education organization based out in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Higher education & Teacher education. The organization has 148 authors who have published 269 publications receiving 2702 citations. The organization is also known as: Bishop Grosseteste College & Lincoln Diocesan Training School for Mistresses.

Modern foreign languages: decision-making, motivation and 14–19 schools

Abstract: This article reports on an exploratory study comparing motivation and student choice in modern foreign language lessons in secondary schools (11-16 or 11-18) and schools for 14-19 year olds in England. The study uses data gathered from 634 Year 10 students (aged 14-15), and uses self-determination theory to compare motivation amongst students in the two types of schools. It finds that student motivation differed significantly in each, with students in 14-19 schools displaying more autonomous motivation. Students in schools in this category were less likely to have been given a choice as to whether or not to take the subject than their peers, suggesting that they may feel autonomous in ways not governed by subject choice. Possible reasons for the differences in motivation in the two kinds of school are discussed and directions for future study proposed.

Reforming RE: power and knowledge in a worldviews curriculum: by Mark Chater, editor, 2020, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, John Catt, £16.00 (paperback), 978 1 912 906 92 5

Abstract: This is an interesting book that provides insights into professional practice in RE in England and Wales, based around the findings of the Commission on RE (2018) which recommended the subject be r...

Using vocational education to support development solutions in the Pacific: An emphasis on climate change and health

Abstract: In this article, author(s) reported on the results of the EU PacTVET project, which explored the use of TVET to support resilience in the region with an emphasis on climate change and health. An exploratory design was used to investigate how vocational education supports solutions for climate change and health. The results showed that vocational education plays a significant role in building safety and resilience of people in the region. Most significantly, getting an accredited qualification on health resilience and/or job in the health sector may help them to respond to climate change effectively and efficiently.

A Disputed Identity: Women Conscientious Objectors in Second World War Britain

Abstract: British women were conscripted to the military for the first time during the Second World War. The legislation introducing this measure incorporated a conscience clause, which allowed women to become conscientious objectors to military service. A total of 911 women were granted this status by tribunals. However, at least three times that number identified themselves as conscientious objectors. This discrepancy was the result of a complex and often contradictory legislative position, combined with the contrasting definitions of the category applied by the authorities and individuals. Refusal to assist the war effort brought many women into conflict with a government which only recognized objection to military service and refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of objection to civilian work and civil defence duties. Women who identified themselves as conscientious objectors were not all reacting to state compulsion and many adopted the identity as a result of deeply held beliefs which predated the outbreak of war. The varied experiences of female conscientious objectors are tied together by their identification with a category from which the majority were officially excluded. The problems faced by women who wished to register a conscientious objection to the Second World War are explored in this article, along with the motivations and affiliations which led them to do so.