Zeta Williams-Brown

Zeta Williams-Brown

Zeta Williams-Brown is a Reader in Education for Social Justice at the University of Wolverhampton. She is leader of the Childhood, Youth and Families Research and Scholarship group for the Education Observatory. She is an executive member and currently Chair of the British Education Studies Association (BESA). Her technical research expertise specialises in qualitative methods, including Q-methodology.

Bio-ecological influences of inclusion: Understanding risk for children with special educational needs and disabilities through lived experience

This paper synthesises literature on Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model of child development and inclusive education, augmented by the authors’ personal and professional reflections. In doing so, it explores the perceived inclusive education experiences of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) who are consistently at heightened risk of exclusion from…

Article

‘What We Would Like You to Know’: Messages from Ukrainian Children

This project was developed in partnership between the University of Wolverhampton and Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University in Ukraine. Its focus was on providing a platform for Ukrainian children to be seen and heard during this time of crisis. The project utilised a participatory approach to work with Ukrainian children…

Conference Paper

Implementing Teaching Practice for Pre-Service EFL Teachers during the War in Ukraine

This study examines the effectiveness of a systematically phased school-based practicum model in preparing pre-service EFL teachers for the realities of teaching during wartime. The practicum is organized in three interrelated and progressively demanding stages: guided observation, teacher assistantship, and observed teaching. Each stage is designed to scaffold student teachers’…

Conference Paper