RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CAREER GOALS
My research interests are education policy, educational measurement, and teachers’ work. I am interested in using methods that integrate participants’ voices and quantitative analysis. My aim is to work researching the marketization of education, creativity education and how school policy is experienced by teachers.
EDUCATION
PhD in Education, Centre for Research in Educational Leadership and Management
University of Nottingham, UK (graduated July 2019)
MEd in Educational Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics and Assessment
University of Illinois – Chicago, USA (2014)
BME in Music Education with teacher certification, Summa cum laude
Western Illinois University, USA (2006)
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Winchip, E., Stevenson, H. & Milner, A. (2019) Measuring privatisation in education: methodological challenges and possibilities. Educational Review, 71(1), 81-100. Link to full text
Reports
Medwell, J., Cooker, L., Bailey, L. & Winchip, E. (2017). The impact of the PYP exhibition on the development of international mindedness, critical thinking and attributes of the learner profile. International Baccalaureate Organization: Bethesda, MD. Link to full text
Stevenson, H., Hagger-Vaughan, L., Milner, A. & Winchip, E. (2017). Education and Training Policy in the European Semester: public investment, public policy, social dialogue and privatisation patterns across Europe. European Trade Union Committee for Education: Brussels. Link to full text
Stevenson, H., Shah, S., Cooker, L., Bailey, L., Winchip, E. & Karak, M. (2017). The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) implementation in the United Arab Emirates. International Baccalaureate Organization: Bethesda, MD. Link to full text
Book Chapters
Stevenson H., Milner A., Winchip E. and Hagger-Vaughan L. (in press) Education policy and the European Semester: Challenging soft power in hard times in L. Tett and M. Hamilton (2019) Resisting neoliberalism in education: local, national and transnational perspectives. Bristol: The Policy Press.
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
Journal Articles
Winchip, E. (under review) The Business Influences on Teachers’ Work in the United Arab Emirates. The Gulf Comparative Education and Development Review. Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Manuscript reviewer, Gulf Comparative Education and Development Review
Manuscript reviewer, Professional Development in Education – Reviewed articles on quantitative analysis of workstyle attributes for instructional coaching (2019), using Exploratory Factor Analysis to analyze the effectiveness of Universal Design for Learning training (2018/9), scale of intervention team effectiveness (2018), English language teacher training programs abroad (2018) and the psychometric properties of a professional learning survey (2018)
The Music Commission Research Reference Group for Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Member of the reference group consulting the design of music progression research. London, UK (2017 – 2018)
International Moderator in Music for the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) (2011 – 2015). Evaluated the assessment and delivery of the Middle Years’ Programme (MYP)
Faculty Advisory Committee Member at The American International School in Kuwait (2011 – 2012). Advocated for housing and employment-related issues for international teaching staff
Curriculum Writer for The American International School in Kuwait (PYP and MYP) (2009 – 2013)
Music Textbook Adoption Committee, Salem-Keizer School District, USA (2006 – 2007)
SUCCESSFUL RESARCH BIDS
2019 – European Trade Union Committee for Education – Your Turn! Teachers for trade union renewal. Work to begin in 2019
2016 – 2017 European Trade Union Committee for Education – Professional Development Education Trade Unions for the Teaching Profession: Strengthening the capacity of education trade unions to represent teachers’ professional needs in social dialogue. Link to Project Website Grant amount – £11,500
2016 – U21 Graduate Innovation Project and Research Project, blog and podcast http://www.raisingvoicesineducation.org Grant amount – €5,000
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
National Union of Teachers (NUT) Member and Representative Engagement Survey. Designed items and analyzed results for scales of union engagement. London, UK (2017)
Visiting Scholar, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research. Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (2016 – 2017)
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, University of Nottingham, UK (2016 – )
Primary Music Teacher, GEMS World Academy – Dubai, UAE (2013 – 2015)
Secondary Music Teacher, The American International School in Kuwait (2009 – 2013)
Music Teacher, Salem-Keizer School District, Salem, Oregon, USA (2006 – 2009)
STATISTICAL SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES
SPSS and AMOS
Winsteps and Facets (Rasch analysis)
MSP5 (Mokken scale analysis)
SAS
HLM7
R
CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2018 Measuring the Business Influences on Teachers’ Work
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Balzano, Italy
2018 Negotiating ‘Voice’ in the Space Between: Using digital platforms for transformative and transnational knowledge production
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Balzano, Italy
2018 The Business Influences on Teachers’ Work
American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (AERA), New York, USA
2018 The Voice of Teachers in For-Profit Schools
Gulf Comparative Education Society Symposium, Ras al Khaimah, UAE
2017 Challenging Teacher Workload: An analysis of discourses of individual and collective action in trade union policy
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 The Voices of Teachers in For-Profit International Schools
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Education Policy, the EU and the European Semester: Soft policy in hard times. at the European
Educational Research Conference (ECER), Copenhagen, Denmark (contributing author)
2017 Feminist Research and Quantitative Methods: Is there a conflict?
Gender and Education Association (GEA) conference, London, UK
2017 Self-Determination Theory and Teachers’ Experiences
Rasch Users UK Annual Meeting, Coventry, UK
2016 Developing a Feminist Quantitative Approach to Educational Research
European Educational Research Conference (ECER), Dublin, Ireland
2016 Rasch Measurement as a Feminist Quantitative Approach
Rasch Users UK Annual Meeting, Durham, UK
2014 Analyzing the School Inspection Instrument of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) in Dubai
European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
Special Interest Group for Educational Evaluation, Accountability, and School Improvement, Bielefeld, Germany
2013 Examining Assessment Practices of the IB MYP Using a Many-Facet Rasch Model
European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Junior Researchers Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS
The Voice of Teachers in Schools – Workshop Facilitator
MENA Teachers’ Summit – Dubai, UAE (2018)
Soft Power in Hard Times – Survey analysis and results
Critical Education Policy and Leadership Research Interest Group of BELMAS, Nottingham, UK (2017)
The Experiences of Teachers in For-Profit International Schools
Three Minute Thesis Finals – University of Nottingham, LINK conference (2017)
Business Influences on Teachers’ Work in the UAE
Al Qasimi Foundation Majlis Series Lecture, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (2017)
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Teaching Licensure – K-12 General and Instrumental Music Education, Oregon, USA
HONORS AND AWARDS
University of Nottingham Graduate Travel Prize (2018)
Vice-Chancellors Scholarship for Research Excellence – Full Tuition Scholarship (2015 – 2017)
Western Illinois University Honors Scholar (2001 – 2006)
Music Talent Grant – Full Tuition Scholarship (2001 – 2005)