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
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
Research-Informed Teaching in a Global Pandemic: "Opening Up" Schools to Research during COVID-19
Connolly, C., Hall, A., Jones, S., & Proctor, R. (2020). Research-Informed Teaching in a Global Pandemic: “Opening Up” Schools to Research during COVID-19. In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, & C. Mouza (Eds.), Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field (609-616). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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
Conceptualising Translational Research in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review.
Jones, S., Procter, R., Connolly, C., Hall, A., & Fazlagic, J. (2022). Conceptualising Translational Research in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Educational Research, 114, Article 101998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2022.101998
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
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
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
Postgraduate supervision
Sarah welcomes applications associated with:
• Global Education
• Emerging Technologies in Educational Contexts
• Community Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Translational Research in Education