Dr Chris Abbott
Print versionReader in e-inclusion
Contact information:About me
I taught in mainstream and special schools and worked as an advisory teacher for special educational needs and ICT before becoming Director of the Inner London Educational Computing Centre. Since 1994 I have been at KCL where my teaching and research interests are focussed on aspects of literacy, inclusion and digital technology.
Teaching
PGCE (Professional Studies and ICT)
MA e-Inclusion (Programme Director)
Doctorate in Education
MPhil/PhD
MA e-Inclusion (Programme Director)
Doctorate in Education
MPhil/PhD
Research interests
Literacy, inclusion and digital technology, especially the use of assistive technology by people with learning difficulties. I have a special interest in the use of graphic symbols for communication and literacy.
Research groups
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
Language and Literacy Group (LLG)
Technology-Mediated Learning (TML -research theme)
Language and Literacy Group (LLG)
Technology-Mediated Learning (TML -research theme)
Publications
Selected international conferences
- 2007: Finnish Association for Intellectual Development and Disability, Helsinki
- 2005: Keynote, Northants LEA Special Education Conference
- 2004: Keynote, Internet and Linguistics Conference, University of Hanover
- 2004: Keynote, SAIL Conference, Malta
- 2004: Opening keynote, West Danish Special Education Conference
- 2004: Opening keynote, Danish National ICT Conference
- 2003: Opening keynote, Swedish conference on SEN and ICT, Gothenburg
- 2000: Invited speaker, Swedish EU Education Conference
PhD supervision
Completed
Mona Fahad Al-Said (2005): SEN Provision and Teacher Training in Oman: a conceptual and policy disjunction?
Sumathi Renganathan (2005): The use of English as a social practice: a study of Malaysian ESL students
Nigel Medhurst (2009): Online communities, social semiotics and multiliteracies: an investigation into how visual literacy changes in collaborative virtual learning environments
Louise Greenstock (2009) (jointly supervised with Prof Jannet Wright, De
Montfort University) Exploring the experiences of a range of practitioners using graphic symbols in Foundation Stage (3-5 year olds) school settings (mainstream and special)
Current
Alim Shaikh: Beyond literacy: young children’s multimodal social semiotic representations of narrative using digital tools and technologies
Chao ling Chen: Informal English listening learning by the use of portable downloadable audio and video at tertiary level in Taiwan
Eliada Pampoulou: Understanding the uses of graphic symbols in some
inclusive primary schools - key interdisciplinary issues
Gill Edwards: Improving boys’ performance in writing at KS2.
Talat Azad: Multiple intelligences as an effective tool for school improvement with a focus on inclusive education
Cheryl Dobbs: Literacy, technology and emergent writers
Mona Fahad Al-Said (2005): SEN Provision and Teacher Training in Oman: a conceptual and policy disjunction?
Sumathi Renganathan (2005): The use of English as a social practice: a study of Malaysian ESL students
Nigel Medhurst (2009): Online communities, social semiotics and multiliteracies: an investigation into how visual literacy changes in collaborative virtual learning environments
Louise Greenstock (2009) (jointly supervised with Prof Jannet Wright, De
Montfort University) Exploring the experiences of a range of practitioners using graphic symbols in Foundation Stage (3-5 year olds) school settings (mainstream and special)
Current
Alim Shaikh: Beyond literacy: young children’s multimodal social semiotic representations of narrative using digital tools and technologies
Chao ling Chen: Informal English listening learning by the use of portable downloadable audio and video at tertiary level in Taiwan
Eliada Pampoulou: Understanding the uses of graphic symbols in some
inclusive primary schools - key interdisciplinary issues
Gill Edwards: Improving boys’ performance in writing at KS2.
Talat Azad: Multiple intelligences as an effective tool for school improvement with a focus on inclusive education
Cheryl Dobbs: Literacy, technology and emergent writers
Professional profile
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