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Dr Zoe Clegg

Lecturer in Education, Education and Childhood Studies

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Basic Welsh Speaker

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Dr Zoë Clegg is a Lecturer of Education in Swansea University School of Education. Her interest lies in the area of Youth Citizenship with a particular interest in the development of the new Curriculum in Wales. Further interests include youth participation, youth voice and the use of qualitative and creative research methods, particularly in engaging young people in the research process.

Areas Of Expertise

Youth Citizenship
Children's Rights
Youth Participation/Youth Voice
Education and Youth Policy
Qualitative Research Methods
Creative Research Methods

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Qualitative research methods
Curriculum studies
Sociology and philosophy of education

Publications

Research Highlights

Knight, C., Clegg, Z., Conn, C., Hutt, M., & Crick, T. (2022). Aspiring to include versus implicit ‘othering’: teachers' perceptions of inclusive education in Wales. British Journal of Special Education, 49(1), 6-23.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12394, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59110
Goodall, J., Lewis, H., Clegg, Z., Ramadan, I., Williams, M., Ylonen, A., Owen, S., Roberts, D., Hughes, C., Wolfe, C., & Wolfe, C. (2021). From relationships to partnerships
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59288
https://hwb.gov.wales/professional-development/the-national-strategy-for-educational-research-and-enquiry-nsere/research-studies-on-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-welsh-education-system/research-study-5/
Goodall, J., Lewis, H., Clegg, Z., Ylonen, A., Wolfe, C., Owen, S., Hughes, C., Williams, M., Roberts, D., & Ramadan, I. (2022). Defining Parental Engagement in ITE: from relationships to partnerships. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education, 24(2)
https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.24.2.2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60801
http://dx.doi.org/10.16922/wje.24.2.2
Evans, C., Pitman, J., , N., Williams, D., & Clegg, Z. (2023). Community Focused Schools in Wales: Close to Practice Research in Swansea
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63175
Lowthian, E., Fee, G., WAKEHAM, C., Clegg, Z., Crick, T., & Anthony, R. (2024). Identifying protective and risk behavior patterns of online communication in young people. Journal of Adolescence, 96(2), 235-250.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12270, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64911

All Research

Journal Articles

Lowthian, E., Fee, G., WAKEHAM, C., Clegg, Z., Crick, T., & Anthony, R. (2024). Identifying protective and risk behavior patterns of online communication in young people. Journal of Adolescence, 96(2), 235-250.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12270, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64911
Goodall, J., Lewis, H., Clegg, Z., Ylonen, A., Wolfe, C., Owen, S., Hughes, C., Williams, M., Roberts, D., & Ramadan, I. (2022). Defining Parental Engagement in ITE: from relationships to partnerships. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education, 24(2)
https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.24.2.2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60801
http://dx.doi.org/10.16922/wje.24.2.2
Knight, C., Clegg, Z., Conn, C., Hutt, M., & Crick, T. (2022). Aspiring to include versus implicit ‘othering’: teachers' perceptions of inclusive education in Wales. British Journal of Special Education, 49(1), 6-23.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12394, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59110

Other Research Outputs

Evans, C., Pitman, J., , N., Williams, D., & Clegg, Z. (2023). Community Focused Schools in Wales: Close to Practice Research in Swansea
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63175
Goodall, J., Lewis, H., Clegg, Z., Ramadan, I., Williams, M., Ylonen, A., Owen, S., Roberts, D., Hughes, C., Wolfe, C., & Wolfe, C. (2021). From relationships to partnerships
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59288
https://hwb.gov.wales/professional-development/the-national-strategy-for-educational-research-and-enquiry-nsere/research-studies-on-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-welsh-education-system/research-study-5/

Supervision

Shaping lifelong learners: Exploring the perceptions of educators and learners on the role of generative AI in 21st century learning (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alison Walker
Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Andrew Townsend
Exploring the Role of Student Participation in Curriculum Design: A Critical Examination of Educational Empowerment and Learning Outcomes (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Jacky Tyrie
Navigating the Complex Landscape: An In-depth Analysis of Mental Wellbeing Policies &amp;amp;amp; Practices across Higher Education Institutions in Wales (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Ceryn Evans
Exploring Collaborative Problem-Solving Processes in A Digital Escape Room Game (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Tom Owen
Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Michelle Brinn

Taught Modules

DEC200 Protecting and Promoting Wellbeing in Education

This module will focus on promoting and protecting wellbeing in the context of education and early childhood settings. It will consider policy and legislation based on rights to, and within, education and early childhood settings. The increased emphasis on emotional health and wellbeing in education will be highlighted using contemporary research to critically evaluate evidence based practice. Safeguarding issues, processes and a multi-agency approach in professional practice will be explored. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own educational experiences in relation to rights, safeguarding and wellbeing.
ED-M04 Curriculum Design and Realisation

This module is designed to enable students to engage deeply with the concepts and the international research that have informed recent curriculum development in Wales. It will enable students to consider curriculum design and realisation in different contexts, including their own. The module will equip students to evaluate different curriculum design approaches and to critically appraise the various implementation processes that accompany curriculum change within education institutions and systems.
EDD801 Education for Equity

This module will introduce students to some of the current educational debates around issues of equity, and support students to approach these debates through critical analysis of a wide range of data. Issues to be covered will include the decolonisation of the curriculum, issues pertaining to equity of access to educational opportunities and outcomes, issues of equity and equality in educational research (both in relation to topics researched and in the conduct of research), issues of race, gender, social class and marginalisation in learning. Crucially, the module will encourage students to take a critical perspective on key concepts relevant to both the education policy and practice landscape in Wales and the UK more widely, including the concepts of equality of opportunity, equity and meritocracy.
EDN100 Education and Society

The module will introduce students to the contemporary range of educational issues, patterns and associated policies locally and nationally. It will describe the history and functions of compulsory education systems, and particularly explore the range of approaches utilized over the past 40 years to improve student outcomes and deal with inequalities in social class, gender and ethnicity in terms of these outcomes. An assessment will be made about why certain policy, paradigms are more effective than others, and about future likely / desired changes in educational and associated policies.
EDN202 Protecting and Promoting Wellbeing in Education

This module will focus on promoting and protecting wellbeing in the context of education. It will consider policy and legislation based on rights to, and within, education. The increased emphasis on emotional health and wellbeing in education will be highlighted using contemporary research to critically evaluate evidence based practice. Safeguarding issues, processes and a multi-agency approach in professional practice will be explored. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their own educational experiences in relation to rights, safeguarding and wellbeing.
EDN313 Youth Citizenship and Education

Children and young people¿s citizenship is an important and relevant topic in education and is a central focus of the new Curriculum for Wales. This module will provide students with a framework for understanding citizenship in theory and practice, with a particular focus on Welsh education policy. It will also examine the socio-political context of young people¿s transition through (and beyond) education, exploring issues through the framework of citizenship. This module also considers the role of learning and participation in education and society more broadly. Students are asked to reflect on their own experiences of agency within educational settings and to consider what it means to `influence decision making¿, as well as the challenges and tensions that arise within this process.
EDPM21 Philosophical Debates in Education Research

The module aims to engage students in debate about the challenges facing education research today, including those pertaining to the perceived lack of quality and relevance to policy and practice. It also aims to develop students¿ knowledge and understanding of a range of philosophical assumptions and theoretical approaches to education research, including, but not limited to, structuralism, post-structuralism, social constructionism and feminism. The module will engage students in critical debate about the application of philosophical assumptions to education research and students will be encouraged to consider the merits of these approaches and assumptions for advancing understandings around key issues, debates and challenges facing contemporary education in the UK.

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Other Research Outputs

Supervision

Shaping lifelong learners: Exploring the perceptions of educators and learners on the role of generative AI in 21st century learning (current)

Untitled (current)

Exploring the Role of Student Participation in Curriculum Design: A Critical Examination of Educational Empowerment and Learning Outcomes (current)

Navigating the Complex Landscape: An In-depth Analysis of Mental Wellbeing Policies &amp;amp;amp;amp; Practices across Higher Education Institutions in Wales (current)

Exploring Collaborative Problem-Solving Processes in A Digital Escape Room Game (current)

Untitled (current)

Taught Modules

DEC200 Protecting and Promoting Wellbeing in Education

ED-M04 Curriculum Design and Realisation

EDD801 Education for Equity

EDN100 Education and Society

EDN202 Protecting and Promoting Wellbeing in Education

EDN313 Youth Citizenship and Education

EDPM21 Philosophical Debates in Education Research

Navigating the Complex Landscape: An In-depth Analysis of Mental Wellbeing Policies &amp;amp; Practices across Higher Education Institutions in Wales (current)