Publications by Christopher Downey
International Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Liou, Y.-H., Daly, A. J., Downey, C., Bokhove, C., Civís, M., Díaz-Gibson, J., & López, S. (accep... more Liou, Y.-H., Daly, A. J., Downey, C., Bokhove, C., Civís, M., Díaz-Gibson, J., & López, S. (accepted on November 28, 2019). Efficacy, explore, and exchange: Studies on social side of teacher education from England, Spain, and US. International Journal of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.101518
Papers by Christopher Downey
International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Network visualizations are alluring yet deceptively difficult to interpret. This article demonstr... more Network visualizations are alluring yet deceptively difficult to interpret. This article demonstrates several strategies for integrating qualitative data into interactive network diagrams for the purposes of providing contextual information about actors and their relationships. The result is a new joint display called a Narrated Network Diagram (NND). The development of NNDs aims to make network visualizations more reliable tools for reporting research findings, especially for researchers integrating Social Network Analysis tools into multi- and mixed-methods research designs. Until now, researchers primarily use interactivity to support exploratory analysis of large networks at various scales. However, interactivity can also be used to integrate diverse forms of data without sacrificing perceptual efficiency by essentially hiding significant amounts of text within nodes and edges as tooltips or by delineating additional data within legends, titles, and subtitles.
This article discusses how social network analysis (SNA) might be used to identify the structural... more This article discusses how social network analysis (SNA) might be used to identify the structural features present in the resource- and knowledge-sharing networks that develop between teachers when they are working within their schools. Network survey data was collected from teachers as part a case study research project undertaken in two high-achieving schools, one primary, and one secondary. Teachers working in schools operate within a number of organisational structures, such as Year Teams and Subject Departments. Through use of SNA techniques, this research aims to compare the extent to which the structure of networks of teacher collaboration around particular aspects of teacher practice may be associated with teachers’ affiliation to such teams. Teachers in each school were asked to nominate colleagues to whom they turned during the previous month for resources and knowledge in their practice of teaching and learning, and their use of student attainment and progress data. Analy...
Children & Society, 2012
... Ana Souza*, Chris Downey and Jenny Byrne School of Education, University of Southampton, Sout... more ... Ana Souza*, Chris Downey and Jenny Byrne School of Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK ... In contrast, Kellett (2009) advocates that pupils should make decisions about the agenda, the focus, the method-ology and the dissemination of findings. ...
Population Space and Place, 2020
There is a growing recognition that learning to teach is a complex process. One of the central pr... more There is a growing recognition that learning to teach is a complex process. One of the central problems that pre-service teacher encounter during learning to teach process is the disconnection between the theory and practice. Zeichner (2010) states that lack of collaboration between the university instructors and schools while learning to teach in the university phase leads to a lack of preparation for pre-service teachers. Therefore, there is a need for effective ways to minimize the disconnection between school and university. One method of doing this is by engaging pre-service teachers with practitioners in the course topic during the university phase. Introducing pre-service teachers to practitioners can help them acquire teaching skills, and engaging them in the process of learning to teach. Practitioners can provide an authentic learning activity giving the benefits of enhanced pre-service teacher learning and provision of alternative perspectives to course topic. In recent ye...
Journal of Professional Capital and Community
PurposeThis study investigated the role of experienced practitioners in promoting pre-service tea... more PurposeThis study investigated the role of experienced practitioners in promoting pre-service teachers' knowledge construction and social interaction in an online professional learning community.Design/methodology/approachA repeated measures design with control and experimental groups was adopted. Two practitioners supported pre-service teachers in the experimental group to discuss issues around teaching practice. Social network analysis (SNA) and content analysis (CA) were used in the analytical approach.FindingsCA revealed that the practitioners increased pre-service teachers' levels of knowledge construction and high-cognitive discourse. SNA showed that the practitioners enhanced pre-service teachers' professional ties. Though collaboration in high-level knowledge building occurred predominantly in peers in the same discipline, the presence of the practitioners facilitated the development of more cross-disciplinary ties in the experimental group.Practical implications...
Profesorado, Revista de Currículum y Formación del Profesorado
This article discusses how social network analysis (SNA) might be used to identify the structural... more This article discusses how social network analysis (SNA) might be used to identify the structural features present in the resource- and knowledge-sharing networks that develop between teachers when they are working within their schools. Network survey data was collected from teachers as part a case study research project undertaken in two high-achieving schools, one primary, and one secondary. Teachers working in schools operate within a number of organisational structures, such as Year Teams and Subject Departments. Through use of SNA techniques, this research aims to compare the extent to which the structure of networks of teacher collaboration around particular aspects of teacher practice may be associated with teachers’ affiliation to such teams. Teachers in each school were asked to nominate colleagues to whom they turned during the previous month for resources and knowledge in their practice of teaching and learning, and their use of student attainment and progress data. Analy...
International Journal of Educational Research
Methodological Innovations
In the last decade, automated captioning services have appeared in mainstream technology use. Unt... more In the last decade, automated captioning services have appeared in mainstream technology use. Until now, the focus of these services have been on the technical aspects, supporting pupils with special educational needs and supporting teaching and learning of second language students. Only limited explorations have been attempted regarding its use for research purposes: transcription of audio recordings. This article presents a proof-of-concept exploration utilising three examples of automated transcription of audio recordings from different contexts; an interview, a public hearing and a classroom setting, and compares them against ‘manual’ transcription techniques in each case. It begins with an overview of literature on automated captioning and the use of voice recognition tools for the purposes of transcription. An account is provided of the specific processes and tools used for the generation of the automated captions followed by some basic processing of the captions to produce au...
Oxford Review of Education
... Downey, Chris and Kelly, Anthony (2008) Utilising value-added progress data in the context of... more ... Downey, Chris and Kelly, Anthony (2008) Utilising value-added progress data in the context of Every Child Matters. ... Our Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Dorset Local Authority School Improvement Service is investigating the use of value-added progress data to ...
School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Sep 7, 2011
This paper presents findings from an exploratory survey of teachers' perc... more This paper presents findings from an exploratory survey of teachers' perceptions, understanding, and use of pupil performance data in English secondary schools and examines the extent to which these are associated with school-level performance and a range of factors, including teachers' positions of responsibility. The survey was supplemented by a series of in-depth interviews. Use and availability of pupil performance
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Publications by Christopher Downey
Papers by Christopher Downey