Educational Research Projects by Dr Amy Smail

Enhancing Primary Education

Enhancing Secondary Education

Enhancing Secondary Education

Rediscovering the teacher within Indian child-centred pedagogy: implications for the global Child-Centred Approach in the context of higher education research.

Ethnic, national, and African consciousness: lessons learned from Ghanaian teachers about decolonising citizenship(s)

‘Knowing your roots’: Primary school teachers’ understandings

Rediscovering the teacher within Indian child-centred pedagogy: implications for the global Child-Centred Approach in the context of higher education research.

Ethnic, national, and African consciousness: lessons learned from Ghanaian teachers about decolonising citizenship(s)

‘Knowing your roots’: Primary school teachers’ understandings of citizenship and the role of African Indigeneity in Accra, Ghana,

Enhancing Secondary Education

Enhancing Secondary Education

Enhancing Secondary Education

· Teaching of the British Empire, Migration and Belonging (IOE, UCL)

· Case Study Research:

· Seven Insights from Seven Schools, which contribute to our understanding of primary education pedagogy.

· Pedagogy of History Teaching

· Student Voice (Key Stages 3-5) helps evaluate secondary education.

· Secondary and higher education in th

· Teaching of the British Empire, Migration and Belonging (IOE, UCL)

· Case Study Research:

· Seven Insights from Seven Schools, which contribute to our understanding of primary education pedagogy.

· Pedagogy of History Teaching

· Student Voice (Key Stages 3-5) helps evaluate secondary education.

· Secondary and higher education in the post 2015 framework (UCL, IOE)

· Rapid Improvement in Secondary Schools (Educational Development Trust)

· Youth-led Enquiry into British Identity and Belonging

Enhancing Higher Education

Enhancing Higher Education

Enhancing Higher Education

·Changing the Culture: Tackling Gender-based Harassment, Sexual Violence and Hate-Crime Two Years On (UniversitiesUK)

Bridging the Gap: Enabling effective UK-African university partnerships (UCL IOE)

PhD Students' Evaluations of Researcher Development Programmes (University of Cambridge)

Advisory Roles

Enhancing Higher Education

Enhancing Higher Education

·BAICE Ordinary Member (Executive Committee)

·Advisory Member of the Nuffield Foundation funded project 'Evaluating the DFE Fundamental British Values' (University of Oxford/UCL project), contributing to higher education research.

·BERA Special Interest Group: History 'Best Presentation', Annual Conference (2025), focusing on primary education pedagogy and secondary education evaluation.