Mandy Swann (formerly Maddock)
Position/Status
- University Lecturer
- Senior MPhil Examiner
- Fellow and Director of Studies in Education, St Edmund's College
E-mail Address
mm10006@cam.ac.uk
Phone
(+44) 01223 767536
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Cambridge
- MPhil in Education, University of Cambridge
- BEd (hons) in English Literature and Education, University of Cambridge
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- British Educational Research Association (BERA)
- Association for the Study of Primary Education (ASPE)
- Chair of the Board of Trustees: Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI)
- Editorial Board Member: Forum for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education
Profile
Originally a primary teacher specialising in English Literature, Mandy taught throughout the primary phase for a number of years before undertaking a Masters in order to explore the possibilities of developing authentic partnerships with parents. Mandy continued her research at doctoral level using interpretive research methods to investigate the social and cultural practices of children learning with their families and in their communities. Post doctorally, she undertook a series of large scale national, cross sectional surveys and a set of national school based case studies to examine the status of teachers and the teaching profession in England, funded by the Department for Education and Skills. Her current research projects focus on the practices of primary teachers committed to lifting the limits on learning imposed by ability labelling, and she has been working with Creative Partnerships Tendring since 2004 on arts-based approaches to re-engaging disaffected learners. Her work with Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI) involves her in organising seminars, workshops, study mornings and conferences for primary teachers, and in outreach work with individuals and organisations in the local community.
Research Topics
- Learning and Teaching
- Pupil voice
- Parental involvement in education
- Partnerships in education
- Creative pedagogy
Current Research Projects
- Learning Without Limits: an alternative improvement agenda (Esmée Fairbairn & Herts LEA)
- Children Learning in Families (ESRC)
- Artist Pedagogy and School Change (Internal research development fund)
- Home-school expectations and their impact on children and their learning: an exploratory study (Internal research development fund)
Course Involvement
- PGCE Partnership Tutor
- Masters, Educational Research
- Masters, Arts Culture and Education
- Masters, Researching Practice
- Practitioner Professional Development (PPD), Creativity as Practice
- Masters and Doctoral supervision
Principal Publications
Swann, M., McIntyre, D., Pell, T., Hargreaves, L. & Cunningham, M. (forthcoming) Teachers' Conceptions of Teacher Professionalism in England in 2003 and 2006, British Educational Research Journal.
Maddock, M. & Sapsed, R. with Drummond, M-J. (2008) Igniting a Fuse: developing the creative practice of primary school educators, London: Creative Partnerships.
Pollard, A. with Anderson, J. A., Maddock, M., Swaffield, S., Warin, J. and Warwick, P. (2008) Reflective Teaching (3rd edition), London: Continuum.
Maddock, M., Drummond, M-J., Koralek, B. and Nathan I. (2007) Doing school differently: creative practitioners at work, Education 3-13, Vol. 35, No. 1, February 2007, pp 47-58.
Maddock, M. (2006) Children's Personal Learning Agendas at Home, Cambridge Journal of Education, Vol.36, No. 2, June 2006, pp. 153-169.
Warin, J., Maddock, M., Pell, A. and Hargreaves, L. (2006) Resolving Identity Dissonance through Reflective and Reflexive Practice in Teaching, Reflective Practice, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 2006, pp. 231-243.
Hargreaves, L., Cunningham, M., Everton, T., Hopper, B., McIntyre, D., Maddock, M., Pell, A., Rouse, M., Turner, P., Wilson, L., Hansen, A. & Mukherjee, J. (2006) The Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession: views from inside and outside the profession, interim report from the Teacher Status Project, London: DfES.
Maddock, M. (2005) Enemies of Boredom, Cambridge: Refocus Cambridge.
Maddock, M. (2002) Home-School Relationships: Understandings of Children's Learning at Home. PhD Thesis, University of Cambridge.