All Outputs (8)

The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article

This paper offers a new child-centred methodology that explores children's visions of their futures, encourages self-reflection and depth and shares children's voices with peers and researchers, as unbrokered as possible. This final stage of a longit... Read More about The tree(s) of hope and ambition: An arts-based social science informed, participatory research method to explore children's future hopes, ambitions and support in relation to COVID-19.

Teaching hidden climate threats (2023)
Journal Article

Winning the GA’s silver publishing award in 2020 for their e-book and associated teacher notes, the team behind the resource creation reflect on the impact of their work and the importance of climate discussions in the primary classroom. Over the... Read More about Teaching hidden climate threats.

Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats (2023)
Journal Article

In this article, the Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery (VIP- CLEAR) team talk about the research they have undertaken in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the voices of children need to be listened t... Read More about Learning from children’s experiences of lockdown: Talking about invisible threats.

Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’ (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Children are unheard voices within the COVID-19 pandemic. We are unaware how intersections of complex factors in specific social settings have impacted their perceptions and are determining what ‘recovery’ means. ‘Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Loc... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’.

The power of picture books: A pandemic tool to recovery (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper draws on 18 months of interdisciplinary research in partnership with Schools and Early Years settings across some of the most socially disadvantaged areas of Bristol, funded by the AHRC. The interdisciplinary team undertook an art based re... Read More about The power of picture books: A pandemic tool to recovery.

Teaching about the hidden climate threat of UK drought (2022)
Journal Article

Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will draw on ongoing research funded by AHRC which works with 5 schools / Early Year centres in some of the most socio-economically deprived areas of Bristol. It will reflect on how we have used maps as a way of exploring children's experi... Read More about Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds.

Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country (2021)
Journal Article

Engaging young citizens with drought risk and positive water behaviours is essential in domestic water demand management within the wider climate crisis. This paper evaluates a new research-informed, picture book—‘DRY: The Diary of a Water Superhero’... Read More about Promoting water efficiency and hydrocitizenship in young people’s learning about drought risk in a temperate maritime country.