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Alan Hodkinson

Alan joined Liverpool Hope University in 2010 as an Associate Professor within the Centre for Cultural and Disability Studies.

Background:

After completing his doctoral studies Dr. Hodkinson shared his expertise with trainee teachers at Edge Hill University. As a tutor on the B.E.d and Key Stage 2/3 routes, he was involved in a variety of initial teacher education programmes relating to primary history and special educational needs. In 2003, Alan moved to the University of Chester where he, amongst other duties, was subject leader for undergraduate Education Studies, taught on the M.Ed special needs programme and led the development of the Disability Studies undergraduate degree. In 2005, Alan became an executive committee member of the British Educational Studies Association (BESA). In 2007 he was invited to become a member of the review team that was set up by the Quality and Assurance Agency (QAA) to revise and update the Education Studies benchmark statements. Alan joined Liverpool John Moores University in 2007 as a principle lecturer in educational research and taught on the Education Studies and Special and Inclusive Needs programme, led the research methodology module at Master's level and was the coordinator for Research Informed Teaching initiatiaves across the Faculty. He is also a Fellow of the Historical Association and member of their Primary Committee.
Research Interests:

Dr. Hodkinsons research interests are in the representations of impairment and disability in textbooks and digital media employed within educational settings and the development of chronology in primary schools. He also has a keen interest in educational inclusion and special educational needs in relation to national and international policy and practice formulation.
Publications:

Hodkinson, A. ( in review) Colonization, disability and the intranet: the ethnic cleansing of space. Anthropology and Education. 

Hodkinson, A. (in review). All Present and Correct? Critical Studies.

Hodkinson, A. (in review). All present and correct? Exclusionary inclusion within the English educational system. Disability & Society.

Wong. C. & Hodkinson, A.   (2012 forthcoming). Homophobia in primary schools: does it exist? E-Futures Journal of BESA.

Hodkinson, A. (forthcoming). The mediating influences of electronic media upon childrens conceptions of disability: a proto text analysis.Jorsen.

Bartlett, S., Hodkinson, A. and Wakeman, C and Warren, S. (2011). Editorial, Educational Futures. The Journal of the British Education Studies Association, 3(2),1-2.

 OConnor, M., Hodkinson, A., Burton, D. and Torstensson, G. (forthcoming). Pupil voice educational experiences of young people with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD), SEBDA.

Hodkinson, A. and Deverokonda, C. (2011 forthcoming). For pitys sake: comparative conceptions of inclusion in England and India. International Review of Qualitative Research

 Hodkinson, A. (2011 forthcoming). Inclusion a defining definition. Power and Education.3(2)

Stronach, I., Hodkinson, A., Buckley, E. and Ankers de Salis, C. (2011forthcoming).Towards a theory of Santa. Or the ghosts of Christmas present. Anthropology Today.

Starczewska, A. & Hodkinson, A. & Adams, G. (2011 forthcoming). Conceptions of Inclusion and Inclusive Education: a Critical Examination of the Perspectives and Practices of Teachers in Poland.Jorsen.

Hodkinson, A. and Deverokonda, C. (2011). Conceptions of Inclusion and Inclusive Education: a Critical Examination of the Perspectives and Practices of Teachers in England. Educational Futures. The Journal of the British Education Studies Association.3(1), 52-65.

Bartlett, S. Hodkinson, A., Wakeman, C. and Warren, S. (2011). Editorial, Educational Futures. The Journal of the British Education Studies Association, 2(3),1-2.

Bartlett, S., Hodkinson, A. and Wakeman, C. (2010). Editorial, Educational Futures. The Journal of the British Education Studies Association, 2(2),1-2.

 Hodkinson, A. (2010). Inclusive and Special Education within the English Education System: historical perspectives, recent developments and future challenges, British Journal of Special Education. 37(2), 61-67.

Hodkinson, A. & Deverokonda, C. (2009). Conceptions of Inclusion and Inclusive Education: a Critical Examination of the Perspectives and Practices of Teachers in India. International Journal of Research in Education.82, 85-96.

Hodkinson, A. (2009). To date or not to date, that is the question: a critical examination of the employment of subjective time phrases in the teaching and learning of primary history, International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research. 8(2), 39-50.

 Hodkinson, A. (2009). Pre-service teacher training and special educational needs in England 1970-2008: is government learning the lessons of the past or is it experiencing a groundhog day? European Journal of Special Needs Education, 24(3), 277-289.

Hodkinson, A. (2009). Are boys really better than girls at primary history - A critical examination of gender-related attainment differentials within the English educational system. International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Research, 8(2), 50-62.

Hodkinson. A., Bartlett, S. and Hankin, L. (2009). Editorial, Educational Futures. The Journal of the British Education Studies Association, 2(1), 1.

Hodkinson, A. (2009). Education Studies and Employability how do students and graduates define the subject and what do they perceive its vocational relevance to be? Educational Futures. The Journal of the British Education Studies Association, 2(1).

Hodkinson, A. (2007). Inclusive Education and the cultural representation of disability and Disabled People within the English Education System: a critical examination of the mediating influence of primary school textbooks. IARTEM  Journal of the International Association Research into Textbooks and Educational Media. 1(1), 1-18.

[QAA] (Hodkinson, A. et al.)  (2007). Education Studies Benchmark Statements. London: QAA.

Hodkinson, A. (2007). Inclusive education and the cultural representation of disability and Disabled people: a recipe for disaster or the catalyst for change? An examination of non-disabled primary school childrens attitudes to children with a disability, International Journal of Research in Education, 77.

Hodkinson, A. (2006). Conceptions and Misconceptions of Inclusive Education: One Year On; a Critical Examination of NQTs Knowledge and Understanding of Inclusion, International Journal of Research in Education, 76, pp. 43-55.

Hodkinson, A. (2006). Career Entry Development Profiles and the statutory induction arrangements in England: a model of effective practice for the professional development of Newly Qualified Teachers? Journal of In-Service Education, 32(3), 287-300.

Hodkinson, A. (2005). Conceptions and Misconceptions of Inclusive Education: A Critical Examination of Final Year Teacher Trainees Knowledge and Understanding of Inclusion. International Journal of Research in Education, 73, 15-28.

Hodkinson, A. (2005). Maturation and the assimilation of the concepts of historical time, a symbiotic relationship, or uneasy bedfellows? An examination of the birth-date effect on educational performance in primary history. International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching and Resear

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