Summary
Formally the Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Education, Sarah is now the Programme Director for the Online Masters in Education, supervises a range of PhD and EdD students and is the PI on two externally funded international research projects.
Nationally, Sarah is the outgoing Vice Chair at the professional Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education (now TPE), which liaises with the UK government and other national agencies on technology and policy in education.
Internationally, Sarah is the RDC Chair on Global Education at the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE). She is also the Founder and Trustee of the Education Futures Collaboration, a professional charity for educators at all levels across the international stage, who wish to work collaboratively to improve the quality of education worldwide through evidence-based research (see www.MESHGuides.org).
She also has considerable experience and interest in working in rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 1997, Sarah was a member of the successful First All-Female Expedition to the Geographic North Pole via the Canadian Arctic and subsequently received the 1997 UK Woman of the Year Award.
Book Chapter
Global Competence Education Strategies: A View from around the World and Considerations for Implementation
Briga, E., Jones, S., Howland, C., & Liles, M. (2023). Global Competence Education Strategies: A View from around the World and Considerations for Implementation. In C. Ullom, & N. Guler (Eds.), At School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield
The Nonformal Education Sector and Global Competence Education
Howland, C., Jones, S., Liles, M., & Rey Vasquez, C. (2023). The Nonformal Education Sector and Global Competence Education. In C. E. Ullom, & N. Guler (Eds.), At School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield
Supporting Research Informed Teaching using a Mobile Application
Connolly, C., Jones, S., Hall, A., & Procter, R. (2022). Supporting Research Informed Teaching using a Mobile Application. In E. Baumgartner, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, R. E. Ferdig, R. Hartshorne, & C. Mouza (Eds.), A Retrospective of Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic (195-199). USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Journal Article
Assessing global competence within teacher education programmes. How to design and create a set of rubrics with a modified Delphi method
Parmigiani, D., Jones, S. L., Silvaggio, C., Nicchia, E., Ambrosini, A., Pario, M., …Sardi, I. (2022). Assessing global competence within teacher education programmes. How to design and create a set of rubrics with a modified Delphi method. SAGE Open, 12(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221128794
Research interests
Sarah’s main research interest is in Shifting Pedagogies which can be disaggregated into four areas of focus which are interlinked and have enabled her to win external funding for international research projects. Her research investigates the way emerging technologies transform pedagogical practices and educational opportunities in different contexts, locally, nationally and internationally. Her own PhD investigated the notion of Pedagogic Shift and transformational change in international partnerships and collaborations.
Research Interests:
• Global Education
• Education and Community Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Emerging Technologies in Educational Contexts
• Translational Research in Education
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Global Competence in Teacher Education
Funder
EC European Commission
Grant
£90,971.00
Started
1 September 2019
Status
Complete
Project
GCRF 2019 PPF17: Enabling scalability of the reading to learn methodology in STEM education using video observations in South African township schools
Funder
00 University of Hull
Grant
£13,089.00
Started
1 February 2019
Status
Complete
Project
Building a Research Infrastructure for School Teachers
Funder
EC European Commission
Grant
£69,589.00
Started
1 September 2019
Status
Complete
Project
Erasmus - International Skills Inventory and Training Programme for Global Citizens
Funder
EC European Commission
Grant
£154,616.00
Started
1 September 2015
Status
Complete
Project
QR - GCRF - PPF12 - Understanding the transformational potential of Community Engagement Projects within a South African educational landscape
Funder
00 University of Hull
Grant
£11,845.00
Started
1 December 2019
Status
Complete
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies
Funder
British Council
Grant
£116,950.00
Started
1 September 2017
Status
Ongoing
Project
Learning without borders (Thailand)
Funder
British Council
Grant
£45,200.00
Started
1 March 2017
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Sarah welcomes applications associated with:
• Global Education
• Emerging Technologies in Educational Contexts
• Community Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Translational Research in Education