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Pedagogy research special interest group

The Pedagogy Research SIG seeks to empower professional autonomy by exploring ideas that enhance knowledge, learning, and educational practice by engaging with and responding to the ever-changing educational landscape.  

Research interests of the group include decolonising the curriculum, creative pedagogies, arts-based teaching, professional identity, learning through technology, artificial intelligence, multiliteracies, global learning, and social justice. We are passionate about the relationship between research and practice and welcome any practitioner researchers who would like to work with the group. 

Chair

Dr Christine Edwards-Leis (christine.edwards-leis@stmarys.ac.uk)
Postgraduate Research Lead, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • inclusive pedagogies for supervision, mentoring, teaching, and research in higher education
  • pedagogical implications of Instructional design approaches
  • mentoring in shared writing spaces.

Publications and presentations

  • Moldavan, A., Edwards-Leis, C., & Murray, J. (2022). Design and pedagogical implications of a digital learning platform to promote well-being in teacher education, Teaching and Teacher Education, (115).
  • Spencer, J. and Edwards-Leis, C.E. (2024*). Call and Response: Inclusive approaches to supervision, in C. E. Edwards-Leis and M. Price (Eds.) Pedagogy in Higher Education: A critical review, London: St Mary's University Press.
  • Presentation Keynote at UKCGE Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Postgraduate Research Conference, Sheffield, 4th November 2023: Call and Response: Inclusive approaches to supervision

Members

Kerry Assemakis (kerry.assemakis@stmarys.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Primary English, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Sarah Batty (sarah.batty@stmarys.ac.uk)
Course Lead and Lecturer in Secondary History with QTS, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Research interests

Research interests include:

  • pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in history education
  • the value and effectiveness of feedback to trainee teachers.

Robert Campbell (robert.campbell@stmarys.ac.uk)
Course Lead and Senior Lecturer in Secondary Science with QTS, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Dr Jane Chambers (jane.chambers@stmarys.ac.uk)
Associate Professor, Head of the School of Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • professional identity of teacher educators who have caring responsibilities
  • professional identity of school-based teacher educators.

Publications and presentations

  • Edwards-Leis, C.E. and Chambers, J. (2024*) Can pedagogy in universities be critical? in C. E. Edwards-Leis and M. Price (Eds.) Pedagogy in Higher Education: A critical review, London: St Mary's University Press.
  • Presentation: The future of Professional Education in Higher Education: Perspectives from Initial Teacher Education, Youth and Community Work and Social Work, BERA Conference 2023. Birmingham: 14th September 2023

Jemima Davey (jemima.davey@stmarys.ac.uk)
Subject Lead Education Partnerships and Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • professional identity formation and development
  • mentoring and supervision in education
  • teacher autonomy and agency in the classroom
  • cross-curricular approaches to primary education.

Publications and presentations

  • Davey, J. (2024*) Tech in Teaching: Exploring the impact of digital learning on emerging professional practice, in C. E. Edwards-Leis and M. Price (Eds.) Pedagogy in Higher Education: A critical review, London: St Mary's University Press.
  • Presentation: Using Critical Global Citizenship Education to challenge the traditional notion of science education, New voices in Global Education & Learning, ANGEL. Online: 19th April 2023.
  • Strachan, A. and Davey, J. (2022) Saving the planet one science lesson at a time: challenging the traditional notion of sustainability and climate change education. Primary Science 175.
  • Strachan, A. and Davey, J. (2022) Saving The Planet One Science Lesson At A Time. Hatfield: Millgate House Publishers.

Dr David Fincham (david.fincham@stmarys.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Catholic Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Professor Anna Lise Gordon (annalise.gordon@stmarys.ac.uk)
Professor of Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • teacher resilience and wellbeing
  • professional development for teachers
  • wellbeing of children and young adults
  • character education
  • bereavement in schools.

Publications and presentations

  • Gordon, A.L., (2023) Early career teaching and resilience. In: Tierney, R.J., Rizvi, F., Erkican, K. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, vol. 5. Elsevier, pp. 153–160.
  • Gordon, A. L. (2023). Grief matters: Exploring the impact of bereavement & grief on learning for All. British Educational Research Association.
  • Gordon, A. (2020) Educate – Mentor – Nurture: Improving the Transition from Initial Teacher Training to Qualified Teacher Status and Beyond, Journal of Education for Teachers, Vol. 46(5).

René Hartmann (rene.hartmann@stmarys.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Primary Mathematics, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • creativity in mathematics
  • neurodivergence and how it manifests in mathematics
  • ADHD and the obstacles and opportunities for the mathematics learner and teacher.

Jenny Johnson (jenny.johnson@stmarys.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Laura Minogue (laura.minogue@stmarys.ac.uk)
Interim Head of Academic Professional Development, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • the experiences and identity of early career academics
  • relational pedagogies in Higher Education
  • arts-based teaching and research methods
  • the use of freewriting in academic contexts.

Publications and presentations

  • Minogue, L., and Price, M., (2024*) From the academic encounter to a curated space: developing relational pedagogy, in C. E. Edwards-Leis and M. Price (Eds.) Pedagogy in Higher Education: A critical review, London: St Mary's University Press
  • Presentation: Using Creative Pedagogies on the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Advance HE Accredited Programme Leaders’ Network, online 27th June 2023
  • Minogue, L., Murphy, C., & Salmons, K., (2018) Embedding Learning Development: a model for collaborative practice, Journal for Learning Development in Higher Education, Vol 13

James Moreland (james.moreland@stmarys.ac.uk)
Subject Lead PGCE Secondary with QTS, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Lisa Panford (lisa.panford@stmarys.ac.uk)
Course Lead PGCE Secondary Languages with QTS, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • anti-racist, decolonising, and inclusive pedagogies in languages education  
  • reflective and critical writing in teacher preparation programmes 
  • collaborative decolonising initiatives.

Publications and presentations

Dr Mark Price (mark.price@stmarys.ac.uk)
Associate Professor of Education, St Mary's University, Twickenham

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • transnational postgraduate partnership and pedagogy
  • professional identity and narrative learning
  • postgraduate research supervision.

Publications and presentations

  • Mariaye, H., Price, M., Ramasawmy, J.S., Melvin, M. and Mohabeer, T. (2023) ‘Narrative encounters of pedagogic partnership, and the development of collegial capital in higher education’, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 8(1), pp.17-29.
  • Mariaye, H., Price, M. and Ramasawmy, J.S. (2023) ‘Transition into Transnational Postgraduate Education: Reflections from Programme Facilitators’ in Samuel, M.S. and Mariaye, H. (Eds) Transforming Postgraduate Education in Africa, Durban, SA: CSSAL.
  • Minogue, L. and Price, M. (2024*) ‘From the academic encounter to a curated space: developing relational pedagogy’ in C. E. Edwards-Leis and M. Price (Eds.) Pedagogy in Higher Education: A critical review, London: St Mary's University Press.

Dr Viki Veale (viki.veale@stmarys.ac.uk)
Senior Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education, St Mary’s University

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • the lived experiences of teachers in maintained Early Years settings
  • education policy and professional confidence
  • leadership in Primary school settings.

Publications and presentations

  • Presentation: Right from the Start: Supporting the retention of qualified teachers in maintained Early Years Settings. BELMAS Annual Conference: Troubling Educational Leadership Through Authentic Engagement (July, 2023)
  • Presentation: Mental Health: Shared Concerns, Shared Vision. University of Worcester: Children’s Alliance Annual Conference (June 2023)
  • Presentation: Making Meaning through Metaphorical Carnivalesque: Exploring the core competency framework through an early childhood lens. (With Karen Vincent: Canterbury Christchurch University). IPDA Annual conference. (November, 2022)

Sophie Wilson (sophie.wilson@stmarys.ac.uk)
Associate Professor and Course Lead Secondary Geography with QTS, St Mary’s University

Areas of research interest

Research interests include:

  • curriculum making
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
  • sustainability.

Publications and presentations

  • Dave, H. and Wilson, S. (2023) ‘The curriculum and the teacher’ in Podesta, E and L Hoath. (ed.) Professional Studies for Secondary Teaching, London, Learning Matters, Sage Publishing.
  • De Lázaro Torres, M.L., De Miguel González, R., Donert, K., Linder-Fally, M., Parkinson, A., Prodan, D., Wilson,S. & Zwartjes, L. (2022) Toolkit of Innovative Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching with GIS, including the GI Ped Framework + Model.
  • Puertas Aguilar, M.A., Conway, B., De Lázaro Torres, M.L., De Miguel González, R., Donert, K., Linder-Fally, M., Parkinson, A., Prodan, D., Wilson, S. & Zwartjes, L. (2022). A teaching model to raise awareness of sustainability using geoinformation.

Research activity