Educational gain and student futures: English for academic purposes

About this episode

The episode discusses educational gain and student futures through the lens of pedagogical research.

In this first episode of the LITE Bites series on Educational Gain and Student Futures, Bee Bond is joined by colleagues Caroline Campbell and Geoffrey Nsanja to explore how their pedagogical research sheds light on what students value, how they experience learning, and how we might meaningfully understand “educational gain” across different disciplines. Together, they discuss the role of inclusive formative and summative assessment, the hidden and relational dimensions of academic practice, and how these insights are shaping Bee’s work as the LITE Strategic Lead for Student Futures and Educational Gain . Read Bee and Agne’s article “Educational Gain: Why bother?” . You can read about Bee’s LITE Fellowship here . References mentioned: Bakhtin, M. M. (1981). The dialogic imagination: Four essays . University of Texas Press. Bakhtin, M. M. (1986). Speech genres and other late essays . University of Texas Press. Gee, P. (2008). Social linguistics and literacies: Ideology in discourses (3rd ed.). Routledge. Hulme, A., & Evans, M. (2025). Evaluating the impact of embedded academic language and literacies provision in a School of Education and School of Music . ESP Today, 13 (2)…

People in this episode

Host: Bee Bond

Guests: Caroline Campbell, Geoffrey Nsanja

Topics covered

• educational gain
• student futures
• academic literacy
• inclusive assessment
• pedagogical research

Keywords

• educational gain
• student futures
• academic purposes
• inclusive assessment
• pedagogical research
• academic literacy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Educational Gain: Why bother?, The dialogic imagination: Four essays, Speech genres and other late essays, Social linguistics and literacies: Ideology in discourses, Evaluating the impact of embedded academic language and literacies provision in a School of Education and School of Music, Undergraduates in a second language: Challenges and complexities of academic literacy development, Social realism, knowledge and the sociology of education

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