Jane Waters-Davies

Athro cysylltiol, arweinydd ymchwil cymhwysol (addysg)
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Cefndir

Mae Dr Jane Waters-Davies yn Athro Cysylltiol mewn Plentyndod Cynnar. Yn wreiddiol yn athrawes ysgol gynradd yn Llundain, mae hi wedi gweithio ym maes Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru ers dros 25 mlynedd. Mae gan Jane brofiad helaeth fel darlithydd, ymchwilydd, goruchwyliwr graddau doethur, a rheolwr rhaglenni, ar ôl arwain rhaglenni mewn Astudiaethau Plentyndod Cynnar, ac Addysg Gychwynnol Athrawon (AGA). 

Mae hi’n arweinydd strategol profiadol, wedi goruchwylio newid sylweddol yn y ddarpariaeth AGA, dylunio ac arwain rhaglen ddoethuriaeth broffesiynol arloesol, a datblygu ymchwil addysg yn y Brifysgol gan arwain at ei chyflwyniad cyntaf ym maes Addysg i’r Fframwaith Rhagoriaeth Ymchwil. 

Mae Jane yn aelod o banel cynghori Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer y blynyddoedd cynnar. Mae hi’n angerddol am ba mor bwysig yw hi i addysgwyr plentyndod cynnar ddeall cymhlethdodau’r gwaith maen nhw’n ei wneud, gallu eirioli dros ddysgu chwareus ar ran plant a chael eu parchu am eu proffesiynoldeb aruthrol.

Pynciau Arbenigol

  • cyfranogiad plant ifanc
  • chwarae a dysgu yn y blynyddoedd cynnar
  • chwarae awyr agored a datblygu cysyniadau cynnar
  • dysgu proffesiynol ar gyfer athrawon cynradd a'r rhai sy'n gweithio gyda phlant ifanc

Profiad Proffesiynol a/neu Ymchwil

Roedd doethuriaeth Jane yn archwilio'r rhyngweithio rhwng plant ac oedolion ym mannau awyr agored a dan do y blynyddoedd cynnar yn yr ysgol. Mae hi'n ymchwilydd ansoddol profiadol, gyda diddordebau ymchwil yng nghyfranogiad, chwarae a dysgu plant ifanc, chwarae awyr agored a datblygu cysyniadau cynnar, ac addysg broffesiynol athrawon a'r rhai sy'n gweithio gyda phlant ifanc. Mae hi wedi bod yn rhan o brosiectau ymchwil amrywiol, wedi'u hariannu a heb eu hariannu, fel PI a Co-I, yn fwyaf diweddar yn archwilio: rôl yr oedolyn wrth gefnogi datblygu cysyniadau yn ystod plentyndod cynnar; profiadau dysgwyr o addysg trwy bandemig Covid-19; a, phrofiadau addysgwyr athrawon yn ystod cyfnod o newid strwythurol yn y ddarpariaeth AGA. Mae ei phrosiect ymchwil cyfredol, a ariennir gan yr ESRC, yn archwilio cyfranogiad plant ifanc mewn ystafelloedd dosbarth plentyndod cynnar: https://childrens-participation.org/

Cymwysterau

  • PhD
  • Ma[Ed]
  • TAR
  • BSc

Ieithoedd a Siaradwyd

Saesneg

Cydnabyddiaeth neu Wobrau Allanol

Uwch Gymrawd yr HEA

Dolen i Broffil Orcid

Proffil Ymchwil ORCID

Cyhoeddiadau Proffesiynol

  • Cyhoeddiadau dethol:
  • Mart, M., Gessiou, G. & Waters-Davies, J. [Goln] (2025) Exploring the Pedagogy of Learning and Playing Outdoors. London, Routledge
  • Waters-Davies, J. & Livingston, K. (2024) Enabling relational agency in Initial Teacher Education Partnerships in Wales. BERA Research Intelligence. Special Issue 161, tt.25.
  • Rekers A, & Waters J. (2024) Young Children’s Outdoor Play-Based Learning. Yn: Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Peters RDeV, Brussoni M, (goln). Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [ar-lein]. https://www.child-encyclopedia.com/outdoor-play/according-experts/young-childrens-outdoor-play-based-learning . Diweddarwyd: Gorffennaf 2024.
  • Stewart, S., MacDonald, N. & Waters-Davies, J. (2024) Early Childhood Education in Wales: Policy, Promises and Practice Realities. Wales Journal of Education 26 (2) tt.124-139. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.26.2.9
  • Murphy, A., Roberts, L., Williams, J., Clement, J., Chicken, S., Waters-Davies, J. & Tyrie, J. (2024) Participative rights in Welsh primary schools: Unpicking the policy rhetoric. Policy Futures in Education 23 (2) tt. 295-315 https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103241257281
  • Livingston, K. & Waters-Davies, J. (2024) Agency in negotiating partnerships in initial teacher education: shifting sands. European Journal of Teacher Education Special Issue 47 (5) The Practicum in Initial Teacher Education: Enduring Challenges, Evolving Practices, and Future Research Directions tt. 1073–1090. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02619768.2024.2384477
  • Waters-Davies, J., Murphy, A., Tyrie, J., Chicken, S. & Clement, J. (2024) Constructing child participation in early years classrooms: an exploration from Wales. Children and Society, 38(50 tt. 1824-1841. Ar gael ar-lein: http://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12848
  • Waters-Davies, J., Tyrie, J., Chicken, S., Knight, C.,& Grout, E. (2023) Belonging, community and capability: Listening to the voices of young children to realise process quality in early childhood curriculum enactment in Wales. Education 3-13 https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2276854
  • Chapman, S., Ellis, R., Beauchamp, G., Sheriff, L., Stacey, D., Waters-Davies , J., Lewis, A., Jones, C., Griffiths, M., Chapman, S.J., Wallis, R., Sheen, E., Crick, T., Lewis , H., French, G. and Atherton, S. “My picture is not in Wales”: Pupils’ Perceptions of Cynefin (Belonging) in Primary School Curriculum Development in Wales, (yn y wasg 2023) Education 3-13 51:8, 1214-1228 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03004279.2023.2229861
  • Tyrie, J., Chicken, S., Knight, C., Mannay, D., Porres, G.T., Waters–Davies, J., Waites, T. & Westall, A. (2023) COVID–19, Education and Learning: Amplifying Young Children’s Voices. Welsh Government Research document no: 73/2023. Cardiff. Ar gael yn: https://hwb.gov.wales/api/storage/0b6492be-c863-4168-b301-6f3fef4eade5/cen-18-report-eng-final.pdf
  • Waters-Davies, J. (2022) [Ed] An introduction to play. London: SAGE
  • Waters-Davies, J. & MacDonald, N. (2022) The capable child as a threshold concept for inclusive early childhood education and care. Yn Conn, C. & Murphy, A. [Goln] Inclusive Pedagogies for Early Childhood Education: Respecting and Responding to Differences in Learning. London: Taylor and Francis
  • Waters-Davies, J., Davies,P., Underwood, C., Lloyd-Williams, S., Jones, S., James, S., ThomasWalters, J., Morgan, C., Southern, A., Ward, A. & Evans A.R. (2022 research report) Exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on learners in Wales. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Ar gael ar-lein: https://hwb.gov.wales/professional-development/the-national-strategy-for-educational-research-and-enquiry-nsere/research-studies-on-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-welsh-education-system/research-study-2
  • Waters, J. & MacDonald, N. (2020) Exploring the use of a rating scale to support professional learning in early years pre-school staff: the experience of one local authority in Wales. Early Years: an international research journal. 42 (3) 263-277 https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2020.1742666
  • Waters, J. & Sharpling, E. (2020) Changing the Lens: mapping the development of research dispositions in programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Wales Journal for Education 22 (1)
  • Tinney, G., MacDonald, N., Waters, J. & Gealy, A-M. (2020) A socio-constructivist approach to developing a professional learning intervention for early childhood education and care practitioners in Wales Professional Development in Education https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2020.1742187
  • Bateman, A. & Waters J. (2018) Risk-Taking in the New Zealand Bush: Issues of Resilience and Wellbeing. Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education; Special issue. 12 (2) 7-29. http://www.pecerajournal.com/?page=3&vol=12&no=2
  • Waters, J., Payler, J. and Jones, K. (2018) The Professional Development of Early Years Educators [Goln] Routledge: Abingdon
  • Bilton, H. and Waters, J. (2017) Why take young children outside? A critical consideration of the professed aims for outdoor learning in the early years by teachers from England and Wales. Social Sciences: special issue: Equality and Social Inclusion: The Role of Education 6 (1) 1; doi:10.3390/socsci6010001
  • Waters, J. (2017) ‘Affordance Theory’, yn The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning, goln Tim Waller, Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Libby Lee-Hammond, Kristi Lekies and Shirley Wyver. London: SAGE.
  • Lewis, A., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Waters, J. and Williams, J. (2017) Exploring the Extent of Enactment of Young Children's Rights in the Education System in Wales, Wales Journal of Education, 19(2), 27-50.
  • Barnes, J., and Waters, J. (2016) Initial Teacher Education in Wales; Innovation Inspired Across Borders, in proceedings of Teacher Education Policy in Europe Network, Malta.
  • Waters, J. (2016) The Foundation Phase in Wales – time to grow up? Wales Journal of Education, 18.1 179-198.

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