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Brown, Paulet

Contact details

Position: Senior Lecturer

Location: ED.1.10

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8223 6375

Email: p.brown@uel.ac.uk

Contact address:

Cass School of Education and Communities
Stratford Campus
Romford Road
Stratford
London E15 4LZ

Brief biography

Paulet is a lecturer in Early Childhood Studies. Her first degree was in Child Development, second degree was Early Childhood studies and her third degree was Curriculum and Instruction. She has worked in three countries- The Bahamas, United States of America and in England.  At present, she is currently reading for her PhD.

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Activities and responsibilities

  • Teaching
  • Undergraduate dissertation supervision

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Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise

  • Paulet’s main interests include project evaluative studies and literacy learning among ‘at risk’ pupils.  She hopes to set up a joint project with The Bahamas and London to explore possible ways of improving literacy among pupils identified as at risk.

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Teaching: Programmes

  • Early Childhood Studies

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Teaching: Modules

  • ED 1023 Children’s Literature
  • ED 2000 Research Methods
  • ED 2013 Issues in Child Development
  • ED 2018 Planning and Learning in the Early Years
  • ED 2022 Learning and Monitoring in Nursery and Primary Classrooms
  • ED3000 Research Methods

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Current research and publications

Paulet is presently undertaking a PhD at the Institute of Education, University of London.  Her study explores a school-based initiative that aimed to raise standards of literacy through the introduction of an adapted curriculum.  It not only reflects on the school’s concerns but also those relating to standards of literacy nationally.  It forms part of a case study on the evaluation of the impact of A Literacy Support Initiative (LSI), a project which targeted a sample of secondary aged pupils whose attainment on entry to year seven was significantly below that of pupils of their age and well below the nationally expected level four.  As such these pupils were at risk of academic failure.  An illuminative evaluation and a phenomenographic approach will be used to describe, analyse and understand the ways in which the participants experience aspects of the LSI. 

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Research archive

  • Brown, P. (2006) ‘Improving literacy Skills of ‘at Risk students one year after transfer to secondary school.’  In John Richards (Eds.), International Perspectives of Educational and Training. Athens Institute for Education and Research: 301-311
  • Brown, P., Kingsford, J., Lall, M., Maw, N., Wellcome, W., (2003) Learning to use ICT in classrooms: ‘Teachers; and   trainers’             perspectives.  London, Mirandanet

Conference Papers

  • Brown, P. (1999) ‘Writing a curriculum for students with reading difficulties’, Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Somerset, Pennsylvania
  • Brown, P. (2003) ‘Building a literate Bahamas’, College of The Bahamas 2003 Educational Forum

Currently working on paper:

  • At risk of failure: a phenomenographic view of a Literacy Support Initiative.

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Other scholarly activities

  1. Project evaluation of a 'Year 7 Project' in East London

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