School of Education Research Interests Directory

Within the School of Education academic staff have considerable research expertise and professional experience within many aspects of Education. The list below provides an indication of who within the School can provide expertise in specific fields. Individuals will be happy to discuss possible advice, consultancy, research, courses or other contacts in the fields indicated, both with individuals, institutions or authorities.

We have organised the list around key words that reflect current professional and academic themes. However, it will always be worth considering alternative key words if the exact word/phrase that you need is not here. Please contact the colleagues indicated directly - contact information and personal details can be found on our website.

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Case Study Research

Dr Kalwant Bhopal

Case-study evaluation and research

Children's early mathematical development

Dr Charis Voutsina

Children’s voices

Dr Ghazala Bhatti

Citizenship and Diversity

Professor Peter Figueroa

Citizenship Education

Dr Marcus Grace

Classroom ethnography

Prof Jill Bourne

Classroom research in collaborative small-group learning

Dr Julie-Ann Edwards

Coaching

Cognitive processes in writing

Collaboration in Curriculum Development (HE, FE and Business)

Communicative language teaching

Community Development Work – especially communities in conflict and post conflict environments

Dr Alan Grattan

Comparative education (primary)

Prof Jill Bourne

Comparative Education Research

Dr Ghazala Bhatti

Computer-Assisted Assessment (CAA)

Adrian C Halnan

computing at school; game authoring, programming in key stage 3

Dr John Woollard

Counselling

CPD Evaluation

Creativity in Teaching and Learning

Critical Thinking

Criticality

Dr Brenda Johnston

Cultural Studies

Curriculum Change and Innovation