Professor Carol Fuller

Carol Fuller

Email:
c.l.fuller@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 2662
Job title:
Professor

Responsibilities:

Professor of Sociology of Education

Areas of interest

Both qualitative and some quantitative research methods.

Various aspects ofЬ§sociology of education, including:

Sociology
Educational identity/identity construction
Educational attainment, values and aspirations
Gender
Widening Participation
Social background/Pupil Premium
тLeft-Behindт Children

Postgraduate supervision

Current and Recent PhD and Ed D Students, with topics of their research:Ь§

Dr Faiza Abrahman
Ь§Dr Hamda Al-Naimi (1^st)Ь§т How Qatari 12th grade students make career and educational decisions
Ь§Dr Mohammed Alduailej (1^st)Ь§т Career decision making of first year university students in Saudi Arabia
Ь§Dr Nora Aljbreen (1^st) т Gendered experience of leadership in Quality Assurance departs in HEIs in KSA
Ь§Dr Khaled Al Jarallah (1^st) т 21st Century skills to support education in Kuwait
Ь§Dr Hamda Al-Naimi (1^st)Ь§т How Qatari 12th grade students make career and educational decisions
Ь§Dr Reem Balubaid (2^nd) т Autism and relationships amongst adults in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ь§Dr Stuart Bracewell (1^st) т Social inequality and school marketing
Ь§Dr Fiona Curtis(1^st)Ь§т Understanding Algebra: A Study into the Development of Algebraic Thinking with a Focus on the Use of Manipulatives
Ь§Dr Catherine Foley (1^st)Ь§т Children's perceptions of mathematics in their home and school lives
Ь§Dr Yang Hong (1^st) тThe educational aspirations of 'left behind' children in rural China
Ь§Dr Nici Hunt (1^st)Ь§т Advanced Skills Teachers and Expertise
Ь§Dr Janette Jolly (2^nd)Ь§тЬ§Life histories of retirement life-transition amateur instrumentalists: music education, lifelong learning, and identity
Ь§Dr Brent Jones (2^nd) тЬ§An experiential look at learner engagement in University EFL courses in Japan
Ь§Dr Ingrid Kangua (1^st)Ь§т Studentsт perceptions of supporting deep learning
Ь§Fei Lan (1^st) т The professional identities of highly educated female teachers in Beijing - submitted
Ь§Dr Tania Lyden (1^st)Ь§т Career Mentoring and social differences
Ь§Dr Aliki MacDonald (joint 1^st)Ь§т The role of parents and place in aspirations
Ь§Dr Blair McMurchy (1st)Ь§т The role of the President in Ontario Community Colleges
Dr Cecilia Muldoon (1^st) т The role of gender and class in constructions of aspirations in womenЬ§Ь§
Ь§Dr Leah Muteru (1^st)Ь§т Parental Participation in English State schools: the case for Kenyans PBS migrants
Ь§Dr Toby Olasimbo (2^nd) т Further Education
Ь§Dr Louise Pagden (2^nd)Ь§тЬ§Free school Policy Enactment in two case-study schools: Motivation, vision and reality
Ь§Dr Mathew Pawson (2^nd)
Ь§Dr Lisa Patterson (1^st) т Accountability in Schools: Case studies of Jamaican and English Teachers
Ь§Dr Rosemary Reynolds (2^nd)Ь§т Chinese students' experiences and motivations for study in FE colleges in the UK
Ь§Dr Richard Robson (2^nd)Ь§тЬ§Marketing attitudes and practices of staff at a UK independent school.
Ь§Dr Mathew Thorne (1^st)Ь§т Why Sixth form students chose the A-Level subjects they are studying and the impact of Pupil Premium
Ь§Sally Tipper (1^st) т Gender Representations in STEM - submitted
Ь§Dr Sheralee Virdi (1^st) т Early years practioners and understanding and attitudes to rewards
Ь§Dr Suzy Tutchell (1^st) т Gender and self and the role of art in identity construction
Ь§Dr Andrew Wall (2^nd)Ь§т Exploring studentsт perceptions and experiences of learning under educational reform using Freireтs analytical framework from a student/teacher perspective
Ь§Dr Linyao Wang (1^st) т Rural migrant children and their educational experience in Beijing
Ь§Dr Charlotte Wilson (1st)Ь§т Learner Identities and aspirations of Pupil Premium Students
Dr Meilun Yan (1st)Ь§т 'Left behind' children in rural China
Dr Jiayi Zhang (2^nd)Ь§т Gender and HE leadership in China

Current students

Arwa Alk (1^st) т The role of culture in parenting practices in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fay Alsawaha (2^nd) т Education, Identity and gender in older women in Kuwait
Pam Cottrell (1^st) т Teachers of excluded children: beliefs and practices
Simon Fox (1^st) т Resilience: what is it and how is it taught?
Fengyi Wang (1^st) т Gender and aspirations in Chinese female students in HE

Teaching

Doctoral and MA supervision
Convenor of ED1BSE and ED3FDD
Contributing to teaching across all programmes

Research projects

I have been involved in a range of funded research

Girls and routes into crime т funded by the Ministry for Justice via Thames Valley Violence Reduction(with Prof Jo Phoenix,Linyao Wang and Fei Lian )
2023 The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce LSIPs Employer Engagement Research (with Prof Suzanne Graham, Prof Carol Fuller, and Dr Heike Krusemann) funded by the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce
Women and Crime т funded by the 91ЕМКН
тMarvellous Mumsт project т funded by the 91ЕМКН (with Dr Maria Kambouri)
The Indoor/Outdoors Girlhood Project т Funded by Ufton Court
The impact of the outdoors on a range of areas and young people т funded by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust/Big Lottery Grant
Outdoor Learning and impact on educational attainment and engagement - funded by Society for Educational Studies
Outdoor Learning and Educational Attainment, Engagement and Aspirations- (funded by the 91ЕМКН Research Endowment Trust Fund
Development in a Small Island Developing State: the Jamaican context - funded by BELMAS (with Dr Alan Floyd)
Exploring the Professional Identities of Secondary School Teachers - funded by the 91ЕМКН IoE internal research fund (with Dr Alan Floyd)
The Experiences of Non-Traditional Entrants in a Traditional Higher Educational Setting - funded by Progress South Central) (with Tony Macfadeyn)

Professional bodies/affiliations

AERA
BERA
Society for Educational Studies
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
UKCGE - Professional Doctorates SIG
Educational Doctorates Directors Network

Selected publications

Conference Presentations:

International Conferences:

Fuller, C and Goodwyn, A., (2013)Advanced Skills Teachers and the 'Master Teacher' Standard; on becoming a Cheap, Cheerful and Compliant Teacher, American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, America, 27^thЬ§April-2^ndЬ§May 2013.
Goodwyn, A. and Fuller, C., (2012),Ь§The Future of Expert Teachers in England: A Case Study in an International Context,Ь§European Educational Research Association (EERA), Cadiz, Spain, September 18^th-21^st.
Fuller, C., (2012),Ь§Social Capital and Educational Aspirations,Ь§American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada, 13^th-17^thЬ§April.
Fuller, C., and Macfadyen, T., (2012),"What with your grades?" Experiences of and motivations for vocational education in FE,Ь§American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada, 13^th-17^thЬ§April.
Goodwyn, A. and Fuller, C., (2012),Ь§Being an Advanced Skills Teacher: Identity and Status,Ь§American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada, 13^th-17^thЬ§April.
Fuller, C, (2010),Ь§Exploring Educational Aspirations,Ь§American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, USA, April 30^th-4^thЬ§May.

National Conferences:

Floyd, A. and Fuller, C. (2012)Ь§Leadership development in a Small Island Developing State: the Jamaican contextЬ§paper presented at BELMAS Annual Conference, Manchester, 20^th-22^ndЬ§July.
Fuller, C., and Floyd, A., (2012)Ь§Teachers as professionals: identity, autonomy and job satisfaction in an era of unprecedented structural reform,Ь§British Educational Research Association (BERA), Manchester, September 4^th-6^{th .}
McCrum, E., Fuller, C., and Macfadyen, T., (2012),Ь§Teachers and pupils knowledge and experiences of IAG: some implications for the current policy context,Ь§British Educational Research Association (BERA), Manchester, September 4^th-6^th.
Goodwyn, A. and Fuller, C., (2012),Ь§Mr Gove's 'Master Teacher Standard'; on becoming a cheap, cheerful and compliant teacher,Ь§British Educational Research Association (BERA), Manchester, September 4^th-6^th.
Fuller, C., Goodwyn, A., and Francis-Brophy, E., (2011),Ь§Being an Advanced Skills Teacher: Identity and Status,Ь§British Educational Research Association (BERA), London, September 6^th-8^{th .}

External Roles and Consultancy

Champions Programme with University of West Indies, Jamaica
Developing a Partnership with Ho Chi University Vietnam to develop a professional doctorate programme
Governor Denefield School
External Examiner Ed D Canterbury and King's College London
Journal reviewer

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