Ruth Flanagan (nee Harley )
Senior Lecturer in Education / Primary PGCE Programme Director / Race Equality Resource Officer
R.Flanagan@exeter.ac.uk
4871
+44 (0) 1392 724871
Baring Court BC107
Baring Court, University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
I have taught at primary, secondary, adult education, undergraduate and post graduate levels. Having lived and worked in India, Russia and Ethiopia my research interests are in intercultural communication, the origins and evolution of worldviews and the significance of these on education throughout the world.
Recent publications:
Flanagan, R. (2018) 'Mission Impossible: training the next generation of RE teachers in 4 hours', RE: Today. 35:2
Flanagan, R. (2019) 'Worldviews: what are they and how can we teach them as well as religions?', RE Today, 37:1.
Flanagan, R (2019) ‘Changing the name to ‘Religion and Worldviews’: a dilution or salvation of RE’. RE: ONLINE. Blog http://www.reonline.org.uk/news/changing-the-name-to-religion-and-worldviews-a-dilution-or-salvation-of-re-ruth-flanagan/?id=33754
Flanagan, R. (2019) 'Implementing a Ricoeurian lens to examine the impact of individuals' worldviews on subject content knowledge in RE in England: a theoretical proposition.' British Journal of Religious Education. Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2019.1674779
Wright, K., Whitworth, L. , Lyal, J. , Clinton, C., Flanagan, R and Love, R. (2019) 'Teach: RE Primary - An Introduction'. Oxford: Culham St Gabriel. available on line at
https://www.teachre.co.uk/teach-re-course/teachre-primary/
Wright, K., Whitworth, L. , Lyal, J. , Clinton, C., Flanagan, R and Love, R. (2019) 'Toolkit for Primary Religious Education ITT Providers'. Oxford: Culham St Gabriel. Available on line at https://www.teachre.co.uk/itt-providers/primary-itt-tutor-toolkit/
Taro Fujita, Jonathan Doney, Ruth Flanagan & Rupert Wegerif (2019) Collaborative group work in mathematics in the UK and Japan: use of group thinking measure tests, Education 3-13, DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2019.1701513
Flanagan, R (2020) Worldviews from a primary perspective: self detectives. BLOG on RE:Online https://www.reonline.org.uk/blog/worldviews-from-a-primary-perspective-self-detectives/
Flanagan, R (2020) ‘Teachers' personal worldviews and RE in England: A way forward?’, British Journal of Religious Education, DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2020.1826404
Flanagan, R. (2020) 'Worldviews: overarching concept, discrete body of knowledge or paradigmatic tool?' Journal of Religious Education. DOI: 10.1007/s40839-020-00113-7
Flanagan, R., Wilson, A and Wood, A. ‘Chapter 13: Protecting Our Oceans: Using visual art to inspire children’s learning’ in Pavlou, V. (ed) (2022). Enhancing Visual Arts Education with Education for Sustainable Development; A Handbook for Teachers. Frederick University, Cyprus. CARE_IO6.pdf (frederick.ac.cy)
Flanagan, R. Mountford-Zimdars, A. & Channon, M. (2022) #Mypathtolaw: understanding access to the legal profession through a Ricoeurian analysis, Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 27:3, 478-499, DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2022.2076058
Research group links
Research
Research interests
Worldviews and Religious Education
Intercultural communication and education
Research projects
'Building the Future of Primary RE' project 2018-19 funded by Culham St Gabriel and NATRE with Dr Linda Whitworth, Dr Kathryn Wright, Rhiannon Love, Claire Clinton and Juliet Lyall.
'Teach: RE Primary' an introductory course for primary beginner teachers, NQTs and HLTAs
Research networks
Religion and Spirituality Network
Race Ethnicity and Education Network
Centre for Social Mobility
Publications
Journal articles
External Engagement and Impact
Education Advisor to the Faith and Belief Forum
Member of the Devon SACRE
Teaching
I am currently the Subject Lead for Primary Humanities but have taught and led on a range of modules including:'International perspectives on Inclusive Education', Masters in SEN
Learning for Teaching, undergraduate module
Primary PGCE Humanities Pathway
Primary PGCE Maths
Module Lead for Primary PGCE Curriculum Studies
Module Lead for Educational and Professional Studies, Primary: specific lectures on Theories of Education, Race and Education, British Values, Inclusive Education.
Educational and Professional Studies, Secondary: Race and Education, Prevent and British Values