Teaching & Research
Michelle is passionate about Play and is particularly interested in the role of Play in outdoor spaces for both practitioner and children and young people. This is reflected within the modules that she teaches FDEY 1003 – Playful Pedagogy.
Michelle is interested in developing the professional identity of practitioners within the Children and Families sector.
Michelle is currently researching how do we support students to access and develop strategies to read within Higher Education. This research is underpinned by the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) philosophy.
Publications
Michelle’s masters research was entitled – If you go down to the woods today - the value of experiential learning in the outdoors for Early Years Practitioners. This work explored the value and effect of experiences in the Outdoors for Early Years practitioners.
Malomo, Michelle and Pittaway, Sarah (2021) ‘So, you want me to read for my degree?’: A Universal Design for Learning approach to reading. Insights: The UKSG Journal, 34 (1). p. 19. ISSN 2048-7754
Malomo, Michelle and Pittaway, Sarah (2019) So, You Want me to Read for my Degree? Considering a Universal Design for Learning Approach to Reading Through the Use of Audiobooks and Accessibility Tools. JISC Accessible Organisations: Supporting learning providers in creating inclusive teaching and learning experiences.
Malomo, Michelle and Sutton-Tsang, Samantha (2017) What Next? In: Studying for Your Early Years Degree Skills and Knowledge for Becoming an Effective Early Years Practitioner. Critical Publishing, St Albans, pp. 197-208. ISBN 9781911106425
Pittaway, Sarah and Malomo, Michelle (2021) Creating communities of practice: learning from a UDL project to engage students with academic reading. In: Inclusion by design seminar, 15/01/2021, Online (University of Worcester). (Unpublished)
Malomo, Michelle and Pittaway, Sarah (2020) Breaking down attitudinal barriers in the fortress of academia: learning from a UDL project to engage students with academic reading. In: UDL conference, 7-8 October 2020, Online (hosted by Kristianstad University). (Unpublished)
Pittaway, Sarah and Malomo, Michelle (2020) “So, you want me to read for my degree?”: a Universal Design for Learning approach to reading. In: UKSG webinar (in lieu of UKSG conference), 17 June 2020, Online. (Unpublished)
Malomo, Michelle and Pittaway, Sarah (2020) So you want me to read for my Degree ? - a Universal Design for Learning approach to reading. In: Talis Insight Webinars 2020 (Europe), 29/04/20, Online. (Unpublished)
Pittaway, Sarah and Malomo, Michelle (2019) Audiobooks, Accessibility Tools and Universal Design for Learning: Breaking Down Barriers. In: UKSG 42nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, 8th - 10th April 2019, Telford. (Unpublished)
Pittaway, Sarah and Malomo, Michelle (2019) Audiobooks, Accessibility Tools and Universal Design for Learning: Breaking Down Barriers (Poster). In: UKSG 42nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, 8th - 10th April 2019, Telford. (Unpublished)
Sutton-Tsang, Samantha and Malomo, Michelle (2016) Graduate Practitioner Wheel of Progression. In: TACTYC conference: Principled Early Years Practice: Valuing our past, debating our present, inspiring our future, 19 Nov 2016, Park Crescent Conference Centre, International Students House London. (Unpublished)