My main area of research interest is the development of children’s drawings and understanding of pictures. I have worked on a variety of projects in this area, investigating educational influences on drawing ability, the attitudes and practices that children, where children’s ideas for their drawings come from, their parents and their teachers have about drawing and the effect of drawing for different audiences.
I am also very interested in the effects of digital media, particularly television, on young children. With colleagues at Keele University I have investigated the short term behavioural consequences for young children of watching fast and slow paced television.
As well as my research interests in developmental psychology I am also involved in pedagogic research particularly surrounding student’s perceptions and engagement with feedback.