Items where Author is Thompson, Ron

2017

Thompson, Ron (2017) Opportunity structures and educational marginality: the post-16 transitions of young people outside education and employment. Oxford Review of Education. ISSN 0305-4985

Orr, Kevin, Thompson, Ron, Hanley, Pam and Hepworth, Jonathan (2017) Enhancing Pedagogy in Vocational Science, Engineering and Technology: Evaluating Impact. In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, 5-7 September 2017, University of Sussex, Brighton. (Unpublished)

Orr, Kevin, Hanley, Pam, Hepworth, Jonathan and Thompson, Ron (2017) Enhancing Pedagogy in the Teaching of Vocational Science, Engineering and Technology. In: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2017, 22-25 August 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Unpublished)

Orr, Kevin, Hanley, Pam, Hepworth, Jonathan and Thompson, Ron (2017) Improving Pedagogy in Vocational Teaching. In: JVET Conference, 7-9 July 2017, Worcester College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron and Hanley, Pam (2017) Teacher knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy in technical and vocational education. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training Conference (JVET 2017), 7th-9th July 2017, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron and Russell, Lisa (2017) Trainee teachers in unpaid teaching posts: volunteering, risk and vulnerability. Journal of vocational education and training. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1363-6820

2016

Thompson, Ron (2016) Understanding class-based inequalities in education: rational action theories of educational decision making. In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference 2016, 7-9 December 2016, Celtic Manor, Newport. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron (2016) Explaining inequality? Rational action theories of educational decision making. In: Access to Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges. Research into Higher Education . Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9781138924116

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2016) 100% Employment Opportunities for Northern Ireland Care Leavers. Project Report. Business in the Community, Belfast.

Russell, Lisa, Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2016) The performance of BME trainee teachers: shaping future practice within University in-service and pre-service lifelong learning teacher education provision. Project Report. The University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

2015

Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2015) Social mobility and post-compulsory education: revisiting Boudon's model of social opportunity. In: Education and Social Mobility. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9781138119574

Thompson, Ron and Russell, Lisa (2015) Trainee teachers in voluntary teaching posts: roles, rights and responsibilities. In: 14th Consortium Annual Conference 2015, 26th June 2015, University of Huddersfield, UK. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron (2015) The Science, Engineering and Technology Workforce in the FE and Skills Sector: Implications for ITE and professional development. In: Skills for the Chemical Industry, 3 March 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Ollin, Ros, Thompson, Ron and Tummons, Jonathan (2015) Assessment. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

Fisher, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2015) Introduction to the lifelong learning sector. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

McLay, Margaret, Mycroft, Louise, Noel, Penny, Orr, Kevin, Thompson, Ron, Tummons, Jonathan and Weatherby, Jane (2015) Learning and learners. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

Dixon, Liz, Harvey, Josie, Powell, David, Thompson, Ron and Williamson, Sarah (2015) Practical teaching. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

Fulford, Amanda, Robinson, Denise and Thompson, Ron (2015) Teacher education for lifelong learning. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

Avis, James, Fisher, Roy and Thompson, Ron (2015) Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

Fisher, Roy, Fulford, Amanda, McNicholas, Bernard and Thompson, Ron (2015) The curriculum in the lifelong learning sector. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

2014

Thompson, Ron (2014) Initial teacher education for the education and training sector in England: development and change in generic and subject specialist provision. Research Report. Gatsby Charitable Foundation, London, UK.

Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron and Russell, Lisa (2014) Education, Work and Social Change: Young People and Marginalisation in Post-Industrial Britain. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137335920

Russell, Lisa, Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2014) Helping unemployed young people to find private sector work. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, UK.

Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron, Tabrizi, Gila and Nartey, Angela (2014) Engaging Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training: The Case for a Youth Resolution. Research Report. UCU, London, UK.

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2014) Space, place and social exclusion: an ethnographic study of young people outside education and employment. Journal of Youth Studies, 17 (1). pp. 63-78. ISSN 13676261

2013

Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2013) Social mobility and post-compulsory education: revisiting Boudon’s model of social opportunity. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34 (5-6). pp. 744-765. ISSN 0142-5692

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2013) Young people and labour market marginality: findings from a longitudinal ethnographic study. Journal of Youth Studies. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1367-6261

Thompson, Ron (2013) Social class and participation in further education: evidence from the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales. In: Theorizing Social Class and Education. Routledge. ISBN 9780415842297

Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron and Russell, Lisa (2013) Self-Esteem and Social Justice? Engaging Young People on the Margins of Education and Employment. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training 10th International Conference, 5th-7th July 2013, Worcester College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2013) NEET young people and the Labour Market: voices from the margins. In: Discourse Power and Resistance Conference 2013 - Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion, 9th - 11th April 2013, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2013) NEET young people and the labour market: working on the margins. In: Youth Studies Conference, 8-12th April 2013, Glasgow, UK. (Unpublished)

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2013) Young people’s experiences of working in the private sector: a case study approach. In: Discourse Power and Resistance Conference 2013 - Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion, 9th - 11th April 2013, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2013) Reclaiming the Disengaged: Critical Perspectives on Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 18 (1-2). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1359-6748

2012

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Spatial dialectics and social exclusion: young people not in education, employment or training. In: European conference on educational research, 18 - 21 September 2012, University of Cadiz, Spain. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2012) Social exclusion, space and place: young people not in education, employment or training. In: British Educational Research Association Conference, 4-6 September 2012, University of Manchester. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Space, place and exclusion: young people outside education and employment. In: Space Place and Social Justice in Education, 13 July 2012, Manchester Metropolitan University. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2012) Well-being and Social Justice? Engaging Young Adults on the Margins of Education and Employment. In: 42nd Annual SCUTREA Conference 2012, 3rd - 5th July 2012, Leicester, UK. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Exploring the lives of NEET young people – using structuration theory to conceptualise the experience of ‘disengagement'. In: Youth in Crisis and Community Interventions: Past, Present and Future Interventions, 21-22 February 2012, Ayr, Scotland. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Exploring the lives of NEET young people: using structuration theory to conceptualise the experience of ‘disengagement’. In: Youth in Crisis and Community Interventions: Past, Present and Future Priorities, 21-22 February 2012, University of the West of Scotland. (Unpublished)

2011

Thompson, Ron (2011) Individualisation and social exclusion: the case of young people not in education, employment or training. Oxford Review of Education, 37 (6). pp. 785-802. ISSN 0305-4985

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) Conceptualising the lives of NEET young people: structuration theory and ‘disengagement’. Education, Knowledge and Economy, 5 (3). pp. 89-106. ISSN 1749-6896

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) Education and training for young people at risk of becoming NEET: findings from an ethnographic study of work-based learning programmes. Educational Studies, 37 (4). pp. 447-450. ISSN 0305-5698

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) NEET Young People and Training for Work: learning on the margins. Trentham Books, Stoke-on-Trent. ISBN 9781858564838

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) Ordinary lives: an ethnographic study of young people attending Entry to Employment programmes. Journal of Education and Work, 24 (5). pp. 477-499. ISSN 1363-9080

Thompson, Ron (2011) Further Education and Social Inclusion under New Labour. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield.

Thompson, Ron (2011) Reclaiming the disengaged? A Bourdieuian analysis of work-based learning for young people in England. Critical Studies in Education, 52 (1). pp. 15-28. ISSN 1750-8487

2010

Thompson, Ron (2010) Teaching on the margins: tutors, discourse and pedagogy in work-based learning for young people. Journal of vocational education and training, 62 (2). pp. 123-137. ISSN 1363-6820

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2010) A longitudinal study of NEET young people. The leverhulme trust newsletter. p. 5.

Thompson, Ron (2010) Learning on the margins: the ‘real lives’ of NEET young people. Discourse, Power and Resistance 9, University of Greenwich. In: Discourse, Power and Resistance 9, 30 March - 1 April 2010, University of Greenwich. (Unpublished)

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2010) Playing the numbers game: Connexions Personal Advisers working with young people on Entry to Employment programmes. Journal of vocational education and training, 62 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1363-6820

Ollin, Ros, Thompson, Ron and Tummons, Jonathan (2010) Assessment. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp. 163-180. ISBN 9780335234684

Fisher, Roy and Thompson, Ron (2010) Introduction to the lifelong learning sector. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780335234684

Dixon, Liz, Harvey, Josie, Thompson, Ron and Williamson, Sarah (2010) Practical teaching. In: Teaching in lifelong learning. McGraw Hill, pp. 119-141. ISBN 9780335234684

Fulford, Amanda, Robinson, Denise and Thompson, Ron (2010) Teacher education for lifelong learning. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp. 18-27. ISBN 9780335234684

McLay, Margaret, Mycroft, Louise, Noel, Penny, Orr, Kevin, Thompson, Ron, Tummons, Jonathan and Weatherby, Jane (2010) Teaching in the lifelong learning sector. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp. 77-102. ISBN 9780335234684

Fisher, Roy, Fulford, Amanda, McNicholas, Bernard and Thompson, Ron (2010) The curriculum in the lifelong learning sector. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp. 103-118. ISBN 9780335234684

2009

Thompson, Ron, Hallwood, Linda, Clements, Christine and Rivron, Helen (2009) Personal development planning in initial teacher training: a case study from post-compulsory education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 14 (3). pp. 269-285. ISSN 1359-6748

Thompson, Ron (2009) Creativity, Knowledge and Curriculum in Further Education: A Bernsteinian Perspective. British Journal of Educational Studies, 57 (1). pp. 37-54. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2009) Aiming Higher: how will universities respond to changes in initial teacher training for post-compulsory sector in England? In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 239-307. ISBN 9781862180680

Thompson, Ron and Robinson, Denise (2009) Changing Step or Marking Time? Teacher education reforms for the learning and skills sector in England. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 353-368. ISBN 9781862180680

Thompson, Ron (2009) Modernism and reality in education. Post 16 Educator, 49. pp. 16-17. ISSN 0459-2026

Thompson, Ron (2009) Social class and participation in further education: evidence from the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 30 (1). pp. 29-42. ISSN 0142-5692

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2009) Teacher Educators in Post-Compulsory Education: gender, discourse and power. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 333-352. ISBN 9781862180680

2008

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2008) Creativity and performativity: the case of further education. British Educational Research Journal, 34 (5). pp. 601-618. ISSN 0141-1926

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2008) Re-conceptualizing creativity for further education. In: British Educational Research Association 2008, 3 - 6 September 2008, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron and Robinson, Denise (2008) Changing step or marking time? Teacher education reforms for the learning and skills sector in England. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 32 (2). p. 161. ISSN 0309-877X

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2008) Creativity in further education: resistance or compliance? In: 7th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series, 18– 20 March 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University.

2007

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Teacher educators in post-compulsory education: gender, discourse and power. Journal of vocational education and training, 59 (4). pp. 517-533. ISSN 1363-6820

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Still paying for it: FHE teacher training update. Post 16 Educator (41). pp. 11-12. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Aiming higher: how will universities respond to changes in initial teacher training for the post-compulsory sector in England? Journal of further and higher education, 31 (2). pp. 171-182. ISSN 1469-9486

Thompson, Ron (2007) Adapting ITT to the Diploma Units. In: The 2007 DFES Reform Agenda, 26th February 2007, University of Leicester. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Cinderella's shoes: gender, autonomy and control in post-compulsory teacher education. In: 6th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series, 25– 27 March 2007, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Simmons, Robin, Orr, Kevin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Gender, Discourse and Power: Reflections on the post-compulsory Teacher Educator Workforce in England. In: 9th International Conference on Education, 28 - 31 May 2007, Athens, Greece. (Unpublished)

2006

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2006) Paying for it: initial teacher training in the post-compulsory sector. Post 16 Educator (35). pp. 11-13. ISSN 0459-2026

1995

Thompson, Ron (1995) A problem on the turning points of polynomials. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 26 (5). pp. 675-684. ISSN 0020-739X