Mrs Michelle Graffagnino
BA (Hons), PGCE, MA
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of EducationLecturer and Micro-Qualification Lead
Department of English
Contact
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Research interests
Education for Sustainable Development
Learning environments
Science of Learning
Community
Belonging
Inclusion
Community researchers
community-engaged pedagogy
Well-Being
Education
Geography
Climate Change
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Embracing Parenthood in Research and Higher Education
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Building on the successes of the previously funded projects “Does Motherhood Need Mitigating? A Collective Examination of Parenting and Academic Practice” (2022-2023) and “Empowering Parents in HE: Using Embodied Activism…Managing organisational unit
School of Engineering Mathematics and TechnologyDates
01/10/2024 to 31/07/2025
Climate Change Craftivism in the Classroom
Principal Investigator
Description
The project brings together educators, learners and community artists to develop education-based and cross-curricular ‘craftivist’ activities that aim to enable young people to explore and express their thinking and feelings…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/03/2023 to 31/12/2023
Does Motherhood Need Mitigating? A Collective Examination of Parenting and Academic Practice
Role
Collaborator
Managing organisational unit
Department of History (Historical Studies)Dates
01/01/2023 to 31/07/2023
Publications
Recent publications
13/12/2024Environment: Learning creatively beyond the Higher Education classroom
Creative Practice in Higher Education Engaging Adult Learners through Theory and Pedagogy
‘Geography and MFL – exploring new pedagogies through content and language-integrated learning (CLIL)’
Teaching Geography
