Lecturer in Education
Education 4T29, RG Bomont, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I am Lecturer in Education and programme lead for the MSc Education at the University of Stirling.
Previously, I have taught and led on programmes relating to educational theory and practice, childhood studies, social change, and post-14 teacher training.
My PhD explored posthuman approaches to the curriculum and demonstrated how philosophy and artistic practice can be employed as a navigational tool to rethink and re-imagine education for the 21st century and beyond. It can be found here: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/160080/
I am a guest tutor on the annual Posthuman Summer School (University of Utrecht) and currently editing a special issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry on posthuman education (University of Alberta).
I am currently external examiner for BA Studies in Primary Education at Newman University and BA Action on Poverty and Hardship at Staffordshire University.
Posthuman and new materialist approaches to education, anti-fascist pedaogies and curriculum, democratic education and social justice, inter-and transdisciplinary learning.
Book Chapter
Posthumanism, Disability and Physical Education
Sidebottom K & Bancroft K (2026) Posthumanism, Disability and Physical Education. In: Maher AJ, Haegele JA & Coates J (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452942
Confidential Report
Millen A, Arora V, Matthews B, Mycroft HL & Sidebottom K (2026) A novel community philosophy approach to understanding public perceptions around the use of technology in the criminal justice system.. National Crime Agency.
Article
Walker R & Sidebottom K (2025) If you tolerate mis(ogyny), then fascisms will be next: rewriting the classroom script through affirmative ethics. Gender and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2025.2568406
Book Chapter
Challen C & Sidebottom K (2024) Thinking, Alternatively: The Application of Art, Philosophy and Holistic Practice in the Teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In: Ashraf MA, Tsegay SM & Meltzoff K (eds.) STEM Education - Recent Developments and Emerging Trends. Education and Human Development. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.114039
Project Report
Public Perceptions on the use of Technology in the Criminal Justice System
Millen A, Sidebottom K, Aurora V, Mycroft L & Matthews B (2024) Public Perceptions on the use of Technology in the Criminal Justice System. Crucible.
Article
[Birdsong]: Pedagogies of Attunement and Surrender with More-than-Human Teachers
Sidebottom K & Mycroft L (2024) [Birdsong]: Pedagogies of Attunement and Surrender with More-than-Human Teachers. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 40 (2), pp. 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2024.15
Article
Smith JB, Klumbytė G, Sidebottom K, Dillard‐Wright J, Willis E, Brown BB & Hopkins‐Walsh J (2024) We all care, ALL the time. Nursing Inquiry, 31 (1), Art. No.: e12572. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12572
Article
Sidebottom K & Carlyle D (2023) From Reflection to Diffraction: What Toto Teaches Us About “Thinking-With” Multispecies Companions in Education. Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry, 14 (2), pp. 8-21. https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29674
Book Chapter
Sidebottom K & Shukie P (2021) ''Dwelling in the dissolve...'' Towards transdisciplinary posthuman pedagogies for complex times: Pedagogies/Posthumanities/Research Convergences. In: Klumbyte G, Jones E & Braidotti R (eds.) Posthuman Convergences: Transdisciplinary Methods and Practices. Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-posthuman-convergences.html
Article
The sensorium and fleshy schools
Page D & Sidebottom K (2022) The sensorium and fleshy schools. British Educational Research Journal, 48 (4), pp. 771-784. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3793
