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Education, Pupil-teacher relationships, Grounded theory, Social psychology of education

Job title:

Principal Lecturer

Biography:

I have 17 years’ experience of working in education, with 7 years working in higher education. My research areas focus on developing a critical realist grounded theory methodology and social psychology of education, particularly pupils alienated from learning, pupil-teacher relationships and teacher identity.

Qualifications:

BSc PGCE PGCert EdD

My Latest As Author

Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Vickers, Jason (2024) Discovering the Real: Re-examining grounded theory methodology in education through the lens of critical realism. In: BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting, 8 September 2024 to 12 September 2024, University of Manchester. (Unpublished)
Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 and Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 (2024) The Nature, Quality and Dynamics of Teacher-pupil Relationships. Education Sciences, MDPI.
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 and Vickers, Jason (2023) Close and Conflictual: How Pupil–Teacher Relationships Can Contribute to the Alienation of Pupils from Secondary School. Education Sciences, 13 (10). p. 1009. ISSN 2227-7102
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 (Unpublished)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 Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 (2023) Tales from the watershed: Peer relationships and the construction of mid-career primary teachers’ professional identity. 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 (Unpublished)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
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)
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2023) The Self-efficacy of Non-specialist physics teachers. Project Report. Ogden Trust. (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)
Looker, Benjamin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 (2022) The discovery of the implicit pupil‐teacher social contract. Review of Education, 10 (3). e3378. ISSN 2049-6613
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.
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.
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 (2022) A grounded theory study exploring the intersection between pupil-teacher relationships and pupil alienation from the secondary classroom. Other thesis, University of Worcester.
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 (2021) Using Critical Realist Grounded Theory for Educational Research. In: ERA Annual Conference, 13-16 September 2021, Online.
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 and Hibbert-Mayne, Kimberley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-2351 (2021) The Illusion of Perspective: Examining the dynamic between teacher effectiveness and self-efficacy. In: ICALT Final Project Meeting - University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 26th - 28th July 2021, Online/University of Groningen. (Unpublished)
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545, Vickers, Jason and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2021) The Case for a Critical Realist Grounded Theory Research Design. In: Dealing with Grounded Theory : Discussing, Learning, and Practice. Pisa University Press, Pisa, pp. 139-168. ISBN 978-883339-5241
Koller, J., Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Delorenzo, Janinne (2021) A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Is Tablet Technology the Answer to a Catch-up Curriculum? Science Teacher Education, 89. pp. 15-20. ISSN 1756-915X
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Kington, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2353 (2020) Developing Teacher-Pupil Relationships in the Classroom: The Influence of Primary Teachers' Career Phase and Experience. In: Social and Learning Relationships in Primary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic, London. ISBN 9781350096066 (hardback) 9781350096073 (ebook)
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Delorenzo, Janinne (2018) Fifty Shades of Science revisited. In: Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference 2018, 03 - 06 Jan 2018, University of Liverpool.
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Delorenzo, Janinne (2017) Does the Use of Video Recording Lead to an Improvement in a Trainee Teacher's Confidence Both in Assessing Pupil Progress and Behaviour Management? In: University of Worcester Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, 16th June 2017, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Delorenzo, Janinne (2017) Fifty Shades Of Science: Experiments To Capture The Imagination Of Pupils. In: Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference 2017, 4-7 January, University of Reading.
Howarth, Sue, Delorenzo, Janinne, Looker, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-2545 and Scott, Linda (2016) Super! Cool! Science. In: Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference 2016, 6th - 9th January 2016, University of Birmingham.

My Most Viewed As Author

#	Item title
1.	The Case for a Critical Realist Grounded Theory Research Design	1039	3
2.	Observing Teaching Behavior Using the International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching Measure Across Countries: Is There Measurement Invariance?	474
3.	A grounded theory study exploring the intersection between pupil-teacher relationships and pupil alienation from the secondary classroom.	392	1315
4.	Super! Cool! Science	313
5.	A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Is Tablet Technology the Answer to a Catch-up Curriculum?	310	2
6.	Developing Teacher-Pupil Relationships in the Classroom: The Influence of Primary Teachers' Career Phase and Experience	278
7.	Observing Effective Teaching Behavior in the Netherlands, England, and the United States using the ICALT observation instrument	273	145
8.	Differentiated Instruction in Secondary Education Across Countries: Measurement Invariance and Comparison	261	32
9.	Does the Use of Video Recording Lead to an Improvement in a Trainee Teacher's Confidence Both in Assessing Pupil Progress and Behaviour Management?	213	17
10.	The Illusion of Perspective: Examining the dynamic between teacher effectiveness and self-efficacy	209
11.	The Illusion of Perspective: Examining the dynamic between teacher effectiveness and self-efficacy	185	61
12.	The discovery of the implicit pupil‐teacher social contract	181	106
13.	Fifty Shades of Science revisited	163
14.	Fifty Shades Of Science: Experiments To Capture The Imagination Of Pupils	163
15.	Tales from the watershed: Peer relationships and the construction of mid-career primary teachers’ professional identity	139
16.	Mapping primary teachers’ peer relationships across a career	136
17.	The Nature, Quality and Dynamics of Teacher-pupil Relationships	132
18.	'There’s no place I’d rather be!’ The importance of peer relationships in early career teachers’ decisions to remain in the profession	131
19.	Students’ perceived psychosocial learning environments across countries	129
20.	Close and Conflictual: How Pupil–Teacher Relationships Can Contribute to the Alienation of Pupils from Secondary School	128	48
21.	Students’ perceived psychosocial learning environments across countries	116
22.	Using Critical Realist Grounded Theory for Educational Research.	114	286
23.	The Self-efficacy of Non-specialist physics teachers	112
24.	Discovering the Real: Re-examining grounded theory methodology in education through the lens of critical realism	105

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