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Ben Looker

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Ben Looker

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b.looker@worc.ac.uk

Department:

School of Education

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University of Worcester

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Henwick Grove Worcester WR2 6AJ

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Expertise:

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

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, K. (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	353	2
2.	Super! Cool! Science	246
3.	Developing Teacher-Pupil Relationships in the Classroom: The Influence of Primary Teachers' Career Phase and Experience	112
4.	Does the Use of Video Recording Lead to an Improvement in a Trainee Teacher's Confidence Both in Assessing Pupil Progress and Behaviour Management?	103	18
5.	A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Is Tablet Technology the Answer to a Catch-up Curriculum?	98	2
6.	Differentiated Instruction in Secondary Education Across Countries: Measurement Invariance and Comparison	82	17
7.	A grounded theory study exploring the intersection between pupil-teacher relationships and pupil alienation from the secondary classroom.	81	51
8.	Observing Teaching Behavior Using the International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching Measure Across Countries: Is There Measurement Invariance?	77
9.	The Illusion of Perspective: Examining the dynamic between teacher effectiveness and self-efficacy	59	22
10.	Using Critical Realist Grounded Theory for Educational Research.	17	57
11.	Fifty Shades of Science revisited	13
12.	Fifty Shades Of Science: Experiments To Capture The Imagination Of Pupils	8
13.	The discovery of the implicit pupil‐teacher social contract	1	1

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