A boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents: value of laboratory diagnostic methods. by Horby, P, Macintyre, C, McIntyre, P, Gilbert, G, Staff, M, Hanlon, M, Heron, L, Cagney, M, Bennett, C

“…An outbreak of pertussis in a crowded boarding-school dormitory allowed evaluation of laboratory correlates of infection. …”

The wellbeing of adolescents during the primary-secondary school transition by Mollart, K

“…Clinical and organisational implications for professionals working in boarding schools, as well as suggestions for future research arc discussed.…”

The classification and framing of religious dialogues in two English schools by Fancourt, N

“…Research in ‘Flintmead’ and ‘Headley’ is then described: the former an elite Anglican private boarding school, the latter a secular non-selective state day school. …”

An evaluation of aspects of the design and implementation of a new behaviour management policy in school by Kelland, D

“…<p>A legacy behaviour management (BM) policy in a mixed private boarding school was examined to determine any improvements which could be introduced based on contemporary behaviour management theories. …”

Intimacies and intimations: Storytelling between servants and masters in nineteenth-century France by Hopkin, D

“…For the sons of the rural notability, tale collecting was motivated by nostalgia, as a way back the feminine, dialect-speaking world of hearth and home, before the rupture of boarding school, correct French and public responsibility. …”

Flourishing in French: promoting speaking skills in the Modern Foreign Language Classroom by Goldrick, R

“…This practitioner research study explores the effects of a focused intervention programme run across ten lessons with two Year 8 French classes (N=34) at a preparatory boarding school in the UK. The study seeks answers to the following research questions: <br> 1. …”

Improving pupil motivation for second language acquisition at Key Stage 4 via teacher response to the pupil voice by Hunter, Z

“…This study aims to investigate teacher strategies for improving pupil motivation, and the strategies which pupils themselves employ to self-motivate, in particular investigating the motivation of two year 11 classes at a high-achieving, selective, rural full-boarding school. A thorough review of the literature was carried out and used as the basis for the investigative measures of the project. …”

Harnessing parent power: to what extent can parental engagement enhance the development of growth mindset in secondary school children? by Battison, A

“…</p> <p>The context is set within a co-educational, fee paying, independent boarding school which is non-selective and provides bursarial assistance to those from lower socio-economic backgrounds; four local day boys in year 9 were randomly selected from a targeted group as the case study students.…”

'A learning history department': How effectively can teacher knowledge be developed through a collaborative professional learning group? by Brader, B

“…</p> <p>Drawing on issues in the literature concerning the professional development of history teachers, and the importance of subject knowledge, this small-scale study involved experienced history teachers from an independent boarding school who participated in both face-to-face and online collaboration. …”

Schooling for social transformation? A mixed methods social network case study of a school and its collective music education programme by Sarazin, M

“…In it, I study a case of a combined day and boarding school which targeted students with schooling difficulties and sought to achieve social transformation goals. …”

Confronting a pedagogy of assimilation: the evolution of large-scale schools for tribal children in India by Gupta, M, Padel, F

“…The policy of assimilating, ‘mainstreaming' or ‘de-tribalizing' indigenous communities by placing their children in boarding schools has been increasingly discredited and abandoned, most publicly throughout North America and Australia since the 1980s and 1990s. …”

Long-term antiretroviral treatment adherence in HIV-infected adolescents and adults in Uganda: a qualitative study by Inzaule, S, Hamers, R, Kityo, C, Rinke de Wit, T, Roura, M

“…Results The overarching themes in adolescents were unstructured treatment holidays, delays in disclosure of HIV status by caretakers, stigma, which was mainly experienced in boarding schools, and diminishing or lack of clinical support. …”

Achievement motivation amongst Rwandan secondary students. An empirical investigation of its internal and external nomological network by Bulla, D

“…In Rwanda, boarding schools are considered schools of excellence whereas basic-education schools are considered to be for those that fail academically. …”