Rupert Higham
Position/Status
Research Assistant and Teaching Associate
E-mail Address
rjeh2@cam.ac.uk
Phone
(+44) 01223 767583
Qualifications
- PhD University of Exeter (in completion)
- MSc Educational Research, University of Exeter
- BA (Hons) Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- Co-Chair, Local Committee, Junior Researchers of EARLI Conference 2011
Profile
Rupert Higham is working at the Faculty of Education on the final year of the Esmee Fairbairn-funded CamTalk project, exploring and promoting dialogic teaching and learning in secondary classrooms. He is also teaching on the MEd in Researching Practice.
During his PhD studies at the University of Exeter, he carried out four independent research projects into the impact over time of short leadership education courses on teenagers. He was also involved in the Aspire and Metafora programmes. In addition he ran and taught on BA Education courses.
He was previously a high-school English teacher, a support worker with displaced teenagers, and worked for an international educational development charity.
Academic Area/Links
Education, Equality and Development
Research Topics
- Dialogic theory
- Student leadership
- Democratic education
- Education for personal development
- Student-teacher relationships
Research Projects
- Metafora: 'learning to learn together: a visual language for social orchestration of educational activities' (2010 – ) – Consultant
- Aspire: 'working towards putting students' ideas at the heart of re-envisioning their schools and curricula' (2008 – 2011) – Research Assistant
- Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: An investigation into the impact of a short leadership education course on teenagers (2010) – Lead Researcher
Course Involvement
- MEd: Researching Practice – Teaching Associate
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Higham, R. Freathy, R. and Wegerif, R. (2010) 'Developing responsible leadership through a 'pedagogy of challenge': an investigation into the impact of leadership education on teenagers', School Leadership & Management, 30: 5, 419 – 434