Dr Clare Dowdall
Lecturer in Education
C.Dowdall2@exeter.ac.uk
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+44 (0)1392 724888
North Cloisters NC128
North Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
I joined the University of Exeter’s Graduate School/ School of Education as Lecturer in Education (Language and Literacy) in 2020. I am currently programme lead for the MA Education Online Programme, and most of my teaching is within this Programme. I also supervise doctoral candidates on the MPhil/ PhD and EdD Programmes. Prior to working in the School of Education, I was employed as a Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education at University of Plymouth. I have extensive experience of teaching, supervising and examining across the full range of educational programmes, including PhD, EdD, MA, and PGCE.
My current research focuses on children’s writing and text production in a variety of school-based and informal contexts. I completed my PhD in children's text production in online social networking sites in 2012, and have been working in the area of literacies and literacy pedagogies ever since. In March 2022 I was awarded a British Academy/ Leverhulme SR grant to investigate teaching narrative writing with digital resources and apps.
I have an active interest in all aspects of literacy education and policy. I am a long-standing member of the United Kingdom Literacy Association. I currently sit on their Executive Council, with responsibility for convening the UKLA Research Sub-Committee. From 2015-2018 I co-edited the UKLA’s journal Literacy.
I graduated from Exeter University with a BA(Ed) in English and Drama in 1997. I worked in Devon, as a teacher and literacy subject leader, and then completed an MA(Ed) in Language and Literacy with University of Plymouth. For this, I researched children’s text production in out of school contexts. In 2010 I was the recipient of the UKLA/Wiley Blackwell Research in Literacy Award for my paper: Impressions, improvisations and compositions: reframing children's text production in the digital age, Literacy, 43(2) pp 91-99.
Qualifications
BA(Ed)(Hons) Primary English with Education and Drama (QTS), University of Exeter - Dissertation Special Award
MA(Ed) Language and Literacy, University of Plymouth
PhD, University of Plymouth
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Research
Research interests
My current research focuses on children’s writing and text production in a variety of school-based and informal contexts. In March 2022 I was awarded a British Academy/ Leverhulme SR grant to investigate teaching narrative writing with digital resources and apps. In 2016 I was awarded a small research award from the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) to investigate teacher knowledge about writing.
From 2017 to 2020 I co-convened the UKLA Digital Literacies in Education SIG. As part of this work, I co-convened the UKLA Digital Literacies in Education Task Group with Professor Cathy Burnett, Sheffield Hallam University. This group was funded by UKLA to develop research-informed resources for teachers to promote critical and creative engagement with digital literacies.
Publications
Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Teaching
MA Education Online experience and responsibilitiesProgramme Leader (September 2023)
Deputy Programme Leader (from September 2022)
Module leader and tutor - Dissertation Module (EFPM013)
Module leader and tutor - Language and Literacy 'Reading Rights' Module (EFPM009)
Module leader and tutor - Language and Literacy 'Writing Matters' Module (EFPM012)
Modules
2023/24
- EFPM009Z3 - Reading Rights
- EFPM012Z1 - Writing Matters
- EFPM013Z3 - Introduction to Educational Enquiry