Embodied Inquiry as a research method
This is an extract from a guest post Dr Jennifer Leigh and I wrote for the SAGE MethodSpace to outline some of the principles of Embodied Inquiry.
The relationship between creative and participatory approaches to research
This is a presentation based on my article Scope and Continuum of Participatory Research. This video was recorded for the MPE/MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium 2021.
Article: Exploring experiences of ableism in academia
This article presents disabled academics' experiences and collective understandings of ableism as constructed through normalisation and able-bodiedness.
Disclosure dances: The experience of PhD students with invisible disabilities in higher education
This post is a link to a recording from my presentation "Disclosure Dances" presented on the 30 June 2021 at the UCL Institute of Education.
Book: Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods
Accounting for the interdisciplinary nature of the field, this book has been written to be a concise primer into Embodied Inquiry for research students, scholars and practitioners alike.
Choose to challenge: The experience of disabled women in higher education
This post is a link to a recording from my International Women's Day keynote presented on the 8 March 2021 at the University of Manchester.
Ableismus in Academia: Trotz Fleiß kein Preis?
This post is a link to a recording from an event held via the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, where I was asked to discuss ableism in academia.
Chapter: The embodied academic
In this chapter I explore my journey from a secondary teacher to teacher educator to lecturer, a journey that signifies for me the transition from a teacher interested in embodiment to an embodied teacher and finally to an embodied academic.
Using creative methods to collect data in social research
Workshop to explore creativity within research and to identify opportunities to use creative methods within the research process.
Article: Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics?
From the context of UK higher education this article explores ableism in academia to stimulate a debate and raise awareness of those disabled and ill academics , whose voices are not heard.
Article: Partnership in teacher education
This article is an example of student-staff collaboration within the community of practice of trainee teachers.
Article: Exploring the lived experience of fibromyalgia
The paper reports on the lived experience of fibromyalgia, which used identity boxes and metaphorical representation to offer a holistic view.
Presentation from the SEDA conference
This is about my contribution to the SEDA conference in November 2016, which was about aspects of the Secondary Teacher Education Programme.
Getting started with educational research
Getting started with educational research is a short introduction to the research process and offers help with questions and methods.
Referencing and bibliography
A good essay acknowledges all the sources used. Read here about referencing and bibliographies.
Sarah Pink: Doing Sensory Ethnography
Pink's understanding of ethnography is broader than that of a study relating to the culture or society of humans. Really, ethnography in Pink's view is a phenomenological study of life world and in the book she offers ways of accessing this life world through a range of channels. Pink suggests including the human senses at all levels of research. This book offers great justification for a less conventional approach to research; an approach where openness to what happens is paramount.