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Research Profile

Dr Gabrielle Ivinson 



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Address:1.13 Glamorgan Building

Qualifications

  • 1994 - 1998 ESRC award holder and Newton Prize, PhD thesis title: The Construction of the Curriculum. Jesus College, Cambridge University.
  • 1990 - 1991 M.Phil. The Psychological Investigation of Intellectual development. Hughes Hall, Cambridge University.
  • 1983 - 1984 PGCE, Dundee College of Education, Scotland.
  • 1983 - 1984 Diploma in Education, University of Dundee (Distinction).
  • 1978 - 1982 MA (Hons) English and Philosophy, University of Dundee.

Research Interests

  • Young people's understanding of place
  • Bernstein’s sociology of pedagogy
  • Socio-cultural approaches to learning and development
  • Social representations of knowledge
  • Gender and Schooling
  • Children’s and young people’s construction of knowledge

Gabrielle takes some time to talk about her research interests below.