Meet the 2020-2021 Fellows

Margaret Adeane

Academic Director | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
New Zealand
Research Topic: Brave Not Perfect: How Do We Encourage a ‘Brave Not Perfect’ Mentality in the Context of Project-Based Learning? How Do We Feed Back to Grow Creativity, Resilience, and Innovation Skills for Girls?

Rianna Carr

United Kingdom
Research Topic: By Developing Female Students’ Understanding and Application of Seligman’s Positive Psychology and Signature Strengths, Can We Improve Their Willingness to Engage with Critical Feedback?

Emma Crocombe

Director of Drama | Putney High School
United Kingdom
Research Topic: In What Ways Can Video Recording Be Embraced in a Positive Way to Harness the Self-Critic for Girls’ Self-Reflection of a Shakespeare Monologue Performance? 

Julie Haines

Lower School Science Teacher | The Agnes Irwin School
United States
Research Topic: Show What You Know: How Girls’ Academic Confidence Increases with Multiple and Differentiated Ways of Sharing What They Learned

Leanne Horwitz

Head of History Department and Arts & Humanities Faculty Director | St Stithians College
South Africa
Research Topic: The Impact of Peer Feedback in Critical Friends Groups for Students Completing a 12th Grade Extended Research Task in History

Karen Lewis

English Teacher | All Hallows’ School
Australia
Research Topic: Feedback Conversations to Motivate Adolescent Girls’ Learning: How Does Engagement in Digital, Written, and Face-to-Face ‘Conversations’ Progress Learning, Nurture Resilience, and Increase Confidence?

Carolyn Mak

Lead Social Worker | Branksome Hall
Canada
Research Topic: Well-Played Recess: An Action Research Project Examining the Experiences of Giving Feedback and Other Pro-Social Strategies in a Girls’ School

Nicole Rayner

United States
Research Topic: What Factors Reduce Performance Anxiety and Contribute to High School Girls’ Learning and Retention in Their Study of a Second Language? 

Núria Tapias Nadales

Secondary Ed Teacher | Collegi La Vall
Spain
Research Topic: Fostering Resilience Through Quality Feedback in One-on-One Mentoring