Maureen K. Michael is an interdisciplinary academic with expertise as artist, social scientist and educator applied to contemporary practice issues in professional education and academia.
Working previously as an independent consultant with public sector arts organisations, Dr Michael (she/her) brings a distinctive professional profile that enriches our research environment and academic culture.
Programme Co-Director for the MSc Professional Education and Leadership (see Teaching).
Vice President Secretary, Visual Sociology Research Committee of the International Sociological Association
General Teaching Council Scotland
The General Teaching Council for Scotland
Scottish Educational Research Association
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research Culture Award 2020
Research Culture Award - Multiple Nominee
Research Culture Award - Outstanding Research Mentor 2024
Staff Recognition Award 2017
Dr Michael uses art and photography to discover how teachers and other professionals learn. Recently she led an exciting collage-based project that explored how teachers support students from all backgrounds to succeed in school. Dr Michael also helps researchers worldwide find creative ways to write about their discoveries. Like a detective with a camera, Dr Michael studies how objects and environments affect learning and then uses her insights to challenge unfair professional practices.
A Visual Study of Professional Learning in Closing the Poverty-Related Attainment Gap
PI: Dr Maureen Michael
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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British Academy Writing Workshop
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Editorial
Editorial: Giving Voice to Applied Linguistics from the Global South
Viana V, Stickler U & Michael MK (2021) Editorial: Giving Voice to Applied Linguistics from the Global South. System, 96, Art. No.: 102423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102423
Article
Drawing Relationally for an Ethnography of Practice
Michael MK (2020) Drawing Relationally for an Ethnography of Practice. Ethnography and Education, 15 (3), pp. 270-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2020.1739544
Authored Book
Michael M & Murray R (2019) The Joy of Writing [The Joy of Writing - A Collaboration of Image and Text]. Lochwinnoch, Scotland: Anchorage Educational Services. https://roomforwriting.co.uk/the-joy-of-writing/
Article
Repositioning artistic practices: a sociomaterial view
Michael MK (2019) Repositioning artistic practices: a sociomaterial view. Studies in Continuing Education, 41 (3), pp. 277-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2018.1473357
Conference Paper (unpublished)
A Visual Study of an Academic Writing Skills Workshop – an Example from Brazil
Michael M (2019) A Visual Study of an Academic Writing Skills Workshop – an Example from Brazil. 2019 SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, Wales, 11.12.2019-13.12.2019. https://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2019/downloads/SRHE_ARC_Abstracts_2019.pdf
Conference Paper (unpublished)
How to Analyse Relationally - Trace A Photograph
Michael M (2019) How to Analyse Relationally - Trace A Photograph. 3rd European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 13.02.2019-15.02.2019.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
The Pedagogy of Installation: Engaging a Public in Distasteful Learning
Michael M (2018) The Pedagogy of Installation: Engaging a Public in Distasteful Learning., 15.07.2018-21.07.2018.
Article
Watson C & Michael MK (2016) Translations of policy and shifting demands of teacher professionalism: from CPD to professional learning. Journal of Education Policy, 31 (3), pp. 259-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2015.1092053
Article
Curriculum Development Through Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry
Drew V, Priestley M & Michael MK (2016) Curriculum Development Through Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 1 (1), pp. 92-106. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdf/10.1108/JPCC-09-2015-0006; https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-09-2015-0006
Thesis
Precarious Practices: Artists, Work and Knowing-in-practice
Michael MK (2015) Precarious Practices: Artists, Work and Knowing-in-practice. Doctor of Philosophy. University of Stirling. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21879
Book Chapter
Matters of Learning and Education: Sociomaterial approaches in ethnographic research
Fenwick T, Doyle S, Michael MK & Scoles J (2015) Matters of Learning and Education: Sociomaterial approaches in ethnographic research. In: Bollig S, Honig M, Neumann S & Seele C (eds.) MultiPluriTrans in Educational Ethnography: Approaching the Multimodality, Plurality and Translocality of Educational Realities. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript Verlag/Columbia University Press, pp. 141-162. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/multipluritrans-in-educational-ethnography/9783837627725
Research Report
ArtHunter - Research Report: Mobilising new experiences for museum staff and visitors’
Michael MK (2014) ArtHunter - Research Report: Mobilising new experiences for museum staff and visitors’. Digitial R&D Fund for the Arts. http://artsdigitalrnd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CReATeS_ResearchReport_NationalGalleriesScotland.pdf
Book Chapter
Material and Aesthetic Tensions Within Arts-Based Educational Research: Drawing Woodpaths
Michael MK & Munday I (2014) Material and Aesthetic Tensions Within Arts-Based Educational Research: Drawing Woodpaths. In: Smeyers P & Dapaepe M (eds.) Educational Research: Material Culture and its representation. Educational Research, 8. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 145-162. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-03083-8_10
Website Content
CReATeS - Consortium for Research into Arts and Technology in Scotland
Squires C, Eikhof DR, Fenwick T, Ray Murray P, Grindle M, Millar F, Mackenzie N, Michael MK, Berridge S, Beech N, Greig G & Carter S (2012) CReATeS - Consortium for Research into Arts and Technology in Scotland. 2012. http://www.creates.stir.ac.uk/
Article
An Image of Possibility: Illustrating a Pedagogic Encounter with Culture
Michael MK (2011) An Image of Possibility: Illustrating a Pedagogic Encounter with Culture. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 30 (3), pp. 340-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-8070.2011.01727.x
Book Chapter
Doors to Knowhow: Art-Based Research Practice in Pedagogical Inquiry
Michael MK (2009) Doors to Knowhow: Art-Based Research Practice in Pedagogical Inquiry. In: Blenkinsop S (ed.) The Imagination in Education: Extending the Boundaries in Theory and Practice. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 112-128. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-imagination-in-education-14
Research Report
Interpretations: Action Research for Interpretation Practice in Contemporary Art
Michael MK (2008) Interpretations: Action Research for Interpretation Practice in Contemporary Art. Engage Scotland. http://www.engage.org/interpretations-research.aspx
Authored Book
About KNOWHOW: Studio Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Michael MK (2007) About KNOWHOW: Studio Approaches to Teaching and Learning. Cumbria: Unipress. http://rafhladan.is/handle/10802/9303
Dr Michael is Programme Co-Director for the MSc Professional Education and Leadership, a highly-regarded postgraduate degree attracting post-qualified educators and leaders from across Scotland.
Dr Michael coordinates the professional enquiry (dissertation) modules of the MSc Professional Education and Leadership - leading highly skilled practitioners in a professional learning methodology unique to the University of Stirling, 'Critical Collaborative Professional Enquiry' created through the research of Associate Professor Valerie Drew and instrumental in shaping the professional learning practices and policies in Scottish education.
Dr Michael supervises doctoral students with interests in creative education; arts-based research methodologies; professional practices; and sociomaterial approaches to education and research. Her current cohort of doctoral students reflect her capacity for interdisciplinary research with projects situated in Dementia Studies, Social Work and Social Policy, as well as Education.
In recognition of Dr Michael's key contribution to high quality student and colleague learning she was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE). Dr Michael mentors colleagues in HE teaching and research.
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy
SFELTE Mentor and Reviewer
University of Stirling
