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Profiles
Dr Jan Georgeson
Associate Professor
Plymouth Institute of Education (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
- Education
- Research
- Early years
- Special educational needs
- Disability
- Professional development
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Biography
Biography
Developing and conducting independent research projects and collaborating with colleagues in the development of research within Plymouth Institute of Education.
Qualifications
BA Hons Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
MA Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
PG Cert Ed, University of Bristol
PG Certificate in Research Methods, University of Birmingham
EdD (Educational Disadvantage and Special Educational Needs), University of Birmingham
Teaching experience: Portage/Home Support (birth to 5 years); Teacher-in-charge: children with speech and language difficulties (3 to 5); reading difficulties and curriculum support (5-16 years). Registered Nursery Inspector (educational programmes).
Previous research experience: contract work for Universities of Birmingham, Bath, Oxford and Gloucestershire, and for OECD, DCSF and CWDC.
HE teaching: Undergraduate level: Inclusion; Special Educational Needs; Child Development; Policy and Early Years provision; Leadership and Management; participatory research with children; Dissertation supervision
Master's level:Critical Perspectives on Inclusion and Diversity; Professionalism in the Early Years; Leadership & Pedagogy; Child Development; Research Methodology; Dissertation supervision.
Doctoral level: Research Methods. Thesis supervision in Inclusion (including international perspectives)
Professional membership
Member of BERA (British Educational Research Association); Member of BERA Engagement Committee;
Member of ISCAR (International Society For Cultural And Activity Research)
Member of Scientific Committee: EECERA (European Early Childhood Education Research Association)
Member of Scientific Committee: CIPE (Congreso Internacional de Psicología y Educación)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Research
Research
Research interests
My research is strongly influenced by sociocultural and activity theory, in particular when applied to organisational structure, interactional style and approaches to pedagogy.
I have been involved in research projects investigating the experience of disabled students in higher education and the collection of data on disability in schools, with a particular focus in ways to access pupils' views.
I am currently researching University Partnerships, professionalisation of the early years workforce, professional development, the semiotics of buildings for children’s services; ICT and pedagogy (including robotics and computational thinking).
I am interested in supervising research projects concerned with professional development, early years provision, with disability, inclusion and special educational needs across the age range, or projects where fine grain linguistic analysis and/or activity theory would offer an appropriate methodological approach.
Research groups
Publications
Publications
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