London Review of Education

London Review of Education

Volume 10, Issue 1

Issue date: 01 March 2012

Journal: London Review of Education

Publisher: UCL Press

Table of contents

Interrogating access and learning in Kenyan schools: empirical analysis Moses Oketch	1
Do poverty dynamics explain the shift to an informal private schooling system in the wake of free public primary education in Nairobi slums? Moses Oketch, Maurice Mutisya, Jackline Sagwe	3
The effect of active teaching and subject content coverage on students' achievement: evidence from primary schools in Kenya Moses Oketch, Maurice Mutisya, Jackline Sagwe …	19
Patterns of teaching style and active teaching: do they differ across subjects in low and high performing primary schools in Kenya? Moses W. Ngware, Maurice Mutisya, Moses Oketch	35
What explains gender gaps in maths achievement in primary schools in Kenya? Moses W. Ngware, James Ciera, Benta A. Abuya …	55
Raised aspirations and attainment? A review of the impact of Aimhigher (2004–2011) on widening participation in higher education in England Michael Doyle, Martyn Griffin	75
Transformation, trust and the 'importance of teaching': continuities and discontinuities in the Coalition government's discourse of education reform Agnieszka Bates	89
Contributing knowledge and knowledge workers: the role of Chinese universities in the knowledge economy Shuang-Ye Chen	101
E-connecting with e-learning series: the power of role-based e-learning A. Addison, W.T. O'Hare	113
Trust in education: truths and values Denise Batchelor	115
Reimagining Japanese education: borders, transfers, circulations, and the comparative Kaori Kitagawa	117
Educational psychology: concepts, research and challenges Ioulia Papageorgi	119
The psychology of education Ioulia Papageorgi	122
Identity crisis: working in higher education in the twenty-first century David Watson	124
European universities and the challenge of the market: a comparative analysis Gareth Williams	125