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Using visual methods to help us move from researching on to researching with
My recently completed PhD (Clark, 2015) explored my 23-year long (meandering) academic journey through participatory research. I have always been interested in how we can do research differently...
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Shifting identities: a mixed-methods study of the experiences of teachers who are also parents
My research project, for a Doctorate in Education at Middlesex University, examines the experiences of teacher-parents in UK maintained schools, and poses the central question: What is the...
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Da Process: Hip-Hop, Pedagogy and Black Bodies
My relationship with Hip-Hop is multi-layered and complex: I have grown up with Hip-Hop; on one hand it has been an educator, a source of inspiration and an entertainer (and many more things). Yet...
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Educational leadership: what are the current issues and how should they be studied?
2016 is a great time to review the state of educational leadership research and reflect on firstly, what are the key contemporary issues and secondly, how best to research them. Educational...
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A new direction for gifted education studies?
Research on ‘giftedness’ and ‘gifted education’ often feels like a marginalised endeavour, one which is quite rightly viewed by many as elitist. We have ample evidence to demonstrate that...
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An answer to the question of impact
In their recent Research Intelligence article Cain and Hayward posed questions related to ways in which educational research might inform teaching and learning and the implications of ‘impact’...
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Problematising the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Needs of Early Years Educators in England
Aileen Kennedy’s (2005) ‘most read’ article was used as a starting point for a current research project that explores the CPD experiences of a sample of Early Years educators in the north of...
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“What am I Doing Wrong?”: When Dark Funds of Knowledge Obstruct Culturally Responsive Instruction
The issue of effectively engaging linguistically and culturally diverse students is one that preoccupies teachers and researchers alike, resonating across rural, suburban, urban, mainstream and...
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At a national and international level, research on very low attaining pupils of secondary age is rare compared to younger age groups, and while there has been increased interest in the past decade...
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Reading More Wisely
In 2014, ReadingWise invited us to carry out an independent study of its Computer-Based Literacy Programme for Accelerated Reading Acquisition. Following exploratory meetings, schools and adult...
Continue reading blog postTeacher Education Research – a reference to a European Research Space
This blog is based on the paper presented in the EERA 2015 Conference Network Meeting. The European Educational Research Association (EERA) and its annual European Conference of Educational...
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