Dr Teresa Belton is a Research Associate and Visiting Fellow. Her doctoral research was an investigation of the influence of television and videos on the story-making of 10 to 12 year-old children. She has also co-edited a book titled Food, Science and Society: Exploring the Gap between Expert Advice and Consumer Behaviour, to which she contributed a chapter on attitudes to eating fruit and vegetables. She is interested in the origins of values, attitudes and behaviours; the impact of emotions on behaviour and learning; children and imagination; and influences on pro-enviornmental behaviours.

Supervision

Thesis Topic: The Influence of Television and Videos on 10-12 year-old Children's Storymaking
First Supervisor: Anne Cockburn
 

List of Publications

Belton, T. (2008) "A Fresh Look at Boredom", Primary Leadership Today, Issue 13

Belton, T. and Priyadharshini, E. (2007) "Boredom and Schooling: a cross-disciplinary exploration" Cambridge Journal of Education 37 (4)

Belton, T. (2002) " Exploring Attitudes to Eating Fruit and Vegetables" in Belton, P.S. and Belton, T.L. (Eds.) Food, Science and Society, Springer; Heidelberg

Poland, Fiona; Marie-Luce O'Driscoll,; Belton, Teresa; Sadler, Julie; Richardson, Barbara; Putnam, Kerry. (2002) The Waiting Game: An Evaluation of an Orthopaedic Waiting List Initiative Oral Presentation, North American Primary Care Research Group, 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA

Belton, T. (2001) "Television and Imagination: The Influence of the Media on Children's Storymaking" Media, Culture and Society Vol. 23 No. 6

Belton, T. (2000) "Reading Beneath the Lines of Children's Stories" Educational Research Vol.42 No.3 Winter, pp.251-260

Belton, T. (2000) "The ‘Face at the Window' Study: A Fresh Approach to Media Influence and to Investigating the Influence of Television And Videos on Children's Imagination", Media, Culture and Society Vol.22, pp. 629-643