Bethan Morgan

Position/Status

Teaching Associate

Academic Group

Leadership for Learning

Email Address

bm247@cam.ac.uk

Phone

(+44) 01223 767537

Qualifications

Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations

British Educational Research Association
American Educational Research Association
National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services (affiliate)

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Profile

Bethan works predominantly with the Schools University Partnership in Educational Research (SUPER). Prior to this, she taught for seventeen years in 11-18 secondary schools in the UK and the UAE as teacher and Head of Department (English) before joining the Faculty. Her current research interests focus on classroom teaching and learning, particularly in the area of pupil engagement, pupil consultation and 'pupil voice'. Both her MPhil and ESRC funded PhD projects were linked to the ESRC/TLRP Consulting Pupils about Teaching and Learning Network (directed by Professor Jean Rudduck). Data from both projects is featured in Rudduck, J & McIntyre, D (2007) Improving Learning through Consulting Pupils, London: Routledge. Bethan has compiled a bibliography for the late Professor Donald McIntyre, her MPhil and PhD supervisor.

Research

Interests

Current Research Projects

Former Research Projects

Teaching

Dissertations

Morgan, B. (2007) Consulting Pupils: practice, policy and response in one school. Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Cambridge.

Morgan, B. (2000) How teachers consult pupils in order to improve teaching and learning. Unpublished MPhil dissertation, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Publications

Peer-reviewed Research Journals

Morgan, Bethan (2011) 'Consulting pupils about teaching and learning: policy, process and response in one school', Research Papers in Education, Vol.26 (4), pp.445-467.

Morgan, Bethan (2009) " I think it's about the teacher feeding off our minds, instead of us learning off them, sort of like switching the process around": pupils' perspectives on being consulted about teaching and learning, Curriculum Journal, 20:4,389-407.

Chapters in Books

Morgan, B., & Porter, A. (2011). Student Researchers exploring teaching and learning: processes and issues. In G. Czerniawski & W. Kidd (Eds.), The Student Voice Handbook: Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Divide. Emerald.

McLaughlin, C., Waterhouse, J., McLellan, R. and Morgan, B. (2010) 'Collaborer dans la recherché: etude de l'action dans un tiers-espace. In P. Masson (Dir.) V. Baumfield, K. Otrel-cass, M. Pilo, Rethinking Partnership in Education/ (Re)penser le partneriat en Education. /Book Edition, Lille, France.

Reports

McCormick, R., Banks, F., Morgan, B., Opfer, D., Pedder, D., Storey, A., Wolfenden, F. (2009) Schools and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in England - State of the Nation' Research Project (T34718). A report for the Training and Development Agency for Schools, The Open University and University of Cambridge.

Anne Storey, Frank Banks, Deborah Cooper, Peter Cunningham, Dave Ebbutt, Alison Fox, Bethan Morgan, David Pedder, Freda Wolfenden (2009) Qualitative Research Summary: Schools and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in England – State of the Nation Research Project (T34718). A report for the Training and Development Agency for Schools. The Open University and Cambridge University.

Morgan, B., McLaughlin, C., McLellan, R., & Waterhouse, J. (2009). Pupil Engagement in Schools and Classrooms: A Literature Review. Report for the Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research (SUPER), Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

Peer-reviewed Conferences

Waterhouse, J., McLellan, R., McLaughlin, C., & Morgan, B. (2011). Powerful Partnership: A Comparative Case Study of Teachers Learning in the Context of a School-University Research Collaboration. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, New Orleans.

McLaughlin, C., McLellan, R., Morgan, B. and Waterhouse, J. (2009) Researching Together: A Study of Action in a Third Space. Paper Presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Manchester University, 3-6 September, 2009.

Waterhouse, J., McLaughlin, C., McLellan, R. and Morgan, B. (2009) Communities of Enquiry as a Third Space: Exploring Theory and Practice. Paper Presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Manchester University, 3-6 September, 2009.

McLellan, R. & Morgan, B. (2008) Pupil perspectives on school belonging: an investigation of differences between schools working together in a school-university partnership. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 3-6 September 2008.

Morgan, B. (2008) "I think it's about the teacher feeding off our minds, instead of us learning off them, sort of like switching the process around": pupils' perspectives on being consulted about classroom teaching and learning. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, September 2008

Morgan, B. (2007) Consulting pupils about classroom teaching and learning: policy, practice and response in one school. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Institute of Education, 5th - 8th September 2007.

Morgan, B. (2004) Consulting Pupils: An Investigation into the Process and Impact on Classroom Teaching And Learning. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Manchester, 14 -17 September 2004.

Morgan, B. (2004) Consulting Pupils about Teaching and Learning: Rhetoric and Reality? Paper presented at the Student/New Researchers Conference, British Educational Research Association, Manchester, 14 - 17 September 2004.

Invited Presentations

What do we know about successfully harnessing pupil voice in schools? DCSF Policy Seminar, with Professor Michael Fielding, Sanctuary Buildings, 23/10/2007.

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