Kristine Black-Hawkins
Position/Status
- Lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education
E-mail Address
kb10006@cam.ac.uk
Phone
(+44) 01223 767660
Qualifications
BA (Hons), PGCE, MA (Ed), PhD
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- British Educational Research Association
- Collaborative Action Research Network
Profile
Kristine Black-Hawkins teaches in the area of inclusive and special education. Her research interests are in school cultures and what helps to change them, particularly in relationship to developing more inclusive policies and practices. She is currently researching the nature of schools which are able to raise the achievements of all children, whilst safeguarding the inclusion of those few who are more vulnerable to processes of exclusion, and especially those whose behaviour is troubled or troublesome. An important focus of this work is the development of guidance and materials to support practitioners to research their own classes and schools.
From 1997-2000, she was a member of the research team that produced The Index for Inclusion, funded by the DfES to be distributed to all schools in England and Wales. The Index has subsequently been translated for use in over twenty countries, including Brazil, Canada, India, Norway, Portugal, Rumania and South Africa. As part of this development, she has worked with educationalists and NGOs in India to produce support materials for countries of the south (funded by UNESCO).
She has also been a member of the SUPER (Schools-University Partnership in Educational Research) project, based at the Faculty. This aims to develop ways in which members of schools and the university can work together as research partners. In 2004, the project team was commissioned by the NCSL to undertake a national project on networks of teachers researching their own practices.
She has taught in secondary schools and worked for local government, developing special education policy and provision.
Academic Area/Links
- Education, Equality and Development Academic Group
- Inclusive and special education
- Practitioner research
Research Topics
- School cultures of inclusion and exclusion
- The relationship between the inclusion and the achievements of students in mainstream schools
- Teachers' conceptions of their own professional learning, including their use of research and enquiry
- Schools-university research partnerships
Current Research Projects
- Achievement and Inclusion in Schools
- Researching Networks
Course Involvement
- PhD
- Masters (also course co-ordinator: Perspectives on Inclusive and Special Education)
- Practitioner Professional Development: CFPS, ACER, Advanced Diploma (also Senior Examiner for PPD)
Selected Publications
Books
McLaughlin, C., Black-Hawkins, K. and McIntyre, D. (2007) Networking Practitioner Research. London, Routledge.
Black Hawkins, K., Florian, L. and Rouse, M. (2007) Achievement and Inclusion in Schools, London: RoutledgeFalmer.
McLaughlin, C., Black-Hawkins, K., Brindley, S., McIntyre, D. and Taber, K. (2006) Researching Schools: Stories from a Partnership for Educational Research, London: Routledge Falmer.
McLaughlin, C. and Black-Hawkins, K. with Townsend, A. (2005). Practitioner Research and Enquiry within Networked Learning Communities, Nottingham: NCSL.
McLaughlin, C., Black-Hawkins, K. and McIntyre, D. (2004) Researching Teachers, Researching Schools and Researching Networks: A Review of the Literature, Nottingham: NCSL.
Booth, T. and Black-Hawkins, K. (2001) Developing Learning and Participation in Countries of the South: The Role of an Index for Inclusion, Paris: UNESCO.
Booth, T., Ainscow, M., Black-Hawkins, K., Vaughan, M. and Shaw, L. (2000) The Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools, Bristol: CSIE.
Hopkins, D., Black-Hawkins, K., Aldrige, K., Lay, H., Jewell. P. and Davidson, D. (1997) Report from the United Kingdom, in D. Stern and G. Huber (eds.) Active Learning for Students and Teachers, Frankfurt: Peter Lang / OECD.
Ainscow, A., Hargreaves, D., Hopkins, D., Black-Hawkins, K. and Balshaw, M. (1994) Mapping the Process of Change: The Cambridge Manual of Research Techniques, Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Journals
McLaughlin, C. and Black-Hawkins, K. (2007) Partnerships for Educational Knowledge Creation - Distinctions, Dilemmas and Challenges, The Curriculum Journal, Vol. 18, No 3, pp.327-341.
Florian, L., Rouse, M., Black-Hawkins, K. and Jull, S. (2004) What can national data sets tell us about inclusion and pupil achievement? British Journal of Special Education, 31, 3, 115-121.
McLaughlin, C. and Black-Hawkins, K. (2004) A schools-university research partnership: understandings, models and complexities, Journal of In-service Education, 30, 2, 265-284.
Black-Hawkins, K. (2001) Selective memories: reliving grammar school experiences in the comprehensive system, Forum, 43, 1.