Dr Sarah Christie

Research Projects

• ‘An investigation to explore how gentle teaching can be embedded and sustained in a school culture.’. Researcher(s): Mr Paul Gorham. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Judy Durrant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• 'Co-production confusion: An exploration of parent and SENCO experiences of participatory decision-making in the management of Education, Health and Care plans.'. Researcher(s): Ms Lorna Hughes. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Sue Soan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• A tender cut: The parents’ voice. How parents of autistic adolescents, without intellectual disability (‘ID’), who self-harm and have suicide ideation, navigate and access support for themselves as parents.. Researcher(s): Ms Janine Hamilton. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Alison Ekins. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• An alchemical inquiry into the experience of embodying the wise woman archetype. Researcher(s): Ms Debra Deaville. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Simon Wilson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• An Exploration of Initial Teacher Education in Special Educational Needs and Disability: A Qualitative Case Study of an Algerian context.. Researcher(s): Ms Zineb Boudiba. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr John-Paul Riordan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mrs LORNA LINTON-HEMMINGS. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Ruth Rogers. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Is my mind my own? Inside managing self-diagnosed insomnia in a mixed economy: A critical autoethnography. Researcher(s): Mrs Anne Martin. Supervisor(s): Professor Douglas MacInnes, Dr Sarah Christie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Preventing and countering CSE in SE Kent school-based peer mentorship schemes. Researcher(s): Professor Robin Bryant, Dr Sarah Christie, Mr Rob Heaton, Dr Katarina Ozcakir Mozova, Ms Becky Thomson. [Project report]
• Romanian students' experiences at UK universities: student experience and perception of ''valuable'' education. Researcher(s): Miss Alex Sivriu. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Sarah Christie. [Postgraduate Research Project]

• First in family to attend University: understanding and enabling the parent-child support relationship Ms Joanna Apps, Dr Sarah Christie, (2018): International Journal About Parents in Education. [Journal article]
• Positivist scientific exploration – can universal truths and grand narratives be discovered in research about human beings? Dr Sarah Christie, (2015), The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care.. Abingdon. [Book chapter]
• The experience of pregnancy and early parenting for women who are addicted to heroin Dr Sarah Christie, Shanghai Baoshan Education Bureau Conference in Early Childhood Education. [Speech]
• Theorizing the relationship between UK schools and migrant parents of Eastern European origin: the parents’ perspective Dr Sarah Christie, (2015): The International Journal about Parents in Education. [Journal article]
• A preliminary report exploring the need for and development of a coherent Personal and Social Education curriculum Professor Bob Bowie, Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Alan Bainbridge, J. Barnes, Professor Alex Hassett, S. Powell, Dr Sally Robinson, Canterbury Christ Church University. [Report]
• Intentional psychology, accidental biography: using a post hoc lens of biography to view the development of a psychological theory of learning and evolution during simultaneous life transitions of becoming a mother and recovering from heroin addiction. Dr Sarah Christie, ESREA Life History and Biographic Research Network Conference. [Conference paper]