Dr Elizabeth McNess

Research summary

• Bristol Education Initiative: the narrative stories of vulnerable children
• Supporting Learning in Transition from Primary to Secondary School
• Home School Knowledge Exchange Project
• National Culture, Educational Goals and Pupil Experience of Secondary Schooling: a comparative European study (ENCOMPASS)
• Learners’ Expectation of Assessment Requirements Nationally (LEARN) Project
• Survey of the use of Circle Time in Wiltshire Primary Schools 
• Primary Assessment, Curriculum and Experience (PACE) Project
• European Teachers and Policy Implementation (ETPI) Project
• Economic Awareness in Teacher Education (EATE) Project

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Biography

Elizabeth has worked at the Graduate School since 1995.  During that time she has worked on three major ESRC-funded projects, looking at the impact of context and policy on teachers' work (PACE Project), pupil perspectives of their schooling in England, France and Denmark (ENCOMPASS Project), children's experiences of transferring from primary to secondary school and the role of schools, teachers and parents in supporting this process (HSKE Project).

Her PhD study was a socio-cultural examination of the impact of policy on teachers' work in England and Denmark.

Her connection with Danish schools has been developed over a period of ...

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Selected publications

• Sutherland, RJ, McNess, EM, Yee, WC & Harris, RJ. ‘Supporting learning in the transition from primary to secondary schools’, 2010
• McNess, EM. ‘Conversations across cultures: becoming and being a teacher in England and Denmark’, in Trahar, S (Ed.), Narrative Research on Learning: International and Comparative Perspectives (Bristol Papers in Education), (pp. 145-165), 2006. ISBN: 1873927606

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Selected conference contributions

• Greenhough, PM, Hughes, RM, Andrews, J, Goldstein, H, McNess, EM, Osborn, MJ, Pollard, A, Stinchcombe, V & Yee, WC. ‘What effect does involving parents in knowledge exchange activities during transfer from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 have on children?s attainment and learning dispositions?’, British Educational Research Association, University of London, 2007
• Hughes, M, Andrews, JC, Feiler, AC, Greenhough, PM, Johnson, DF, McNess, EM, Osborn, MJ, Pollard, AJ, Salway, L, Scanlan, M, Stinchcombe, V, Winter, JC & Yee, WC. ‘Contexts, communities, networks: mobilising learners' resources and relationships in different domains’, ESRC TLRP Seminar, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2005

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