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Sally Patfield

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sally Patfield is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Sally has more than 15 years’ experience working in...

Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum design and practice

On 24 March 2022, the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) ran the Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum Design and Practice online event. The event focused attention on research-informed curriculum design and...

Jennifer Gore

Laureate Professor & Director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre

Jennifer Gore is a laureate professor in education and director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Jenny began her career in education as a...

Where is the love? Invoking dispolitical love as a force for change in SEND policy and practice

Where is the love in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) policy? Politicising love, as a force for driving social justice and change, has deep roots in Black feminist activism (Nash,...

Jess Harris

Associate Professor

Jess Harris is an associate professor with the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. A qualitative researcher, her research...

Think like a detective: The vital clue to inclusive teaching!

To think like a detective gives teachers both a memorable metaphor for inquiry and a compelling methodology that leads to effective inclusive teaching. Like expert detectives, expert teachers...

Delivering on curriculum intent: Lesson study as a mechanism to enhance curriculum implementation and assess curriculum impact on pupils with special educational needs

Lesson study (LS) is a much studied, structured approach that offers the time and space for teachers to focus constructively on children’s learning and plan lessons collaboratively with...

Glenda Walsh

Head of Early Years Education & Principal Lecturer

Dr Glenda Walsh is an international expert in the field of play and playful pedagogies. Major research projects include the longitudinal evaluation of the Early Years Enriched Curriculum Project...

The National Framework for Inclusion: Supporting inclusive practices in Scotland

Supporting student teachers and teachers to enact inclusive approaches in Scottish schools is a significant part of the Scottish Universities Inclusion Group’s (SUIG) work. SUIG is a...

Jane Waters-Davies

Associate Professor

Jane Waters is an associate professor in the Athrofa: Institute of Education at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She worked as a classroom teacher before joining higher education to...

How can we challenge assumptions about learners with SEND?

Life is determined by the normative. From the moment we are born, our weight, height and growth are tracked on charts that compare our trajectory of development with what is considered...

Teacher language: Help or hindrance to classroom learning

Communication between teacher and pupil is vital to pupil learning in the classroom. Usually, the focus is concentrated on the development of a pupil’s communication skills and not those of the...