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Email: clare.martin@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
Clare Martin is a senior lecturer in the School of Education. She teaches primarily on the MA Education programme, leading modules in inclusive practice, pedagogy and SEND. She is course lead for the PgCert in SEND and also undertakes EdD supervision. Having taught in mainstream and special schools for 30 years, she combined roles as a Teaching Fellow (University of Portsmouth) and Associate Lecturer (Goldsmiths, University of London) before joining St Mary’s in 2021. She is a qualified advisory teacher for the visually impaired.
Her research interests centre on SEND, inclusion, visual impairment and teacher change processes. She has a special interest in the influence of the inclusion of pupils with SEND on the teaching and learning of others and on teachers’ conceptualisations of SEND and inclusion.
Research
Research profile
Publications
Thouless, H. & Martin, C., (in press) ‘Blurring the boundaries: Embedding inclusive pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education’ in Edwards-Lies & Price (eds) Pedagogy in Higher Education: Purpose, Practice and Relationships. Leeds, Emerald Publishing.
Lovatt, S., Martin, C., Bhorkar, S., Veale, V., Murray, J., Upfield, H., & Price, M. (2024). Perceptions of Generative Artificial Intelligence from the Classroom.
Martin, C. (2021) The influence of the inclusion of visually impaired pupils on teachers’ conceptualisations of inclusion and SEND. British Journal of Special Education. 48(2) 175-195.
Martin, C (2021) Motivation in special education: doing it differently or doing it better?
Support for Learning 37(3), 450-469.
Martin, C. (2020). From LSA to teacher: the value of classroom experience in shaping a ‘teacher’ identity. Support for Learning, 35(1), 23-42.
Martin, C (under peer review) Inclusion and visual impairment: the potential for practical and pedagogical change International Journal of Inclusive Education.
Conference presentations
BERA Conference 2021 The influence of the inclusion of visually impaired pupils on teachers' conceptualisations of inclusion and SEND
ISEC 2021 Hidden Voices: the Impact of the Inclusion of Visually Impaired Pupils
University of Cambridge Kaleidoscope Conference 2020 Hidden Voices: the Impact of the Inclusion of Visually Impaired Pupils.