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Kieron Sheehy

Senior Lecturer

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning

Research Interests

Teaching children with severe learning difficulties, inclusion, pedagogy and new technologies.

Publications

Authored Book
Long, Martyn; Wood, Clare; Littleton, Karen; Passenger, Terri and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). The Psychology of Education: The Evidence Base for Teaching and Learning (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
Nind, Melanie; Sheehy, Kieron; Rix, Jonathan and Simmons, Katy (2003). Inclusive education: diverse perspectives. Learning from each other. London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd.
Book Chapter
Rix, Jonathan and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). A collective model of difference. In: Rix, Jonathan; Nind, Melanie; Sheehy, Kieron; Simmons, Katy and Walsh, Christopher eds. Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1: Diverse Perspectives (2nd Edition). Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge, Taylor & Francis , pp. 306–319.
Hall, Kathy and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Assessment and Learning: Summative Approaches. In: Arthur, James and Cremin, Teresa eds. Learning to Teach in the Primary School, 2nd edition. London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis, pp. 245–256.
Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Virtual environments: issues and opportunities for researching inclusive educational practices. In: Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia; Livingstone, Daniel and Smith-Robbins, Sarah eds. Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human-Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer, pp. 1–15.
Ferguson, Rebecca; Sheehy, Kieron and Clough, Gill (2010). Introduction: challenging education in virtual worlds. In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers.
Sheehy, Kieron and Littleton, Tamara (2010). The business of child protection in educational virtual worlds. In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers.
Ferguson, Rebecca and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Breaking down the barriers. In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers.
Sheehy, Kieron and Seamans, Dan (2010). Virtual worlds: the states of play. In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers.
Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Inclusive education and virtual worlds: the Teacher Embodiment And LEarning Affordance Framework (TEALEAF). In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers.
Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Stigmatising and removing defective children from society: the influence of eugenic thinking. In: Brockliss, Laurence and Montgomery, Heather eds. Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition. Childhood in Archaeology. Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books.
Sheehy, Kieron and Holliman, Andrew J. (2009). Teaching children with severe learning difficulties: routes to word recognition using logographic symbols. In: Wood, Clare and Connelly, Vincent eds. Contemporary Perspectives on Reading and Spelling. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 280–304.
Sheehy, Kieron and Ferguson, Rebecca (2008). Educational inclusion and new technologies. In: Scott, Thomas B. and Livingston, James I. eds. Leading Edge Educational Technology. New York: Nova Science, pp. 159–176.
Hall, Kathy and Sheehy, Kieron (2006). Assessment and learning: Summative approaches. In: Arthur, James; Granger, Teresa and Wray, David eds. Learning to Teach in the Primary School. London, UK: Routledge/Taylor and Francis, pp. 343–356.
Wood, Clare; Sheehy, Kieron and Passenger, Terri (2006). Understanding specific learning difficulties. In: Wood, Clare; Littleton, Karen and Sheehy, Kieron eds. Developmental Psychology in Action. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 9–52.
Oates, John; Sheehy, Kieron and Wood, Clare (2005). Theories of development. In: Oates, John; Wood, Clare and Grayson, Andrew eds. Psychological Development and Early Childhood. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 47–88.
Nind, Melanie; Simmons, Katy; Sheehy, Kieron and Rix, Jonathan (2004). Introduction. In: Nind, Melanie; Sheehy, Kieron and Simmons, Katy eds. Inclusive Education: Learners and Learning Contexts. UK: Routledge.
Sheehy, Kieron; Hall, Kathy; Benhamin, B.; Collins, Janet and Nind, Melanie (2004). Schooling Year 6: Inclusion or SATuration? In: Hayes, Dennis ed. The RoutledgeFalmer guide to key debates in Education. RoutledgeFalmer.
Sheehy, Kieron (2004). Approaches to autism. In: Wearmouth, J.; Glynn, T.; Richmond, R. C. and Berryman, M. eds. Understanding Pupil Behaviour in School: A Diversity of Approaches. London: David Fulton Publishers, pp. 339–357.
Rix, Jonathan; Sheehy, Kieron; Simmons, Katy and Nind, Melanie (2003). Introduction: from where you are. In: Nind, Melanie; Sheehy, Kieron; Rix, Jonathan and Simmons, Katy eds. Inclusive education: diverse perspectives. Learning from each other. London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd, pp. 1–8.
Sheehy, Kieron (2003). New technology and inclusion: The world (wide web) is not enough. In: Nind, Melanie; Rix, Jonathan; Sheehy, Kieron and Simmons, Katy eds. Inclusive Education: Diverse Perspectives. London: David Fulton, pp. 115–128.
Sheehy, Kieron (2000). The development of cognition, moral reasoning and language. In: Gupta, R. M. and Gupta, D. eds. Psychology for Psychiatrists. London: Whurr Publishing Ltd, pp. 79–103.
Conference Item
Herring, Paul; Sheehy, Kieron; Jones, Roger and Kear, Karen (2010). Designing a virtual teacher for non-verbal children with autism: Pedagogical affordances and the influence of teacher voice. In: 4th International Wireless Ready Symposium, Digital Asia: Language\Technology & Community, JALT, 19 Feb 2010, Nagoya, Japan.
Herring, Paul; Sheehy, Kieron and Jones, Roger (2009). Investigating a 'virtual tutor' approach for improving the communication skills of children with autism. In: ALT-C 2009 "In Dreams Begins Responsibility": Choice, Evidence and Change, 8-10 Sep 2009, Manchester, UK.
Twining, Peter and Sheehy, Kieron (2006). Not school – not home – schome – the education system for the Information Age. In: IFIP Conference, Imagining the future for ICT and Education, 26th - 30th June 2006, Norway.
Ralston, J.; Cooke, D.; Twining, P.; Dillon, G.; Evans, D.; Jones, A.; Kukulska-Hulme, A.; McAndrew, P.; Scanlon, E.; Selwood, I.; Sheehy, K. and Underwood, J. (2006). Introducing Tablet PCs in schools - a national study - some lessons learned. In: IFIP Conference, Imagining the future for ICT and Education, 26th - 30th June 2006, Norway.
Twining, P.; Cook, D.; Dillon, P.; Evans, G.; Heppell, A.; Jones, A.; Kukulska-Hulme, A.; McAndrew, P.; Ralston, J.; Scanlon, E.; Selwood, A.; Sheehy, K. and Underwood, J. (2005). Tablet PCs in schools. In: CALRG-TRLG Seminar, 15 June 2005, Milton Keynes, UK.
Journal Article
Sheehy, Kieron; Kumrai, Rajni and Woodhead, Martin (2011). Young people’s experiences of Personal Advisors and the Connexions service. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 30(3), pp. 168–182.
Sheehy, Kieron and Green, Ashley A. (2011). Beaming children where they cannot go: telepresence robots and inclusive education: an exploratory study. Ubiquitous Learning: an international journal, 3(1), pp. 135–146.
Holliman, Andrew J.; Wood, Clare and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Does speech rhythm sensitivity predict children's reading ability 1 year later? Journal of Educational Psychology, 102(2), pp. 356–366.
Holliman, Andrew J.; Wood, Clare and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). The contribution of sensitivity to speech rhythm and non-speech rhythm to early reading development. Educational Psychology, 30(3), pp. 247–267.
Holliman, Andrew J.; Wood, Clare and Sheehy, Kieron (2010). A cross-sectional study of prosodic sensitivity and reading difficulties. Journal of Research in Reading (In Press).
Sheehy, Kieron (2009). Teaching word recognition to children with severe learning difficulties: an exploratory comparison of teaching methods. Educational Research, 51(3), pp. 379–391.
Gillen, Julia; Twining, Peter; Ferguson, Rebecca; Butters, Oliver; Clough, Gill; Gaved, Mark; Peachey, Anna; Seamans, Dan and Sheehy, Kieron (2009). A learning community for teens on a virtual island - The Schome Park Teen Second Life Pilot project. eLearning Papers, 2009(15), www.elearningpapers.eu.
Rix, Jonathan; Hall, Kathy; Nind, Melanie; Sheehy, Kieron and Wearmouth, Janice (2009). What pedagogical approaches can effectively include children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms? A systematic literature review. Support for Learning, 24(2), pp. 86–94.
Sheehy, Kieron and Duffy, Hester (2009). Attitudes to Makaton in the ages on integration and inclusion. International Journal of Special Education, 24(2), pp. 91–102.
Holliman, Andrew; Wood, Clare and Sheehy, Kieron (2008). Sensitivity to speech rhythm explains individual differences in reading ability independently of phonological awareness. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 26(3), pp. 357–367.
Sheehy, K. and Bucknall, S. (2008). How is technology seen in young people’s visions of future education systems? Learning, Media and Technology, 33(2), pp. 101–114.
Sheehy, K.; Ferguson, R. and Clough, G. (2008). Learning in the Panopticon: ethical and social issues in building a virtual educational environment. International Journal of Social Science. Special Edition: Virtual Reality in Distance Education, 2(2), pp. 25–32.
Twining, Peter; Evans, Diane; Cook, Deirdre; Ralston, John; Selwood, Ian; Jones, Ann; Underwood, Jean; Scanlon, Eileen; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Dillon, Gayle; McAndrew, Patrick and Sheehy, Kieron (2005). Should there be a future for Tablet PCs in schools? Journal of Interactive Media in Education
Sheehy, Kieron and Nind, Melanie (2005). Emotional well-being for all: mental health and people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(1), pp. 34–38.
Sheehy, Kieron (2005). Morphing images: a potential tool for teaching word recognition to children with severe learning difficulties. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(2), pp. 293–301.
Hall, Kathy; Collins, Janet; Benjamin, Shereen; Nind, Melanie and Sheehy, Kieron (2004). SATurated models of pupildom: Assessment and Inclusion/Exclusion. British Educational Research Journal, 30(6), pp. 801–817.
Nind, Melanie; Benjamin, Shereen; Sheehy, Kieron; Collins, Janet and Hall, Kathy (2004). Methodological challenges in researching inclusive school cultures. Educational Review, 56(3), pp. 259–270.
Sheehy, Kieron; Rix, Jonathan; Nind, Melanie and Simmons, Katy (2004). Perspectives on inclusive education: learning from each other. Support for Learning, 19(3), pp. 137–141.
Sheehy, Kieron (2002). The Effective Use of Symbols in Teaching Word Recognition to Children with Severe Learning Difficulties: a comparison of word alone, integrated picture cueing and the handle technique. International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, 49(1), pp. 47–59.
Sheehy, Kieron (2002). Overcoming failure to begin word recognition using a local feature strategy: The handle technique and children with severe learning difficulties. Learn: The Journal of the Irish Learning Support Association, 24 pp. 78–87.
Sheehy, Kieron and Howe, M.J.A. (2001). Teaching non-readers with severe learning difficulties to recognise words: The effective use of symbols in a new technique. Westminster Studies in Education, 24(1), pp. 61–71.
Other
Sheehy, K.; Rix, J.; Collins, J.; Hall, K.; Nind, M. and Wearmouth, J. (2009). A systematic review of whole class, subject based, pedagogies with reported outcomes for the academic and social inclusion of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms. EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Sheehy, Kieron and Kumrai, Rajni (2007). The Upstream Research Project: Evaluation Report of the experiences of young people using the Connexions Service in Milton Keynes. Connexions:MK.
Rix, J.; Hall, K.; Nind, M.; Sheehy, K. and Wearmouth, J. (2006). A systematic review of interactions in pedagogical approaches with reported outcomes for the academic and social inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK.
Sheehy, K.; Kukulska-Hulme, A.; Twining, P.; Evans, D.; Cook, D. and Jelfs, A. (2005). Tablet PCs in schools: A review of literature and selected projects. BECTA, Coventry, UK.
Nind, M.; Wearmouth, J.; Collins, J.; Hall, K.; Rix, J. and Sheehy, K. (2004). A systematic review of pedagogical approaches that can effectively include children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms with a particular focus on peer group interactive approaches. EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, UK.