Ros McLellan
Position/Status
Lecturer in Teacher Education and Development / Pedagogical Innovation
E-mail Address: rwm11@cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 767663
Qualifications
PhD in Science Education (King's College, London)
MPhil in Psychology of Education (Cambridge)
PGCE in Secondary Mathematics (Cambridge)
MA in Social and Political Sciences, specialising in Social Psychology (Cambridge)
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
British Educational Research Association (BERA)
British Psychological Association (BPS), including the Education Section
European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, including the Motivation and Emotion Special Interest Group
International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology
Profile
Ros taught secondary mathematics and psychology for a number of years before joining the Faculty. From 2000 to 2004, Ros worked on the high profile DfES-funded research project 'Raising Boys' Achievement', as part of a team of colleagues in the Faculty directed by Mike Younger and Molly Warrington. During this time she also finished her PhD focusing on achievement motivation, which specifically concerned the role of motivation in explaining the cognitive acceleration effects of a particular science intervention programme (CASE). Since 2005 she has worked with Bill Nicholl on a Gatsby funded project looking at creativity within secondary Design and Technology Education. She was appointed Lecturer in Teacher Education & Development / Pedagogical Innovation in 2007.
Ros enjoys working collaboratively with schools to develop and refine strategies that make a real difference to teaching and learning in the classroom. She has used a mixed methodology to evaluate the success of this work, gathering quantitative and qualitative data. She has experience of using a variety of software packages to assist analysis including SPSS (quantitative analysis), and Atlas-ti and NVivo (qualitative analysis) and has had training on multi-level modelling. She is on the editorial board of Gender & Education.
Academic Area / Links
- Teacher education & development
- Pedagogical innovation
- Social psychology
Research Topics
- Achievement Motivation
- Creativity
- Gender and achievement
- Attitudes to school
- Self-concept
- Masculinities
- Teaching & Learning Styles
- Mentoring
Current Research Projects
Course Involvement
BA – Co-coordinator of the Research & Investigation Paper and contribute to the prelim paper on theoretical approaches to education
MEd Researching Practice – contribute to the Teachers as Researchers and methods core units and to the elective on creativity
MEd Science Practitioners – core team member
MEd SUPER – core team member
MPhil Psychology and Education – contribute sessions on social psychology / motivation
PPD supervision
PhD – contribute to the advanced stats option and supervise
Publications
Nicholl, B. & McLellan, R. (2007) The contribution of product analysis to fixation in students' design and technology work. In E. Norman, & D. Spendlove (Eds), The Design and Technology Association Education and International Research Conference 2007. Conference Proceedings. Wellesbourne, The Design & Technology Association, pp. 71-76.
Nicholl, B. & McLellan, R. (2007). Fixated on popular culture and other things: What students can tell us about generating ideas in D&T. In J. R. Dakers, W. J. Dow, & M. J. de Vries (Eds), PATT 18 Pupils attitudes towards technology international conference on design and technology educational research. Conference Proceedings. Glasgow, Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow, pp. 168-175.
Nicholl, B. & McLellan, R. (2007). 'Oh yeah, yeah, you get a lot of love hearts. The Year 9s are notorious for love hearts. Everything is love hearts.' Fixation in pupils' design and technology work (11 to 16 years). Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 34-44.
McLellan, R. (2006). The Impact of Motivational 'World-view' on Engagement in a Cognitive Acceleration Programme. International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 781-819.
Gray, J. & McLellan, R. (2006). A Matter of Attitude? Developing a typology of boys' and girls' responses to primary schooling. Gender and Education, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 651-672.
Younger, M., & Warrington, M. with Gray, J., Rudduck, J., McLellan, R., Kershner, R., Bearne, E. & Bricheno, P. (2005). Raising Boys' Achievement: Final report. DfES.
Younger, M. & Warrington, M. with McLellan, R. (2005). Raising Boys' Achievement in Secondary Schools: Issues, Dilemmas and Opportunities. Maidenhead, Berkshire, Open University Press.
Warrington, M., Younger, M., & McLellan, R. (2003). 'Under-achieving boys' in English primary schools? The Curriculum Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 139-156.
McLellan, R. (2003). New Ways of Thinking about Raising Boys' Achievement. Topic, Issue 30, pp. 1-6.
Younger, M., Warrington, M. & McLellan, R. (2002). The 'Problem' of 'Under-achieving Boys': some responses from English secondary schools. School Leadership & Management, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 389-405.