We were really pleased to welcome Julia Black from Explorium to the Parenting Science Gang to answer our questions about the benefits of flexi-learning. Julia's work focuses on allowing a child to direct their own learning without being removed from…
Are you member of a parenting group? (Maybe a Facebook community group?) Do you wish you could get evidence-based facts about the stuff that matters to you? Parenting Science Gang puts parents in charge of the research agenda. It’s a groundbreaking, user-led…
We were pleased to welcome trustees from the Centre for Personalised Education, Dr Harriet Pattison, Alison Sauer and Emma Dyke to our Q&A this week. Harriet Pattison is a lecturer in early childhood education at Liverpool Hope University, and has…
Are you a member of a parenting group on Facebook - or elsewhere online? Has your group got questions about parenting? Or are you simply fed up with all the unsolicited advice we get as parents and wish you knew…
We were thrilled to talk to Dr Rosie Knowles this week. Rosie is a GP, founder of the Sheffield Sling Surgery, author of "Why Babywearing Matters" and experienced trainer of babywearing peer supporters. Photo by Katrina Shepherd Photography Q: Welcome…
The Science-Aware Natural Parenting - Parenting Science Gang are currently designing an experiment to investigate how a baby's temperature changes while in a sling. In this Q&A we quizzed Dr Davide Filingeri, an expert in environmental physiology from Loughborough University about methods for…
We were really excited to welcome Dr Helen Lees of Newman University to this week's Q&A on flexi-schooling. Helen is Reader in Alternative Education Studies, and her research touches on a variety of topics such as home education, democratic schooling, educational theory, …
Dr Rob Aldridge of University College London joined us to help demystify epidemiology. Q: Rob, please could you tell us what are you working on at the moment? Rob: My work at the moment fits into two broad areas Understanding…
Good evening everyone! I'm Alaa Bani Hani, a lecturer and specialist registrar in Paediatric Dentistry (kids’ teeth) at University of Leeds and Leeds Dental Hospital. I have been searching different approaches for restoring decayed baby teeth and how can we…
Dr Philomena de Lima is the Director of the Centre for Remote and Rural Studies at University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. Philomena studies the experiences of people living rurally and is particularly interested in social justice, exclusion, equality,…