DrJudith Loveridge

Judith is an Associate Professor in the School of Education. She is particularly interested in the intersection between social and cultural processes and individuals’ learning and development. Her major on-going area of research has been concerned with the ways in which children and adults learn and develop through their experiences of implicit cultural practices as well as through the experiences they have as a result of explicitly stated educational goals and pedagogical philosophies and practices. This theme has been addressed through research examining young children’s learning in home, community and educational settings, children’s enculturation, home, centre and school relations, and adult’s learning in informal contexts. She is also interested in the ethics of research, particularly in how to appropriately and authentically involve children and young people in research. Ensuring that the diversity of groups and individuals’ experiences is given expression has been an important theme in her research.