Classroom Research in an Additional Learning Needs setting with Dr Kristina Kelly

For today's episode we welcome one of our newest colleagues, and one of the newest Doctors on the team - Dr Kristina Kelly joins us at Cardiff Met with a wealth of knowledge about additional learning needs (ALN), so we immediately put her in front of a microphone to tell us about her research.

Kristina carried out classroom research into how Piagetian schema are applicable to pupils with autism, and came up with some intriguing conclusions about potentially new schema to add to those identified by Piaget. In this conversation she talks about juggling research and teaching, the benefits of classroom-based research, and the ethics of carrying out research with participants who can't give full informed consent owing to their conditions.

Thanks to Kristina for a fascinating chat, and we'll be back again soon!

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Recorded in S1.03 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed campus on 4th August 2022