PhD research topics in Education PDF

Name Topic Supervisor

Jennifer Aggleton

[COMPLETED 2019]

An exploration of children's responses to illustrations in novels.

Fiona Maine

Farah Ahmed

[COMPLETED 2018]

Pedagogy as Dialogue between Cultures: Exploring Halaqah [circle time], an Islamic oral pedagogy enabling autonomy and a culturally coherent education for Muslim children in a pluralist society.

Ruth Kershner

Debbie Aitken

[COMPLETED 2021]

Generational differences in perceptions of medical student experiences of clinical attachments in surgery Morag Morrison-Helme Charlotte Allen A Multilevel exploration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender [LGBT+] students resilience in response to everyday challenges at secondary school.

Morag Morrison-Helme

Ruth Kershner

Michelle Anya Anjirbag

[COMPLETED 2021]

Race and the Renaissance: The legacy of Diversity in Disney film. Joe Sutliff Sanders Sebastián Ansaldo Deep mediatization in education: A comparative study of schoolteachers practices and perceptions in England and Chile. Susan Robertson

Ali Ansari

[COMPLETED 2021]

Evaluating the effectiveness of Punjab's Public Private Partnership Programs in Education Anna Vignoles Esther Anwuzia Adolescents Career Decision Making and Wellbeing in Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Study Ros McLellan Tim Archer Seeking a Peace-full Man: Exploring pedagogies to transition from boyhood to an adequate manhood Hilary Cremin

Esinam Avornyo

[COMPLETED 2020]

Investigating play and learning in the Ghanaian early years classroom: A mixed methods study. Sara Baker

Nazipa Ayubayeva

[COMPLETED 2018]

Collaborative teacher learning in Kazakhstan.

Ros Mclellan

Colleen McLaughlin

Vincent Backhaus

[COMPLETED 2019]

Indigenous Dreaming Tracks: Understanding the Learning Processes of Indigenous Student Cognitive Strategies and Teacher Conceptual Beliefs. Jan Vermunt Consuelo Bejares Youth negotiating exclusion and belonging at the urban periphery: An ethnographic study of new race and class relations in a changing socio-political Chilean landscape Jo-Anne Dillabough Helen Barsham Can an Intervention Programme, Which Uses Metacognition and Practice of the Theory of the Desirable Difficulty, the Testing Effect, Reduce Test Anxiety, in 10-11 Year -Olds, in Evaluative Situations? Michelle Ellefson Yasmin Begum Contemporary subject knowledge acquisition in Economics Ros McLellan

Terence Bevington

[COMPLETED 2021]

An Investigation of Everyday Peace Indicators in School Settings. Hilary Cremin Glenn Bezalel An exploration of the prevalence and functions of conspiracies theories among youth cultures in London secondary schools Jo-Anne Dillabough

Roszalina Binte Rawi

[COMPLETED 2018]

Assessment for Learning in Malay language classrooms: from zahir to batin. Sue Swaffield

Julie Blake

[COMPLETED 2020]

The representation of poetry in the school English curriculum. David Whitley Lenka Janik Blaskova Playing together: Series of case studies investigating the friendships and wellbeing of children with primary difficulties in language development Jenny Gibson Lindsay Burton Posthumanism and the Child: Diffracted Readings and Entangled Beings Zoe Jaques

Simon Butler

[COMPLETED 2020]

Understanding the Relationship between the Biopsychological Development of Adolescent Boys and their Behaviour in the School Context.

Ros McLellan

Ruth Kershner

Michael Cascianelli Exploring Giftedness: A Case Study of Developing a Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Italy Drawing Upon the Perspectives of Students and Teachers. Keith Taber

Catalina Castillo Castro

[COMPLETED 2018]

Teacher practices in primary schools with high value-added scores and engaging lessons in disadvantaged communities in Rural Mexico. Anna Vignoles Abie Hui Ki Chan Creativity Through Oracy: A Mixed Methods Study of Creativity in the context of L2 Talk Yongcan Liu Chih-Ching Chang Teacher professional development for changing epistemic beliefs through dialogic history education: A design-based research study in Taiwan

Rupert Wegerif

Sara Hennessy

Sin-Yi Chang

[COMPLETED 2021]

An activity theory perspective on English medium instruction as a language policy in higher education: A comparative case study of EMI in the sciences and humanities in one university in Taiwan. Yongcan Liu Claudia Pik Ki Chu The interplay of psycholinguistic and cognitive factors in predicting reading comprehension: a case of primary school children from the United Kingdom and Hong Kong/China Michelle Ellefson Vaughan Connolly Is less sometimes more? Teacher workload, retention and pupil attainment Ricardo Sabates Paola Contreras Cosmopolitan capital or cultural intelligence? Predictors of the participation of Chilean undergraduates in international academic activities. Nigel Kettley

Thomas Cowhitt

[COMPLETED 2021]

Determining Innovation Expression in school organizations using Social Network Analysis Elaine Wilson Catrin Darlsey Exploring UK higher education for sustainability: How do different models of EfS contribute to students gaining sustainability-related competencies? Elaine Wilson Yuliana Dementyeva The role of private schools in education modernization reform in China Geoff Hayward Ema Demir Teacher capital unbound? The role of organisational structures for teacher social capital and student achievement. Elaine Wilson

Jessica Dobrin

[COMPLETED 2020]

Investigating the development of conceptual understanding in secondary science students engaged in project-based learning. Keith Taber

Simon Dowling

[COMPLETED 2018]

The influence of a teaching school alliance on classroom staff's professional development. Panayiotis Antoniou

Min Du

[COMPLETED 2020]

Designing and evaluating a virtual English enrichment course for improving Chinese learners' communicative competence in English.

Sara Hennessy

Andreas Stylianides

Rosanna Fennessy Young people's perspectives on the impact of their long term health condition on education, social experience and wellbeing: The role of personally constructed illness beliefs and meeting basic psychological needs. Ruth Kershner Christopher Foster Knowledge or Control? Teacher Knowledge, Professional Identity and Practitioner Research. Sue Brindley Frankie Frangeskou Exploring the influence of self-identity on the LGB school leader/ship

Pam Burnard

Peter Dudley

Aline Frederico

[COMPLETED 2020]

The construction of meaning of preschoolers reading picturebook apps. Fiona Maine Clare Freeman Between the book and the mind of the reader: an exploration of young readers' engagement with fiction. Gabrielle Cliff-Hodges

Zhuxia Fu

[COMPLETED 2020]

Investigating talk as a mediating tool in a systemic theoretical instruction on genre in L2 writing classrooms. Yongcan Liu

Jaason Geerts

[COMPLETED 2020]

Optimal leadership development for professionals. Panayiotis Antoniou Emily Goodacre Social Communication with Friends and Peers: Childrens Connected Talk During Play

Jenny Gibson

Paul Ramchandani

Mélanie Gréaux Speech and Language Therapy provision for autistic children in India and the UK

Jenny Gibson

Dr Napoleon Katsos

Basma Hajir The Role of Youth as Agents for Peace in Contexts Affected by Conflict: A Postcolonial Qualitative Enquiry with Syrian Youth in Jordan Hilary Cremin

Christopher Halls

[COMPLETED 2021]

Syllable awareness and early literacy development. A 25 week intervention focusing on improving reading and spelling skills in young children aged between five and nine years old. Ruth Kershner Hiba Hamdan Using an inquiry intervention to develop conceptual understanding and motivation for all students in a mixed-ability biology classroom Mark Winterbottom John Harding From reasonable adjustment to inclusive practice? Exploring the influence of lecture capture technology on the academic outcomes and learning experiences of disabled students in higher education. Riikka Hofmann Thomas Harriott How does social interaction influence students' regulation of learning in the upper secondary classroom? Elaine Wilson

Rebecca Heaton

[COMPLETED 2019]

An autoethnographic exhibition exploring cognition in the practice of art educators. Richard Hickman Adam Holden The use of mobile learning to impact teacher self-efficacy and self-permission in Panama.

Sara Hennessy

Pascual Perez-Paredes

Venus Hung

[COMPLETED 2021]

Pedagogy design to visualise reasoning across macro- [sub]micro-symbolic levels of biological concepts. Keith Taber Madeleine Hunter We are in Convergence: Recombinant Adaptation in the Twenty-First-Century Children's Media Landscape. Maria Nikolajeva Chris Hussey A tale of two cities: exploring place-related identity with reference to portrayals of London in Childrens Literature. David Whitley Tristan Igglesden The affordances of learning management systems that support dialogue

Sara Hennessey

Louis Major

Evangelia Iordanaki

[COMPLETED 2018]

A socio-cultural study exploring groups of Greek and British 11-year-old children's responses to wordless picturebooks. Fiona Maine Hanne Jensen From 'fountain-of-knowledge' to facilitator: exploring professional learning among early educators in South Africa. Ros McLellan Ying Ji Teachers' Engagement in Continuing Professional Development: Exploring Factors and Profiles Pete Dudley Gulmira Kanayeva [Qanay] Facilitating teacher leadership in Kazakhstan

David Frost

Ros McLellan

Lisa Kazianka Tradition and Transformation: Re-Imagining Medieval Masculinities in Contemporary Arthurian Narratives for Adolescents

Zoe Jaques

David Whitley

Maria Khwaja Bazi Classrooms as Cultural Sites of Mobility and Constraint: A critical ethnography of teacher quality in Pakistan and Tanzania. Jo-Anne Dillabough

Janice Kim

[COMPLETED 2020]

Unpacking the Role of Early Learning Inputs and School Quality on Student Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia.

Panayiotis Antoniou

Ricardo Sabates

Pia Kreijkes Influences of teachers mindset, achievement-related beliefs, and ability-based practices on pupils achievement-related beliefs, mindset and attainment in mathematics. Ros McLellan Rina P.Y. Lai The Design, Development, and Evaluation of a New Computerised Assessment of Computational Thinking Michelle Ellefson

Farida Larry

[COMPLETED 2019]

Discursive assessment practices in special education: a systemic functional analysis of talk and text in a special school for young girls identified with a disability in Saudi Arabia. Ruth Kershner Leigh Lawrence Mobilizing Morality: Chinas New Era Moral Education Reform Susan Robertson Soizic Le Courtois Helping teachers foster childrens inner motivation to learn: investigating the potential of a professional development programme for Year 1 teachers in England and the suitability of an evaluation instrument Sara Baker

Alvin Leung

[COMPLETED 2019]

Reimagining Chinese and British Values through Discourses of Citizenship in Hong Kong and the UK: Governance, Policy and the New Borderlands of education. Jo-Anne Dillabough

Jing Li

[COMPLETED 2020]

A Two-Phase Mixed Methods Project on Gender Stereotypes Targeting English Learners in Chinese Senior High Schools. Ros McLellan

Sarah Lightfoot

[COMPLETED 2019]

Early Years Educators' professional identities: implications for transformational continuing professional development. David Frost Joyce Lim Exploring development of English verb-argument constructions in L2 writing: A cross-sectional study of L1 Korean speakers Pascual Pérez-Paredes Meng Liu Exploring the multilingual identity of simultaneous language learners in China: A mixed methods study Linda Fisher Luz Maria Lopez-Gomez Teaching Nature of Science to Mexican High School Students through Practical Work Activities Keith Taber

Emma-Louise Lord

[COMPLETED 2020]

Written calculations and gender: a mixed methods study in English Y6 primary classrooms. Andreas Stylianides Juljana Mandra Conceptualisations of global learning and primary school teachers' perceptions of pedagogy for global learning. Ruth Kershner Anub Mannaan Education and violence: a qualitative study of the educational experience of conflict affected Kashmiri migrants in Mumbai for Higher Education. Pauline Rose Javiera Marfán Schools Deciding the Purpose of Education. Policy Enactment in a Context of Education Reform Hybridisation Riikka Hofmann Melissa Marsden Teacher professional development for the integration of ICT in poorly resourced education systems: lessons learned from the One Laptop per Child programme in Brazil. Sara Hennessy

Lauren Marston

[COMPLETED 2021]

An exploration into what it is to receive assistance conditional on school attendance from a cash transfer program in Jamaica: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Pauline Rose Kevin Martin Re-imagining mobile learning: A design based approach to epistemic innovation in rural Kenya

Rupert Wegerif

Louis Major

Daphne Martschenko

[COMPLETED 2019]

A Brave "New" World: Investigating the impacts of behavioural genetics research on cognitive ability on teacher conceptualizations of intelligence, genetics, race, and socioeconomic status.

Anna Vignoles

Jo-Anne Dillabough

Elizabeth McGregor Jacobides Tinkering with the nature of science. Mark Winterbottom William McInerney Reimagining masculinities: Exploring arts-integrated gender transformative programming with men in the United States Hilary Cremin Madison McLeod Finding the Fantastic in the City: Digitally Mapping Childrens Fantasy Literature Zoe Jaques

Michael J. Meaney

[COMPLETED 2021]

MOOCs, Open-Scale Learning, and the Future of Educational Inequity.

Ricardo Sabates

Anna Vignoles

Maggie Meimaridi Entering the Contact Zone: Encountering the Animal in Children's Fantasy Literature. Zoe Jaques Mansi Nanda Exploring teacher motivations and engagement with the community in rural India Pauline Rose

Seema Nath

[COMPLETED 2021]

Education for Children with Disabilities in India - A case study to critically understand teaching and learning practices in schools that include all learners. Nidhi Singal Patrick Nketia Higher education and advancement of capabilities: A study of AHSS University graduates' experiences and employability Arathi Sriprakash Kristi Nourie Action and interaction: An exploration of e-textbook tool use in secondary schools Mark Winterbottom

Alanna O'Beirne

[COMPLETED 2020]

A complex adaptive systems approach to exploring the development of a health promoting school network in the mid-west region of Ireland. John Gray

Babatunde Ojewunmi

[COMPLETED 2021]

Pastoral care, academic outcomes and institutional behaviour of Further Education Colleges following the implementation of the Equality Act 2010: a case study approach. Anna Vignoles Catherine Olver Fantasy, the Five Senses and the Mastery of Nature.

Zoe Jaques

David Whitley

Karen Ottewell

[COMPLETED 2021]

Looking behind the writing: the design and implementation of a framework to provide transitional support for the development of written articulacy at PG level - a University of Cambridge case study. Yongcan Liu Yong-Jun Park Youth, citizenship and democracy in South Korea Jo-Anne Dillabough Carla Plieth Negotiating Boyhood and Victimisation: The Sexually Abused Boy in Adolescent Literature Karen Coats Anna Purkiss Young readers responses to representations of disability in contemporary childrens fiction

Maria Nikolajeva

Kristine Black-Hawkins

Zhen Rao

[COMPLETED 2019]

Pretend play and its relationship to the experience and regulation of emotions: an exploration among seven- to ten-year-old children in a Chinese boarding school Jenny Gibson Christopher Rauch Trainee teachers in transition: A cross-context, longitudinal study of epistemology and teaching beliefs in teacher education Jan Vermunt Ana Luisa Rubio Jimenez The implementation and outcomes of a dialogic pedagogy for enhancing the self-determination of Mexican young adults with intellectual disability Ruth Kershner Marie Ryan What are we doing in the name of assessment? A multi-site case-study of assessment practices and conceptions of assessment purpose in junior infant classrooms in Ireland. Sue Swaffield Lakshmi Sagarika Bose Revolution in an Era of Global Securitization: An Ethnographic Encounter with Young Female Egyptian and South African Activists Jo-Anne Dillabough

Edel Sanders

[COMPLETED 2018]

Investigating the relationship between musical training and mathematical thinking in children: a school-based experiment. Linda Hargreaves Cristina Isabel de Oliveira Santos Career conversations for the development of student career competencies: analysing the possibility in Portuguese Secondary Schools Anna Vignoles

Biljana Savikj

[COMPLETED 2018]

An ethnographic case study of Macedonian immigrant-background children's learning of English and home language[s] in their social networks in England: a language socialisation perspective. Yongcan Liu Jane Scarsbrook To what extent can structured group tasks encourage imagination, articulation and development in children's notions about shape, space and measure?

Neil Mercer

Christine Howe

Jinshi Shao

[COMPLETED 2020]

Using dynamic assessment to understand and promote the development of Chinese intermediate EFL learners' L2 academic reading abilities. YOngcan Liu Sadia Fatima Shafquat A phenomenological study of adolescent thinking through dialogue about literary texts Fiona Maine

Harper Staples

[COMPLETED 2021]

Exploring dynamic identities of multilingual adolescents in contexts of L3 learning. Linda Fisher

Jonathan Stoddart

[COMPLETED 2019]

The experience of post-graduate Chinese students in UK HEIs.

Richard Byers

Carol Holliday

Eve Tandoi

[COMPLETED 2019]

Children reading hybrid novels in class: what are children's hybrid novels and what kinds of responses do they invite in the primary classroom? Gabrielle Cliff-Hodges

Rui Tang

[COMPLETED 2020]

The city in animated feature films. David Whitley

Raymond Chegedua Tangonyire

[COMPLETED 2020]

Exploring the Incorporation of the Leadership for Learning [LfL] Principles in Ghana: The Case of Two LfL Basic Schools in the Central Region. Sue Swaffield Ngee Derk Tiong Di Sebalik Papan Hitam: Opportunities for learning through talk in Malaysian teacher professional learning communities [PLCs] Riikka Hofmann Ana Laura Trigo Clapés Dialogic Teaching for students with conditions within the autism spectrum

Jenny Gibson

Sara Hennessy

Gavin Turner Life-worthy learning skills: An investigation of a curriculum intervention to promote self-regulated learning. Michelle Ellefson

Sarah Upjohn

[COMPLETED 2019]

Every body matters: Using action research to move towards injury prevention and health promotion in elite young instrumental musicians at a specialist music school. Pamela Burnard Daniela Vandepeer Exploring the perceived experiences of the Drive Teams implementing change in a Thinking School. Steve Watson Georgios Villias Educational escape rooms: Design, Implementation and Impact Analysis of immersive, problem-solving learning experiences in science education. Mark Winterbottom

Sharon Walker

[COMPLETED 2021]

UK widening participation policy agenda: a critical race analysis. Arathi Sriprakash Julia Jin Wang Multiverses in Contemporary Adolescent Literature Karen Coats Xiao Wang Exploring data-driven learning in academic writing education: the acquisition of hedging devices. Pascual Perez-Paredes Yuxiu Wei Gender disparity in the access to higher education: Assessing the impact of schools and socio-economic backgrounds using data mining approaches Mark Winterbottom Alison Wells Postgraduate blended learning for NHS Educational Supervisors: A realist evaluation of impact on practice.

Sue Brindley

Yongcan Liu

Mandy Winters

[COMPLETED 2019]

What can secondary music educators learn from multi-perspectival conceptions of composing? Three voices - different worlds. Pam Burnard Maoxiao Xia Primary Teachers' Learning Patterns and Their Approaches to Teaching in Chinas context Panayiotis Antoniou Bowen Xu Transnationalising China's Higher Education via One Belt One Road Susan Robertson Zitian Zeng Inclusive Classroom Practices and Teacher-Student Education in Hong Kong Kristine Black-Hawkins