Dr Marianna Papadopoulou
Senior Lecturer
School of Social Work, Education and Teacher Education
Senior Lecturer
- Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Miss Nina Montgomery. Supervisor(s): Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Dr Elfneh Bariso. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Exploring the Role of Structured Outdoor Play Settings in Shaping Five-Year-Olds’ Ecological consciousness and Perception of Sustainability through Outdoor Play Practices, Facilitation, and Sustainable Learning Ecosystems in Kent, England. Researcher(s): Mr Abdul Moiz Moiz. Supervisor(s): Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Is there space to support children's socio-emotional wellbeing in primary school? Confronting a three headed monster of competing discourses regarding the role of the primary school teacher.. Researcher(s): Mrs Becca Page. Supervisor(s): Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Like a Circle in A Circle: Towards a new model of Leadership support for Beginning Teachers in England through use of the ‘Person-Plus’ and ‘Complicit Circle’ models. Researcher(s): Mr Dave Dennis. Supervisor(s): Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Dr Robin Precey. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Revisiting my private and professional lived experiences by phenomenologically dwelling in children's fiction. Researcher(s): Mrs Katy Hazelgrove. Supervisor(s): Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Dr Judy Durrant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Severed Threads, Enduring Ties. An Anthropological Exploration of the Competing Imaginaries of Inter-Country Adoption from Ethiopia. Researcher(s): Mrs CHIARA COSTA. Supervisor(s): Dr Ruth Rogers, Dr Jennie Bristow, Professor Adrian Holliday. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Through their own eyes: Black ethnic minority students’ perceptions of socio-racial equality within a case study school. Researcher(s): Mrs Vivian Uzochukwu. Supervisor(s): Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Dr Ruth Rogers. [Postgraduate Research Project]
- Using Wearable Technology to Explore Freedom with Guidance in Outdoor Nursery Environments. Researcher(s): Dr Karen Vincent, Dr Marianna Papadopoulou, Ms Polly Bolshaw. [Project]
- Making the invisible visible: the pedagogical affordances of outdoor learning in a nursery and a primary school Papadopoulou, M., Vincent, K., (2025): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]
- Positionings, agencies and roles in an academic, virtual learning environment: A topology of learning Papadopoulou, M., Welland, H., (2025): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]
- Positionings, agencies and roles in an academic, virtual learning environment: a topology of learning Papadopoulou, M., Welland, H., (2025): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
- Sustainably 'we-searching' early childhood outdoor learning through visual technologies Vincent, K., Papadopoulou, M., CCCU Visual Methodologies and Multimodality Conference. [Conference paper]
- Blended learning: Next steps, new opportunities. An evidence-based review of online and blended learning within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education Durrant, I., Hazeldine, L., Lehane, M., Papadopoulou, M., (2022): Canterbury Christ Church University. [Research report]
- A student, a practitioner or a researcher? An attempt to reconcile the three roles through an undergraduate action research module Papadopoulou, M., (2021): Routledge. [Journal article]
- Whose ‘voice’ is it anyway? The paradoxes of the participatory narrative Papadopoulou, Marianna, Sidorenko, Ewa, (2021): Wiley. [Journal article]
- Supporting the development of early years students’ professional identities through an Action Research programme Papadopoulou, M., (2019): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
- The 'space' of friendship: young children's understandings and expressions of friendship in a reception class Papadopoulou, M., (2015): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
- The ecology of role play: intentionality and cultural evolution Papadopoulou, M., (2013): British Educational Research Association (BERA). [Journal article]
- An instinct to play: an evolutionary approach to pretend play Papadopoulou, M., (2011): Infonomics Society. [Journal article]
- The authority of personal knowledge in the development of critical thinking — a pedagogy of self-reflection Papadopoulou, M., (2015): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
- Being in the world: the event of learning Papadopoulou, M., Birch, R., (2009): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]