Dr Andrew Kennedy
School of Education
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: A.J.Kennedy@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5488
Having studied History at university, I went on to train first as an adult nurse and then as a sick children's nurse. This eventually led me into teaching, and I spent nine years in Adult and Higher Education with Further Education colleges , during which I achieved my MSc, exploring aspects of the history of health and social care. My PhD research considered how changes in the understanding of the nature of early childhood helped lead to the creation of the first children's hospitals.
In 2011 I spent three months as a visiting researcher at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Since 2012 I have been a visiting lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, also in Germany.
In 2015 I was appointed by the Government of Catalonia to assist with new the blood academic appointments process under the Serra Hunter Programme, 2015-6.
In 2019 I held a temporary appointment as a full-time lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany), to teach and to develop and promote a research partnership with LJMU.
Current modules taught include:
- Pedagogical Approaches
- Philosophical Approaches in Education
- Places and Spaces of Learning
- Student Inquiry
- Exploring Health Literacy Within Early Childhood
- Adult and Continuing Education
- Comparative and International Education
- Global Inequalities in Childhood
My research interests include:
- pedagogy, especially involving Learning Technologies
- the history and philosophy of education
- international education
Current PhD supervisions include:
- Gallery education for special education teachers in Malaysia
- Curriculum reform in Nepal
- The cultivation of Islamic civic values within English universities (student from Kuwait)
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Liverpool Medical Institution and of the British Society for the History of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Languages
German
Catalan; Valencian
Dutch; Flemish
Degrees
2014, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, PhD
2004, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, MSc
1983, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, MA
Certifications
2008, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, University Certificate in Virtual Learning Environments
2007, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, University Certificate in Information Technology
1990, Glasgow Western College of Nursing and Midwifery, Registered Sick Children's Nurse
1988, Glasgow Northern College of Nursing and Midwifery, Registered General Nurse
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies, Education and Early Childhood Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2008 - present
Lecturer in Health, Social Care, and Early Years, Adult Faculty, Runshaw College, 2001 - 2008
Lecturer in Health, Social Care, and Early Years, Bexley College, 2000 - 2001
Temporary Lecturer in Health, Social Care, and Early Years, Merton College, 1999 - 2000
Postgraduate training
PGCE (FE), United Kingdom, University of Greenwich, 1998 - 1999
Journal article
Kennedy A. 2010. Supporting children and families: lessons from Sure Start for evidence-based practice in health, social care and education Education 3-13, 38 :217-218 DOI Publisher Url
Kennedy AJ. 2010. Florence Nightingale and Charles West: Conflicting Visions of Children’s Nursing Hayes PM. History Studies: The Journal of the History Society of the University of Limerick,
Chapters
Kennedy AJ. 2009. Children and the notion of risk Kassem D, Murphy L, Taylor E. Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies Routledge. London 978-0415468893
Kennedy AJ. 2008. Inside the School: Early Years’ Education Studies: An Introduction :131-144 Open University Press. Milton Keynes 978-0335223510
Kennedy AJ. 2008. Inside the School: Early Years’ Mufti, E, Kassem D, Murphy L. Education Studies: An Introduction :131-144 Open University Press. Milton Keynes 978-0335223510
Ricking H, Schulze G, Speck K, Kennedy A. Absenteeism in Germany Wood P, Bates S. National and International approaches to SEND Provision and Practice Routledge
Conference publication
Kennedy AJ. ‘Certain Children’s Habits’: Charles West, Florence Nightingale, and the problem of nursing sick children. International Perspectives on Nursing History
Conference presentation:
The creation of the first children’s hospitals and their significance in the history of early childhood, Horrible Histories: conference of the Children's History Society, King's College, London, Oral presentation. 2016
Why do we try to improve the health of young children?, British Society for the History of Paediatrics and Child Health, Manchester University, Oral presentation. 2013
Nightingale and Children’s Nursing., International Perspectives on Nursing History Conference., London, UK, Oral presentation. 2010
Fellowships:
Fellowship, Higher Education Academy. 2012
External collaboration:
Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany, Professor Dr Gisela Schulze. 2009
Teaching qualification:
PGCE (FE). 1999
Other Professional Activity:
Appointed by Government of Catalonia to assist with new blood academic appointments under the Serra Hunter Programme, 2015-6..
Autumn, 2019: short-term contract as lecturer at Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg (Germany), for teaching and for promoting research links.
External examiner, BA in Early Childhood Studies, 2016-2020..
November 2016: participated in accreditation of MA Rehabilitationspädagogik at the Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany..