ECR Coffee Hour Autumn 2026
This ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities, as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it...
Regional Rep
Rebekah Ackroyd, Dr
Senior Lecturer in Education at University of Cumbria
Rebekah Ackroyd is a convenor of the Early Career Researcher Network.
Rebekah is a senior lecturer in education at the University of Cumbria working on postgraduate provision. Her PhD examined how teachers of Religious Education (RE) construct and promote mutual respect and tolerance. A more recent project examined children and their families ideas on decision making about land use, nature and belonging.
Previously, she has taught RE in secondary schools in England, as well as being a learning assistant in a democratic German free school (6-18 yrs), and a teaching assistant. She is interested in diverse approaches to education, home schooling (especially the work of Charlotte Mason), values education, conflict and peace studies, and promoting a love of learning and play. As an ECR, Rebekah is keen on providing collaborative opportunities for learning and development.
Rebekah Ackroyd's contributions
The ECR Journey: Developing Criticality and Confidence: Becoming a Decisive Educational Researcher
Decision making forms a key part of the research trajectory, influencing every stage of the research process from initial concept to dissemination of the findings. This conference focuses on...
ECR Coffee Hour – Autumn
This ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities, as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it...
ECR Coffee Hour – Spring
This ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as get to know a little more about the team behind it. There...
Teaching through Division: Implications for Worldviews and Religious Education
In summer 2024, a stabbing attack in Southport, England, in which three children were killed, triggered riots across the country. These events demand an educational response. Education Secretary...
ECR Coffee Hour – Autumn 2024
This ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as get to know a little more about the team behind it. There...
Can data generation with children be democratic?
The widely cited United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes the importance of children’s rights, including their freedom of expression (article 13). Research and policy...
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Land: what is it for & how do we decide?
A democratic study of children & their families’ perspectives
