Research Students & Graduates

Recent Graduates

In an effort to continue celebrating and recognising our successes, please see below the names and doctoral thesis titles of some of the School's recent research student graduates:

Karen Aylward, PhD, ‘'”Who do you say that I am?” Young people's conceptions of Jesus’. Supervisors: Keith Postlethwaite and Terence Copley.
Ahmed Ibrahim Rashid Al Hodithy, PhD, ‘Exploring Cooperative and Psychological Approaches to Learning in the Saudi Arabia School System’. Supervisors: Brahm Norwich and Gill Haynes.
C Rodney Stuart, EdD Mathematics Education, ‘An Exploration of the Efficacy of a Computer-based Formative Assessment on Mathematics Achievement’. Supervisors Paul Ernest and Dennis Almeida.
Janchai Wongphothisarn, EdD TESOL, ‘An Investigation into Thai EFL University Teachers' and Students' Perceptions towards Language Learning Autonomy’. Supervisors: Malcolm Macdonald and David Palfreyman.
El Moctar Ould Hende, EdD TESOL, ‘ELT Course Descriptions in Tertiary Education: A Critical-Interpretative Investigation’. Supervisors: Malcolm Macdonald and Salah Troudi.
Elizabeth Howell, EdD TESOL, ‘Struggling to Write: Learner Identity and Agency in a Pre-University Intensive English for Academic Purposes Program’. Supervisors: Jill Cadorath and Sarah Rich.
Patrick Meaney, PhD, ‘Learning Partnerships - The Art of Handling Ambiguity’. Supervisors: Patrick Dillon and Keith Postlethwaite.
Kyu Nam Shim, EdD TESOL, ‘An investigation into teachers' perceptions of classroom-based assessment of English as a foreign language in Korean primary education’. Supervisors: Malcolm Macdonald and Salah Troudi.
Laura Bell, PhD, ‘The Role of the Tomlinson Working Group in New Labour's Reforms of 14-19 Education: A Case Study in Education Policy Research’. Supervisors: Wendy Robinson and Gill Haynes.
Kamil Bashir Osman, EdD TESOL, ‘Emirati Nursing Students' Perception and Experiences of Studying Nursing and Science through English’. Supervisors: Salah Troudi and Malcolm Macdonald.
Hasan Mohsin AL-Wadi, EdD TESOL, ‘Bahraini English Language Teachers' Perceptions of the Native-Speaker English Teachers in the Kingdom of Bahrain - How are they Different?’. Supervisors: Jill Cadorath and Salah Troudi.
Dayang Shamsinar Haji Awang Husain, ‘The factors which influence in-service teachers' pedagogical understanding and practices of primary art education in Negara Brunei Darussalam: a case study’. Supervisor: Debra Myhill and Linda Rolfe.
Afnan Oyaid, PhD, ‘Saudi Secondary School Teachers Use, Perceptions, and Future Views of ICT in Education and Its Relation to Education Policy’. Supervisor: Patrick Dillon and Penni Tearle.
Will Roberts, EdD Educational Psychology, ‘Plymouth Precision Teaching Project (2007-08): An investigation into student, staff and practive outcomes’. Supervisor: Brahm Norwich and Elias Avramidis.
Caroline Teece, PhD, ‘Teachers' Conceptualisations of Teaching as a Profession’. . Supervisor: Debra Myhill and Wendy Robinson.
Hany Ibrahim Ahmad Ibrahim, PhD, ‘The Strategic Reading Processes of Egyptian EFL Learners: A Framework for Reading Curricula Redesign and Reform’. . Supervisor: Bob Burden and Malcolm Macdonald.
Stewart Hathaway, EdD Mathematics, 'Factors related to mathematics anxiety in males and females in a Hispanic-serving rural community college'. Supervisors - Paul Ernest and Dennis Almeida.
Kang Zhao, PhD, 'Identity, lifelong learning and narrrative - a theoretical investigation'. Supervisors - Gert Biesta and Flora Macleod.
Maria Dasli, PhD, 'Developing intercultural competence through the disciplines of sociology and anthropology: British studies and year abroad modules in focus'. Supervisors - Sarah Rich and Malcolm MacDonald.
Isabelle Gatt, PhD, 'Challenging policy, changing practice: introducing drama as a curriculum innovation'. Supervisors - Debra Myhill and Susan Chedzoy.
Paula Rice, EdD, 'We don't eat Brussels sprouts in France: An investiagation into perceptions of a bilingual identity'. Supervisors - Salah Troudi and Susan Riley.
Anthony Crips, EdD, 'Teachers' views of fostering learner autonomy through a CALL project'. Supervisors - Salah Troudi and Sarah Rich.
Larry Kimber, EdD, 'Japanese junior high school students' attitudes toward English partial immersion'. Supervisors - Salah Troudi and Sarah Rich.
Alberto Mora Vazquez, EdD, 'EFL constructions on morality in a Mexican language centre'. Supervisors - Salah Troudi and Malcolm MacDonald.
Sylvie Raymond, EdD, 'Effective and ineffective university teaching from students' and faculty's perspectives: Matched or mismatched expectations?' Supervisors - Malcolm MacDonald and Salah Troudi.
Nasser Al- Rawahi, PhD, "The beliefs and practice of Omani student teachers and teachers about teaching and learning in physical education: An exploratory study". Supervisors - Sue Chedzoy and Patrick Dillon.
Theo Blackmore, PhD, ‘'Half of my friends don't even see me as disabled': What can field, capital and habitus reveal about disability and inclusion?’
Mahmoud Emira, EdD, ‘Understanding Egyptian Teachers' Perspectives on 'Teacher Leadership' and its Relationship with Decision Making’.
Diane Fung, PhD, ‘Telling tales of higher education: a narrative enquiry into first year student experience’.
Fiona Haigh, EdD, ‘An investigation into boys' attitudes towards Mathematics across Years 8, 9 and 10’.
Voldis Kudliskis, PhD, ‘An Exploratory Study of Sixth Form Students' Reflections on the Application of Specific Neuro-Linguistic Programming Techniques to their Learning Processes’.
Yingchun Li, PhD, ‘Classroom Culture and the Construction of Learning Opportunities: An Ethnographic Case Study of Two EFL Classrooms in a Higher Education Setting in China’.
Nasser Mansour, PhD, ‘Science-Technology-Society Education in Egypt: The Beliefs and Practices of Egyptian Science Teachers’. Supervisors - Keith Postlethwaite and Nigel Skinner.
Khitam Maslamani, PhD, ‘Family background and learning English in the United Arab Emirates: investigating the socio-cultural milieu’. Supervisors - Debra Myhill and Ken Shaw.
Nopi Nicolaou Telemachou, PhD, ‘Primary School Student Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Teaching Music: A Dialogic and Interactive Trajectory’.
Douglas Schar, PhD, ‘Adaptogens in the Eclectic Pharmacopoeia’.

Congratulations and thanks go out to all who have helped in these achievements.

Ethically Approved Doctoral Research Projects 2008/2009

Name	Project Title	Supervisors	Programme Of Study
Reem Alebaikan	Perceptions of blended learning in Saudi Universities	Salah Troudi	PhD
Victoria Joy Cohen	Early number skills and young children	Fran Martin & Carol Murphy	EdD Maths Education
Melanie Simons	An evaluation of the outcomes of pupil referral unit provision for temporarily excluded pupils in Devon	Elias Avramidis & Margie Tunbridge	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Kang Zhao	Identity, lifelong learning and narrative � a theoretical investigation	Flora Macleod & Gert Biesta	PhD
Marianne Anderson	An investigation into self-driven behaviour modification strategies: ESL female students who self-coach to success	Susan Riley	EdD
Elizabeth Howell	Struggling to write: Identity and agency of learners in an intensive pre-university EAP program.	Jill Cadorath and Sarah Rich	EdD TESOL
Will Katene	Knowledge bases of the physical education student teacher in initial teacher education	Emeritus Prof. Neville Bennett Susan Capel (Brunel University)	PhD
Federica Castro	Teachers professional development:� What lies beneath?	Jill Cadorath	EdD TESOL
Andrew Allen	Evaluating declaration and attribution retraining with regards to improvements in reading	Brahm Norwich and Andrew Richards	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Calum Delaney	How do assessors mark?� The process of assessing written work produced by students in higher education	William Richardson and Christine Bennetts	EdD
Nancy Fahnestock	The use of interactive math software with L2 English students; instructive video games or a useful method of teaching	Susan Riley	EdD TESOL
Michael Hayes	Towards Professionalism: A Study of the development of professional practice in teachers� early careers	Christine Bennetts and Keith Postlethwaite	EdD
Gwendoline Gilmore	Short stories for inclusion: A study of professionalism and inclusion in behaviour provision in a South West Secondary School	Elias Avramidis and Nick Givens	EdD
Sue Wayman	Skills for Sustainability? ��	Cheryl Hunt and Fran Martin	EdD
Khalfan Al-Kemyani	Strategic learning of English vocabulary and the use of information and communication technologies with reference to students of Sultan Qaboos University in Oman	Malcolm MacDonald	PhD
Alex Addo	Facilitating prisoner reintegration through education, training and community support in Ghana	Keith Postlethwaite and Martin Levinson	PhD
Kamil Osman	Emirati nursing students� perception and experiences of studying nursing and science through English	Salah Troudi	EdD TESOL
Lore Tulasiewicz	Professional life histories	Jill Cadorath	EdD TESOL
Reem Al-Rubaie	A futuristic Projection of ELT Policy in Kuwait	Salah Troudi	PhD
Andrew Eaton`	An eco-systemic view of leadership and conflict in multi-agency working.	Brahm Norwich & Jo Rose	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Timi Bekere Hyacinth	Nigerian teachers� professional identities and their response to planned change	Tony Wright (MAJON) and Sarah Rich	MPhil/PhD
Jim Clack	Possibility thinking and problem posing in upper primary mathematics teaching and learning: is question posing enough?	Anna Craft	PhD
Moira E M de Silva	Linguistic challenges of multilingual (ESL) students in first year university business courses:� implications for professional development for business faculty.	Malcolm MacDonald	EdD
Fan Zhang	A tentative investigation into the perceptions of the EFL teachers at a Chinese University concerning professional development.	Malcolm MacDonald	EdD
Latisia Marie Mary	Fostering self-esteem in the primary classroom: An investigation into effective personal social and citizenship education teaching practices in France.	Cathie Holden and Gill Haynes	PhD
Joanna Cursley	Why use the Arts in prisons?	Phil Bayliss and Deborah Osberg	PhD
HSIU JU WANG	Children composing and musical identities	Susan Young	PhD
Anna-Maria Ostapenko-Denton	A hermeneutic investigation of notions of professionalism in FE and HE lecturers.	Cheryl Hunt and Christine Bennetts	EdD
Wendy Thomas	Addressing the need for school-based bereavement and loss intervention in East Sussex: Perceptions, processes and outcomes.	Brahm Norwich and Jo Rose	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Hasnoorain Binti Abd Bahman	Towards an understanding of the relationship between academic and vocational education in Malaysia.� A case study of a university�s internship programme.	Robert Lawy and Sarah Rich	PhD
Roosje Egbers	From Nurture Group to Nurturing Community: Exploring processes and evaluating outcomes when nurturing principles are consistent between home and school.	Tim Maxwell and Andrew Richards	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Liu Li-Hung (Linda)	An investigation into the needs of university English language teachers for in-service English Language Teacher Education in Taiwan	Jill Cadorath	EdD TESOL
Elizabeth Joyce Griffiths	An exploratory study into how English language teachers in upper secondary schools in Kristiansand, Norway engage in professional development and their perceptions of it through their in-service training, working with colleagues and individually.	Jill Cadorath	EdD
Angela Soraya Cooper	Gender differentiated discourse: a study of discourse in the adult EAL classroom.	Malcolm MacDonald & Deborah Osberg	EdD
Martin John Price	Professional identity and the culture of overwork among teacher in further education	Rob Lawy and Cheryl Hunt	EdD
Ahmad Al-Nwalem	Evaluation of the English language teacher preparation programme at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait.	Salah Troudi	PhD
Bryony Curtis	Relationship attitudes in young people who have experienced domestic violence.� Evaluating the �Changing Places� programme according to ECM outcomes.	Andrew Richards and Tim Maxwell	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Alice Pereira Carvalho	Resilience and aspirations of children in care	Elias Avramidis and Margie Tunbridge	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Kawther Rashed A. Al Mawoda	A study of English language teachers� beliefs on cultural awareness training in the content of EFL teaching.	Jill Cadorath	EdD TESOL
Anna Papamichael	Evaluation of the usefulness of SEAL resources in Nurture Group settings	Andrew Richards and Tim Maxwell	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Akiko Nambu	Teachers� perceptions of team-teaching	Jill Cadorath	EdD TESOL
Damian Fitzpatrick	The effects of the current English language policy on schools in Thailand: a critical ethnographic investigation	Salah Troudi	EdD TESOL
Rebecca Hooker	Exploring the nature and the meaning of a lifetime of bilingualism (using and speaking another language) for older adult learners.	Malcolm MacDonald and Cheryl Hunt	EdD TESOL
Lameya Mahmoud Abdeltawab Rezk	Investigation into Egyptian EFL in-service Teachers� Professional development: surmounting the challenges.	Malcolm MacDonald and Nick Givens	PhD
Hsin-Jui Ho	A comparative perspective on educational policies for immigrant children in Taiwan	William Richardson	MPhil/PhD
Rachel Wheeler	Understanding young people�s (aged 18-24) experiences of unemployment	Rob Lawy and Flora Macleod	PhD
Claire Hoskin	Eliciting the views of children with physical disabilities on friendship and belonging in mainstream and specialist settings.	Margie Tunbridge and Flora Macleod	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Andrew John Richards	An investigation into optimism in British schools.	Flora Macleod and Brahm Norwich	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Dalal A M A Alkhars	Creativity in English language teaching in Kuwait: A TESOL study	Susan Young and Jill Cadorath	PhD
Maryanne Woodland	An evaluation of the new into Care Project: An exploration of the Transition into Care for Young People in Key Stage 4	Margie Tunbridge and Flora Macleod	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Sally Penna Bray	Viewing children, families and practitioners as one system, to identify shared concepts of good practice for children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD).	Margie Tunbridge and Flora Macleod	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Sara Jane Flynn	The re-standardization of the NFERNelson emotional literacy scale on an Irish population including qualitative information from teachers of SPHE on the cultural and educational influences on children�s emotional development.	Flora Macleod and Margie Tunbridge	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Belaredj Rachid		Salah Troudi	EdD TESOL
Wejdan Alsakran	Assessment of a new education program using emotional understanding and social interaction in children with high-functioning Autism (Asperger�s Syndrome).	Brahm Norwich and Elias Avramidis	PhD
Mahir Ahmed Mohamed Abdelgadir	Large EFL classes in Sudanese Universities: learning strategies utilized by student and students� perspectives on learning in large classes.	Salah Troudi	EdD TESOL
Stuart Gold	The Electronics in Schools Strategy: Perspectives, influences & issues related to implementation and effective teaching strategies.	Nigel Skinner & Judith Staarman	EdD
Lorraine O�Sullivan	An exploration of the systems which support young adults with social, emotional and behavioural needs to remain in further education and/or training post 16.	Tim Maxwell and Andrew Richards	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Nadia Al-Jadidi	The professional preparation, knowledge and beliefs of kindergarten teachers in Saudi Arabia.	Liz Wood and Fran Martin	PhD
Amal Mahdi Ahmed Mohamed	The use of Arabic in Sudanese EFL university classrooms	Debra Myhill	EdD TESOL
Yu-Shuo, Kuo	The relationships between pupils with Asperger�s Syndrome and their peers in inclusive settings.	Phil Bayliss	PhD
Hou-Yi Ting	Fostering Creativity through art: Introducing possibility thinking as a core of creative pedagogy in secondary art teacher education in Taiwan	Anna Craft	PhD
Anthony Peter Gray	Does being there matter: An investigation of the nature and effects on school students of headteacher leadership.	Debra Myhill and Wendy Robinson	EdD
Richard Osborne	Using Adobe Visual Communication to teach Modern Foreign Languages at Key Stage 3/4 in a UK Secondary School	Patrick Dillon and Penni Tearle	PhD
Penelope G. Farley	The effect of mentoring on career path for women in higher education administration	Susan Riley	PhD
Lore Emma Tulasiewicz	Language learning experiences and social contacts of Chinese students in England.	Malcolm MacDonald	EdD TESOL
Houheng (Venus) Chang	A comparative analysis of the student experience of international business studies programmes in three countries; Taiwan, Germany and the United Kingdom	William Richardson and Nadine Schaefer	PhD
Nuhaila Al-Rawahi	The effectiveness of the promoting alternative thinking strategies (PATHS) curriculum in an inner-city London primary school.	Margie Tunbridge and Flora Macleod	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Elizabeth Joyce Griffiths	Perceptions and perceived progress in using mediated learning in EAP: Three case studies from Norway.	Malcolm MacDonald	EdD
Anna Papamichael	The impact of Nurture Group principles and practice on the whole school and on the community	Andrew Richards and Tim Maxwell	DEdPsych Professional Training in Educational Psychology
Mohamed Al-Sayed Ibrahim Salim Zeidan	Investigating the need for international quality assurance and accreditation in higher education	William Richardson	PhD
Sabina Ashraf	Teachers� perceptions regarding the integration of CALL into the English language syllabus	Salah Troudi	EdD
Akiko Nambu	Students� perceptions of good language learners.	Malcolm MacDonald	EdD TESOL
Hasibah GH. M.A. Mohammad	Innovative professional development programme for Kuwait�s future school teachers	Rupert Wegerif	PhD