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Dr Maureen Michael

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Education 我要吃瓜, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Maureen Michael

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Maureen K. Michael is an interdisciplinary academic with expertise as artist, social scientist and educator applied to contemporary practice issues in professional education and academia.

Working previously as an independent consultant with public sector arts organisations, Dr Michael (she/her) brings a distinctive professional profile that enriches our research environment and academic culture.

Programme Co-Director for the MSc Professional Education and Leadership (see Teaching).

Dr Michael uses art and photography to discover how teachers and other professionals learn. Recently she led an exciting collage-based project that explored how teachers support students from all backgrounds to succeed in school. Dr Michael also helps researchers worldwide find creative ways to write about their discoveries. Like a detective with a camera, Dr Michael studies how objects and environments affect learning and then uses her insights to challenge unfair professional practices. ?

Professional membership

Vice President Secretary, Visual Sociology Research Committee of the International Sociological Association

General Teaching Council Scotland
The General Teaching Council for Scotland

Scottish Educational Research Association

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

University Contribution

Research Culture Award 2020

Research Culture Award - Multiple Nominee

Research Culture Award - Outstanding Research Mentor 2024

Staff Recognition Award 2017

Research projects (2)

A Visual Study of Professional Learning in Closing the Poverty-Related Attainment Gap
PI: Dr Maureen Michael
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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British Academy Writing Workshop
PI:
Funded by: The British Academy
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Outputs (19)

Book Chapter

Developing Novice Academics' Feedback Literacy: A Workshop Approach

Michael M & Viana V (2024) Developing Novice Academics' Feedback Literacy: A Workshop Approach. In: Chong SW & Gao AL (eds.) Developing Feedback Literacy for Academic Journal Peer Review. Narratives from Researchers in Education and Applied Linguistics. 1 ed. Research in Higher Education. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365662

Authored Book

The Joy of Writing

Michael M & Murray R (2019) The Joy of Writing [The Joy of Writing - A Collaboration of Image and Text]. Lochwinnoch, Scotland: Anchorage Educational Services. https://roomforwriting.co.uk/the-joy-of-writing/

Conference Paper (unpublished)

How to Analyse Relationally - Trace A Photograph

Michael M (2019) How to Analyse Relationally - Trace A Photograph. 3rd European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 13.02.2019-15.02.2019.

Article

Curriculum Development Through Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry

Drew V, Priestley M & Michael MK (2016) Curriculum Development Through Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 1 (1), pp. 92-106. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdf/10.1108/JPCC-09-2015-0006; https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-09-2015-0006

Book Chapter

Matters of Learning and Education: Sociomaterial approaches in ethnographic research

Fenwick T, Doyle S, Michael MK & Scoles J (2015) Matters of Learning and Education: Sociomaterial approaches in ethnographic research. In: Bollig S, Honig M, Neumann S & Seele C (eds.) MultiPluriTrans in Educational Ethnography: Approaching the Multimodality, Plurality and Translocality of Educational Realities. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag/Columbia University Press, pp. 141-162. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/multipluritrans-in-educational-ethnography/9783837627725

Book Chapter

Material and Aesthetic Tensions Within Arts-Based Educational Research: Drawing Woodpaths

Michael MK & Munday I (2014) Material and Aesthetic Tensions Within Arts-Based Educational Research: Drawing Woodpaths. In: Smeyers P & Dapaepe M (eds.) Educational Research: Material Culture and its representation. Educational Research, 8. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 145-162. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-03083-8_10

Book Chapter

Doors to Knowhow: Art-Based Research Practice in Pedagogical Inquiry

Michael MK (2009) Doors to Knowhow: Art-Based Research Practice in Pedagogical Inquiry. In: Blenkinsop S (ed.) The Imagination in Education: Extending the Boundaries in Theory and Practice. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 112-128. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-imagination-in-education-14

Teaching

Dr Michael is Programme Co-Director for the MSc Professional Education and Leadership, a highly-regarded postgraduate degree attracting post-qualified educators and leaders from across Scotland.

Dr Michael coordinates the professional enquiry (dissertation) modules of the MSc Professional Education and Leadership - leading highly skilled practitioners in a professional learning methodology unique to the 我要吃瓜, 'Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry' created through the research of Associate Professor Valerie Drew and instrumental in shaping the professional learning practices and policies in Scottish education.

Dr Michael supervises doctoral students with interests in creative education; arts-based research methodologies; professional practices; and sociomaterial approaches to education and research. Her current cohort of doctoral students reflect her capacity for interdisciplinary research with projects situated in Dementia Studies, Social Work and Social Policy, as well as Education.

In recognition of Dr Michael's key contribution to high quality student and colleague learning she was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE). Dr Michael mentors colleagues in HE teaching and research.

Teaching

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy

SFELTE Mentor and Reviewer
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