Dr Elise Alexander

Job Title: PL Early Childhood Studies, Year Head (Y1) Qualifications: PhD, MPhil, MEd, BEd (Hons) Telephone: +44 (0)20 8392 3789 Email Address: E.Alexander@roehampton.ac.uk

Office Hours

I am available for students to call without appointments on Thursdays between 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m.

Telephone

020 8392 3789

I am principal lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at Roehampton University. I currently teach on the BA in Early Childhood Studies and contribute to the MA and PhD programmes.

Research Interests & Expertise

My current research interests include:
• Professional development in early years settings
• Educational policy and its translation into practice.
• Innovative methods of data collection in early years research


Enquiries from prospective PhD students who wish to do
research in any of these areas are welcome.

Research Projects Undertaken

Research Grant ESRC RES-061-23-0012:
Understanding Quality and Success in Early Years Settings: practitioners' perspectives

Publications

Colleen McLaughlin with Elise Alexander (2005) Reframing Personal, Social and Emotional Education: relationships, agency and dialogue , www.napce.org.uk.

Elise Alexander and Colleen McLaughlin (2004) Increasing Pupil Participation in Post-16 Learning (Essex), Essex County Council, Connexions and University of Cambridge.

Adams, S, Alexander, E, Drummond, M J and Moyles, J (2004) Inside the Foundation Stage: Recreating the Reception Year, London: Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

Elise Alexander and Di Thomas (2004) Values Education at Greenfield Lower School, Forum, 46:2.

Elise Alexander and Phil Sandell (2003) Student Leadership: creating learning communities, Forum, 45:2.

Elise Alexander (2002) Childcare Workers: learning or Imitating?, Forum, 44:1.

Membership of Professional Bodies

British Educational Research Association

Teaching Expertise

I am interested in new approaches to teaching and assessment in the Early Childhood Studies programmes, and have recently introduced patchwork text to an HE 3 module. I am currently developing collaboarative assessments and interactive teaching approaches with other staff in team-taught modules.

Examining Experience

External Examiner for PhD (Newcastle University October 2006)
Internal Examiner for PhD at Roehampton University May 2008
External Examiner for BA in Early Years at Colchester Institute 2006 -2009.

Undergraduate courses taught at Roehampton:

Early Childhood Studies [BA/BSc]

Postgraduate courses taught at Roehampton:

Early Childhood Studies [MA/PGDip]
Social Science Research Methods [MA]