Ms Deirdre Grogan

Professor Of Practice

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Personal statement

As a principal knowledge exchange fellow I lead the development of play within a range of early years settings from ages 3-8, across a variety of Local Authorities delivering Continual Professional Development to teachers and educators to enable them to be confident in delivering child led learning.聽 I have been very successful in securing a range of funding to improve impact of the following :聽

Creating effective learning environments for young children
Engagement and Interaction
Documenting young children's learning
Literacy and the young child
Pushing Play into P2
Reflections and Developments聽

My focus in Knowledge Exchange has its foundations in strong, active and innovative networks that operate in local, regional and national contexts. This character is a strength and essential to the pedagogic, collaborative and research aims that underpin it.聽 Within these contexts, I have a strong and recognised track record specifically in the field of early years education. This has resulted in successfully securing a range of contracts, including in this academic year, which are clearly set to development further across Local Authorities in Scotland. My reputation is as an academic who develops new knowledge exchange programmes driven by robust research methodologies and innovative techniques. Over the last 3 years (2016-2019) I have worked closely with a research assistant to ensure that key findings are embedded in my training.聽

I have tracked different methods of documenting young children's learning within the nursery sector and early primary to establish the effect on children's thinking. I work with educators to continually develop new creative ways of documenting learning - successful examples include learning walls, documentation stories, profiles.

I have been commissioned by various Local Authorities to deliver key note presentations focussing on my research into play based learning.聽聽

My training and research combines to impact early years education in Scotland.聽

Publications

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Publications

: , , Murray Jane, Evans Erica, , Bowes Charlotte; Children鈥檚 Voice and Agency in Diverse Settings International Research and Perspectives (2024) (2024)
: (2021)
: One-ery Approach West Dunbartonshire (2021) (2021)
: ,; The Early Years Foundation Stage Theory and Practice (2021) (2021)
: , Lamb Christie, Milligan Kayleigh, Connor Nicola,; SERA Research Education Bulletin, pp. 44-50 (2020)
: Crichton Vicky, Carwood-Edwards Jean, Ryan Janine, McTaggart James, Collins Janice, MacConnell Mary Pat, Wallace Lesley, Diamond Catherine, , , MacAulay Liz, Shaw Nicky, Gill Catriona, Johnston Kathleen; (2020)

Research

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Professional Activities

: Participant; 22/2/2025
: Speaker; 11/2024
: Participant; 25/10/2024
: Participant; 15/10/2024
: Participant; 14/10/2024
: Speaker; 10/2024

Projects

: Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator); This input will focus on how to design an effective learning environment for young children; 03-Jan-2025
: Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator); The training will allow all educators to evaluate current pedagogy before embarking on a journey of change. The initial focus will be the role of the child and how we tailor our teaching to support he needs of the child. Differentiation will be central to the model implemented which will ensure we are meeting the needs of the children.; 15-Jan-2025 - 04-Jan-2025
: Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator); This presentation outlined the main points to consider to implement play within each setting. The design and mechanics of the environment were explored in depth to support changes to pedagogy. Examples from my own work in the field were shared throughout.; 14-Jan-2024
: Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator); This keynote was delivered to the Fraserburgh Cluster to explore the importance of play for young children. Small cases studies were shared from my own work in the filed of early years.; 14-Jan-2024
: Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator); The twilight training will support staff across the early years to implement play pedagogy. Included in the training is 3 support visits to focus on improving both teaching and learning for all children.
Income 拢2875; 30-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
: Grogan, Deirdre (Principal Investigator); This is the second phase of the training which will connect to the previous inputs on play pedagogy. Key focus on play progression, links to literacy, children's voice in planning and getting it right for every child.
Support visits are scheduled to allow for individual support and discussion.; 21-Jan-2024 - 27-Jan-2025

Contact

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Ms Deirdre Grogan
Professor Of Practice
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Email: d.grogan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8055

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