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Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Weaver, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-695X (2025) The Role of Teachers’ Peer Relationships in the Decision to Remain in the Profession: Findings from a national survey. In: UW IoE Research Conference, May, 2025, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Hatley, J. (2024) Close to practice research as a means of rethinking elements of student–teacher's classroom practice. The Curriculum Journal, Early (View). pp. 1-19. ISSN Print: 0958-5176 Electronic: 1469-3704
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Rønningsbakk, L. (2023) Editorial: Women in STEM Education. Frontiers in Education, 8. pp. 1-3. ISSN 2504-284X
Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Weaver, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-695X, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2023) 'There’s no place I’d rather be!’ The importance of peer relationships in early career teachers’ decisions to remain in the profession. In: BERA Annual Conference 2023, September 12-14 2023, Aston, Birmingham. (Unpublished)
Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2023) A Place to Form Alliances? The role of school staffrooms in fostering peer relationships for veteran teachers. In: BERA Annual Conference 2023, September 12-14 2023, Aston, Birmingham. (Unpublished)
Maulana, R., Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Ko, J., Feng, X., Helms-Lorenz, M., Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-2351 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2023) Observing Effective Teaching Behavior in the Netherlands, England, and the United States using the ICALT observation instrument. Frontiers in Education, 8 (106893). ISSN 2504-284X
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-2351, Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Buckler, Scott (2023) The Illusion of Perspective: Examining the dynamic between teacher effectiveness and self-efficacy. In: Effective Teaching around the World: Theoretical, empirical, methodological and practical insights. Springer, The Netherlands. ISBN Print: 978-3-031-31677-7 Online:978-3-031-31678-4
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Ronningsbakk, L. (2023) Let us explain everything: pupils’ perspectives of the affordances of mobile technology during primary science inquiry. Frontiers in Education, 8 (116845). ISSN 2504-284X
Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Weaver, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-695X (2023) Mapping primary teachers’ peer relationships across a career. In: University of Worcester, Institute of Education Research Conference, 17.05.23, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Maulana, R., Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-2351 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2023) Students’ perceived psychosocial learning environments across countries. In: American Educational Research Conference, April, 2023, Chicago. (Unpublished)
Maulana, R., Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-2351 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2023) Students’ perceived psychosocial learning environments across countries. In: International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, January 2023, Chile. (Unpublished)
Maulana, R., Feng, X., Helms-Lorenz, M., Ko, J., Chun, S., Abid, S., Irnidayanti, Y., Lee, O., de Jager, T., Coetzee, T., Fadhilah, N., Fernández-García, C.M., Inda-Caro, M., Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley, Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311, Adiyasuren, A. and Galindev, U. (2022) Observing Teaching Behavior Using the International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching Measure Across Countries: Is There Measurement Invariance? In: Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century: AERA 2022 Annual Meeting, April 21-26 2022, San Diego, California.
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Hatley, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-2050 (2022) The Distinctive Affordances of Close to Practice Research: An Argument for its Deployment within Postgraduate Initial Teacher Education. In: Developing Teachers’ Research Literacy: International Perspectives. Wydawnictwo Libron, Krakow, Poland, pp. 83-112. ISBN 978-83-66269-97-2
Maulana, Ridwan, Xiangyuan, Feng, Helms-Lorenz, Michelle, Ko, James, Chun, Seyeoung, Shahzad, Abid, Irnidayanti, Yulia, Lee, Okhwa, de Jade, Thelma, Coetzee, Thys, Fadhilah, Nurul, Maria Fernandez-Garcia, Carmen, Inda-Caro, Mercedes, Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Looker, Benjamin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311, Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley, Adiyasuren, Amarjargal and Galindev, Ulziisaikhan (2022) Differentiated Instruction in Secondary Education Across Countries: Measurement Invariance and Comparison. In: Back to the Future? Problems and Possibilities for Educational Equity, Quality and Sustainability ICSEI Virtual Congress 2022, 5-11 January 2022, Online.
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2021) The Role of Primary School Staffrooms for Veteran Teachers. In: Social Psychology of Education Research Group Meeting, July 5th 2021, University of Worcester, UK.
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2021) Inner Sanctum or Place to Hide? The role of primary school staffrooms for veteran teachers. In: Rekindle 50+, May 29th 2021, University of Porto, Portugal. (Unpublished)
Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2020) Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic, London. ISBN 9781350096066 (hardback) 9781350096073 (ebook)
Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2020) Introduction. In: Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781350096066 (hardback) 9781350096073 (ebook)
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2020) Conclusion: Implications of social and learning relationship studies for classroom practice. In: Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 259-263. ISBN 9781350096066 (hardback) 9781350096073 (ebook)
Hoskyns-Staples, Louise and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2020) Collaborative Problem-Solving in Primary Mathematics: Developing Shape and Spatial Awareness. In: Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury monograph series . Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 9-30. ISBN 978-1-3500-9606-6
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2020) Enabling Primary Science Inquiry: The Role of Mobile Technologies to Support Peer Learning. In: Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury monograph series . Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 46-70. ISBN 978-1-3500-9606-6
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2020) Developing Primary Science and Student Teachers according to an Observe, Process, Teach Cycle. Other. Association for the Study of Primary Education, Cheadle.
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2019) Asking the Right Questions: An Exploration into the Introduction of Co-coaching Within Initial Teacher Science Education. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 8 (3). pp. 163-181. ISSN 2046-6854
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311, Howard, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4791-5542 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2018) Trainee Teachers’ Experience of Primary Science Teaching, and the Perceived Impact on Their Developing Professional Identity. European Journal of Teacher Education, 41 (4). pp. 529-548. ISSN 0261-9768 Online: 1469-5928
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2018) The Use of Mobile Technologies to Facilitate Social Learning. In: 12th International Technology, Education, and Development Conference, 5-7th March 2018, Valencia, Spain. (Unpublished)
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2018) The Use of Mobile Technologies to Facilitate Social Learning in Primary Science. In: INTED2018 Proceedings. IATED Academy, Valencia, Spain, pp. 7756-7767. ISBN 978-84-697-9480-7
Billingsley, Berry, Ramos Arias, Andrea and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2017) Teaching Evolution in Rural Primary Schools. In: BERA Annual Conference 2017.
Withams, L., Hutchins, C., Howard, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4791-5542 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2016) What Are the Key Influences for Trainees in Deciding Whether to Choose Science for Their Specialist Research Project in the Third and Final Year of Their Primary ITE Course? In: University of Worcester Annual Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Conference 'Showcasing and Exploring Excellence', 16th June 2016, University of Worcester, UK. (Unpublished)
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2016) The Use of Creative, Contextualised, Subject Specific Teaching Approaches Within Primary Teacher Education. In: Student Teacher Learning Through Inquiry: International Perspectives. Wydawnictwo Attyka, Krakow, pp. 127-146. ISBN 978-83-65644-07-7
Howard, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4791-5542, Holloway, Andrea, Holloway, A. and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2015) The Role of Tablet Technology in Undergraduate Teacher Training to Promote the Teaching and Learning of Pupils with SEND. In: Annual Teaching and Student Experience Conference2015: 'Building a community of learning through innovation and shared responsibility', 18th June, 2015, University of Worcester, UK. (Unpublished)
Howard, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4791-5542 and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2015) A Hard Nut to Crack - Improving Primary Trainee Teacher Confidence in Teaching Physical Processes Topics. Science Teacher Education, 73. pp. 20-30. ISSN 175-915X
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311, Wilkie, O. and Manders, D. (2015) To What Extent Can Tablet Computers (iPads) be Used to Support the Acquisition of Investigative Skills in Primary Science? In: INTED2015 Proceedings. IATED, pp. 2791-2794. ISBN 978-84-606-5763-7
Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311, Howarth, Sue and Scott, Linda (2011) Conference notes from the largest Science Education conference in Europe. Worcester News and Views.
Howarth, Sue and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2011) STEM Clubs. In: Association for Science Education Annual Conference,, 6-8 January 2011, University of Reading..
Howarth, Sue, Scott, Linda, Collins, Philip and Blackmore, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-6311 (2010) Wow Factors! In: Association for Science Education Annual Conference, 06-09.01.2010, University of Nottingham.

My Most Viewed As Author

#	Item title
1.	Observing Teaching Behavior Using the International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching Measure Across Countries: Is There Measurement Invariance?	528
2.	The Distinctive Affordances of Close to Practice Research: An Argument for its Deployment within Postgraduate Initial Teacher Education	519	1105
3.	A Hard Nut to Crack - Improving Primary Trainee Teacher Confidence in Teaching Physical Processes Topics.	448	306
4.	Observing Effective Teaching Behavior in the Netherlands, England, and the United States using the ICALT observation instrument	311	157
5.	Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools	310
6.	Conference notes from the largest Science Education conference in Europe	308	70
7.	Differentiated Instruction in Secondary Education Across Countries: Measurement Invariance and Comparison	285	38
8.	Asking the Right Questions: An Exploration into the Introduction of Co-coaching Within Initial Teacher Science Education	274	414
9.	Trainee Teachers’ Experience of Primary Science Teaching, and the Perceived Impact on Their Developing Professional Identity	267	515
10.	STEM Clubs.	267
11.	To What Extent Can Tablet Computers (iPads) be Used to Support the Acquisition of Investigative Skills in Primary Science?	254
12.	The Use of Mobile Technologies to Facilitate Social Learning	247
13.	Wow Factors!	234
14.	The Use of Creative, Contextualised, Subject Specific Teaching Approaches Within Primary Teacher Education	229	179
15.	The Illusion of Perspective: Examining the dynamic between teacher effectiveness and self-efficacy	218
16.	The Role of Tablet Technology in Undergraduate Teacher Training to Promote the Teaching and Learning of Pupils with SEND	217	13
17.	Let us explain everything: pupils’ perspectives of the affordances of mobile technology during primary science inquiry	212	56
18.	Inner Sanctum or Place to Hide? The role of primary school staffrooms for veteran teachers	209	20
19.	Introduction	204	3
20.	Developing Primary Science and Student Teachers according to an Observe, Process, Teach Cycle	202	2
21.	What Are the Key Influences for Trainees in Deciding Whether to Choose Science for Their Specialist Research Project in the Third and Final Year of Their Primary ITE Course?	201	33
22.	Conclusion: Implications of social and learning relationship studies for classroom practice	195	4
23.	The Use of Mobile Technologies to Facilitate Social Learning in Primary Science	172
24.	Mapping primary teachers’ peer relationships across a career	162
25.	'There’s no place I’d rather be!’ The importance of peer relationships in early career teachers’ decisions to remain in the profession	155
26.	Students’ perceived psychosocial learning environments across countries	151
27.	The Role of Primary School Staffrooms for Veteran Teachers	149
28.	Students’ perceived psychosocial learning environments across countries	131
29.	Collaborative Problem-Solving in Primary Mathematics: Developing Shape and Spatial Awareness	125	1
30.	A Place to Form Alliances? The role of school staffrooms in fostering peer relationships for veteran teachers	119
31.	Teaching Evolution in Rural Primary Schools	114	1
32.	Close to practice research as a means of rethinking elements of student–teacher's classroom practice	110	42
33.	Enabling Primary Science Inquiry: The Role of Mobile Technologies to Support Peer Learning	105	3
34.	Editorial: Women in STEM Education	98	16
35.	The Role of Teachers’ Peer Relationships in the Decision to Remain in the Profession: Findings from a national survey	6

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