Research
Other members of the department are known for their writing about gender, race and culture in educational settings, language and education, visual cultures as applied to education, and about how people learn in a variety of subject areas.
The Department is committed to research which is conceptually and intellectually rigorous, and which has the capacity to inform educators’ professional practice. Research is conducted in three main areas: bilingualism and biculturalism in education; equity and social justice in education; and the arts and education. Members of the department also conduct research into learning in subject domains, especially modern foreign languages, English, mathematics, art and science.
The Department achieved a ‘4’ rating in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, reflecting our national and international profile in research. New initiatives include the MA in Education: Culture, language and identity, the expansion of our externally funded research programmes in bilingualism and language learning, gender and education and art in education, the establishment of the Centre for the Arts and Learning and the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning.
We have over 50 research students in the Department from across the globe. Each one contributes to the Department's vibrant research culture.
There is a lively programme of research seminars to which all MPhil and PhD students and academic staff are invited, and to which MPhil/PhD students may contribute seminars on their work in progress.
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- Dennis Atkinson, Professor of Art in Education, has an international standing for his publications relating to art in education, subjectivity, power and identity within teaching and learning contexts. His most recent work is concerned with exploring ethics and pedagogy.
- Rosalyn George, Professor of Education and Equality, is known for her work around equity and social justice. She has published extensively in this area and in particular in relation to gender,'race', class in educational settings.
- Eve Gregory, Professor of Language and Culture in Education, has written extensively on second language learners and on learning within family contexts.
- Ken Jones, Professor of Education, researches education policy, and the contests that surround it in Britain and Europe. He also writes about the cultural politics of education, with a particular focus on 'creativity' and what it comes to mean in education policy and practice.
- Carrie Paechter, Professor of Education, has an international reputation for her work in gender, power/knowledge and identity in educational contexts.