Max Biddulph
Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Biography
Qualitative research methodology and methods:
· arts-based methods - use of creativity in the collection/analysis/interpretation of data · visual methods including photography (montage and collage); interpretations of research data triggered by viewing artistic works in the public domain · auto-ethnography - use personal story to illuminate culture; ethical issues in the construction of autoethnography; use of heuristic methods · ethnography - in depth investigation of specific groups and phenomena in actual and virtual spaces; use of portraiture as a method · performance - ways of presenting data via performative media that give voice to marginalized groups · narrative - role of story in revealing new understandings of phenomena; use of narrative fiction in telling difficult, sensitive stories. · Relationship with activism - role of subjectivity and implications for validity/trustworthiness Potential research contexts and foci: · affective experience and education: experiential learning, Lifelong personal development, Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship Education · communities as social spaces: Identity, social space and sexuality; school ethos and micro-politics · gender, masculinities and identity: working class masculinities and education, masculinity and sexuality, intimacy in men's relationships · queer identities: homosexuality, heterosexism, homophobia, heteronormativity ; LGBT teachers and students in education spaces. · sex and Relationships education: practice, context and culture; HIV/AIDS education
Research Summary
2009-current Evaluation of Pastoral Care Provision in 4 Secondary Schools: Faith in Families Project, Catholic Childrens Society
2009 - current Derbyshire Health Promoting Schools and the National Healthy Schools: Opening Hearts: Challenging homophobic bullying via the primary school literacy curriculum,
Recent Publications
- BIDDULPH, M., 2010. Can Only Dorothy’s Friends Speak for Dorothy?. In: HUBER-WARRING, T, ed. Storied Inquiries in International Landscapes: An Anthology of Educational Research. Information Age Publishing.
- BIDDULPH, M, 2008. Opening Hearts: Challenging Homophobia and Homophobic Bullying in the Primary School. An evaluation of the Pilot Study in North Derbyshire. Derbyshire Healthy Schools.
- BIDDULPH, M., 2008. Stolen Intimacies: (Auto)narratives of MSM, HIV, Spaces and Sexualities. Auto/biography Yearbook 2008, 171-193.
- BIDDULPH, M, 2007. Sex and Relationships Education: humanity and empowerment in pastoral care. Pastoral Care in Education An International Journal of Personal, Social and Emotional Development, 25(3), 2-4.
Max is a member of the Centre for Research in Schools and Communities. His research supervision areas include: Affective experience and education:
- experiential learning
- lifelong personal development
- personal, social, health, citizenship education
Communities as social spaces:
- identity, social space and sexuality
- school ethos and micro-politics
Gender, masculinities and identity:
- working class masculinities and education
- masculinity and sexuality
- intimacy and men's relationships
Queer identities:
- homosexuality, heterosexism, homophobia, heteronormativity and education
- LGBT teachers and students in educational settings
Qualitative research:
- activism
- arts-based methods
- visual methods
- autoethnography
- ethnography
- performance narrative
- validity
- verisimilitude and trustworthiness
Sex and Relationships education:
- practice, context and culture
- HIV/AIDS education
Research topics of current and recent students include:
- Emotional experience as a developmental process in the training of language teachers
- Counselling in higher education contexts
Research proposals: please email Max if you would like to discuss the appropriateness of your research topic. See also: School of Education research supervision areas.
Past Research
2006 - 2008: Becoming a Teacher Project: a 6-year (2003-2009) study of teachers' experiences of initial teacher training (ITT), induction and early professional development: co-funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the General Teaching Council (GTC) and the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
2009: Derbyshire Health Promoting Schools and the National Healthy Schools: Opening Hearts: Challenging homophobic bullying via the primary school literacy curriculum, Principal investigator evaluation of the pilot study: Department of Health
1999-2001: Promoting Emotional Development in Schools Project: Nottingham City LEA
2000-2001 Centre for the Study of Human Relations Team research project: Evaluating the efficacy of the small group in counsellor training.
Doctoral research, Faculty of Education, Nottingham Trent University Title: Gay and Bisexual Men who are Educators: A Narrative Analysis of Space, Identity and Deployment
Future Research
Researching LGBT teachers experiences and identity management strategies in educational settings
Researching school leaders and inclusive practices vis a vis LGBT issues
Researching sex and relationships education (SRE) acquisition by gay/bisexual men as a lifelong process
Researching the phenomenon of message fatigue in HIV education targeted at gay/bisexual men
Developing an SRE curriculum and practice framework for teaching about same sex sexuality/relationships
Researching SRE pedagogy and curriclum processes in faith schools
Researching responses made by schools to children/young people questioning their gender identity
Researching the ethics of observation and the management / inclusion (?) of data relating to unaware/non-consenting participants
Researching the use of narrative communicated via visual imagery