Honorary Associate
<p>I am a member of the<em>Childhood and Youth Studies Research Group</em>and the<em>Computers and Learning Research Group</em>in the<em>Centre for Education and Educational Technology</em>(CREET) at the Open University. I am a developmental psychologist with expertise in cognitive development, the psychology of education and practitioner development. I have considerable experience of postgraduate research supervision in the areas of reading and language development, children’s friendships and collaborative learning and psychological approaches to the development of creative thinking and problem solving. Recent research projects include the design and evaluation of computer and web-based environments to support social communication between children with poorly developed pragmatic skills (Murphy, Faulkner& Farley, 2013& 2015), and an in-depth evaluation of the impact of a curriculum initiative designed to foster narrative development, literacy understanding, and communication skills in early years settings in the UK, (Cremin, Swann, Flewitt, Faulkner& Kucirkova, 2013; Faulkner 2014). Another recent project (Fergusson, Faulkner, Whitelock& Sheehy, 2015) investigated how school-aged children’s self-directed, informal learning is supported through their use of ICT and Web 2.0. </p><p>Together with Elizabeth Coates (Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick), I recently edited a special issue of the<em>International Journal of Early Years Education</em>(2013, 21 (2/3)) that undertook an international account and critique of progress in early years education, care and practitioner development over the past 20 years. We have also edited the collection,<em>Exploring Children’s Creative Narratives</em>, (Faulkner& Coates, 2011). As a member of the<em>British Psychological Society’s</em>Developmental Section Committee, I coordinated the Society’s expert response to the 2011 UK Government’s Department for Education,<em>Consultation on a Revised Early Years Foundation Stage.</em></p><p><strong>Research Supervsion</strong></p><p>I have supervised 12 doctoral students (six funded by the ESRC), four MRes/MSc students and have examined 18 PhD and EdD theses. Current CREET students are: </p><p>Jen Kearvell-White:<em>Identifying the cognitive challenges experienced as barriers to learning by lower achieving adolescents.</em> </p><p>Natalie Canning:<em>The power of play: Young children’s empowerment during child-initiated social play.</em></p><p><strong>Recent research and knowledge exchange awards</strong>:</p><p>2011 - 2012'Evaluation of the Helicopter Technique of Storytelling and Story Acting' funded by MakeBelieve Arts and the Esmee Fairburn Foundation, (with Prof. Teresa Cremin, Joan Swann, Dr Rosie Flewitt and Natalia Kucirkova)£45K</p><p>2007 - 2009'Youthvoice in the work of Creative Partnerships' funded by Arts Council England for Creative Partnerships, (with Dr Sara Bragg)£129K</p>
<p>Following completion of my doctorate at the Oxford University Department for Experimental Psychology, I joined the Open University in 1982 as a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Human Cognition Research Unit (Psychology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences) before being appointed as a lecturer in the Centre for Human Development and Learning in 1987 in the School of Education (now the Faculty of Education and Language Studies). I took up a lectureship at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick between 1989 and 1992, before securing a lectureship (and later a senior lectureship) back at the Open University (Faculty of Education and Language Studies). In 2010, I was seconded to the role of Academic Coordinator (Research Career Development) in the Research Scholarship and Quality office and I am currently<em>Associate Director, Academic Professional Development (APD)</em>in the Institute of Educational Technology. The APD portfolio includes the IET programmes that support professional development for staff and postgraduate students - the <em>Masters in Online and Distance Education</em>, <em>OpenPAD</em>(the OU’s institutional, HEA accredited scheme for the professional development of those who teach and support learning)<em>, </em>the<em>Research Career Development</em>programme for doctoral research students,<em>Research Supervisor Training</em>, the<em>Research Professional Development</em>programme for academic and research staff and the<em>Scholarship</em>programme.</p><p>Previous academic leadership roles include Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Qualifications Director for the BA (Hons) Psychology and Academic Coordinator and Head of Research Career Development. As Head of Research Career Development, I coordinated a successful submission for the European Commission, HR Excellence In Research Award in 2012/13 and again in 2014/15. Since 2013 I have been Academic Lead for a strategic project to design a new <a href="http://apd.open.ac.uk">Academic Professional Development Framework</a>and associated website for the University. The Framework, developed in consultation with academic staff and academic facing support units, describes key domains of academic practice. The associated<a href="http://apd.open.ac.uk">website</a>has been designed to bring coherence, consistency and easy access to the activies and resources the University provides to support staff with their professional development and career progression.</p>
Dr Dorothy Mary Faulkner
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Dorothy Mary Faulkner
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<p>Following completion of my doctorate at the Oxford University Department for Experimental Psychology, I joined the Open University in 1982 as a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Human Cognition Research Unit (Psychology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences) before being appointed as a lecturer in the Centre for Human Development and Learning in 1987 in the School of Education (now the Faculty of Education and Language Studies). I took up a lectureship at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick between 1989 and 1992, before securing a lectureship (and later a senior lectureship) back at the Open University (Faculty of Education and Language Studies). In 2010, I was seconded to the role of Academic Coordinator (Research Career Development) in the Research Scholarship and Quality office and I am currently<em>Associate Director, Academic Professional Development (APD)</em>in the Institute of Educational Technology. The APD portfolio includes the IET programmes that support professional development for staff and postgraduate students - the <em>Masters in Online and Distance Education</em>, <em>OpenPAD</em>(the OU’s institutional, HEA accredited scheme for the professional development of those who teach and support learning)<em>, </em>the<em>Research Career Development</em>programme for doctoral research students,<em>Research Supervisor Training</em>, the<em>Research Professional Development</em>programme for academic and research staff and the<em>Scholarship</em>programme.</p><p>Previous academic leadership roles include Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Qualifications Director for the BA (Hons) Psychology and Academic Coordinator and Head of Research Career Development. As Head of Research Career Development, I coordinated a successful submission for the European Commission, HR Excellence In Research Award in 2012/13 and again in 2014/15. Since 2013 I have been Academic Lead for a strategic project to design a new <a href="http://apd.open.ac.uk">Academic Professional Development Framework</a>and associated website for the University. The Framework, developed in consultation with academic staff and academic facing support units, describes key domains of academic practice. The associated<a href="http://apd.open.ac.uk">website</a>has been designed to bring coherence, consistency and easy access to the activies and resources the University provides to support staff with their professional development and career progression.</p>