Professor Susan Lea
Title: Ceppl DirectorEmail: susan.lea@plymouth.ac.uk
Contact:
Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning (CEPPL)
Faculty of Health
University of Plymouth
CEPPL Role: Director of the Ceppl
Summary of Role:
As Director of the Ceppl, Susan supports and facilitates the work of all of the development activities. She is particularly engaged in developing new placements with an explicitly transformative agenda, and in conducting pedagogical research.
Biography & Background
Susan Lea is a National and University Teaching Fellow and Professor of Applied Social Psychology in the Faculty of Health. She has served on numerous committees, executives and working groups, and is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed publications. She has given many presentations and workshops on HE issues in the UK and other countries, and is the holder of a number of research grants. Susan`s psychological research focuses on sexual violence.
Teaching and Learning/Ceppl Related Outputs
Refereed Journal Articles
- Lea, S.J., & Callaghan, L. (2008). Investigating lecturer`s perceptions of teaching in the supercomplexity of Higher Education. Higher Education, 55 (2), 171- 188.
- Callaghan, L., Doherty, A., Lea, S.J. & Webster, D. (2008). Understanding the information and resource needs of UK health and social care placement students. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 25(4), 253-260.
- Callaghan, L., Newcombe, M., Abey, S., Gore, O., & Lea, S. (2008). Trials and tribulations: Three key elements to running a successful mobile learning trial in a health care setting. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2, 72-73.
- Laker, A, Craig Laker, J, & Lea, S.J. (2008). Sources of support for pre-service teachers during school experience. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 16(2), 125-140.
Book Chapter
- Callaghan, L., Lea, S.J., Charlton, R., & Whittlesea, E. (2008). Accessing library resources while on placement: Can mobile devices help students? In Needham, G. & Ally, M. (Eds.) M-libraries: Libraries on the move to provide virtual access. London: Facet Publishing.
Refereed Conference Presentations
- Lea, S.J. & Callaghan, L. Evaluating Pedagogic Initiatives: Multi-professional collaboration in domestic and sexual violence. Transforming Learners, Transforming Lives, 13th-15th April, University of Plymouth.
- Lea, S.J. & Callaghan, L. (2009). Effective implementation of mobile learning in healthcare settings: Underpinning principles. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 22-25 October, Bloomington: USA.
- Lea, S.J., & Callaghan, L. (2008). From attitude to behaviour: Understanding mobile learning. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16 -19 October, Edmonton: Canada.
- Callaghan, L., & Lea, S.J. (2008). The complementary role of self-efficacy and social support in mobile learning behaviour. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16 -19 October, Edmonton: Canada.
- Joyner, M., & Lea, S.J. (2008). Including competence in Higher Education? Making Connections: the Vice-Chancellor`s Teaching and Learning Conference, 4 July, University of Plymouth, Plymouth: England.
- Callaghan, L., Whittlesea, E. & Lea, S.J. (2008). Bridging the Net-gen gap: understanding student and staff engagement with mobile learning in the placement context. Innovation through Partnership-JISC Regional Support Centre South West HE Conference, 8 April, @Bristol Conference Centre, Bristol, Bristol: England.
- Lea, S.J. & Callaghan, L. (2008). Enhancing the learning experience of students on placement through the use of mobile technology. Plymouth e-learning conference. Digital Learning: Repurposing Education, 4 April, University of Plymouth, Plymouth: England.
- Callaghan, L, Lea, S.J. & Black, J. (2008). Enhancing placement learning through the use of mobile technology. Higher Education Academy Festival of Learning, 12 - 14 March, Learning Gateway, University of Cumbria, Carlisle: England.
- Lea, S.J. & Craig Laker, J. (2007). Reconsidering our ideas of what constitutes research to accompany the evolution of multiple dimensions of scholarship. Advances in Qualitative Methods, 21-24 September, Banff Centre, Banff: Canada.
- Lea S.J., Callaghan, L. & Newcombe, M. (2007). Harnessing mobile technology to support placement learning. The Shock of the Old 2007: The Shock of the Social, 27 March, Said Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford: England.
- Lea, S.J., & Callaghan, L. (2007). Reflections of developing an interprofessional centre of excellence. Rethinking Interprofessional Education and Development, 8-9 October, University of Plymouth, Plymouth: England.
- Craig Laker, J. & Lea, S.J. (2007). `Boundary conversations`: using auto-ethnographic research methods in health and education. Advances in Qualitative Methods, 21-24 September, Banff Centre, Banff: Canada.
- Lea, S.J. (2006). Transformative pedagogy, transformative practice: Developing a theoretical model of placement learning. Making a difference: connecting to transformational agendas: The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9-12 November, Hyatt Regency - Capitol Hill, Washington: USA.
- Parker, M., & Lea, S.J. (2006). Transformative ethnography in postmodernity. Making a difference: connecting to transformational agendas: The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 9-12 November, Hyatt Regency - Capitol Hill, Washington: USA.
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