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Qualifications & Memberships

• BSc (Hons) Life Sciences
• MA (Ed)
• Doctor of Education (Leicester)
• QTS
• CBiol

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the British Educational Research Association
• Special interest group member, Early Childhood Education, BERA
• Special interest group member, Leadership and Management, BERA
• Member of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association
• Member of the Society of Biology

Courses

• Director, Doctorate in Education
• Faculty Director of Professional Doctorates
• Research supervisor for PhD, EdD and MA students
• Pathway leader for MA Early Years Professional Practice
• Module leader for undergraduate and postgraduate modules (Research, Human Development, Leadership and management)

Current doctoral supervision:

• Further education teachers as agents of change in developing professionalism in students of teaching
• The use and effect of continuing professional development in developing leadership for early years professionals.
• The use of inquiry based learning in developing professional knowledge for nursing students in pre-qualifying programmes..
• The role of vocational education in rural areas of developing countries.
• The impact of changes to entry age on the teaching and learning of social work students.

Outline of Career

Geraldine is a principal lecturer in the Department of Education based in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education. She has wide experience of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, learning and project supervision.

Geraldine plays an active role in the Faculty's research. She leads research projects and leads the Doctorate in Education, and is the Faculty Director of Professional Doctorate programmes. She supervises a number of doctoral candidates and is actively involved in the delivery of research training.

Research Interests

Education for Professional Practice in Health, Education and Early Years Settings including Aspects of Leadership and Management, Adult Learning, Problem Based Learning, Bioscience Education in Health Programmes,.use of case study and documentary analysis.

Current research projects

• Early Years Professional Status: is it making a difference to outcomes for children. An impact study. Project externally funded by Essex County Council (2010 - 2013).

Recent research projects

• Student views on incorporating sexual health into an undergraduate midwifery curriculum. Internally funded project (2011-2012).
• Interactive whiteboard training for academics in higher education and the development of pedagogical practice (with C. Such et al). 2010 ? 2011
• Perinatal mental health needs in North East Essex. Report commissioned by North East Essex PCT, April - August 2009.

Selected Publications

Davis G. & Capes P. (2013) Early Years Professional Status Impact Study, Final Report Achieving outcomes in Essex. Anglia Ruskin University. Available at www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/cyri/news.html

Davis, G. & Barry, A. (2013) Positive outcomes for children: Early Years Professionals effecting change. Early Child Development and Care 183 (1) 37-48

Walker, S. & Davis, G. (2013) Seeking the views of midwifery students on teaching contraception and sexual health within a midwifery curriculum. Network, Issue 16, Mon Jan 28th 2013, ENGAGE 13th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference; 2012 Learning and Teaching Project Reports.

Hadfield, M., Needham, M., Hevey, D., Lumsden, E., Waller T. and Davis G. Roundtable discussion 20.2.2013.Transforming the early years workforce in England: the implications of recent research on the role and impact of Early Years Professionals following the government's response to Nutbrown. BECERA, Birmingham, UK.

Davis G and Waller T (2013) Conference paper presented February 2013. What a difference a professional makes: researching the links between confidence and changing practice in early years settings. BECERA, Birmingham, UK.

Davis, G. (2012) A documentary analysis of the use of leadership and change theory in changing practice in early years settings. Early Years, an International Journal of Research and Development. 32 (3) 266 - 276

Davis, G. & Waller T. (2012) Conference paper presented in October 2012. Now I'm confident: the empowerment that comes from a professional route in England. Co-constructing professional learning conference, Opatija, Croatia.

Davis, G. (2012) Conference paper presented in September 2012. Improving outcomes for children: what impact are Early Years Professional having in the UK? BERA 2012 Annual International Conference, Manchester, UK.

Davis, G (2012) Conference paper presented in June 2012. Graduates and Impact . 'A Child's World' international conference, University of Aberystwyth, Wales.

Davis, G. (2010) What is provided and what the registered nurse needs ? bioscience learning through the pre-registration curriculum. Nurse Education Today 30, 707-712