Summary

Research Groups:
• Pedagogy And Andragogy Research Group (PARG)
• Arts And Humanities Research Group: (AHRG)

Memberships:
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA)
• British Education Research Association (BERA)
• Association for Language Awareness (ALA)

Research Interests:
• Languages in Education
• Bilingualism, with special reference to Welsh and English
• Metalinguistic knowledge / language awareness
• Spoken narrative

Publications

Peer refereed journals:
Murphy, A. and Laugharne, J. (in press 2011) Children’s perceptions of national identity in Wales. Education 3-13

Gaotlhobogwe, M., Laugharne, J. and Durance, I. (2011). The potential of multivariate analysis in assessing students’ attitude to curriculum subjects. International Journal of Educational Research. 53 (1), pp.65-83.

Abdulkader, A. & Laugharne, J. (2009) "In English you enter a totally different world from ours in terms of its culture, traditions and conventions." Postgraduate students' perceptions of using English for their studies in Syria and Wales. In M. Wong (Ed.) EAP in a Globalizing world: English as an Academic Lingua Franca. Proceedings of the 2007 BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes) conference, pp. 95-102. Reading: Garnet Education Press.

Jones, D.V., Lewis, G., Jones, S., Thomas, M. & Laugharne, J. (2009) Dysgu ail iaith yng Nghyfnodau Allweddol tri a phedwar: Addysgu'r Gymraeg mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Saesneg. Welsh Journal of Education, 14 (2), pp.111-117

Laugharne, J. & Baird, A. (2009) National conversations in the UK: using a language-based approach to interpret three key education policy documents (2001-2007) from England, Scotland and Wales. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39 (2), pp. 223-240

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Milton, E.J., Silva, K., Laugharne, J. & Charles, F. (2007) Developing the Foundation Phase for 3-7 year olds in Wales. Welsh Journal of Education, 14, pp.36-61

Laugharne, J. (2005) Strawberries for Mavis in Wales: Word play as metalinguistic knowledge. International Journal of Learning, 10, pp. 3623-3633

Laugharne, J. (2000) Oral story choices of bilingual pupils in Cardiff. Welsh Journal of Education, 9 (2), pp. 48-62

Books / book chapters:
Laugharne, J. (2007) The person, the community and the society: Response to part one. In V. Ellis, C. Fox & B. Street (Eds.) Rethinking English in school: Towards a new and constructive stage, pp. 62-70. London: Continuum Press

Laugharne, J. (2006) Language use and language attitudes in Wales. In David Lasagabaster & Ángel Huguet (Eds.) Language use and attitudes towards multilingualism in European bilingual contexts, pp. 208-233. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters

Laugharne, J. (2006) Attitudes to Welsh, English and Modern Foreign Languages amongst first year students in education. In G. Roberts (Ed.) Welsh-medium and Bilingual Education Addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg a Dwyieithog, pp. 61-81. Bangor: Bangor Education Transactions / Trafodion Addysg Bangor

Laugharne, J. (2005) Pupil voice, individual learning and social space: Conversations and stories with bilingual and monolingual pupils in several primary and secondary schools in South East Wales. In J. Cohen, K. McAlister, K. Rolstad & J. MacSwan (Eds.) ISB4 Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism, pp. 1297-1308. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press

Laugharne, J. (2002) A walk in the narrative woods of fiction, or how telling a story can reveal the storyteller as reader. In P. Neubauer (Ed.) Children in literature - Children's literature, pp. 51064. Frankfurt: Peter Lang

Conference papers (from 2007):
Laugharne, J. and Baird, A. (2011, September).Reading as a game of meaning-making: children reading iconotexts across cultures. Paper presented at ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), Freie Universitat, Berlin.

Harrett, J. and Laugharne, J. (2011, July). Strong foundations? UKLA (United Kingdom Literacy Association) International Conference, University of Chester.

Baird, A., Laugharne, J., Maagero, E. and Seip Tonnessen, E. (2011, June). Children’s readings of iconotexts across cultures. Invited paper, Children’s literature seminar series, Faculty of Education, Cambridge.

Laugharne, J. (2010, April). Negotiating English bilingually. BERA (British Education Research Association) special interest group (SIG) on literacy , University of Reading

Vaughan Jones, D., Lewis, G., Laugharne, J., Thomas, M., Jones, S. (2008, September).Welsh Second language teaching: The case of Welsh in English medium Secondary Schools in Wales. Paper presented at European Education Research Conference, University of Gottenberg.

Vaughan Jones, D., Lewis, G., Laugharne, J., Thomas, M., Jones, S. (2008, November) Welsh Second Language teaching: The case of Welsh in English medium Secondary Schools in Wales. Paper presented at Scottish Educational Research Association, Royal George Hotel, Perth.

Abdulkader, A. and Laugharne, J. (2007, April) International students' perceptions of using English for their studies. Paper presented at BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes) International Conference, University of Durham.

Siraj Blatchford, I., Silva, K., Laugharne, J., Milton, E.J. and Charles, F. (2007, September) An evaluation of the Foundation Phase (FP) in Wales. 12th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, University of Szeged, Budapest.

Laugharne, J. (2007, March) Made in Wales? A small scale study of PGCE Secondary English teachers' perceptions of their training in one higher education institution. Paper presented at Queen's University research seminar series. Queen's University, Belfast.

Laugharne, J. (2007, July) Bilingual children asking questions. Paper presented at UKLA (United Kingdom Literacy Association) International Conference, Swansea University.

Baird, A. and Laugharne, J. (2007, November) Post devolution policy development in three countries in the UK: How divergences of policy are reflected in three key policy documents from England, Wales and Scotland (2000-2007). Paper presented at SERA (Scottish Educational Research Association), Royal George Hotel, Perth.

Laugharne, J. and Baird, A. (2007, September) Post devolution policy development in three countries in the UK: How divergences of policy are reflected in three key policy documents from England, Wales and Scotland (2000-2007). Paper presented at ECER (European Conference on Educational Research), University of Ghent, Ghent.

Baird, A. and Laugharne, J. (2007, September) National Conversations in the UK? Using a critical literacy framework to interpret three key policy documents from England, Wales and Scotland (2000-2007). Paper presented at BERA (British Association for Educational Research) Institute of Education, London.

Other publications:
Riddell, S., Stead, J., Lloyd, G. , Baird, A. and Laugharne, J. (in press, 2010). Evaluation of the All Wales School Liaison Core programme. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government.

Siraj-Blatchford, I., Silva, K., Laugharne, J., Milton, E.J. and Charles, F. (2006) Report on the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Effective Implementation of the Foundation Phase in Wales 2004-6. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government

Laugharne, J. (2003) The achievement of ethnic minority pupils in Welsh-medium and Welsh/English bilingual schools. In The Achievement of Ethnic Minority Pupils in Wales. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government / EALAW

Laugharne, J. (2002) Review of 'A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism', C. Baker. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters 2nd Ed. In Welsh Journal of Education 11 (1) pp. 117-118.

Laugharne, J. (2002). After the module: From action research to writing up. UWIC Education Papers, 1, pp.  39-51.

Projects

2008-2010 Evaluation of the All Wales School Liaison Core programme Riddell, S., Stead, J., Lloyd, G, Baird, A. and Laugharne, J., University of Edinburgh. Welsh Assembly Government funded. Co-investigator with special reference to Welsh and bilingualism.

2007-2009 Second language learning with 11-16 year olds: the case of teaching Welsh in English medium Schools WERN funded project with Trinity College Carmarthen, University of Bangor, University of Newport. Co-investigator.

2006-2008 Language-based analysis of post devolution education policy with Baird, A. Non-funded project.

2003-2006 Professional and personal identities of English trainee teachers in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, with Alexander, J., Walsh, P. and Ellis, V. Non-funded project.

2004-2006 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Effective Implementation of the Foundation Phase in Wales – MEEIFP. Welsh Assembly Government funded research project. Siraj-Blatchford, I., Silva, K., Laugharne, J., Milton, E. J. and Charles, F. Co-investigator with special reference to Welsh and bilingualism).

Profile

Janet Laugharne is Professor Emeritus at the School of Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University. She has extensive knowledge of teacher education in Primary and Secondary phases, specialising in language and literacy education. In her early career Janet taught in Primary, Secondary and Adult Education and developed expertise as a teacher of English as an Additional Language and as an external examiner.

Janet was Head of Primary English for the BA Education and PGCE programmes in the Cardiff School of Education and PGCE Secondary English Coordinator. Alongside these roles, she completed her PhD at Cardiff University on the topic of Welsh/English bilingual children's oral stories about the language domains of home and school.

Janet has gained expertise in research degree teaching, seeing twelve students to completion. She was also closely involved in the creation of a new interdisciplinary professional doctorate programme at Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2005 and was EdD pathway leader on that programme from 2005-2012. Currently Janet is working with ten PhD and EdD students, based in the School of Education and School of Management.

From 2000-2009 Janet was School of Education Director of Research and contributed to building research capacity. Her personal research interests focus on the voice of the learner, particularly within bilingual contexts. Janet’s most recent research is on children’s responses to readings of selected picture books in Norway and the UK (forthcoming, Baird, Laugharne, Maagero and Seip Tonnessen).

External Links

• External Examiner - Education, University of Glamorgan, 2009-13
• Editorial Board - Welsh Journal of Education, 2008 - Present
• EU expert evaluator appointment for projects: Lifelong Learning – (Key Activity) KA1 language policy; Erasmus Mundi. 2009-present.
• Registered expert on language education research database, Mercator (European Network of Language Diversity Centres). 2009-present.
• Working group member of a three year European Union research project: COST Action (IS0804) Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: Linguistic Patterns and the Road to Assessment. 2009-present.

Further Information

PhD:

Goalthobogwe, M.(2010). Students’ perceptions of and attitudes towards Design and Technology Education in Botswana: a case study of five junior schools.

Mannathoko, M. (2009).An evaluative study of the introduction of the CAPA Art and Design curriculum in primary schools in Botswana.

Abdulkader , A. (2009 ). A sociolinguistic study of postgraduate students’ perceptions of using English for academic purposes.

Harrett, J. (2006). Young children’s responses to storytelling and story reading: an investigation in language and imagination.

Wright , R. (2006). Music as pedagogic discourse: an ethnographic case study on one Year 9 class of pupils and their music teacher in one South Wales secondary school.

Hafiz, Z. (2002). An investigation of the use of children's literature in Key Stage One teaching in Cardiff with specific reference to its possible use in Malaysian Primary English language classes.

EdD:

Redding, P.(2011). The development of academic skills: an investigation into the mechanisms of integration within and external to the curriculum of first-year undergraduates.

Llewellyn Williams, J. (2009). Reactivation of lost language skills: an investigation into the most effective ways of facilitating the return of previously learnt language skills in the context of the PGCE MFL programme and ITET students’ professional learning.

PhD Examination:

Siencyn, S.W. (2011). Y Gymraeg a diwieithrwydd yn y blynyddoedd cynnar: polisi, gwasanaethau ac ymarfer yng Nghymru. University of Wales Trinity St David.

Jones, G.R. (2011) Croesffordd dewis: dyheadau a thueddiadau disgyblion ol 16 cyfrwng Cymraeg wrth ddewis addysg uwch. University of Bangor.

Bruneau, B. (2009). A Study of the Association between Undergraduates’ Resilience and their Coping. Cardiff School of Health Sciences, UWIC.

Roberts, E. (2003). Datblygiad iaith yng nghylchoedd Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin. University of Bangor.