Ros McLellan

Position/Status

University Lecturer in Teacher Education and Development / Pedagogical Innovation

E-mail Address

rwm11@cam.ac.uk

Phone

01223 767663

Qualifications
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
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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. She is now working on a number of different projects (see below) focusing on creativity, student wellbeing, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and student engagement.

Ros enjoys working collaboratively with schools to develop and refine strategies that make a real difference to teaching and learning in the classroom. She generally employs 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). She reviews for a number of journals and is on the editorial board of Gender & Education.

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Research Topics

Prospective PhD Applications

Ros would welcome informal contact from prospective PhD students on any of the research topics mentioned above.

Current Research Projects

The impact of Creative Partnerships and similar initiatives on student wellbeing

The impact of programmes for entrepreneurship: Lessons from examining self-efficacy

Stoke raising achievement in inclusive contexts

School university partnership for educational research: SUPER

More apparent than real: Spotlighting school autonomy

Subject Leadership in Creativity in Design & Technology – funded by Gatsby Technical Education Projects, Jan 2005 – December 2007

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Course Involvement

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Publications

McLellan, R., Kirkman, R., Cartwright, S. and Millington, B. (2011 forthcoming). Student Voice in the Secondary School Context: A case study of the benefits of schools, local authorities and higher education institutions working together. In G. Czerniawski & W. Kidd (Eds.), The student voice handbook: Bridging the academic / practitioner divide.

McLellan, R., & Nicholl, B. (2011). 'If I was going to design a chair, the last thing I would look at is a chair'. Product analysis and the causes of fixation in students' design work 11-16 years. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 21(1), 71-92.

McLaughlin, C., Waterhouse, J., McLellan, R., & Morgan, B. (forthcoming 2010). Collabroer dans las recherche: etude de l'action dans un tiers-espace. In P. Masson, V. Baumfield, K. Otrel-Cass & M. Pilo (Eds.), (Re)penser le partneriat en Education / Rethinking Partnership in Education. Lille, France.

McLellan, R. (2009). Analysing quantitative data In E. Wilson (Ed.), School-based research: A guide for education students (pp. 154-170). London: SAGE.

Nicholl, B., & McLellan, R. (2009). ‘This isn’t my project [work]. It’s…just do it…you just do research’. What student voice reveals about the nature of D&T lessons in English schools and the implications this has on their motivation and learning of complex tasks. In A. Jones & M. de Vries (Eds.), International Handbook of Research and Development in Technology Education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Nicholl, B., & McLellan, R. (2008). ‘We’re all in this game whether we like it or not to get a number of As to Cs.’ Design and technology teachers’ struggles to implement the creativity and performativity policies. British Educational Research Journal, 34(5), 585-600.

Nicholl, B., McLellan, R., & Kotob, W. (2008). Understanding Creativity for Creative Understanding. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education

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.