Please find below our current staff's research interests

  Research Expertise and Interests Methodological Expertise
Boodhoo, Nalini Foreign language related - second language acquisition, SLA methodology, SLA teacher identities education and development - school effectiveness and  improvement Qualitative
Carrington, Victoria Digital literacies Qualitative
Cockburn, Anne Research with children 3-12 years old and/or primary teachers with almost any focus (except IT); particular interests: mathematics and teachers' professional lives and well being Qualitative and basic quantitative
Gordon, John Poetry in schools, children's responses to poetry they hear. Initial Teacher Education. Secondary English and Media Qualitative, particularly Conversation Analysis
Haydn, Terry History education. The use of ICT in history education. Citizenship education. The use of new technology in education. Teacher education and new technology. Classroom climate/managing pupil behaviour Mixed method survey approaches (inc. use of SPSS). Historical perspectives on educational issues
Hinchcliffe, Geoff A primary interest in the philosophy of education and educational theory, using this to inform a variety of topics including teaching styles, assessment, employability, lifelong learning and the theory of capability. Qualitative methodologies, philosophical analysis
Iannone, Paola Mathematics education, particularly the teaching and learning mathematics at university level. Sociocultural and cognitive approaches (and combined ones). Qualitative and basic quantitative
Lamb, Penny Physical Education Pedagogy:
a) inclusion and disaffection within physical education
b) curriculum development with regard to teaching, learning & assessment in physical education
c)  the pedagogy of Initial Teacher Education in physical education		 Qualitative research methods, mixed methods
Leaton-Gray, Sandy Sociology of education, teacher professionalism, learning in the professions, Basil Bernstein, learner and teacher identity, higher education, knowledge economy, alternative and progressive schooling, home schooling, de-schooling; future of education, education policy, comprehensive schooling; music education (limited areas); schooling in Europe (limited areas). Qualitative tools and approaches: surveys and questionnaires; focus groups; interviewing; film and audio based analysis; futures research techniques (overlap to Management Science); case study approach; policy analysis; discourse analysis; documentary analysis; textual analysis; structured observation.
Lebeau, Yann Higher Education, particularly international perspectives on higher education academic cultures and institutional learning contexts;  the role of higher education in patterns of social mobility, the formation of professional and disciplinary cultures in academic communities, and the reaction of peripheral systems of education to global pressures. Qualitative, informed by cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons, by prolonged fieldwork experiences in Europe and Africa, and by an academic background in sociology and anthropology.
Moore, Judy Counselling (especially person-centred counselling and focusing). Person-centred counselling in the Middle East. Qualitative, reflexive action research, auto-ethnographic and heuristic research; mixed methods to some extent; Counselling case study.
Nardi, Elena Mathematics education, in particular: the learning and teaching of mathematics at university level; social, emotional and cognitive factors that influence the engagement of secondary school students with mathematics; secondary mathematics teachers' pedagogical and epistemological beliefs and knowledge; and, the psychology of mathematical learning across educational levels. Qualitative and basic quantitative
Norris, Nigel Expertise: (a) programme and policy evaluation, (b) curriculum evaluation, (c) professional education and training,  (d) educational innovation (e) curriculum reform (f) organisational and social change (g) higher education. Interests: (a) methodological and theoretical issues in evaluation, (b) history of curriculum reform, (c) the experience of higher education, (d) philosophical issues in education, (e) community studies, (f) ethnographies of education, (g) the life, work and times of Lawrence Stenhouse. (a) democratic and participatory approaches to evaluation, (b) ethnography, naturalistic inquiry and case study, (c) history.
Otway, Michele Young children's collaborative talk in two writing environments. Qualitative
Parslow-Williams, Paul

Primary pedagogy relating to science, mathematics and information technology. Pupil and teacher misconceptions in mathematics and science.

Coming from a background in the physical sciences, I have experience in using quantitative methods of data analysis. Also have includes action research, semi-structured interviewing and observation.

 Quantitative methods of data analysis. Also: action research, semi-structured interviewing and observation.
Priyadharshini, Esther 1. Research in educational settings drawing upon critical feminist, post-structural or post-colonial theories. 2. The learning of identities in everyday settings (e.g., the learning of truants and students on the periphery of schooling; the learning of gendered behaviour; learning researcher & researched identities in research encounters,etc.). Qualitative methodologies, especially ethnographic techniques; studying 'up' (i.e. privileged subjects) and studying the 'periphery'.
Ridley, Barbara 1. Any aspect of ELT 2. Education in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia; English language teaching; performing arts 3. Drama / theatre / dance education 4. Education of exclusions / refusers / PRUs / homeschooling Qualitative
Robinson-Pant, Anna education and development (especially educational policy and planning in developing countries)
literacy
development education and global citizenship
participation (particularly participation and student voice)
gender and education
academic literacy, international students, international dimensions of HE
adult education		 Ethnography, participatory research, action research
Warburton, Victoria Developmental aspects of young people's motivation, with a particular focus on the physical education context. Specifically, this includes achievement goals, self-theories of ability, development of the self-concept and competence perceptions, and the motivational climate. Quantitative methods especially longitudinal research. Statistical techniques for analysis including but not limited to multilevel modelling and structural equation modelling.
Watson, Jackie Spirituality, RE Qualitative
Watson, Jan Secondary education, teaching of English and literature Qualitative