Pauline Davis, BSc(Hons) Mathematics, PGCE (post-compulsory education, mathematics), MILT, MA Education (distinction), PhD Education
Senior Lecturer in Education
Main teaching interests:
- Research Methods to full range of undergraduate and post-graduate students, programme design, active learning methods.
- Areas of interest involve sociocultural theories in education; inequality in education, mathematical/statistical/financial literacy, special and inclusive education.
Main research interests:
Recent research projects have been funded by ESRC (inclusion of children with visual impairment), Nuffield Foundation (inclusion of children with Down syndrome) and DfES (teaching strategies for children with special educational needs). She is currently director of the Financial Literacy Education Project funded by the IFS (Institute of Financial Services) and is conducting research into the statistical literacy of HE students.
Member of the Socio-cultural Theory Interest Group (ScTIG)
Selected recent publications:
Davis, P. and Florian, L. (2004) Searching the Literature on teaching strategies and approaches for pupils with special educational needs: knowledge production and synthesis, Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. Vol. 4 (3).
Davis, P. and Florian, L. (2004) Teaching strategies and approaches for children with special educational needs: a scoping study, report 516, The Department for Education and Skills (DfES).
Fox, S., Farrell, P. and Davis, P. (2004) Factors associated with the effective inclusion of primary-aged pupils with Down's syndrome, British Journal of Special Education, Vol. 31 (4), 184-190.
Davis, P.(2004) Including Children with Visual Impairment in the mainstream primary school classroom, Chapter 32 in D. Mitchell, Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education: Major Themes in Education, Volume Two: Inclusive Education.
Davis, P. (2003) Including Children with Visual Impairment in Mainstream Schools. London: David Fulton Publishers.
Davis, P. and Hopwood, V. (2002) Including Children with a Visual Impairment in the mainstream primary school classroom, Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 1-11.
Davis, P. and Hopwood, V. (2002) Inclusion for Children with Visual Impairment in the Mainstream Primary Classroom, Education 3-13, Vol 30, No 1, pp. 29-35