Dr Madeleine Findon

Senior Lecturer MA Education

Education and Inclusion

Contact Details

Maddy started working at the University of Worcester in November 2023. She has worked in academia since 2011, starting at the University of Warwick and then more recently at the University of Birmingham. Prior to this, her background included working as an Early Years Professional and as a TESOL teacher in both the UK and Spain.

She currently teaches on the MA Education, though she also has extensive experience working with undergraduates, trainee teachers, doctoral students and apprentices. In particular, she has taken on the role of International lead for the MA, working with the growing number of international students who are choosing to study at Worcester.

Maddy completed her PhD in 2015, which investigated how creativity has been fostered through early years education systems in England and Catalonia. She co-convenes the Leadership in Early Years Education Research Interest Group for BELMAS (@ey-leadership on Twitter/X).

Qualifications

PhD – Education (University of Warwick)
Postgraduate Award in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (University of Warwick)
AFHEA
MA – Educational Research Methods (University of Warwick)
EYPS (University of Worcester)
BA Hons – Early Childhood Studies (with Practitioner Options) (University of Worcester)
TESOL (City College Coventry)

Teaching & Research

Teaching Interests

Research Methods in Education
Contemporary Issues in Education: Theory, Policy and Practice

Research Interests

Leadership
Early years
Mentoring
Resilience
Creativity
Inclusion

Professional Bodies

BELMAS

Publications

Findon, Madeleine A. 2022. ‘The true cost of changing childcare ratios’. Social Sciences Birmingham blog, 21 July. Available at: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciencesbirmingham/2022/07/21/the-true-cost-of-changing-childcare-ratios/
Findon, Madeleine A., Johnston-Wilder, Sue. 2022 Unit 1.3: developing your resilience: managing stress, workload and time. Learning to Teach, 9th edition. Abingdon: Routledge.
Perry, T., Findon, M. and Cordingley, P., 2021. Remote and blended teacher education: A rapid review. Education Sciences, 11(8), p.453.
Perry, T., Findon, M., Cordingley, P., Braim, B., Davison, I., Whatmore, T., Cottle, D., Anbreen, N., Crisp, B. 2020 Teacher Education Modality Rapid Review: Modes, Affordances and Evidence on Remote and Blended Initial and Continuing Teacher Education. STEM Learning. Available: https://thomasperry.education/2020/09/23/a-rapid-review-of-remote-and-blended-teacher-education-what-is-it-does-it-work-how-can-we-make-it-effective/.
Youdell, D., Benson, S., Bhopal, K., Child, F., Day Ashley, L., Diamond, C., Findon, M., Grosvenor, I., Guldberg, K., Zhu, H., Jorgensen, C., Kitching, K., McGimpsey, I., Naseen, J., Pennacchia, J., Perry, T., Rumbold, K. 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on Education and Children’s Services – Inquiry. Written Evidence Submitted by the School of Education, University of Birmingham.
Findon, Madeleine A. 2020. ‘Constructing a new reality: leadership lessons from other times of crisis’. Social Sciences Birmingham blog, 28 May. Available at: https://blog.bham.ac.uk/socialsciencesbirmingham/2020/05/28/constructing-a-new-reality-leadership-lessons-from-other-times-of-crisis/.
Heshmati, H., Johnston-Wilder, S. and Findon, M. (2019). Developing Pre-service Maths Teachers’ Resilience Using the Growth Zone Model, IJIIE.
Findon, Madeleine A., Johnston-Wilder, Sue. 2019. Unit 1.3: developing your resilience: managing stress, workload and time. Learning to Teach, 8th edition. Abingdon: Routledge.
Findon, Madeleine A., Johnston-Wilder, Sue. 2018. Working together to promote academic safe-guarding. School Leadership & Management, 38, pp. 164-186.
Findon, Madeleine A., Johnston-Wilder, Sue. 2017. Addressing the low skill levels of university undergraduates in the United Kingdom. Warwick Journal of Education Transforming Teaching, 1, pp. 36-54

External Roles

External Examiner – MA Educational Leadership (University of Manchester)