Dr Janet Orchard
MA (Cantab), PGCE , PhD
Current positions
Associate Professor in Philosophy and Religion in Teacher Education
School of Education
Contact
Press and media
Many of our academics speak to the media as experts in their field of research. If you are a journalist, please contact the University’s Media and PR Team:
Research interests
- Philosophical reflection on teacher education
- Ethical deliberation and teaching
- Religious education and its pedagogy
- Values education/moral education in schooling
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Embedding Transformative Leadership
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Dates
02/01/2023 to 31/07/2023
Going Global
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
07/12/2018 to 31/07/2019
Philosophy for teachers (P4T): fostering ethical judgement in classroom practices
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/05/2018 to 30/04/2021
Developing teacher educators skills to promote the intercultural awareness of teachers in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Description
‘Philosophy for Teachers’, or ‘P4T’, is adapted from “P4C” (Philosophy for Children). It is a model of professional learning through dialogue within a community of fellow enquirers. Ethics in teaching…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/11/2016 to 31/03/2017
Shared Space: teachers and researchers sharing space to improve their knowledge and understanding of how to promote inter-religious and cultural dialogue in classrooms
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2016 to 30/09/2017
Thesis supervisions
Exploring Four Hong Kong low achieving Cantonese students evolved into high achieving HE learners through the Lens of Higgins’ Self-and-Affect Model
Supervisors
For action research
Supervisors
A Whole New World
Supervisors
Conversations in Creativity
Supervisors
Paying attention to throwaway conversation
Supervisors
The Tacit Dimension
Supervisors
A Critical Realist Analysis of the Legitimising Affects of the Entrepreneurial University
Supervisors
Perceptions of academic integrity among teachers and students in the EAP context at a self-financing tertiary institution in Hong Kong
Supervisors
An investigation of the educational value of online mindfulness intervention on in-service teachers and pre-service teachers in Hong Kong
Supervisors
Exploring the impact of giving and receiving peer feedback on associate degree students’ Chinese academic writing
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
24/03/2016Philosophy for Teachers (P4T)
Ethics and Education
On the role of philosophical work in research in teacher education
A Companion to Research in Teacher Education
Does religious education promote good community relations?
Journal of Beliefs and Values
What training do teachers need? IMPACT 22, PESGB, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford
What training do teachers need? IMPACT 22, PESGB, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford
The contribution of research to teachers' professional knowledge: philosophical understandings
The contribution of research to teachers' professional knowledge: philosophical understandings
Recent publications
01/01/2024No Laughing Matter
Civic Contestation in Global Education: Cases and Conversations in Educational Ethics
Bracing ourselves
Education Sciences
Shared Space
Journal of Religious Education
Debates in Religious Education
Debates in Religious Education
Schools, Religion and Postcolonial perspectives: England, Hong Kong, and South Africa
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion
