I am a mixed methods researcher, and my research is focused on children within schools. I am particularly passionate about improving children’s emotional adjustment during primary-secondary school transitions, which I have been investigating for seven years. For my BSc (which I studied at Keele University) I explored the significance of social support as a protective factor over primary-secondary school transition. For my MSc (also studied at Keele University) I examined the significance of emotional-centred support intervention timing during this time. My PhD (which I studied at both Keele and Manchester Metropolitan University) was the first study to design and evaluate a universal emotional-centred intervention to improve children’s emotional well-being over primary-secondary school transition. The intervention is called Talking about School Transition (TaST) and was informed by a thorough literature review in addition to three preliminary research studies, which were conducted in both the UK and USA, in mainstream and special schools, obtaining insight from all stakeholders (teachers, pupils and parents), using observations, focus groups, interviews, surveys and document analysis.
Aside from academia, I also work as an Applied Behaviour Analyst Tutor. I am also on the BPS Developmental Section Committee, the BPS ECR committee and TCELT-INTR committee.
Experience
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2021–presentAssociate Lecturer , Clinical Education Development and Research, University of Exeter
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–presentLecturer , Institute of Education, University of Manchester
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2019–2020Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Education, MMU
Education
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2020Keele University and Manchester Metropolitan University, PhD in Psychology
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2017Keele University , MSc in Psychology
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2016Keele University , BSc in English and Psychology
Publications
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2021Does the timing of school transition impact adjustment? An insight into USA transition systems., Pastoral Care in Education
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2021What emotional-centred challenges do special schools face over primary-secondary school transition? , Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
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2021A universal emotional-centred intervention to improve children's emotional well-being over primary-secondary school transition., Advances in Educational Research and Evaluation
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2021Perceived Barriers and Facilitators of children’s adventurous play in schools., Children
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2020Talking about School Transition (TaST): an emotional-centred intervention to support children over primary-secondary school transition., Pastoral Care in Education
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2019‘You're in this world now’: Students’, teachers’, and parents’ experiences of school transition and how they feel it can be improved. , British Journal of Educational Psychology
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Website
- @_Cbagnall
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
