Dr Ed Baines
- Qualifications and position:
- PhD
- Lecturer in Psychology of Education
- Faculty:
- Department:
- Summary:
- I am a Lecturer in Psychology and Education. I am an experienced researcher involved in a number of research projects focusing on teaching, learning and group work in classrooms; peer relations, friendships and social networks in school; school lunch and break times; peer interaction and dialogue in classroom contexts.
- Teaching:
- Lecturer on the DEdPsy, the MA/MSc Child Development and the Foundation Degree.
Research coordinator on the DEdPsy: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods I and II; Research Thesis module; Year 3 coordinator.
Module coordinator: Foundation Degree - 'The Growing Child'
Topics: research methods and statistics, child development, peer relations, friendships, social networks and bullying
- Research Projects:
- School lunch and behaviour studies
In collaboration with the School Food Trust. This research examines the effects of the school lunch experience on engagement and learning in primary and secondary school classrooms.
A follow up national survey of breaktimes in primary and secondary schools
(see www.breaktime.org.uk)
Funded by the Nuffield Foundation
The first national survey of school breaktimes, conducted in 1995, showed an increasing school day but signs that breaktime itself was being reduced, especially lunchtimes, in response to curriculum demands and concerns about pupil behaviour. This is worrying given that breaktime is a main outlet for informal social interaction. Opportunities for social contact out of school, away from adults, are also in decline. Since 1995 there are signs of further change, and wider social and policy changes, but there is still little systematic information. This project will provide a much needed 10 year follow up survey. Stage 1 will address breaktime duration, supervision and management, changes to school grounds and extended school services, and the perceived value of breaktime. Phase 2 will examine reasons for changes to breaktime, and will include a survey of pupil perspectives on breaktime.
Improving the effectiveness of groups in classrooms (SPRinG)
(see www.spring-project.org.uk)
Funded by ESRC
Playground Games: their social context in elementary/junior school
(see www.breaktime.org.uk)
Funded by Spencer Foundation
- Postgraduate Research:
- My main research interests are in children's peer interactions, dialogue and learning. Specific areas of interest are: the interconnections between social networks, friendship and peer relations of primary and secondary school students and in relation to learning; school playground activities; peer relations and influence processes; grouping practices and group-work in classrooms; teaching and learning interactions in the classroom; systematic observational methods; quantitative and qualitative research methods.
(1)Suzanne Bailey (DEdPsy – completed): Who are the most vulnerable pupils at transition? : The impact of risk and resiliency factors in the experiences and adjustment of children after the move from primary to secondary school.
(2)Mohsen Sadeghi (PhD): Peer relations and school adjustment: a longitudinal study of Iranian adolescents' adaptation after transfer to a new school.
(3)Joanne Tree (DEdPsy): What factors help children with challenging behaviour make a successful transfer to secondary school?
(4)Rachel Friend (DEdPsy): An exploratory study of how primary schools implement SEAL small group work.
Publications
- Storey, C.H, Pearce, J. Ashfield-Watt P., Wood L., Baines E. & Nelson M. (2011) 'A randomised controlled trial of the effect of school food and dining room modifications on classroom behaviour in secondary school children', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 65,1, 32-38.
- Baines, E. & Blatchford, P. (2011) 'Playground games and activities in school and their role in development' In A. D. Pellegrini (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Blatchford. P. & Baines, E. (2010) 'Peer relations in school' In K. Littleton, C. Wood and Kleine Staarman (Eds), International Handbook of Psychology in Education. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
- Golley, R., Baines, E., Bassett, P., Wood, L., Pearce, J., & Nelson, M. (2010) 'School lunch and learning behaviour in primary schools: an intervention study', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 64, 1280-1288.
- Baines, E. & Howe, C. (2010) 'Discourse topic management skills in 4-, 6- and 9-year-old peer interactions: developments with age and the effects of task context', First Language 30(3-4), 508-535.
- Baines, E. & Blatchford, P. (2009) 'Sex differences in the structure and stability of children's playground social networks and their overlap with friendship relations', British Journal of Developmental Psychology 27, 743-760.
- Baines, E., Rubie-Davies, C., & Blatchford, P. (2009) 'Improving pupil group work interaction and dialogue in primary classrooms: results from a year-long intervention study', Cambridge Journal of Education 39(1), 95-117.
- Baines, E., Blatchford, P., Kutnick, P., with Chowne, A. Ota, C. & Berdondini, L. (2008) Promoting Effective Group Work in the Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers and Practitioners. Routledge.
- Baines, E., Blatchford, P. & Kutnick, P. (2008) 'Pupil grouping for learning: developing a social pedagogy of the classroom' In R. Gillies, A. Ashman & J. Terwel (Eds), The Teacher's Role in Implementing Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. New York: Springer-Verlag.
