Research project

Investigating staff and student belonging in a Further Education College

Project overview

The aim of the project is to develop an innovative methodology of conducting participatory research through game design with and by the college tutors with the purpose to investigate issues of staff and student belonging. The resulting game can used by your college staff as professional development and student forums with the intention of increasing their sense of school belonging. It will also be used in disseminating research findings to practitioners and researchers.

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Cristina Azaola

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Social inclusion and exclusion through schooling
  • School belonging in urban and rural educational settings
  • Education inequalities: the public and private school divide
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Research outputs