Janet Lord's research

2018...

So, our Manchester Met SOTL funded  Collaborative Action research project, which is called 'Being There' is going great guns!
We have the following conferences coming up....

Menendez Alvarez-Hevia, David; Lord, Janet & Naylor, Steven  (2018)
Being there? A Collaborative Inquiry into Attendance: Experiences from a UK University . Paper to be presented to the 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’18), June 20 – 22, 2018, Valencia (Spain).

Menendez Alvarez-Hevia, David; Lord, Janet & Naylor, Steven  (2018)
Being there? A Collaborative Inquiry into Attendance: Experiences from a UK University. Paper to be presented at the BERA Annual Conference 2018, Northumbria University, September 11-13, 2018.
 
Menendez Alvarez-Hevia, David; Lord, Janet & Naylor, Steven  (2018). Being there? A Collaborative Inquiry into Attendance: Experiences from a UK University.  Symposium to be presented at the British Education Studies Conference (BESA) 14th Annual International Conference 2018, University Of Bolton, 28/29 June 2018.



2017  
Good news!  I've just heard that a joint 'Scholarship of Teaching and Learning' bid for funding, to study undergraduate attendance at Manchester Met, submitted with Dr. Steven Naylor and Dr David Menendez Alvarez Hevia, has been accepted.   This is the page about the SOTL bids...http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/sotl/

 2016
My professional doctorate in Education, took an approach that bridges the divide between Psychology and Sociology, and focuses on the development of professional identity in teachers, and contributes to knowledge in three ways.  Firstly, theoretically; it takes a critical realist approach to  the understanding of structure and agency in teachers.  Secondly, methodologically; it uses some innovative data collection techniques, including concept mapping and timelines, to elicit narrative.  Portraiture is then used to construct written portraits of participants. Thirdly, practically; my work can and is being used by schools and other organisations working with young people so that teachers and other staff can engage in useful forms of professional development which help them as professionals  to facilitate young people's development.   

I am also interested in gender and a paper I have co-authored, 
Duckworth, V., Lord, J., Dunne, L., Atkins, L., & Watmore, S. (2016): Creating feminised critical spaces and co-caring communities of practice outside patriarchal managerial landscapes. Gender and Education, 29 January 2016.
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2015.1123228 can be found here:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540253.2015.1123228


2015
My initial paper, a conceptual review looking at the development of professional identity in early-career teachers, using the ecological systems framework of Urie Bronfenbrenner and James Gee's analytic lenses for the study of identity, is here.

Another paper that relates to identity and to the experience of completing a professional doctorate, can be accessed here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0892020614567247
Rayner, S., Lord, J., Parr, E., and Sharkey, R. (2015). ‘Why has my world become more confusing than it used to be?’ Professional doctoral students reflect on the development of their identity. Management in Education 29,158-163. First published on April 29, 2015. doi:10.1177/0892020614567247

2013
The Prezi which went with the paper I gave at BERA 2013 is here.

2012
A video with a seminar I gave in November 2012 on my work and that of Masha Izadinia on professional identity in early career teachers can be found here.  

My case study of the development of identity in early career teachers can be found here.  

My paper which sets out my thesis proposal and rationale for my research can be found here.  

Previous research
My previous research has been in the area of the 'older worker' and their adaptability to the demands of the workplace. 

A list of my publications is here.