All Outputs (23)

Human rights education: Teachers’ perceptions about the value of children’s participation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presented at BERA 2024 - this presentation focused on our findings from teachers in Work Package 2 of the Children's Participation in Schools project.

Exploring teacher understandings of participatory pedagogies via approaches to children's rights in Wales​ (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation took place at EECERA 2024 in Brighton - the presentation was on initial findings from Work Package 2 of the Children's Participation In Schools Project

Embedding children's participative rights in pedagogical practice in lower primary classrooms in Wales (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presented at BERA 2024, this presentation focused on the results of a legislative and policy analysis of Welsh educational documents as well as a survey administered to ITE providers across Wales

Human rights in early education: Teachers’ perceptions on embedding participation into their classrooms (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation took place at ECER at the University of Cyprus and focused on the methodology and findings of WP2 in the Children's Participation in Schools project.

Embedding children's participative rights in pedagogical practice in lower primary classrooms in Wales (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation was delivered during a Welsh Government Lunch and Learn seminar session. The presentation focused on the Children's Participation in Schools project generally - including findings from our Work Package 1 as well as providing an over... Read More about Embedding children's participative rights in pedagogical practice in lower primary classrooms in Wales.

Participative rights in Welsh primary schools:​ Unpicking the policy rhetoric (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation was delivered at the Queen's University Belfast Symposium on Children's Rights, Participation & Education Symposium. The presentation focused on initial findings from Work Package 1.

Pedagogical constructions of young children’s participative rights across initial teacher education and professional learning in Wales (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research aims to understand to what extent programmes within Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and wider Professional Learning (PL), support the Welsh Government vision for pedagogic practice that embeds young children's participative rights withi... Read More about Pedagogical constructions of young children’s participative rights across initial teacher education and professional learning in Wales.

The Welsh Government's Vulnerable Learners and Wellbeing Seminar Series (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation presents the findings from a study that explored the perception of young children of educational provision during and between covid lockdowns. Drawing on the data we argue that many children felt a sense of loss and sadness dung th... Read More about The Welsh Government's Vulnerable Learners and Wellbeing Seminar Series.

Amplifying young children’s voices: Educational experiences of 3- to 7-year-olds in Wales during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Originality and significance
Longitudinal evidence indicates that early life experiences, including those relating to early education and care (ECEC), impact a range of broad developmental areas including educational outcomes, cognitive developm... Read More about Amplifying young children’s voices: Educational experiences of 3- to 7-year-olds in Wales during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Exploring the Enactment of UNCRC Article 12 in Welsh Early Years Classrooms in relation to curriculum decisions (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Amplifying Young Children’s Voices: Educational Experiences of 3- to 7-year-olds in Wales During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This Welsh Government-funded study aimed to capture the voices of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding their educational experiences. Longitudinal research suggests young children’s early educational experiences shape their developme... Read More about Amplifying Young Children’s Voices: Educational Experiences of 3- to 7-year-olds in Wales During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Amplifying young children’s voices: Educational experiences of 3- to 7-year-olds in Wales during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This Welsh Government-funded study aimed to capture the voices of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding their educational experiences. Longitudinal research suggests young children’s early educational experiences shape their developme... Read More about Amplifying young children’s voices: Educational experiences of 3- to 7-year-olds in Wales during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

An exploration of FP teachers’ understanding of participation rights within Foundation Phase Classrooms (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Children’s rights in early years education in Wales (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An exploration of the enactment of children's rights in Welsh Foundation Phase settings

Exploring the potential and challenges of utilising projects to embed creativity into the curriculum for young children (2018)
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‘Words are bandied about but what do they mean?’ An exploration of the meaning of the pedagogical term “project” in historical and contemporary context (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Chicken. S (2015) ‘Words are bandied about but what do they mean?’ An exploration of the meaning of the pedagogical term “project” in historical and contemporary contexts, EECERA, Barcelona University, Spain, September 2015

‘Words’ are bandied about but what do they mean?’ An exploration of project constructions in Foundation Phase classrooms (2014)
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Diversity in educational practice: Exploring different constructions of ‘project work’ in the early years (2010)
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Working within the ZPD? Exploring interpretations of projects (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Through a different lens (2007)
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Neath /Port Talbot Teacher Conference