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Sharp, John, Sharp, Jane C. and Young, Emma (2020) Academic boredom, engagement and the achievement of undergraduate students at university: a review and synthesis of relevant literature. Research Papers in Education, 35 (2). pp. 144-184. ISSN 0267-1522

Young, Emma, Thompson, Rachael, Sharp, John and Bosmans, Daniel (2020) Emotional transitions? Exploring the student experience of entering higher education in a widening-participation HE-in-FE setting. Journal of Further and Higher Education . pp. 1-15. ISSN 0309-877X

Hemmings, Brian, Kay, Russell and Sharp, John (2019) The relationship between academic trait boredom, learning approach and university achievement. The Educational and Developmental Psychologist . pp. 1-10. ISSN 2059-0776

Sharp, John, Hemmings, Brian, Kay, Russell and Sharp, Jane (2019) Academic boredom and the perceived course experiences of final year Education Studies students at university. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43 (5). pp. 601-627. ISSN 0309-877X

Sharp, John, Hemmings, Brian, Kay, Russell and Atkin, Chris (2018) Academic boredom, approaches to learning and the final-year degree outcomes of undergraduate students. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 42 (8). pp. 1055-1077. ISSN 0309-877X

Sharp, John, Hemmings, Brian, Kay, Russell, Murphy, Barbara and Elliott, Sam (2016) Academic boredom among students in higher education: a mixed-methods exploration of characteristics, contributors and consequences. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 41 (5). pp. 657-677. ISSN 0309-877X

Sharp, John, Hemmings, Brian and Kay, Russell (2016) Towards a model for the assessment of student boredom and boredom proneness in the UK higher education context. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 40 (5). pp. 649-681. ISSN 0309-877X

Hemmings, Brian, Hill, Doug and Sharp, John (2015) The transition from a university college to a university: a United Kingdom study. Tertiary Education and Management, 21 (2). pp. 127-139. ISSN 1358-3883

Sharp, John, Hemmings, Brian, Kay, Russell and Callinan, Carol (2015) When worlds collide: identity, culture and the lived experiences of research when ‘teaching-led'. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39 (5). pp. 612-644. ISSN 0309-877X

Hemmings, Brian, Hill, Doug and Sharp, John (2013) Research Experiences of Staff within a Specialist UK Higher Education Institution: Challenges, opportunities and priorities. Tertiary Education and Management, 19 (1). pp. 52-67. ISSN 1358-3883

Hemmings, Brian, Hill, Doug and Sharp, John (2013) Critical interactions shaping early academic career development in two higher education institutions. Issues in Educational Research, 23 (1). pp. 35-51. ISSN 1837-6290

Sharp, John, Hemmings, Brian, Kay, Russell and Callinan, Carol (2013) An application of the revised ‘Lecturer Self-Efficacy Questionnaire’: an evidence-based route for initiating transformational change. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 37 (5). pp. 643-674. ISSN 0309-877X

Sharp, John, Hopkin, Rebecca and Lewthwaite, Brian (2011) Teacher Perceptions of Science in the National Curriculum: Findings from an application of the Science Curriculum Implementation Questionnaire in English primary schools. International Journal of Science Education, 33 (17). pp. 2407-2436. ISSN 0950-0693

Sharp, John, Hopkin, Rebecca, James, Sarah, Peacock, Graham, Kelly, Lois, Davies, Dan and Bowker, Rob (2009) Teacher preparation and the national primary science curriculum: a twentieth‐anniversary perspective. Research Papers in Education, 24 (3). pp. 247-263. ISSN 0267-1522

Sharp, John, Bowker, Rob and Byrne, Jenny (2008) VAK or VAK‐uous? Towards the trivialisation of learning and the death of scholarship. Research Papers in Education, 23 (3). pp. 293-314. ISSN 0267-1522

Sharp, John and Sharp, Jane C. (2007) Beyond shape and gravity: children’s ideas about the Earth in space reconsidered. Research Papers in Education, 22 (3). pp. 363-401. ISSN 0267-1522

Sharp, John and Kuerbis, Paul (2006) Children's ideas about the solar system and the chaos in learning science. Science Education, 90 (1). pp. 124-147. ISSN 1098-237X

Sharp, John and Grace, M. (2004) Anecdote, opinion and whim: lessons in curriculum development from primary science education in England and Wales. Research Papers in Education, 19 (3). pp. 293-321. ISSN 0267–1522

Book or Monograph

Peacock, Graham, Sharp, John, Johnsey, Rob and Wright, Debbie, eds. (2017) Primary science: knowledge and understanding. SAGE. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Sharp, John, Peacock, Graham, Johnsey, Rob and Simon, Shirley, eds. (2017) Primary science: teaching theory and practice. SAGE. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Byrne, Jenny, Christodoulou, Andri and Sharp, John (2014) Primary science: audit and test. SAGE. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Curtis, Will, Ward, Stephen, Sharp, John and Hankin, Les, eds. (2014) Education studies: an issues-based approach. SAGE, London. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Sharp, John (2012) Success with your education research project. SAGE, London. ISBN 9781446256756

Sharp, John (2012) What is research-led teaching? Multi-disciplinary perspectives. CREST. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Sharp, John, ed. (2004) Developing Primary Science. Learning Matters. ISBN 1844450023