Qualifications & background
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HIgher Education (PGLTHE) Awarded 2010
PhD, Stewards of the Earth? Teenagers' Environmental Attitudes and Lifestyles in Devon (UK) and Malaga (Spain) Awarded 2008
PGDip Social Research, University of Plymouth 2003.
BA Hons (first class) Geography and Information Technology, College of St Mark and St Johns, 2001.
Research interests
Research
I have a number of research interests including exploring the links between research and teaching, student use of technology for learning and qualitative methods in educational research. However, my main research interest is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). I have becoming increasingly interested in informal learning for ESD and how links can be made between students’ informal experiences and the formal curriculum. Running parallel to this I am interested in staff and student resistance to ESD and the way that ESD is communicated (or not) through staff development in universities.
Recently I have worked on a number of pedagogic research projects.
2008 – Issues facing progression students in their transfer to Higher Education Institutions
2008 – Student use of technology for learning – exploring the interface between formal and informal use
2009/2010 – Evaluating Research informed Teaching at Plymouth University
2009 - A Sustainable Campus? Students’ Perspectives of Informal: Learning about Sustainability
2011- Transformative learning for sustainability in HE: Exploring diverse student experiences
Research funding:
Cotton, D. Winter, J. & Dyer, A. (2009) A Sustainable Campus? Students’ Perspectives of Informal: Learning about Sustainability in UoP. Funded by The University of Plymouth Teaching Fellowship Award Scheme.
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2011) Transformative learning for sustainability in HE: Exploring diverse student experiences. Funded by PedRIO.
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Teaching
My primary employment is as an Educational Developer with the Educational Development team. I teach on the General Teaching Associates (GTA) a short course about teaching and learning designed for postgraduate students and the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) course. I also contribute to staff CPD through workshops on a range of educational themes including ESD, the new Plymouth Student Award, qualitative research methods and research informed teaching.
I am also an Associate Lecturer in the School of Geography, University of Plymouth. My geographical research specialises in young people’s understandings and interactions with environmental issues and sustainable development, particularly the relationship between ESD and non-educational ‘lifestyle’ influences (peers, media, families, and experiences). My interest in ESD as a motivational strategy to inspire commitment to sustainable development is reflected in my teaching, which focuses on the merits of ESD with students and the role of the public as citizens and consumers.
Publications
Papers
Cotton, D., Winter, J. and Bailey, I. (In press) Researching the hidden curriculum: intentional and unintended messages. Journal of Geography in Higher Education.
Winter, J. and Cotton. D. (Submitted) Making the hidden curriculum visible: Sustainability literacy in Higher Education. Environmental Education Research.
Winter, J., Cotton, D., Gavin, J. & Yorke, J. (2010) Effective e-learning? Multitasking, distractions and boundary management by graduate students in an online environment. ALT-J. Vol.18. No. 1. 71-83
Winter, J. & Dismore, H. (2010) Investigating the experiences of foundation degree students progressing to honours degree: An integrated approach. Journal of Further and Higher Education. Vol. 34. No.2. 247-264
Books
D. Cotton, S. Sterling, V. Neal and J. Winter (Eds) (In press) Putting the ‘S’ into ED: Education for Sustainable Development in Educational Development. London: SEDA special
Book Chapters
Cotton, D.R.E & Winter, J. (2010) 'It's not just bits of paper and light bulbs': A review of sustainability pedagogies and their potential for use in Higher Education. In (Eds) Jones, P., Selby, D. & Sterling, S. Sustainability education: Perspectives and practice across Higher Education. London: Earthscan pp39-54
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (In press) Sustainability pedagogies: What do they offer for Educational Development? In Putting the ‘S’ into ED: Education for Sustainable Development in Educational Development . D. Cotton, S. Sterling, V. Neal and J. Winter (Eds) London: SEDA special.
Winter, J., Sjerps-Jones, H., Dexter, B., and Klaff, J. (In press) Informal learning for sustainability. In Putting the ‘S’ into ED: Education for Sustainable Development in Educational Development . D. Cotton, S. Sterling, V. Neal and J. Winter (Eds) London: SEDA special
Peer Reviewed Conferences
Winter, J. 2004. Youth and individual environmental responsibility. Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers: ‘Globalisation and Youth’, Philadelphia, April 2004
Winter, J. 2006. Cross-national perspectives on teenagers’ engagement with environmental sustainability. Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers): ‘Young People’s and Children’s Engagements and Connections with Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice’ London: RGS.
Winter, J. 2007. Teenagers, Lifestyles and the Environment. Proceedings of the Postgraduate Symposium: University of Plymouth
Winter, J. & Dismore, H. (2008) The experiences of progression students. Annual Conference for the Society for Research in Higher Education. Liverpool December 2008
Winter, J., Cotton, D., Gavin, J. & Yorke, J, D. (2009) Multitasking and the development of e-learning expertise: just a distraction? Plymouth e-Learning Conference. University of Plymouth. April 2009
Winter, J. & Cotton, D. (2009) Research Informed Teaching: Impacts and Implications of the TQEF Scheme. The Higher Education Academy Annual Conference. University of Manchester. 30 June 2009
Winter, J. & Cotton, D. (2009) Digital Distractions: rethinking the benefits of multitasking in online environments.The Higher Education Academy Annual Conference. University of Manchester. 01 July 2009
Winter, J. & Cotton, D. (2009) Sustainability Pedagogies: Prospects and Problems. The Higher Education Academy Annual Conference. University of Manchester. 02 July 2009
Cotton, D. & Winter, J. (2009) Sustainability and Pedagogy in Higher Education. Anglo-Russian Symposium on Education for Sustainable Development. University of Plymouth. September 3-4 200p9.
Cotton, D. & Winter, J. (2009) Boundary Management in e-learning. ALT-C. University of Manchester 7-10th September 2009.
Winter, J. & Cotton, D. (2009) The impacts of research informed teaching on institutional culture: A UK case study. Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. October 2009. Indiana USA.
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2009) The research-teaching nexus in an era of mass higher education. Annual Conference for the Society for Research in Higher Education. Cardiff. December 2009
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2010) A sustainable campus: student perspectives of campus based sustainability in a UK case study. International Conference on Teaching and Learning. Temasek Polytechnic. Singapore. 9-11 June 2010.
Winter, J., Cotton, D. and Dyer, A. (2010) Poster presentation: A sustainable campus: students' perspectives of campus based learning. The Vice Chancellor's 2010 Teaching and Learning Conference. University of Plymouth. 30th June 2010.
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2010) Enhancing staff scholarship through research informed teaching. International Consortium for Educational Development. Barcelona, Spain. June 28-30 2010.
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2010) Sustainability and informal learning in a UK university. Annual Conference of the American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education. Denver, USA. 10-12 October.
Winter, J. and Neal, V. (2010) Using green space for learning about learning and teaching. Annual Conference of the American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education. Denver, USA. 10-12 October.
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2010) Embedding education for sustainable development in academic practice. Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Liverpool. 19-22 October.
Winter, J. and Cotton, D. (2010) The research -teaching nexus; a vehicle for enterprise? Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Liverpool. 19-22 October.
Cotton, D. and Winter, J. (2010) Transformative learning and sustainability: The impact of the ‘hidden curriculum. Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE) Conference, Cardiff, Wales
Cotton, D. and Winter, J. (2011) Sustainability and transformation. Linking formal and informal learning in Higher Education. The sixth World Environmental Education Congress. Brisbane, Australia. 19-23 July
Cotton, D. and Winter, J. (2011) Researching the Hidden Curriculum: intentional and unintended messages. The Annual International Conference of the RGS-IBG. London. 31 August – 2nd September
Other Publications
Cotton, D. and Winter, J. (in press) The Challenge of Embedding Sustainability in the HE Curriculum. Bioscience Bulletin
Conferences organised
University of Plymouth Post Graduate Symposium 2007 (2-3rd March)
