Rowena Seabrook
Research title: Towards transformative action: using literature in human rights education with young people
Research Summary
Current Research
I am particularly interested in fostering intergenerational solidarity through engaging with children's literature.
My PhD research project is focused on using children's literature for human rights education using a pedagogy of love. It draws on critical pedagogy, critical literacy, and human rights education.
The research involved working with children and their families. It was influenced by intergenerational and family learning and used participatory, creative and blended online/offline approaches.
Supervisors
Conference
Upcoming Conference Presentations
With Dr Julie McAdam
'Using metaphors to frame the exploration of children’s literature in English language learning'
Reading for in-depth English learning, Texts in and beyond the classroom
Nord University (Bodø), 6-8 May 2024
https://site.nord.no/ridel/
'“They should know…” – Intergenerational human rights education using children’s literature'
Children and Childhoods Conference 2024, Children and Future-Making
University of Suffolk (Ipswich) 10-11 July, 2024
https://www.uos.ac.uk/about/events/children-and-childhoods-conference-2024/
Recent Conference Presentations
'The value of between-ness – Intergenerational human rights education with The Discovery Book Club'
Crossing Expertise Divides Conference, Co-creation of Knowledge across Institutions and Communities of Children’s Culture
Virtual Conference hosted by University of Wrocław (Wrocław), 28-29 September 2023
'Stews and Skeps – Intergenerational human rights education with The Discovery Book Club'
The Child and the Book Conference, The Role of the Child as Citizen: Constructing Childhood through Agency and Activism
University of Malta (Valletta), 26-28 May 2022
'‘Well something’s lost but something’s gained’: Reflections on unexpectedly moving a PhD research project online'
Social and Digital Change Symposium, Living in Between: Digital Technology and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Virtual Conference hosted by University of Glasgow (Glasgow), 10 September 2021
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Children's Literature for a Diverse World (Children's Literature, Media & Culture, IntM)
- Critical Enquiry (Children's Literature and Literacies, MEd)
- Texts for Children and Young People (Children's Literature, MEd)
Additional Information
I am also an Associate Lecturer for The Open University teaching on the following undergraduate modules:
- L301 Language, Literature and Childhood
- EK313 Issues in Research with Children and Young People
