Personal statement
Lorna is a lecturer in the School of Education. Lorna trained as an economist graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2006 with First Class Honours. Lorna went on to complete a Masters in Research (M.Res) in Education and Social Purpose at the University in Glasgow in 2007, during which she developed an interest in relationships and interaction. Lorna then completed her Ph.D at the School of Education, University of Stirling in 2011, focusing on young children’s social interactions around technologies in preschool.
Teaching
Lorna’s teaching generally covers:
- Early Years Education
- Research Methods
Lorna most often teaches on the BA Childhood Practice, Master's of Education, PGDE . She also contributes to the Nursery Placement module as part of the BA (Hons) Education. Lorna is also interested in delivering research methods training, particularly in relation to qualitative approaches and contributes to both practice-based and academic research training.
Lorna currently supervises PGR students at Masters, PhD and Ed.D level.
Research interests
Lorna’s research explores young children’s social experiences with technology. Her work attempts to understand how the preschool environment and culture, the children and the artefacts contribute to children’s interactions and social experiences. She is interested in a broader definition of technology which moves beyond the computer towards exploring technological toys, both digital and non-screen based. Lorna has a further interest in exploring perceptions of technological artefacts in early years settings and how they can be integrated into the playroom. More recent work begins to explore creativity and creative thinking around non-screen based technologies.
Professional activities
- Exploring the affordances of touchscreen technologies in early years settings in the West Midlands
- Examiner
- 14/6/2018
- Arts-based methods to understand voice from 0-5 years: Successes and Dilemmas.
- Speaker
- 21/3/2018
- SAGE Early Years Digital Technologies and Learning Masterclass
- Speaker
- 1/2018
- International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2018
- 3rd EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation
- Member of programme committee
- 2018
- Global Studies of Childhood (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 2018
more professional activities
Projects
- An Ecological Exploration of the Internet of Toys in Early Childhood Everyday Life
- Arnott, Lorna (Principal Investigator)
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- Period 01-Oct-2017 - 01-Oct-2018
- Enhancing Early Years KE in Research and Practice
- Arnott, Lorna (Principal Investigator) Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator)
- Seminar and webinar series for early years professionals with leading scholars presenting from across the world.
- Period 01-Sep-2015 - 30-Jun-2016
- BTG- Piloting Self-Initiated Video Reflections for Exploring Creativity in Playful Environments
- Arnott, Lorna (Principal Investigator) Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator)
- This Bridging the Gap (BTG) study investigates creativity through the concept of play. It aims to understand how creativity emerges through playful environments and will compare early years children (aged 3-5) in formal educational settings with adults in the work place. It offers two unique perspectives. First, it compares the creativity of adults with early years children, which has not been achieved before. Second, it explores how new interactive technologies (user-friendly self-initiated video diaries for individuals of any age) can be used for collecting data about creativity. This pilot study will inform a larger project, which will develop a conceptual framework for understanding how creativity emerges through play.
- Period 01-Jan-2013 - 31-Jul-2013
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Address
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