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Dr Paula-Jane Rothermel AFBPsS FRSA Tel:
01245223529 Mobile 07902993942 Email: p.j.rothermel@dunelm.org.uk Web Address: http://www.pjrothermel.com/ |
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CURRICULUM VITAE |
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HIGHER
EDUCATION |
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1996 - 2002 |
University of Durham Ph.D. |
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1994 -
1996 |
The Open University B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology |
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The Open University Post Graduate Diploma in Psychology
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1995 -
1996 |
Manchester University Certificate in Education (16+), |
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1984 -
1988 |
Slade School of Art, University
College London B.A.
(Hons) Fine Art [with Russian] |
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awards |
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2003 -
2007 |
Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC)
Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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1984 |
University College London
Scholarship Special
Entrance Award |
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Employment |
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2003- |
Expert Witness at Court & Expert
Reports As an Educational Psychologist, I provide
single & joint expert reports and assessments for court, relating to
home-educated children and their families. I also provide reports for
families and local authorities. I am a registered Expert Witness (with Law
Society accredited training), and Chartered Psychologist. I have over 10
years of experience with home-educating families and their children and have
conducted hundreds of assessments and many interviews with the families. As
my bibliography below shows, I have written, published and spoken extensively
on the subject. |
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2003-2007 |
University of Durham and Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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2003-2004 |
University of Durham Thesis co-supervisor on the M.A. Dissertation module. |
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2003- |
The Open University Associate Lecturer Mentor |
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1997 - |
The Open University Associate Lecturer,
level 2, 60 point
module 'Child Development' (ED209). Duties: delivering tutorials and marking students'
monthly assignments. |
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2002- |
The Open University External examiner/script marker on the level 2, 60 point module 'Child Development' (ED209). |
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2002 |
The Open
University Assistant Staff Tutor (p/t), Faculty of
Education and Language Studies |
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1999 - 2000 |
University of Durham, Stockton Campus Lecturer (p/t),
2nd year BA double module 'Childhood
& the Arts'.
Duties: convening, writing and delivering the module; designing and
marking summative assessments - research project and exam. |
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University of Durham, Stockton Campus Contributing Lecturer (p/t), 2nd year BA modules
'Representation in the Arts' and 'Intercultural Perspectives'.
Duties: contributing practical sessions to the modules. |
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1998 - 1999 |
University of Durham, Stockton Campus Lecturer (p/t),
2nd year BA module 'Learning in Early Childhood'. Duties: writing and co-delivering the module,
co-writing/marking exam scripts. |
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1997 - 1998 |
University of Durham Module Tutor (p/t), BA(Ed), 'Education in Practice'.
Duties: taking classes and marking first year undergraduate exam scripts. |
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Affiliation
and Membership of Professional Bodies |
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2007 |
Elected Associate
Fellow of the British Psychological Society |
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2007 |
Chartered
Scientist (Csci) designation conferred on behalf of the Science Council |
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2005 |
Society of Expert
Witnesses |
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2004 |
Expert Witness
Institute |
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2003 |
Chartered
Psychologist |
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2002 |
British Education
Research Association (BERA) |
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2001 |
Elected Fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). |
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2000 |
Association For Child Psychology And
Psychiatry (ACPP) |
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1996 |
British Psychological
Society (GBR) |
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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2004-2007 |
Cardiff University Bond
Solon Certificate of Expert Witness (CUBS) Programme. |
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2004 |
Founder member of the
International Home Education Research Network, a group of over 50 academics from across the globe
sharing research and discussion on issues relating to home education |
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2004 |
Associate Lecturer
Development and Accreditation Pathway (ALDAP) Enrolled on the OU
Staff Development course leading to membership of the ILTHE |
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2003 |
Manchester
Children's Hospital Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy with children workshop, Association
For Child Psychology And Psychiatry (ACPP) |
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2002 |
Institute of Education Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy three day workshop, The
Centre For Cognitive Therapy. |
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1997-2002 |
The Open University Training days in Distance
Tutoring, Working with Special Needs, Exam Marking, Associate Lecturer Skills
and The Retention Project. |
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1996 |
University of Durham Workshops: Research Methods; Quantitative
Studies; Presentation Skills.. |
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1996 |
Manchester University D33, D34
Assessors Award. |
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1996 |
Institute of Linguists Professional
Diploma (Spanish). |
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Bibliography |
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ROTHERMEL, P.
(1998) 'Home-education: a
critical evaluation'. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society
1998 Annual Education Conference, University of Exeter. |
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Rothermel, P. (1998) 'Schooling arrests pupil progress'. Times Educational Supplement (TES),
UK: Letters Page. 16th
October. |
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Rothermel, P. (1999) 'Home education: a critical evaluation'. Advisory
Centre for Education (ACE). June
No. 89. |
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Rothermel, P. (1999) 'A Study Of Home-Education: Early Indications And Wider
Implications'. Education now.
Summer, no. 24. |
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Rothermel, P. (1999) 'A Study Of Home-Education: Early Indications And Wider
Implications'. Schoolhouse Home Education News. Summer. Dundee: SHEA. |
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ROTHERMEL, P.
(1999) 'Home-Education: a critical
evaluation involving 36 families with at least one child aged 4 years'. Paper presented at the 'New directions for Primary
Education' Conference, Association for the Study of Primary Education
(ASPE), St Martin's College, Ambleside. March. |
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ROTHERMEL, P.
(1999) 'Home-education: a critical evaluation'. Paper
accepted at the British Psychological Society 1999 Annual Conference,
The Waterfront Hall, Belfast. April. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2000) Children's learning and play outside school: a sty
of home-education. Conference paper
presented at the Play Conference, NEC Birmingham. Association for Child
Psychology and Psychiatry. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2000) 'The Third Way in Education: Thinking the
Unthinkable'. Education 3-13. March. UK. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2000) 'Home-Education:
start and end of 'Reception Year' assessments (PIPS) involving a national
sample'. Conference paper accepted at the XXVII International Congress of Psychology
Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Rothermel,
P. J. (2000) 'Children's Learning Outside
School: home-education a critical review' Conference paper presented at the
'Education for Social Democracies: changing forms and sites' An international
conference organised by the Culture Communication and Societies Academic
Group. Institute of Education, 3-5th July 2000 |
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Rothermel,
P. J. (2000) 'The Third Way in Education:
Thinking the Unthinkable within an International Arena'. Conference Paper
(poster) accepted at the International Association for Cross-Cultural
Psychology (IACCP) Conference in Pultusk, Poland 16th-21st July 2000. |
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Rothermel, P. (2001) 'A Nationwide Study Of Home-Education'. 25 Years of home-based
education: Research, Reviews, and Case Material. Education now. |
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Rothermel,
P. and Fiddy, A.
(2001) The
law on home-education. ChildRIGHT. Essex:
Children's Legal Centre. November. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2002) Home-Education: Aims, Practices and Outcomes. Paper presented at the Education
Otherwise (25Years) Conference. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2002) Home-Education: Aims, Practices and Outcomes. Paper
presented at the Annual BERA 2002 Conference, Exeter. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2002) Home-Education:
Rationales, Practices and Outcomes. PhD Dissertation, University of
Durham, 2002. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2003) Psychosocial
Assessment of Home-Educated Children. Paper presented at the Annual
BERA 2003 Conference, Edinburgh. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2004) Home-Education: comparison of home and school
educated children on PIPS Baseline Assessments. Journal of Early Childhood Research,
Spring 2004. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2004)
Home-Educated
Children: Academic Assessments With Children Aged Between 4 and 10 Years. Paper
submitted to BERJ - resubmission requested. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2004)
Home-Education: comparison of home and school educated children on PIPS
Baseline Assessments. Conference paper presented at the 14th EECERA
Conference 2004: 'Quality in Early Childhood Education',
Malta. 1 to
4 September. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2004)
Home-education: Friend or Foe? A Global Perspective.
Symposium main paper presented at the Annual BERA Conference, 2004,
Manchester. |
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Rothermel, P. (2005) Can we classify motives
for home education? Evaluation and Research in Education, 17(2)(3). |
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Galloway, D. M. and Rothermel, P. (2005) (Eds.) Special Issue on Home-education. Evaluation
and Research in Education, 17(2)(3). |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2006) Social Skills of
Home-Educated Children. Paper in preparation. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2006) Home-Educated Children: a
comparative approach using the RRS and SDQ. Paper in preparation for
submission to the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2006) Home Educated Children's Social Wellbeing.Conference Paper to be presented ECER Geneva 2006. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2007) Home Education. Encyclopaedia of Educational Psychology. Sage. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2007) Home-Educated Children: a
portrait. Conference Paper presented in Estonia The Estonian Centre for Home Education Annual Conference. |
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Rothermel, P. J. (2007) Home Education: A Desperately Dangerous Notion? Conference Paper to be presented ECER Ghent 2007. |
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TV &
Radio Interviews |
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08-01-99 |
Radio Cleveland 'Bullying' (speaking as a guest) |
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01-99 |
BBC Radio Newcastle 'Home -education' (speaking as a guest) |
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05-09-00 |
BBC Look North (TV) 'Home-education' BBC Interviewed by John Lawrence, Organised by
Sharon Pratt |
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07-09-00 |
BBC Television News 24 'Home-education' - BBC 2 |
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07-09-00 |
BBC Radio Scotland, 'Della'
'Home-education' |
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08-12-00 |
BBC Radio 4, You and
Yours 'Home-education' - Interviewed by Simon Cancy. Guests Paula Rothermel and Prof. Ted
Wragg. |
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02-08-04 |
BBC Radio 4, You and
Yours 'Home-education' - Interviewed by Winifred Robinson. |
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11-04-06 |
BBC Look North (TV) 'Home-education' BBC |
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11-04-06 |
BBC RADIO Hull Breakfast
Show |
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10. |
23-09-06 |
Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show, 0720 |
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Newspapers Articles
mentioning my research |
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25-09-98 |
Budge, D. (1998) 'All's well on home front'. Times Educational Supplement (TES), UK. 25th September. London. |
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30-07-99 |
Bunting, C. (1999) 'Working class five-year-olds who are educated at
home out perform their middle class counterparts' Times Education Supplement. 30th July. London. |
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10-11-00 |
Williams, E. (2000) 'Home rules, OK?' Times Education Supplement. 10th November. London. |
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14-08-00 |
Hill, A. (2000) 'Children taught at home learn more: Youngsters of
all social classes do better if they avoid school, study discovers. Education
Unlimited, The Observer, 13th August. London. |
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04-09-02 |
Garavelli, D. (2002) ' A class of their own'. Scotland on Sunday.
4th September. London. |
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11-10-02 |
Douglas, A. (2002) 'School's out for ever'. The Guardian. 11th September. London. |
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05-11-02 |
Curtis, P.
(2002) 'Study highlights benefits
of home learning'. Education Guardian. 5th October. Available [online]
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,804926,00.html |
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12-09-03 |
Hastings, S. (2003)
'Home schooling: Did You Know?' Times
Education Supplement 12th September.
London. |
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30-08-04 |
Blair, A. (2004) Teachers want curbs on home-education.
The Times. July 30. |
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29-16-06 |
Money,
R. (2006)
Learning the Hard Way? The Big Issue in Scotland. June 29-July 5th
Issue 586. |
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11. |
02-07-06 |
Scott,
C.
(2006) 'Too
cool for school'. The Sunday Times.
London: UK. 2nd July |
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12. |
09.02.07 |
Mulholland, S. (2007) Home Education. Junior Magazine. London: UK
March edition |
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PARLIAMENTARY
Debates mentioning the work of Dr Rothermel |
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13-05-03 |
Home-education
Adjournment Debate, Westminster Hall.
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2. |
04-05-04 |
Home-education
Adjournment Debate, Westminster Hall.
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