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Professor Mhairi Beaton

Professor

Professor Mhairi C Beaton is a Professor in the Carnegie School of Education.

Having worked as a teacher in the Highlands of Scotland and following the completion of her Masters in Education, Mhairi joined the School of Education at University of Aberdeen as a Lecturer. During her time working at University of Aberdeen, Mhairi was Programme Director for the MA in Inclusive Practice and was a tutor on the MA in Autism and Learning. Whilst at University of Aberdeen, Mhairi completed her Ph.D examining the development of pupils’ learner identity in primary schools and led a number of externally funded research projects focusing on teacher development, inclusion and assessment.

Since joining the Carnegie School of Education, Mhairi has led a number of externally funded international research projects focusing on inclusion, teacher education and student voice. Mhairi is also the Leeds Beckett University representative on the University of the Arctic Assembly having successfully led the university’s application for membership in 2018.

Current Teaching

Mhairi has led the development of and now leads the Carnegie School of Education MA in Inclusive Practice in Education course. Mhairi also supervises a number of doctoral students in the school.

Research Interests

Mhairi’s research focuses on the interface of inclusion, teacher education and student voice.

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How can teachers’ learning contribute to better inclusion?
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Inclusion is a constant teacher priority and our research shows some forms of professional learning foster more effective approaches to getting it right, write Rachel Lofthouse and Mhairi Beaton
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Edwards T; Beaton M; Lofthouse R (2023) Een manifest voor topografisch onderwijs. In: Perspectieven op inclusief onderwijs tweede, ongewijzigde druk. Gompel&Svacina,
Harju-Luukkainen H; Kangas J; Smith D; Beaton MC; Nutti YJ; Äärelä-Vihriälä R (2023) Cultivating compassion in higher education. In: Practising Compassion in Higher Education. Routledge, pp. 53-66.
Hirshberg DB; Maxwell G; Peltokorpi J; Beaton M; Turunen T (2023) Introduction: Education, Equity and Inclusion for a Sustainable North. In: Hirshberg DB; Maxwell G; Peltokorpi J; Beaton M; Turunen T ed. Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 1-7.
Beaton M; Helander H; Keskitalo P (2023) Education Provision for Indigenous and Minority Heritage Languages Revitalisation: A Study Focusing on Saami and Scottish Gaelic. In: Hirshberg DB; Beaton M; Maxwell G; Turunen T; Peltokorpi J ed. Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 61-77.
Ayliffe P; Bartle H; Joyce P; Stubbs K; Atkinson S; Beaton M (2022) The ADVOST project: Facilitating voice and agency in the early years classroom. In: Biddulph J; Rolls L; Flutter J ed. Unleashing Children’s Voices in New Democratic Primary Education. Abingdon: Routledge,
Wall K; Cassidy C; Robinson C; Beaton M; Arnott L; Hall E (2022) Considering Space and Time: Power Dynamics and Relationships between Children and Adults. In: Brasov M; Levitan J ed. Student Voice Research Theory, Methods and Innovations from the Field. New York USA: Teachers College Press, pp. 68-83.
Edwards T; Beaton M (2021) The SENCO role: leading on assessment. In: Beaton MC; Codina GN; Wharton JC ed. Leading on Inclusion The Role of the SENCO. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 99-108.
Beaton M (2021) Hearing their voices: the role of the SENCO in facilitating the participation of all learners. In: Beaton MC; Codina GN; Wharton JC ed. Leading on Inclusion The Role of the SENCO. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 163-170.
Beaton MC; Codina GN; Wharton JC (2021) Introduction. In: Leading on Inclusion. Routledge, pp. 3-5.
Beaton M (2020) Old Learning, New Learning: teacher educators as enquiring professionals. In: Swennen A; White E ed. Being a Teacher Educator: Research-Informed Methods for Improving Practice. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge,
Beaton M; Spratt J (2019) Inclusion Policies in Two UK Countries - Vernacular Responses to Global Influence. In: Beaton M; Hirshberg D; Maxwell G; Spratt J ed. Including the North: A Comparative Study of the Policies on Inclusion and Equity in the Circumpolar North. Rovaniemi: University of Lapland, pp. 71-88.
Hirshberg D; Maxwell G; Beaton M; Spratt J (2019) Editor's Introduction. In: Beaton M; Hirshberg D; Maxwell G; Spratt J ed. Including the North: A Comparative Study of the Policies on Inclusion and Equity in the Cirumpolar North. Rovaniemi: University of Lapland, pp. 13-20.
Beaton M; Spratt J (2017) Professional Learning to support the Development of Inclusive Curricula. In: Teacher Education for the Changing Demographics of Schooling Issues for Research and Practice. Springer,

Beaton M; Burke A; Dharan V; Galkiene A; Kyrö-Ämmälä O; Lakkala S; Löfström J; Maxwell G (In press) Education For All: Approaches to Teacher Education for Inclusion: An Invited Policy Brief. In: UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, 18 May 2022 - 20 May 2022, Barcelona.
Korte S-M; Burton S; Keskitalo P; Turunen T; Beaton M; Lee C-KJ; Kong S-C; Wang L; Smith D; Munday J (In press) Teacher Education in the Frontline: Improving Teachers' Future Digital Competencies for the Enhancement of Learning Outcomes and to Promote Equality: Invited Policy Brief. In: UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022, 18 May 2022 - 20 May 2022, Barcelona.

Wall K; Cassidy C; Robinson C; Hall E; Beaton M; Kanyal M; Mitra D (In press) Look who’s talking: Factors for considering the facilitation of very young children’s voices. Journal of Early Childhood Research

https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718x19875767
Korte S-M; Cheung WM-Y; Maasilta M; Kong S-C; Keskitalo P; Wang L; Lau CM; Lee JCK; Gu MM (2024) Enhancing artificial intelligence literacy through cross-cultural online workshops. Computers and Education Open, 6 pp. 100164-100164.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100164
Kong S-C; Korte S-M; Burton S; Keskitalo P; Turunen T; Smith D; Wang L; Lee JC-K; Beaton MC (2024) Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy – an argument for AI literacy in education. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, pp. 1-7.

https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2024.2332744
Korte S-M; Körkkö M; Maxwell G; Beaton M; Keskitalo P; Hast M; Kyrö-Ämmälä O; Mommo S (2023) Professional educators in the Circumpolar North: A model for the digital competence of future teachers. Arctic Yearbook, pp. 296-309.

https://arcticyearbook.com/arctic-yearbook/2023-special-issue/2023-special-scholarly-papers/477-professional-educators-in-the-circumpolar-north-a-model-for-the-digital-competence-of-future-teachers
Korte S-M; Körkkö M; Kyrö-Ämmälä, O; Hast M; Mommo S; Paksuniemi M; Maxwell G; Beaton M (2023) A transnational comparative study of teachers’ experiences of remote teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE), 25 (1), pp. 4-24.

https://doi.org/10.52214/cice.v25i1.10221
Vijayavarathan-R K; Óskarsdóttir E; Beaton M; Turunen T; Kagan O; Flotskaya N; Bulanova S (2022) Development of Teacher Self-Efficacy for Teaching in Rural Schools in The Circumpolar North: Lessons for Teacher Education. Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 11 (3), pp. 293-308.

https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jtee/issue/75078/1181294
Cassidy C; Wall K; Robinson C; Arnott L; Beaton M; Hall E (2022) Bridging the theory and practice of eliciting the voices of young children: findings from the Look Who’s Talking project. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, pp. 1-16.

https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293x.2022.2026431
Kopp E; Kálmán O; Beaton M (2021) Hataratlepes es Inkluzio – Tanarok Tanulasanak Tamogatasa. Új Kutatasok a Neveléstudományokban; Család a nevelés és az oktatás fókuszában
Lofthouse R; Beaton M; Kools Q; Kopp E (2021) Valuing knowledge exchange and professional learning for educational inclusion: understanding professional dilemmas in policy and practice contexts. Pedagógusképzés, 20 (48), pp. 5-26.

http://ojs.elte.hu/pedagoguskepzes/article/view/1754
Beaton MC; Codina GN; Wharton JC (2021) In Response—Reply to John Paul Donnelly. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49 (4), pp. 406-408.

https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12427
Beaton MC; Codina GN; Wharton JC (2021) Decommissioning normal: COVID‐19 as a disruptor of school norms for young people with learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities

https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12399
Beaton MC; Thomson S; Cornelius S; Lofthouse R; Kools Q; Huber S (2021) Conceptualising Teacher Education for Inclusion: Lessons for the Professional Learning of Educators from Transnational and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Sustainability, 13 (4), pp. 2167-2167.

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042167
Fabri M; Fenton G; Andrews PCS; Beaton MC (2020) Experiences of higher education students on the autism spectrum: Stories of low mood and high resilience. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1767764
Spratt J; Anderson K; Beaton M; Rahko-Ravantti R (2018) Seeing education with northern eyes: University of the Arctic Thematic Network for Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education. Education in the North, 25 (1-2), pp. 175-180.

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/research/eitn/journal/archive/51/550/
Florian L; Beaton MC (2018) Inclusive pedagogy in action: getting it right for every child. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 22 (8), pp. 870-884.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2017.1412513
Beaton MC (2017) Look who's talking: eliciting the voices of children from birth to seven. International Journal of Student Voice, 2 (1),

https://ijsv.psu.edu/?article=look-whos-talking-eliciting-the-voices-of-children-from-birth-to-seven
Barrett L; Beaton MC; Head G; McAuliffe L; Moscardini L; Spratt J; Sutherland M (2015) Developing inclusive practice in Scotland: the National Framework for Inclusion. Pastoral Care in Education

https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2015.1070896
Beaton MC; Black-Hawkins K (2014) Changing legislation on inclusive and special education: perspectives across the four nations of the UK. British Journal of Special Education, 41 (4),

https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12084

Hirshberg DB; Beaton MC; Maxwell G; Turunen T; Peltokorpi J (2023) Education, Equity and Inclusion Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North. Springer Nature.
eds. Beaton M; Codina GN; Wharton JC (2021) Leading on Inclusion. 1st Edition Routledge.
eds. Beaton M; Hirshberg D; Maxwell G; Spratt J (2019) Including the North : a comparative study of the policies on inclusion and equity in the Circumpolar North. Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland: University of Lapland Press.