Dr Susan M B Davies BA (Hons), MEd, PhD, PGCE
Contact Details
School of Social Justice and InclusionFaculty of Education and Training
Tel: (01267) 676622 (6622)
Fax: 01267 676766
E-mail: s.m.b.davies@trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk
Location
2nd Floor, Dewi BuildingCampus
Carmarthen CampusJob Title
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies and Social InclusionRole in the University
Sue has responsibility for co-cordinating doctoral studies within the School of Social Justice and Inclusion.
She lectures on courses about inclusion and research methodology.
She is a Faculty representative on the University Research Committee.
Background
PhD in Education, University of Wales, Swansea
BA(Hons)Psychology, University of Manchester
M.Ed Educational Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea
PGCE, University of Leicester
Sue previously worked as an educational psychologist for many years until she joined the staff at Trinity in 2003. As an educational psychologist, as well as individual casework with children, she conducted a number of research projects, evaluated LEA initiatives and developed practitioner research amongst teachers and educational psychologists.
Member of
Member of the ESRC Peer Review College
Member of the Editorial Board of the Welsh Journal of Education
Academic Interests
Sue has ongoing research interests in the field of inclusion in schools. She was the Chair of the ESRC and HEFCW funded Welsh Education Research Network from 2007-10; as a result she has a particular interest in researching methods for the development of educational research capacity.
Publications
Recent Publications
Adamson,D., Davies,S.M.B., Pilgrim,A. & Thomas,T.(2010) The Teaching and Learning Research Programme in Wales: Social Inclusion. In J. Furlong (Ed.)(2010) The TLRP in Wales, Oxford: Oxford University
Daugherty, R. and Davies, S.M.B. (2008) Capacity and Quality of Education Research in Wales, a stimulus report for the Strategic Forum for Research in Education, Harrogate, October 2008.
Davies, S.M.B. (2009) Wales Mapping Report, a stimulus report for the Strategic Forum for Research in Education, Reading, June 2009.
Davies S.M. B. et al (2008) Tensions and dilemmas as drivers for change in an analysis of joint working between teachers and educational psychologists. School Psychology International,29,4,400-418.
Davies, S.M.B. and Howes, A. (2009) Developing Effective Schools: Creating School Contexts that Facilitate Teacher Engagement with Collaborative Action Research, The Welsh Journal of Education, 14, 2, 3-18.
Davies, S.M.B. and Salisbury, J. (2009) Building Educational research Capacity Through Inter-institutional Collaboration: An Evaluation of the First Year of the Welsh Education Research Network, The Welsh Journal of Education, 14, 2, 78-96.
Howes, A., Davies, S.M.B. , & Fox, S. (2009) Improving the Context for Inclusion, London:Routledge
Tanner, H and Davies, S.M.B.(2009) How engagement with research changes the professional practice of teacher-educators: a case study from the Welsh Education Research Network, Journal of Education for Teaching, 35,4, 373-390
Recent Conference Papers
Baker, E., Baird, A., Baron,S., Davies, S.M.B., Fowler, Z., Leitch, R., Murray, J., and Pollard, A. (2009) Capacity building evaluations, initiatives and obstacles across the UK: Reflections from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, BERA Symposium at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference,San Diego, April 2009.
Baird,A., Baron,S., Davies, S., Fowler,Z.,Proctor, R. and Salisbury,J. (2008) Capacity building evaluations, initiatives and obstacles across the United Kingdom: reflections from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Keynote Symposium, Annual Conference of the British Education Research Association, Heriot-Watt University, September 2008
Davies, S.M.B. and Howes , A. (2008) ‘Facilitating teacher engagement in more inclusive practice’ .Paper presented at WERN Colloquium, Llandrindod Wells, Wales, May 2008
Howes,A., Davies, S., and Farrell, P. (2008) Learning Together: Collaborative action research to change schools. Workshop presented at the ISPA Conference, Utrecht, July 2008.
Howes, A. & Davies, S.M.B. Davies (2007) Engaged teachers, engaged pupils? Learning from cross-case analysis of secondary school action research work on inclusion. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Institute of Education, London, 5th-7th September 2007
Howes, A. & Davies, S.M.B. Davies(2006) Designing for complex change? Critically evaluating an application of design study in relation to teachers developing more inclusive practices. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Education Research, Association, University of Warwick, 6th-9th September 2006.
Davies, S.M.B., Howes, A. (2005) What difference can we make, and how? Interpreting the challenge of inclusion in secondary schools in England and Wales through participants' theories of change.Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, University of Glamorgan, 15th -17th September 2005.
Other recent publications
Davies, S.M.B. and Salisbury,J. (2008) Welsh Education Research Network, Building Research Capacity,14.1-4
Davies, S.M. B. (2008) Collaboration Builds Capacity in Wales, Research Intelligence, BERA, issue 105, 16-17.
Howes, A., Davies,S.M.B., Haslam, M., Schlindwein, K. (2008) Learning together: Collaborative Research for Inclusion, Teaching and Learning Update,
Davies,S.M.B. and Howes,A. (2008) Working and Learning Together: Action research to develop inclusion in secondary schools, Managing Schools Today
Davies,S.M.B. and Howes,A. (2008) Research points the way to giving teachers tools to be more effective, Education Wales(Western Mail), 7th August 2008
Additional Information
Other Relevant ResponsibilitiesWelsh academic representative on the planning group for the UK Strategic Forum for Research in Education.
Peer Reviewer for the Social Inclusion Special Interest Group of the British Education Research Association
