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Dr Hugh Busher

Dr Hugh BusherSenior Lecturer in Education

M.Ed (Birmingham), PhD (Leeds)

Tel: 0116 252 3688

Email: hcb5@le.ac.uk

 

Hugh gained extensive experience of teaching in secondary schools before moving into Higher Education. Here at the School of Education, Hugh is a Senior Lecturer and his teaching focuses on research methods for both the MA International Education programme and for our Doctoral programmes.

Hugh is an active member of BERA (British Educational Research Association) and its consultative group. Until 2010 he was co-editor of Improving Schools, a journal published with Sage, a member of the consultative committee for the Department for Education and Science (DfES) project on Raising Minority Ethnic Achievement and a member of the University Council on Education and Training (UCET) Research Committee.

Research

Teaching

Hugh teaches on the MA International Education on the following modules:

  • Core Module 2- Introduction to Educational Research Methods

He also teaches Research Methods to Doctoral students.

Hugh’s teaching interests lie in the following areas:

  • The construction and sustaining of learning communities in education as well as topics on power, micro-politics and culture.
  • Students’ and teachers voices identities and the influence of them on and from school communities.
  • The ethics of research, the use of online and visual methods, especially in qualitative research.

Selected Recent Publications

Busher, H. Lawson, T. Wilkins, C. Acun, I. (2011) Pedagogy, empowerment and discipline: Comparative perspectives of novice teachers in England and Turkey reflecting on 'the other', COMPARE  First e-Published on: 18 February 2011,  41 (3), May 2011

Busher, H. Wilkins, C. Lawson, T. (2011) Student Teacher Exchange Programmes and their Contribution to Critical International Perspectives on Education, Research in Comparative and International Education


Cremin, H.  Mason, C.  Busher, H. (2010) Problematising pupil voice using visual methods: Findings from a study of engaged and disaffected pupils in an urban secondary school, British Educational Research Journal, First e-Published on: 21 May 2010


Wilkins, C. Busher, H. Lawson, T. Acun, I. Göz, N. L. (2010) European citizenship and EU expansion: Perspectives on Europeanness and Citizenship Education from Britain and Turkey, European Educational Research Journal, 9 (4) 444 - 456