Centre for Effective Education
Director
Prof Allen Thurston
Professor of Education
a.thurston@qub.ac.uk
Other Staff Members:
Dr Andy Biggart
Prof Paul Connolly
Dr Aideen Gildea
Dr Karen Kerr
Dr Katrina Lloyd
Miss Seaneen Sloan
Dr Sarah Miller
Dr Liam O'Hare
Ms Joanne O'Keeffe
Dr Karen Orr
Mr David Piekaar
Research Students:
Ms Helen Adams
Ms Clionagh Boyle
Mr Ping-Nan Chang
Ms Pauline Connolly
Ms Nicole Craig
Ms Trisha Forbes
Ms Naoimh Fox
Mr Stephen Keown
Mr Thomas Love
Ms Michele Mallon
Ms Rosemary McGill
Ms Stephanie Shields
Ms Claire Warke
Ms Dorota Zolnowska
News from the Centre for Effective Education
Wellbeing, academic buoyancy and educational achievement in primary school students
A paper just published by Dr Sarah Miller, Professor Paul Connolly and Dr Lisa Maguire from the Centre for Effective Education demonstrates how better wellbeing is related to improved academic...
Staff give presentations at prestigious international conference
This week a number of staff from CEE will make presentations at the American Educational Research Association Annual Gathering in San Francisco, USA.
Professor Allen Thurston will report...
Award from American Educational Research Association for CEE professor
Professor Allen Thurston will today be presented with an award at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Gathering in San Francisco, USA by the AERA Cooperative Learning...
Major research grant awarded to CEE to improve reading for students in deprived areas
Professor Allen Thurston and Dr Maria Cockerill (North Tyneside Council) have been awarded a grant of just over £550,000 to develop ways to improve reading for Year 7 students in deprived...
Major research grant awarded to CEE to improve language and literacy of students in deprived areas.
Professor Allen Thurston and Dr Liam O’Hare have been awarded a significant grant by Educational Endowment Foundation to evaluate the effectiveness of The Communication Trust’s...
Publications
Miller, S., Connolly, P. & Maguire, L. (Jun 2012) The effects of a volunteer mentoring programme on reading outcomes among eight- to nine-year-old children: A follow up randomized controlled trial In : Journal of Early Childhood Research. 10, p. 134-144.
Connolly, P. (Mar 2012) Statistical analysis tools In: Research Methods and Methodologies in Education. Arthur, J., Waring, M., Coe, R. & Hedges, L. (eds.). SAGE p. 327-342.
