Karen Hanson

Karen Hanson

Principal Lecturer/ Head of Centre for Early Childhood

Institute of Education

Contact Details

email: k.hanson@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5441


Qualifications
EdD (submission due 2012)
SEDA – Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
MA(Ed)
B.Ed (Hons) First Class

Teaching & Research

Research Interests

Early Childhood Education;
Developing Reflective Communities and Dispositions

Learning and Teaching within Higher Education;
Reflective Methodology

Professional Bodies

HLTA – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network (ECSDN)
World Organisation of Early Childhood Education (OMEP) member

Publications

McDowall Clark R & Hanson K (2007). The Early Years Network: a case study in continuing professional development. Journal of the European Teacher Education Network (JETEN). 3: 13-21.

Hanson K (2009) ‘Reflect’- is this a reasonable request? Worcester Journal of Learning and Teaching – Autumn 2009

Hanson K (2011) ‘Reflect’ – is this too much to ask? Reflective Practice, Volume 12, No. 3: 293-304.  London : Routledge Taylor Francis Group

External Responsibilities

2005-09 – External Examiner for BA Hons Early Years Care and Education for Bournemouth University

2010 - External Examiner for Post Graduate Programmes in Early Childhood Education for London Metropolitan University