Dr Elizabeth McNess

Research summary

• Bristol Education Initiative: the narrative stories of vulnerable children
• Supporting Learning in Transition from Primary to Secondary School
• Home School Knowledge Exchange Project
• National Culture, Educational Goals and Pupil Experience of Secondary Schooling: a comparative European study (ENCOMPASS)
• Learners’ Expectation of Assessment Requirements Nationally (LEARN) Project
• Survey of the use of Circle Time in Wiltshire Primary Schools 
• Primary Assessment, Curriculum and Experience (PACE) Project
• European Teachers and Policy Implementation (ETPI) Project
• Economic Awareness in Teacher Education (EATE) Project

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Biography

Elizabeth has worked at the Graduate School since 1995.  During that time she has worked on three major ESRC-funded projects, looking at the impact of context and policy on teachers' work (PACE Project), pupil perspectives of their schooling in England, France and Denmark (ENCOMPASS Project), children's experiences of transferring from primary to secondary school and the role of schools, teachers and parents in supporting this process (HSKE Project).

Her PhD study was a socio-cultural examination of the impact of policy on teachers' work in England and Denmark.

Her connection with Danish schools has been developed over a period of ...

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Selected publications

• Peng, W, McNess, EM, Thomas, SM, Wu, XR, Zhang, C, Li, JZ & Tian, HS 2013, ‘Emerging perceptions of teacher quality and teacher development in China’. International Journal of Educational Development (IJED).
• McNess, EM, Arthur, L & Crossley, MW 2013, ‘'Ethnographic Dazzle' and the construction of the 'Other': revisiting dimensions of the insider and outsider in international and comparative research’.

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