Dr Madeleine Findon
Senior Lecturer MA Education
Education and Inclusion
email: m.findon@worc.ac.uk
Maddy started working at the ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Worcester in November 2023. She has worked in academia since 2011, starting at the ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Warwick and then more recently at the ºüÀêÊÓƵ 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 (ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Warwick)
- Postgraduate Award in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Warwick)
- AFHEA
- MA – Educational Research Methods (ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Warwick)
- EYPS (ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Worcester)
- BA Hons – Early Childhood Studies (with Practitioner Options) (ºüÀêÊÓƵ 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: .
- 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, ºüÀêÊÓƵ 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 (ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Manchester)