{"id":2,"date":"2019-10-11T16:56:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/rumpus\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-05-24T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:18:09","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/rumpus\/index.php\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumpus’ projects are aligned with five key areas of the Open University<\/p>\n

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  1. student success\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. excellent teaching and research<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. growth and sustainability<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. technology-enhanced learning<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. dynamic and inclusive culture<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Our projects aim to\u00a0contribute\u00a0 to local, national and global\u00a0 practices, policies and debates in education. We draw on a wide range of research methodologies, including anthropology, childhood studies, cultural studies, developmental psychology, ethnography and sociology.<\/p>\n

    Our partners include schools,\u00a0 academic groups,\u00a0 technology companies, practitioners and other users of research, including governments and NGOs in the UK, Europe and across the globe.<\/p>\n

    Our current projects are:<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n
    Dance-Educates-Fun<\/a>:<\/strong> The role of fun in embodied learning through cross-curricular dance\/movement in the UK – led by\u00a0Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Linda Plowright-Pepper<\/i><\/p>\n
    FM.fun<\/a>:<\/strong> Constructions and applications of fun in Classic FM\u2019s online music education resources in the UK – led by\u00a0Emily Dowdeswell, Kieron Sheehy, Mimi Tatlow-Golden<\/i><\/p>\n
    Fun, Big Books<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Inclusion and successful kindergartens\u00a0 led by\u00a0Kieron Sheehy<\/i><\/p>\n
    CONNECT<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0students and scientists with Participatory fun in science education across the world. EC <\/i>funded<\/i>\u00a0project led by\u00a0Alexandra\u00a0<\/i>Okada<\/i><\/p>\n
    OLAF<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong> Online learning and fun to enhance students’ access, retention, attainment, progress\u00a0across the world. OUUK-Brazil funded project led by\u00a0Alexandra\u00a0<\/i>Okada<\/i>, <\/i>Kieron<\/i> Sheehy<\/i><\/p>\n
    Fun in my life:<\/strong> Nepalese children\u2019s photos of fun led by\u00a0Sarah Huxley, Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Anna Childs<\/i><\/p>\n
    PhD research projects:<\/em><\/strong><\/pre>\n
    CAC\u00a0The roles of fun through learning:<\/strong> a case study of Coaches Across Continents led by\u00a0Sarah Huxley <\/i>[Supervisors: <\/i>Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Rebecca Ferguson, Kieron Sheehy]<\/p>\n
    How fun comes to matter to children in an English primary school<\/strong>: A posthumanist exploration led by\u00a0Emily Dowdeswell <\/i>[Supervisors: <\/i>Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Kieron Sheehy, Christine O\u2019Farrelly]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Rumpus’ projects are aligned with five key areas of the Open University student success\u00a0\u00a0 excellent teaching and research growth and sustainability technology-enhanced learning dynamic and inclusive culture Our projects aim to\u00a0contribute\u00a0 to local, national and global\u00a0 practices, policies and debates in education. We draw on a wide range of research methodologies, including anthropology, childhood studies, … <\/p>\n
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