Current PhD Research Topics in the School of Education
How can we support children's creativity and identity as artists?
Director of Studies: Professor Dan Davies
External Supervisor: Professor Anna Craft, University of Exeter
Action Research into an Educational Project between a British school and a black township school in South Africa
Director of Studies: Dr Steven Coombs
Supervisor: Professor Dan Davies
The development of song writing pedagogy in UK higher education
Director of Studies: Dr Stephen Ward
The impact of Assessment for Learning on pupil motivation and attaining
Director of Studies: Dr Steven Coombs
Design and evaluation of an improvisation-based pedagogy: developing teaching strategies for a learner-centric culture
Director of Studies: Dr Steven Coombs
Second supervisor: Professor Stephen Ward
External supervisor: Dr Jillian White
The professional situation of Teacher Educators in Post Compulsory Education and their support needs
Director of Studies: Dr Steven Coombs
Supervisor: Professor Dan Davies
Free schools and global governance. Exploring government education policy within the context of the 'knowledge economy' imaginary
Director of Studies: Professor Dan Davies
Supervisor: Richard Riddell
External supervisor: Professor Susan Robertson
The relationship between working memory and literacy in Arabic first language and English second language speaking children
Director of Studies: Dr Tilly Mortimore
External supervisor: Professor John Everatt
Symbolic Representation of thinking: three to eight year olds venture into literacy
Director of Studies: Professor Stephen Ward
External supervisor: Dr Margaret Clark
The promotion of sustainable futures: Transformative learning experiences of practitioners using emotion coaching as a meta–emotion philosophy to support well being and empowerment in children
Director of Studies: Dr Janet Rose
External supervisor: Dr Susan Rodgers
Men in Early Childhood Professions
Director of Studies: Dr Miriam Hutchings
External supervisor: to be arranged