Dr Mary Woolley

Research Projects

• “You gotta practise what you preach.” How non-English teachers conceptualise fundamental British values. Researcher(s): Ms Katerina Vackova. Supervisor(s): Dr Gemma Van Vuuren-Cassar, Professor Lynn Revell. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• ‘Catholic Schools, Spiritual Capital and Formation’. Researcher(s): Mrs Ann Pittaway. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Professor Bob Bowie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• ‘Spirituality in Church of England Secondary Schools’. Researcher(s): Mrs Fran Bailey. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Professor Bob Bowie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• An Investigation of the political education of “vulnerable” students (children).. Researcher(s): Mr Charles Walker-Jopson. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Dr Mary Woolley. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Changes to school based mentoring since 2010. Researcher(s): Mr Alex Diamond. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Professor Bob Bowie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Cultivating deeper interdisciplinary dialogue for sustainability/climate change education (SCCE) across subject boundaries. Researcher(s): Professor Bob Bowie, Dr Mary Woolley, Ms Gill Harrison. [Project]
• Faux radicals: examining how teacher identity is created though the spectacles of inspections and observations. Researcher(s): Mr Joe McClure. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Professor Lynn Revell. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• How do Headteachers establish, articulate and maintain an ethos that provides a compelling vision of Christian faith? An international comparative study of Christian leadership in Schools.. Researcher(s): Mrs Claire Gibson. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Professor Bob Bowie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Listening to the voices of parents & teachers: Collaborative research to understand reasons for and ways in which the primary history curriculum can be diversified.. Researcher(s): Mrs Clare Stow. Supervisor(s): Dr Mary Woolley, Professor Bob Bowie. [Postgraduate Research Project]

• Enquiry through time: a review of the use of the term 'enquiry' across four decades of the professional journal Teaching History Woolley, M., (2024), History Education and Historical Enquiry. Charlotte, NC: IAP. [Book chapter]
• Making sense of big questions that require multiple subjects: preliminary theorisation of an integrative philosophy of knowledge and empirical indications of a lack of subject connection within school curricula Bowie, R. A., Aantjes, R., Woolley, M., Hulbert, S., Revell, L., Thomas, C., Riordan, J., (01 Oct 2024): Springer Nature. [Journal article]
• Multimodal classroom interaction analysis using video-based methods of the pedagogical tactic of (un)grouping Riordan, J., Revell, L., Bowie, B., Hulbert, S., Woolley, M., Thomas, C., (29 Feb 2024): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Nexus researching church toddler groups Casson, A., Pittaway, A., Woolley, M., Watts, T., Clemmey, K., Kemp, N., Bowie, B., (21 Feb 2024). Canterbury: National Institute for Christian Education Research (NICER). [Research report]
• Teachers’ use of questions and the science – religion encounter: Basil Bernstein and the impossibility of the unthinkable Revell, L., Bowie, R. A., Woolley, M., Riordan, J.: Springer, La Salle Academy. [Journal article]
• Paying attention to the spiritual flourishing of young children in church toddler groups: a scoping study evaluating the feasibility of a research study in this context Casson, A., Woolley, M., Pittaway, Ann, Watts, Tansy, Kemp, Nicola, Bowie, B., Clemmey, Katie, Aantjes, R., (09 Feb 2023): MDPI AG. [Journal article]
• Prioritising a sense of belonging within the rural nexus: An empirical study of five rural church primary schools Casson, A., Woolley, M., Hulbert, S., Bowie, R. A., (10 Oct 2023): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Pupil-centred spiritual leadership: an empirical study of thirteen church primary school headteachers in England Eisl, Ursula, Woolley, M., Hulbert, Sabina, Casson, Ann, Bowie, Robert A., (16 Feb 2023, 16 Feb 2023): Informa UK Limited. [Journal article]
• Science religion encounters, epistemic trespass, neighbourliness and overlapping domains: theorisation and quantitative evidence of extent Bowie, R., Aantjes, R., Woolley, M., Hulbert, S., Thomas, C., Revell, L., Riordan, J., (28 Oct 2023): Springer Nature. [Journal article]
• Teachers' perspectives on the relationship between secondary school departments of science and religious education: independence or mutual enrichment? Woolley, M., Bowie, R. A., Hulbert, S., Thomas, C., Riordan, J., Revell, L., (02 Nov 2023): Wiley. [Journal article]
• Using video and multimodal classroom interaction analysis to investigate how information, misinformation, and disinformation influence pedagogy Riordan, J., Revell, L., Bowie, B., Thomas, C., Woolley, M., Hulbert, S., (29 Aug 2023): Brill. [Journal article]
• Science and RE teachers' perspectives on the purpose of RE on the secondary school curriculum in England Woolley, M., Bowie, R. A., Hulbert, S., Thomas, C., Riordan, J., Revell, L., (14 Nov 2022, 14 Nov 2022): Wiley. [Journal article]
• Teachers' lived experience: voices of history teachers on the English National Curriculum Woolley, M., (01 Nov 2022), International Encyclopedia of Education: Elsevier. [Book chapter]
• Understanding and explaining pedagogical problem solving: a video-based grounded theory study of classroom pedagogy Riordan, J., Revell, L., Bowie, B., Woolley, M., Hulbert, S., Thomas, Caroline, (16 Nov 2021, 02 Oct 2023): Informa UK Limited. [Journal article]
• Faith in the nexus: Church schools and children’s exploration of faith in the home: A NICER research study of twenty church primary schools in England Casson, A., Hulbert, S., Woolley, M., Bowie, R. A., (18 Nov 2020). Canterbury: Canterbury Christ Church University. [Research report]
• Teaching history in a neoliberal age: policy, agency and teacher voice Woolley, M., (Sep 2019). Abingdon: Routledge. [Book]
• Experiencing the history National Curriculum 1991-2011: voices of veteran teachers Woolley, M., (17 Dec 2018): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• The attitudes and perceptions of beginning teachers in relation to teaching controversial and sensitive issues in the history classroom Woolley, M.. [Journal article]
• The guided reader to teaching and learning history, (19 Sep 2013). London: Routledge. [Book]