Pedagogy, Language, Arts & Culture in Education

Student members

Name Topic Supervisor
Al-Yaqout Ghadah Q.O Issues of singularity in the picturebook series: paratexts as constituent elements Maria Nikolajeva
Antoniou Foivi Environmental awareness and the visual arts in primary school Richard Hickman
Aramouni Nayla Turning non-readers into readers Maria Nikolajeva and Dominic Wyse
Beauvais Clementine Modifying the world through children’s literature Maria Nikolajeva
Biddulph James William Creative learning in school and out of school contexts: a phenomenological case study Pam Burnard and Mandy Swann
Brens Madeleine A phenomenological case study of female young offenders Richard Hickman
Catchpool Michael Can’t write, won’t write: the importance and impact of task and audience on children’s development as writers Dominic Wyse
Chan Hang Exploring the potential of explicit teaching of formulaic language for L2 oral fluency development Michael Evans
Constantinou Filio Bidialectism in education: an insight into a bidialectal and multicultural Greek Cypriot elementary classroom Andrie Yiakoumetti and Dominic Wyse
Correa Tito Puritan Influences in the governance of higher education Pam Hirsch and Phil Gardner
Coverdale Tara Educating creative thinkers: expanding the arts paradigm Morag Morrison and Pam Burnard
Denmead Tyler Softening the blank sheet: a principally ethnographic study of the facilitative pedagogies of a group of East Anglian artists. Richard Hickman and Mandy Swann
Ding Ting The effects of recasts, prompts and learner affective factors on the acquisition of new linguistic features in English Michael Evans and Richard Hickman
Duggal Nitu Investigating effectiveness of approaches to teaching reading comprehension Dominic Wyse
Hamilton Miranda The development of linguistic and learner autonomy within the context of a technological learning environment Michael Evans
Hawkes Rachel Dialogic teaching in the secondary foreign languages classroom: how can teacher talk and behaviour facilitate more learner L2 interaction and what is the nature of this language output? Michael Evans
Herescu Alina Roxana Investigation into the effects of co-constructed meaning on learners’ and teachers’ perceptions of language learning in a Romanian EFL setting Edith Esch
Higgins Anna-Marie Towards a musique concrete pedagogy in a technology-enhanced learning environment Pam Burnard
Jiang Yuhong Reflection, change and reconstruction in the new curriculum context at the tertiary level in China: towards an integrated framework centred on reflective practice for EFL teachers' professional development. Michael Evans
Jourdan Kathryn Ruth Encountering the Other through music education: a case-study of music-making in the lives of a class of S2 pupils at an Edinburgh high school. John Finney
Kenny Ailbhe Patricia Music and local government: a study of Ireland and the United Kingdom Pam Burnard
Kirkman Philip Secondary students' compositional development with computer-mediated environments in a musical classroom community Paul Andrews and Dominic Wyse
Konstantinou Chrysovalentini The role of technology in enhancing students’ creativity in primary schools in Cyprus Pam Burnard and Linda Hargreaves
Kuo Hsu-Chan The development of creativity in education indicators for evaluating the impacts of creativity in education Pam Burnard and Dominic Wyse
Leong Wei Shin Assessment in learning: practices in the Singapore classrooms Pam Burnard and Sue
Swaffield
Levine Ruth Katherine Learners’ developing linguistic identities in the context of their experiences of KS2/3 transition Linda Fisher
Liang Sihua An ethnographic study of language attitudes in Guangzhou, China Edith Esch and Andrie Yiakoumetti
Mallouri Louiza National identity in visual texts in Cyprus

Morag Styles and John Beck

Mohd Ariff Albakri Intan Safinas A case study of ESL and science teacher cognition in content based contexts Michael Evans
Ong Shirley Investigating the effect of incorporating explicit contrasts between educational mother tongue and foreign language into English-language classes in Brunei Michael Evans  and Andrie Yiakoumetti
Perkins Rosie The co-construction of 'learning cultures': a case study of students, teachers and staff at a UK conservatoire of music. Pam Burnard
Pullinger Deborah Towards a theory of children’s poetry: investigating the aesthetics of poetry for children and its relationship to the field of children’s literature Morag Styles
Rodriguez-Reyes Jose-Miguel Differential effects of implicit vs explicit instruction in L2 acquisition of English by Spanish speakers: the case for learnability constraints. Michael Evans
Rutgers Dieuwerke Multilingualism and metalinguistic development in context: a comparative analysis of metalinguistic mediation in the learning of German as a foreign language by pupils following a Dutch-English bilingual education programme and pupils following a regular programme in the Netherlands. Michael Evans
Spring Erin Place-based identities in writing and reading for children GabrielleCliff Hodges
Tsapikidou Danae The effect of sequential and integrated focus-on-form instruction on the learning of English as a foreign language in Greece. Neil Mercer and  Andrie Yiakoumetti
Welply Oakleigh The experience of children from ethnic-minority backgrounds in primary schools in France and England Edith Esch
Wong Anna Ling Yu Impact of music engagement on students’ psychological well-being Pam Burnard and Ros
McLellan
Wongrak
Chalermchai
The use of minority languages in English-as-a-second-language classrooms: the case of Northern Khmer in Thai higher education Edith Esch
Yau Christine Teacher-student interactions and relationships in a HE instrumental lesson setting: a comparative cultural context between UK and China Pam Burnard
Zainal Azlin Zaiti The impact of a Malaysian government sponsored ICT training programme on secondary school English language teachers' attitudes towards ICT and classroom practice. Michael Evans
Zhao Huajing Gender construction and negotiation in the Chinese EFL classroom Edith Esch
Zheng Hongying A case study of the dynamic relationship between Chinese secondary school EFL teachers' beliefs about EFL teaching and learning and their instructional practice. Michael Evans