Penelope Brown

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BSc, MSc, Dip SpLD
    • Research Officer
  • Faculty:
  • Department:
  • Summary:
    • One-to-one tutoring; pedagogic practices and interaction
      Literacy in the classroom
      Developmental dyslexia and teaching methods for students with dyslexia
      Support Staff in schools
      Systematic Observations
  • Teaching:
    • Post Graduate Study Skills
  • Research Projects:
  • Professional Activities:
    • Member of the Faculty of Children and Health's Research Ethics Committee.
      Consultant work for the Lamb enquiry into special educational needs and parental confidence.
 

Contact details

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Publications

  • Blatchford, P., Russell, A., Bassett, P., Brown, P., and Martin, C. (2008) 'The role and effects of Teaching Assistants in English Primary Schools (Years 4 to 6) 2000-2003', British Educational Research Journal 33, 1, February, 5-26.
  • Blatchford, P., Bassett, P., Brown, P., Martin, C., Russell, A., and Webster, R. with Babayigit, S and Haywood, N. (2008) The Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools and the Impact of the National Agreement: Results from Strand 2 Wave 1 – 2005/6 (DCSF Research Report RR027) Online <http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=publications&ProductId=DCSF-RR027&> (accessed 14 April 2009).
  • Blatchford, P., Bassett, P., Brown, P., Martin, C., Russell, A., and Webster, R. (2007) The Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools: Report on findings from the second national questionnaire survey of schools, support staff and teachers, Strand 1, Wave 2, 2006 (DCSF Research Report RR005) Online <http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/programmeofresearch/projectinformation.cfm?projectid=15254&resultspage=1> (accessed 14 April 2009).
  • Blatchford, P., Russell, A., Bassett, P., Brown, P., and Martin, C. (2007) 'The effect of class size on the teaching of pupils aged 7-11 years.', School Effectiveness and Improvement 18, 2, June, 147-172 .
  • Blatchford, P., Bassett, P., Brown, P., Martin, C., Russell, A., Webster, R., & Haywood, N. (2006) The Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools. Report on the Findings from Strand 1, Wave 1 (DfES Research Report RR776) Online <http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/RRP/u014934/index.shtml> (accessed 14 April 2009).
  • Blatchford, P., Bassett, P., and Brown, P. (2005) 'Teachers' and pupils' behaviour in large and small classes: a systematic observation study of pupils aged 10/11 years.', Journal of Educational Psychology 97,3, 454-467 .
  • Russell, A., Blatchford, P., Bassett, P., Brown, P., and Martin, C. (2005) 'The views of teaching assistants in English Key Stage 2 classes on their role, training and satisfaction.', Educational Research 47, 2, 175-189.
  • Turner, J.E., Henry, L.A., Smith, P.T. & Brown, P. (2005) 'Redintegration and lexicality effects in children: Do they depend upon the demands of the memory task?', Memory and Cognition 32, 501-510.