NEWS – Two more members of IoE staff are featured in the ‘Big Questions’ research video series this month
As part of the Institute of Education’s ‘Big Questions’ research video series, two more members of staff are featured this month.
Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai (Director of Research Communications, IoE) comments that “The purpose behind producing this research video series is to try to communicate IoE research to non-academic audiences. Drawing from our research interests, each of us sets out to answer a Big Question that wider society might be interested in learning more about.”
Altogether, 13 videos in this video series have already been produced, with the last two videos of the series will be made available by the end of August.
The videos are filmed and edited by Benedict Jewer (the University’s Video & Film Management Executive) with the support of Owen Williams.
To watch the videos, click on the images below.
Dr. Daisy Powell (Associate Professor of the Psychology of Written Language) answers the following Big Question: ‘How do children learn how to read?’
Dr. Karen Jones (Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Management) answers the following Big Question: ‘How can we close the gender gap?’
Previous videos in the series can be found below:
Prof. Suzanne Graham (Professor of Language and Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘Are younger language learners always better language learners?’
Prof. Carol Fuller (Professor of Sociology of Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘Can we address social inequality more easily by taking a bottom-up approach?’
Prof. Helen Bilton (Professor of Outdoor Learning) answers the following Big Question: ‘Why is outside important to young children’s development?’
Prof. Alan Floyd (Professor of Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘How can we run universities successfully?’
Dr. Naomi Flynn (Associate Professor of Primary English Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘What are the challenges faced by teachers of children with English as an additional language?’
Dr. Holly Joseph (Associate Professor of Language Education and Literacy Development) answers the following Big Question: ‘How can reading help children to build their vocabularies?’
Dr. Maria Danos (Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Care) answers the following Big Question: ‘How can we encourage parents to be more involved in their children’s education?’
Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation) answers the following Big Question: ‘What does it mean to be an ideal university student?’
Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai (Lecturer in Primary Mathematics Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘What if maths was taught through storytelling?’
Dr. Anna Tsakalaki (Lecturer in Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘Can reading and writing be taught creatively?’
Dr. Rowena Kasprowicz (Lecturer in Second Language Education) answers the following Big Question: ‘Can computer games make learning grammar fun?’
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