Dr Nicole Brown

In this post I share my contribution to the SAGE research methods online resources about doing fieldwork remotely.

This is the recording of the book launch event to celebrate the publication of "Making the most of your research journal".

"Making the most of your research journal" offers guidance and additional resources to make research journaling effective.

This is a contribution to Times Higher Education from February 2018 about invisible disabilities in the higher education sector.

The paper reports on the lived experience of fibromyalgia, which used identity boxes and metaphorical representation to offer a holistic view.

The paper discusses practical, ethical, and methodological pitfalls and concerns when using Skype as a tool for interviewing.

To make sense of my participants' experiences, I am creating an art installation based on the raw data I receive in my research work.

This is my contribution to the HEA annual conference that was held in Manchester in July 2017.

This is about my contribution to the SEDA conference in November 2016, which was about aspects of the Secondary Teacher Education Programme.

Download some resources for a plagiarism workshop from here.

Alison Clark and Peter Moss developed their own way of carrying out research with children – the Mosaic approach. The idea behind the Mosaic approach is that researchers collect data through a wide range of means. These are what Clark and Moss consider "individual tiles". It is then the researcher's task to put these individual pieces together to form one big picture, just like many little tiles are formed into one big mosaic.

One of the most daunting aspects for new teachers is to manage behaviour in lessons. The dynamics of the classroom and the teacher's personality are probably key to how much classroom management you will need to do and which strategies you can use. However, there are some basic rules that you should consider and that will help you manage behaviour in your lesson.

Teaching empathy is crucial if students are to understand empathy as a concept in order to be able to demonstrate historical empathy, for example. Here is a useful resource.

Writing entries for a reflective journal is often a daunting aspect of teacher training, as we are not used to writing diaries. Here are some thoughts on how to get started with writing reflections.

This is a post to formally accept the nomination for the Liebster Award 2018.