PhD studentship available
ESRC-grant linked PhD studentship. A three year full-time PhD studentship commencing Jan 2012
'Aspirations and emotional and behavioural problems in primary school aged children'
Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE)
'Improving outcomes for people with autism'
The centre was established within the department in 2009.
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Language and Literacy Research Centre (LLRC)
Developing an understanding of language acquisition, literacy development and the relationship between the two.
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Doctoral research at the IOE
Each faculty has a base for reseach students, where you can work with colleagues in your own particular area of study and use computing, study and storage facilities.
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Doctoral School
Research students based in the department also become members of the Doctoral School.
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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentships
The Institute leads a consortium of four University of London colleges in the Bloomsbury area, which has been awarded Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) status by the ESRC.
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Psychological and Educational Assessment Resource Collection
An extensive collection of assessment materials available to all staff and students
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Research
The Department of Psychology and Human Development promotes research in developmental psychology in relation to education in the broadest sense. Our work covers contexts and processes in both mainstream educational and non-school environments, such as the home, and concerns both typically developing children and those with special educational needs.
Some current and recently completed research projects
School organisational contexts:
- Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP)
- Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools
- Development of a National Qualification and Training Scheme for those Working with Visually Impaired Children and Young people in the field of mobility and independence
- Evaluation of impact of DCSF investment in initiatives designed to improve teacher workforce skills in relation to SEN and Disabilities
- Identifying a Sound Environment
Teaching and learning interactions:
Language and literacy development:
Numeracy development and scientific understanding:
Visual-spatial development:
- A virtual reality study of the ability to learn a novel route in Williams syndrome; the extent to which landmarks are used as a cue to route learning
- Investigating strategies for environmental learning in typical and atypical development
Developmental difficulties:
- Children's Psychological Adjustment and Father's Residence Parenting Traits
- Profiling writing difficulties in children with specific language difficulties
Autism research: