Professor Kate Wall
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Personal statement
My work focuses on the development of innovative pedagogies and research methodologies (including visual approaches) that facilitate effective talk about learning (metacognition). I am interested in the development and exploration of democratic spaces where learners can talk about their experiences of learning.
I have worked extensively in partnership with teachers of all ages and stages, using practitioner enquiry approachesand have a growing interest in how tools with pedagogic and methodological origins can be used to support theorised practice. I have used the same ideas when working under a 'students as researchers' or student voice heading with children as young as 4. I am interested in methodologies for gathering learners’ views on experience, curriculum and learning. I am particularly interested in how visual approaches can facilitate voice with young children – I often think we have not been asking children their opinion or to participate in appropriate ways. I am interested in generating knowledge of ethical practice for eliciting voice within a democratic community and to do this, particularly with young children, then I think we need to look to more creative methods and practices for supporting the level of participation and ensuring authentic voice.
Publications
- Starting from pedagogy : supporting children’s ethical and playful involvement in early childhood research
- Arnott Lorna, Mevawalla Zinnia, Wall Kate
- International Journal of Early Years Education Vol 32, pp. 791-795 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2024.2440234
- Detective mystery play : play-based research methods for facilitating young children's critical thinking
- Martinez-lejarreta Loreain, Arnott Lorna, Wall Kate
- International Journal of Early Years Education Vol 32, pp. 871-884 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2024.2407471
- What can creative data analysis using word clouds tell us about student views of learning something new?
- Gascoine Louise, Wall Kate, Higgins Steve
- The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis (2024) (2024)
- Nurturing enquiry spaces for authentic student as researchers
- Wall Kate, Sims Rebekah, Lauder-Scott Nova, Corrigan Amanda Jane, McCrorie Kathryn, Quirke William
- BERA annual conference 2024 (2024)
- Co-authoring an academic paper with young people : the ethical next step in the students as researcher process
- Wall Kate, Hanna Amy, McCrorie Kath, Quirke William, Scott Nova, Sims Rebekah
- (2024)
- An exploration of practices for rights-based education through promoting voice in the early years : building a spider’s web
- Robinson Carol, Wall Kate, Murray Jane, Evans Erica, Grogan Deirdre, Bowes Charlotte
- Children’s Voice and Agency in Diverse Settings International Research and Perspectives (2024) (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003360995-4
Professional Activities
- Seminar on Children’s Rights Research with Young Children
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 5/12/2024
- Developing quality democratic spaces
- Speaker
- 14/9/2023
- Applied Educational Research Conference
- Participant
- 15/4/2023
- The Theory and Practice of Voice in Early Childhood
- Interviewee
- 13/1/2023
- International Journal of Early Years Education (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 2023
- Maynooth University
- Visiting researcher
- 1/1/2021
Projects
- Teachers as Researchers: exploring models of university school research partnership to develop models of effective practice
- Wall, Kate (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 28-Jan-2027
- An exploration of the Home Room Model for S1 students at Preston Lodge High School
- Wall, Kate (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- Safe to Be Me - Evaluation
- Mevawalla, Zinnia (Principal Investigator) Taylor, Yvette (Co-investigator) Wall, Kate (Co-investigator) Molyneaux, Kate (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 15-Jan-2024
- Wee People, Big Feelings Research and KE Grant
- Wall, Kate (Co-investigator) Arnott, Lorna (Co-investigator)
- £6000 funding
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2022
- Renfrewshire Council Research Academy for Teacher Practitioners
- Wall, Kate (Co-investigator) Arnott, Lorna (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2022
- Practitioner enquiry support in East Renfrewshire (Woodfarm and Cross Arthurlie)
- Wall, Kate (Principal Investigator) Beck, Anna (Academic) Firth, Jonathan William (Academic) Moore, Iain (Academic)
- Tailored practitioner enquiry support to develop whole school approaches
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2021
Contact
Professor
Kate
Wall
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Email: kate.wall@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8067