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Dr Barbara Riddick

Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Education

Contact Dr Barbara Riddick (email at barbara.riddick@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Dr Barbara Riddick is an honorary research fellow in the department. She still supervises PhD and EdD students as well as carrying out research. She has a background in clinical and educational psychology and her research interests include dyslexia, autism and aspergers syndrome and wider issues of inclusion, special educational needs and disability.

She is currently carrying out educational research in Namibia as a VSO volunteer. She completed a 6 month impact assessment on the role of VSO inclusive education advisers in Kunene Region. She is now based at the Ministry of Education Windhoek where she has been asked to carry out a national impact assessment on the role of VSO volunteers and to act as an adviser on the implementation of the new Inclusive Education Policy.

Completed Supervisions (since 2008)

An Investigation into Perceptions of the Actual and Ideal Role of School Counsellors in Saudi Arabia Girls’ Schools

Efficacy of a Professional Development Training Program in Macao to Assist Non-Native English Teachers Foster Learning Motivation in EFL Classrooms

HKCEE English Language school-based assessment: Its implementation at the frontline

Conception of giftedness and talent by pre service and in service primary school teachers in Johor, Malaysia: An exploration using a multiphase mixed methods design

A Study of Singapore female primary teachers' self-efficacy for teaching science

An Investigation of Libyan EFL Teachers’ Conceptions of the Communicative Learner-Centred Approach in Relation to their Implementation of an English Language Curriculum Innovation in Secondary Schools

The Development of Pupil Voice in a One Form Entry Primary School in the North East of England: Who Benefits and Who Learns?

Research Groups

Individuals and Contexts in Education

Publications

Journal papers: academic

Riddick, B. (2008). Parents perspectives on receiving, searching for and evaluating information relating to autistic spectrum disorders: sorting the wheat from the chaff. Journal of Good Autism Practice
Riddick, B. (2006). Dyslexia Friendly Schools in the UK. Topics in Language Disorders 26(2): 142–154.
Riddick, B. & English, E. (2006). Meeting the Standards? Dyslexic students and the selection process for initial teacher training. European Journal of Teacher Education 29(2): 203-222.

Books: authored

Riddick, B. (2010). Living with Dyslexia - The social and emotional consequences of specific learning difficulties/disabilities. London: Routledge.

Books: sections

Riddick, B. (2010). P Scales - the wider Special Educational Needs Context. In The P Scales. Tymms, P. & Ndjal, F. London: Wiley.
Riddick, B. (2009). The implications of students' perspectives on dyslexia for school improvement. In Routledge Dyslexia Handbook. Reid, G. London: Routledge.
Coffield, M., Riddick, B., Barmby, P. & O'Neill, J. (2008). Dyslexia Friendly Primary Schools: What can we learn from asking the pupils?. In SAGE Handbook of Dyslexia. Reid, G., Fawcett, A., Manis, F. & Siegel, L. London: Sage. 356-368.

Supervises

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