Institute of Education London

Becky Parry

• Qualifications and position:
  • Research Officer
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Children and Learning
• Department:
  • Culture, Communications and Media
• Centre:
  • London Knowledge Lab
• Summary:
  • Becky worked as a Secondary teacher of English and Media Studies and then as Education Manager at the Showroom cinema where she established the Showcomotion festival of film and media for children and young people. Becky has also worked on numerous media education projects including Cube, a practical media production and journalism project for young people aged 14-19.
• Research Projects:
  • Developing Media Literacy: Towards a Model of Learning
    Progression
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Currently in the final stages of an ESRC funded PhD to examine: children's engagement with and participation in children's film in relation to their developing literacy, at the University of Sheffield Department of Education
• Professional Activities:
  • Member of Board of Directors for Site Gallery, Sheffield
• Conferences/presentations:
  • 'Using film production in research with children about children's films.' 2nd International Conference 'Re-Presenting Childhoods' 2008 of The Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth, University of Sheffield
    
    Parry, B (in press) 'Reading and Rereading Shrek' English in Education
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • United Kingdom