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College of Education and Lifelong Learning

Research

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Director of Research

Research by Topic / Staff

Bilingual Education

Inclusion/ Special Educational Needs

Intercultural Education and Global Citizenship

Bilingual Education and Special Educational Needs

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Research in Education is based around four main research groups:

Members of the education research groups work closely with research funders, the Welsh Assembly Government, Local Councils, schools and parents groups to ensure that their research has a real impact on policy and practice.

Current and Recent Projects Include:

  • The Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 5th Edition (Baker 2011) with previous editions in 1994, 1996, 2001 and 2006. The first edition of this book was the 1994 Standing Conference in Education Book Prize-winner (best book of 1993 by an established author). The previous editions of this book have sold over 80,000 copies with translations into Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Latvian, Georgian, Greek, Vietnamese and Mandarin Chinese.
  • Development of the Prawf Geirfa Cymraeg: Fersiwn 7-11, (Vocabulary Test 7-11) Gathercole and Thomas (2008), The Prawf Geirfa Cymraeg is the first receptive vocabulary test designed specifically for Welsh-speaking bilingual children.
  • Access to the curriculum for young children with special needs in mainstream classrooms (Ware, Butler, Robertson, O’Donnell and Gould, 2010) This project, funded by the Irish National Council for Special Education, gives a first insight into the extent to which young children in Ireland with a variety of SEN  are being enabled to access the curriculum.
  • English Language Education across Greater China. (Feng, (ed.) 2011) Bristol: Multilingual Matters Ltd. The first book to offer a comprehensive and, at the same time, in-depth examination of the spread of English and English language education across Greater China.

The College of Education and Lifelong Learning has strong links with the ESRC Bilingualism Centre which is Co-directed by Professor Colin Baker.

We also hold regular research seminars, where both staff and students present their work, and a newly inaugurated series of talks by guest lecturers.