Chantelle Haughton

​ ​ ​ ​ ​chan haughton.jpg ​Position:​Senior Lecturer in Educational Studies (Early Childhood Studies)
​School:​ Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy
​E- mail:chaughton@cardiffmet.ac.uk
​ Telephone:​0292 020 1587
​Room No:​Q016

 

Research

Research Groups:
• Education and Social Research Group (ESRG)
• Children's Rights in Early Years Network 
• Outdoor Activities and Leisure Research Group, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Memberships:
• Senior Fellow of HEA
• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• British Educational Studies Association (BESA)
• Forest School Wales
• Early Childhood Association
• Language and Play, Cardiff Steering Committee
• Woodlands for Learning Forum
• Outdoor Learning Training Network Wales
• Real World Learning Cymru Partnership (RWLCP)
• Black History Wales Steering Committee

• Wales Council for Outdoor Learning
• Welsh Government Ministerial Working Group ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities Contributions and Cynefin in the New Curriculum
• Welsh Government Ministerial Working Group for Play Review



Research Interests:
• Forest School
• Outdoor Play and Learning
• Emotional Literacy
• Inclusion for families and children
• Holistic child development

Publications

Book Chapters

BEAUCHAMP, G., Haughton, C., Ellis, C., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Adams, D. and Dumitrescu, S. (2019) 'Well Being and Outdoor Learning' in Brown, Z. and Manders, S. (Eds), Childhood Well-being and Resilience London: Routledge

BEAUCHAMP, G., Haughton, C., Ellis, C., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Adams, D. and Dumitrescu, S. (2019) 'Using video to research outdoors with young children' in Brown, Z. and Perkins, H. (eds) Beyond the Conventional: Using innovative methods in early years research, London: Routledge

Beauch, G., Haughton, C., Ellis, C., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J. Adams, D and Dumitrescu, S. (2019) Ethical considerations in using innovative methods in early education research, in, Brown, Z. and Perkins, H. (ed.) Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research. London: Routledge

Haughton, C. and Sarwar, S. (2019) 'Play Portrait: Playfulness in HE Outdoors and In' in (Ed) Winchester, A and Nerantzi, C; The Power Of Play. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Mannello, M; Connolly, M; Dumitrescu, S; Ellis, C; Haughton, C, Sarwar, S and Tyrie, J (2019) Opening the School Gates: facilitating after-school play in school grounds in (Ed) Reed, M and Fleet, A. Rethinking Play as Pedagogy. London: Routledge.

Haughton, C. and Ellis, C. (2013) 'Play in the Early Years Foundation Phase' in Palaiologou, I. (ed) The Early Years Foundation Stage: Theory and Practice. 2nd Edition. London: Sage. (pp73-87). 

Beauchamp, G. and Haughton, C. (2012) 'Ethics in studying Early Years' in Palaiologou, I. (ed) Ethical Practice in Early Childhood. London: Sage. (pp147-158)

Davis, S., Comrie, J., Evans-Ritter, D., Haughton, C., Hurcom, J. and Morgan, S. (2008) Personal and Social Development, Well-Being and Cultural Diversity – A resource reader for the Foundation Phase practitioner. Cardiff: UWIC Press.

Haughton, C. and Sarwar, S. (currently in press 2018) 'Play Portrait: Playfulness in HE Outdoors and In' in (Ed) Winchester, A and Nerantzi, C; The Power Of Play. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Mannello, M; Connolly, M; Dumitrescu, S; Ellis, C; Haughton, C, Sarwar, S and Tyrie, J (currently in press 2018) Opening the School Gates: facilitating after-school play in school grounds in (Ed) Reed, M and Fleet, A. Rethinking Play as Pedagogy. London: Routledge.



Journals
Ellis, C., Beauchamp, G., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Adams, D. and Dumitrescu, S., Haughton, C (2020) "'Oh no, the stick keeps falling!': An analytical framework for conceptualising young children's interactions during free play in a woodland setting." Journal of Early Childhood Research.

Connolly, M., and Haughton, C. (2016) 'The perception, management and performance of risk amongst Forest School educators.' British Journal of Sociology of Education

Salisbury, J., Ellis, C., Beauchamp, G. AND Haughton, C. (2011) 'What's Occurring? The what, why, how and when of research capacity building in a modest pilot project with EAL learners and science', Welsh Journal of Education, 15(1), pp46-65

Tyrie, J; Sarwar, S; Dumitrescu, S; Mannello, M; Haughton, C; Ellis, C; Connolly, M (2018) Power, rights and play: control of play in school grounds, an action research project from Wales. Education 3-13 (published online 5/9/18)


e-Publications
Cook, M., Haughton, C, and Velmans, C (2012) The Queens Wood Report. Cardiff: FCW
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Queens_Wood_Forest_School_Report.pdf/$FILE/Queens_Wood_Forest_School_Report.pdf

 


Conference Papers

HAUGHTON, C., Sarwar, S. and Tyrie, T. (2015) ''The Toolkit Project. Open all hours': researching access, play and adventure in school grounds' presented at EECEERA conference, 7th-10th September, 2015, Barcelona

HAUGHTON, C., BEAUCHAMP, G. and MANELLO, M. (2015) ''Open all hours': researching access, play and adventure in school grounds' presented at British Education Studies Association (BESA) conference, 25th-26th June, 2015, Cardiff Metropolitan University

HAUGHTON, C., BEAUCHAMP, G. and BURKE, J.  (2015) 'Education Studies a research 'journey' from North Carolina to Cardiff: learning outdoors with teachers and practitioners in rain, snow and sun through conversations, observations and reflections.'  presented at British Education Studies Association (BESA) conference, 25th-26th June, 2015, Cardiff Metropolitan University

HAUGHTON, C., SARWAR, S., TYRIE, J., BEAUCHAMP, G. AND ELLIS, C. (2015) ''Wild Time': discovery and adventure tales from free-play episodes with a reception class working in an ancient woodland site' presented at British Education Studies Association (BESA) conference, 25th-26th June, 2015, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Beauchamp, G., Ellis, C., Haughton, C. and Connolly, M. (2010) 'Educational Studies: a study of student motivation, identity and futures' presented at BESA (British Educational Studies Association) conference, Bangor, 1-2nd July 2010.

Beauchamp, G., Ellis, C., Haughton, C. and Salisbury, J. (2009) ‘The use of ICT and Video Stimulated Reflective Dialogue (VSRD) in assessing conceptual understanding of science in primary schools children with English as an additional language (EAL)’ presented at BERA conference, presented at Manchester, 3-5th September 2009.

Beauchamp, G., Salisbury, J., Ellis, C., and Haughton, C. (2009) ‘Assessment of science in KS2 pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL)’ presented at Welsh Education Research Network Colloquium, UWIC, 13th May, 2009.

Haughton, C., Ellis, C. and Beauchamp, G. ‘An Air of Mystery: out in the Forest? Reflections from a small scale study which examines practitioners’ perceptions and definitions of Forest School’ presented at BESA (2013).

Haughton, C, Murphy, A, Davis, S (2011) Getting The Wheel Turning. A collaborative action research project with The Winding House Museum to develop new strategies for involving classes of children from The Foundation Phase. Presented at Early Years Conference, Aberystwyth University (2012).

Renolds, E., Mellor, D., Haughton, C. (2009) WERN funded research: Gender and bullying in the early years: mapping the regulation and resistance of gender norms in the making of young subjectivities. Presented at AERA conference, Colorado, 2009.

Projects

Projects Funding Amount Year Role
​ Welsh Government Research Project on 'Recruitment and Retention of Minority Ethnic Teachers in Wales' ​Welsh Government​2021​Principal Investigator

​The Concrete Patch Project – a design collaboration between CSE and CSAD students and staff to re-energise an un-used area on campus to generate use for learning, teaching and community engagement.

​Student Experience Fund​£2,0002016​Project Leader

​‘Open All Hours’ pilot project to support 3 schools in Cardiff & Vale to extend use of school grounds to be accessible for community play – An action research collaboration with Play Wales funded by Wales Millennium Charitable Trust.

​Wales Millennium Charitable Trust​£7,500​2015​Co-applicant & Principle researcher
​The Toolkit Project - research & enterprise strands of the project with Play Wales​Get Started Fund, Cardiff Metropolitan University​£1,100​2015​Project manager

​Hosting an international research and practice visit from Prof. Julie Burke including the co-ordination of a schedule of visits for four weeks to a range of settings and projects.

​GH Researcher Fund​£1,5002014​Visit planner and co-ordinator
Development & building of Outdoor Learning Centre

Research and Enterprise Funding (REIF), Cardiff Metropolitan University

External Charity Grants from Wales Millennium Charitable Trust and Waterloo Foundation

Simon Gibson Trust

£16,000

£47,500


£3,000

2013 Co-applicant
Development of Outdoor Learning Centre Story Chair Circle spaceSEED funding, Cardiff Metropolitan University £3,000 2012Project Leader
Focus Group event to explore practitioners’ perceptions and experiences in Forest School and Outdoor learning in different settings.Internal Research Fund, Cardiff Metropolitan University£2,0002012Principal Investigator
Strategic Insight Partnership Placement with Forestry Commission Wales Strategic Insight Partnership Fund (SIP) funded by HEFCW. £2,0002011Project Leader
Strategic Insight Partnership Placement with The Winding House MuseumStrategic Insight Partnership (SIP) funded by HEFCW £2,0002011Project Leader
Assessment in primary school science investigates effective assessment of conceptual understanding in science in primary school children with English as an additional language (EAL). Welsh Educational research Network (WERN). £5,0002008-2009Researcher
Cardiff Metropolitan and Cardiff University.
Gender and bullying in the early years: mapping the regulation and resistance of gender norms in the making of young subjectivities.Welsh Educational research Network (WERN).£5,000 2008-2009 Researcher

Profile

Chantelle Haughton is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education Studies and Early Years Education and Care, a Senior HEA Fellow, a Forest School Leader and Trainer. Chantelle imagined and created the Outdoor Learning Centre (OLC) on our Cyncoed Campus working with students, colleagues and charitable trusts to run projects which helped fund and build the cabin, suite of log circles and other features. Chantelle works through regeneration and a place responsive pedagogy, actively nurturing a sense of communitas, cynefin and true civic mission within our university campus which branches city wide into use of other spaces. Chantelle loves to work within our small strip of Welsh woodland and concrete patches situated on Campus as well throughout the city of Cardiff with undergraduates, post graduates, local children, families, teachers and practitioners, reviving spaces into stimulating arenas for learning and teaching. Chantelle was awarded Student Led Teaching Fellowship Award (2013), Vice Chancellors Staff Award for Excellence (2011), and HEA CATE finalist (2017) each of these celebrations relates to the live, playful and sustained community engagement projects involving students, children and practitioners as partners which extend the reach beyond the lecture theatres into live inclusive multidisciplinary collaborations. Community is core to Chantelle's work with our students and partners. Chantelle is also Chair for Black History Wales 365 Management Committee, Vice Chair for BAME Ed Network Wales, Vice Chair for the Early Years Network Wales, Deputy Chair for the Advance HE Race Equality Working Group at our university, External Examiner in two UK HEIs in and an External Moderator internationally. Chantelle currently works as part of two Welsh Government Working Groups undertaking critical reviews in curriculum and play.