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I am an Associate Professor in Education and teach on the BA Education Studies and on the EdD.
As a sociologist of education, I explore ideas of democracy, citizenship and dialogue in relation to education. I am interested in how these interrelate with critical pedagogy, education for sustainability and climate justice. Recent research projects, in universities and schools, have included exploring student voice, student rent strikes and deliberative classrooms.
My research interests include:
Sociology of education
Democracy and citizenship
Education for sustainability
Climate justice
Education policy
Global learning
Inequalities in education
Critical pedagogy
Nature
Activism
City farms
Courses taught
Education (Work-based) - BA (Hons)
Education - BA (Hons)
Education - PhD & MRes
Education (Top Up) - BA (Hons)
Professional Doctorate in Education with specific focus on social justice and inclusion - EdD
Social Sciences - PhD / MRes
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
Miss Sophie Roberta Star Mackay | What discourses about nature do parents draw on when discussing forest schools? | DProf |
Mrs Christine Ann Peterson-Mckinney | Doctoral Research Project | DProf |
Ms Natalie Law | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
Mrs Nomazwe Fumisani St Marthe | How are black girls in Sixth Form supported in making decisions for university and future careers? | DProf |
Mr Simon Wickenden | Reconceptualizing LSBU's ITE Partnership with Senior Primary School Leaders | DProf |
Ms Katherine Pechey | Co-designing a transitional curriculum to develop undergraduate academic reading competencies | DProf |
Awarded in the last 5 years
Ms Nelly Alfandari | Critical pedagogies in the secondary school classroom: Space, engagement, and emotions | DProf |
Ms Janet Ramdeo | Black Female Teachers in White-Dominated Educational Spaces: Narratives of Professional Identity | DProf |
UCL Institute of Education
Institute of Education
Institute of Education
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
HEA
Institute of Education
• Planning and teaching seminars on the BA Education Studies
• Research on privatisation and child poverty
• Developing strategies, briefings and submissions to influence policy
• Supporting Prof Stephen Ball’s research projects on academies and global philanthropy
• Contributing to the evaluation of the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme through face-to-face and phone interviews with school leaders, teachers, pupils and policy makers from across the UK
• Facilitating two groups of first year doctoral students at the Institute of Education to discuss and develop their research proposals
• Tutoring students on the Distance Learning BA in Informal Education (Youth Work and Community Learning and Development) through facilitating study days, marking essays and providing tutorial support
• In autumn 2012, lecturing on ethics and education module
• Analysing policy, formulating policy stances and successfully influencing education policy-makers
• Carrying out and commissioning research on education policy and practice
• Developing a policy discussion paper, ‘Questioning Education’, around education for a just and sustainable world and working with member organisations and policy makers to develop and work towards policy recommendations
• Supporting DEA members with their schools work.
• Co-ordinating booklets on 'The Global Dimension to ....' various curriculum subjects with relevant subject Associations.
• Co-ordinating the 2005 revision of the government's 'Developing the global dimension in the school curriculum'
BA (Hons) Education
MA International Education and Globalisation (MAIEG) and two units of Education Master or Research MRes for the Department of Education
Member of Management Committee
www.globallearninglondon.org
Beyond tick boxes: re-imagining education for sustainable development in higher education
Young, H. (2024). Beyond tick boxes: re-imagining education for sustainable development in higher education . Professional Development in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2024.2394879
Student Rent-Strikes: Hope through unplanned critical pedagogy
Wenham, L and Young, H. (2024). Student Rent-Strikes: Hope through unplanned critical pedagogy. Critical Education. 15 (3), pp. 43-61. https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v15i3.186806
A hidden curriculum of certainty: Inadequate education in an uncertain world
Young, H. and Jerome, L (2024). A hidden curriculum of certainty: Inadequate education in an uncertain world. British Educational Research Association (BERA).
Ambivalent systems: Tick box frameworks and holistic education
Young, H. (2023). Ambivalent systems: Tick box frameworks and holistic education. UKFIET Conference 2023 - Education for Social and Environmental Justice: Diversity, Sustainability, Responsibility. Oxford 07 - 14 Sep 2023
Questioning Student Voice Practices
Young, H. (2023). Questioning Student Voice Practices . Fostering Meaningful Student Voice. Online 29 - 29 Mar 2023 NERUPI.
Rent strikes in the neoliberal university: Critical pedagogy for reimagining educational futures
Young, H. and Wenham, L. (2022). Rent strikes in the neoliberal university: Critical pedagogy for reimagining educational futures. Education Across the Divide 2022: Reimagining Educational Futures. online 24 - 24 Mar 2022
Rent Strikes and Resistance: An Illustration of Raising Critical Consciousness
Wenham, L and Young, H. (2021). Rent Strikes and Resistance: An Illustration of Raising Critical Consciousness. 3rd International Conference Paulo Freire: The Global Legacy November 29-December 2, 2021. online 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2021
HRER WERA 7 Talking about rights without talking about rights
Jerome, L., Liddle, A. and Young, H. (2021). HRER WERA 7 Talking about rights without talking about rights. Human Rights Education Review Webinar 7. online 13 - 13 Oct 2021
Teaching controversial issues: Talking about religious freedom and the imagined ‘other’
Jerome, L., Liddle, A and Young, H. (2021). Teaching controversial issues: Talking about religious freedom and the imagined ‘other’. British Educational Research Association. online 13 - 16 Sep 2021 British Educational Research Association.
Book review: The Good Ancestor: How to think long term in a short-term world, by Roman Krznaric
Young, H. (2021). Book review: The Good Ancestor: How to think long term in a short-term world, by Roman Krznaric. London Review of Education. 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.14324/LRE.19.1.20
Talking Tolerance: Being Deliberative about Fundamental British Values
Jerome, L, Liddle, A and Young, H. (2021). Talking Tolerance: Being Deliberative about Fundamental British Values. PRISM. https://doi.org/10.24377/prism.ljmu.0302204
Talking about rights without talking about rights: on the absence of knowledge in classroom discussions
Jerome, L., Liddle, A. and Young, H. (2021). Talking about rights without talking about rights: on the absence of knowledge in classroom discussions. Human Rights Education Review. 4 (1), pp. 8-26. https://doi.org/10.7577/hrer.3979
Student voice in higher education: Opening the loop
Young, H. and Jerome, L. (2020). Student voice in higher education: Opening the loop. British Educational Research Journal. 46 (3), pp. 688-705. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3603
Student Voice in Higher Education: Opening the Loop
Young, H (2018). Student Voice in Higher Education: Opening the Loop. 38' Coloquio Interdisciplinario de Educación. Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile 12 Sep 2018
Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies
Young, H (2018). Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies. BELMAS Annual Conference: Education Policy and Sustainability: global perspectives from the field of educational leadership. Windsor 06 - 08 Jul 2018 BELMAS.
Podcast with Prof Helen Gunter about ''Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies"
Young, H (2017). Podcast with Prof Helen Gunter about ''Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies".
'Privatisation, Education and Social Justice', edited by Geoffrey Walford
Young, H. (2016). 'Privatisation, Education and Social Justice', edited by Geoffrey Walford. London Review of Education. 14 (3), pp. 101-102. https://doi.org/10.18546/lre.14.3.10
Book review of 'Privatisation, Education and Social Justice', edited by Geoffrey Walford
Young, H (2016). Book review of 'Privatisation, Education and Social Justice', edited by Geoffrey Walford. London Review of Education. 14 (3), pp. 101-102. https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.14.3.10
What do ‘skills’ mean for school governing bodies? [blog post]
Young, H (2016). What do ‘skills’ mean for school governing bodies? [blog post]. British Educational Research Association.
Busy yet passive: (non-)decision making in school governing bodies
Young, H (2016). Busy yet passive: (non-)decision making in school governing bodies. British Journal of Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2016.1158641
Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies
Young, H (2015). Knowledge, Experts and Accountability in School Governing Bodies. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 45 (1), pp. 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143215595415
Asking the ‘right’ questions: the constitution of school governing bodies as apolitical
Young, H (2015). Asking the ‘right’ questions: the constitution of school governing bodies as apolitical. Journal of Education Policy. 31 (2), pp. 161 - 177. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2015.1062145
Ambiguous Citizenship: Democratic practices and school governing bodies
Young, H (2014). Ambiguous Citizenship: Democratic practices and school governing bodies. PhD Thesis University of London Institute of Education
A constituição da subjetividade docente no Brasil: um contexto global
Ball, S.J., Bailey, P., Mena, P., del Monte, P., Santori, D., Tseng, C., Young, H. and Olmedo, A. (2013). A constituição da subjetividade docente no Brasil: um contexto global. Revista Educação em Questão. 46 (32), pp. 9-36. https://doi.org/10.21680/1981-1802.2013v46n32ID5114
Naming the world: Coming to terms with complexity
Young, H. (2010). Naming the world: Coming to terms with complexity. Policy & Practice-A Development Education Review. 10, pp. 99-104.
Questioning Education
Young, H and Shah, H (2008). Questioning Education. London DEA.