Senior Lecturer in Health & Social Care, and Study Hub Coordinator

I joined the University of Bedfordshire in September 2017 as the Study Hub Coordinator for Health and Social Care within our London campus.

Previous to working with the University of Bedfordshire I was an early years education lecturer for the university of East London where I taught and led on one of the largest early years modules within the CASS School of Education and Communities. I have taught within the field of early years education and health and social care in a variety of further and higher education institutions and prior to this I managed a small chain of early years settings and trained as a Montessori Directress for Montessori Schools of Irvine, California.

Other References

• LinkedIn: Michelle Nelson
• Twitter: @EduPerspectives
• ResearchGate: Michelle Nelson

Qualifications

• MA Early Years Education - University of East London
• Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
• BA Child and Adolescent Studies (Hons)- University of Bedfordshire
• Certificate in Education – Central Bedfordshire College
• Montessori Diploma – University of Southern California, Irvine

Teaching Expertise

• Perspectives in Early Childhood Development- Module Leader
• Management and Leadership
• Law Society & Controversy
• Comparing Welfare Internationally

Research Interests

• Child Behaviour
• Schematic Pedagogy
• Foucault Power Relationships
• Early years policy
• Early years curriculum

Projects

• Early Years Curriculum and policy: the impact of the EYFS in nurturing behaviour

Conference Papers

• Nelson, M. ‘Listening to behaviour as development in early years: A Mosaic Approach investigation of behaviour in early childhood in the UK’ Presented at BERA Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton 2017
• Nelson, M. ‘Schemas: what can we understand from young children’s patterns of behaviour?’ presented at the University of East London Early Years Researchers Conference 2016

Contact Details

E: michelle.nelson@beds.ac.uk