Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing

With a background as a child, neonatal and adult nurse, my role in higher education focusses on delivering, assessing and redeveloping aspects of the child nurse curriculum alongside clinical leadership and management.

I am interested in what shapes learning journeys and how different pedagogical approaches influence learning. Building on the principles of play as a gateway to imagination, adventure, experimentation and collaboration, our mixed method research is revealing how flipped learning techniques, game simulations and different debriefing strategies affect the adult experience of higher education.

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Masters in Business Administration, Open University
• Certificate in Education, Huddersfield Polytechnic
• Further & Adult Education Teaching Certificate, (City & Guild 739)
• Understanding & Application of Research, (ENB 870)
• Teaching and Learning in nursing practice, (ENB 998)
• Special & Intensive Nursing Care of the Newborn, (ENB 405)
• Registered Sick Children’s Nurse. Registered General Nurse.

Teaching Role

• Paediatric nursing (year 2 and year 3 unit leader)
• Leadership & Management
• Clinical practice link

Research Interests

• Gamification and Authentic Aesthetically-motivated Teaching – This is a HEFCE-funded project that brought together scholars from three disciplines (business, nursing and psychology) and involved resources from three faculties of the University of Bedfordshire. Its aim is to develop a toolkit that is based on authentic learning and aesthetically-motivated pedagogies that would lead to the growth of professional qualities in graduates.

Recent Research Projects & Service to the Academic/Professional Community

• HEFCE Funded Gamification Project, 2016-2018
• External Examiner. UEA. Pre-registration BSc Adult Nurse
• External Examiner. Pre-registration BSc Child Nurse
• Autism Bedfordshire members board: Parent Trustee, 2011-2018

Recent Conference Presentations

• Ahmed, S; Henderson, B; Clements, A; Kofinas, AK. 2018. “Push and Pull: An Approach to directing Learning in Higher Education”, Learning, Teaching & Student Experience 7th Annual Conference, Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 24-25 April.
• Ahmed, S; Henderson, B; Clements, A; Kofinas, AK. 2017. Push and Pull Strategies of Learning in Higher Education; Managing students’ learning Journeys via Liminal Spaces. BAM (British Academy of Management) Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom, 4-6 September.
• Ahmed, S; Henderson; B, Kofinas, AK. 2017. “Changes in Business Students’ Feelings during a Unit-long Gamification Study”. BAM (British Academy of Management) Conference, Warwick, United Kingdom, 05-07 September.
• Henderson, B; Webb, M; Kofinas AK. 2017. “Nurse Clinical Leadership Simulation Board Game”. European Conference on Games-Based Learning. Graz, Austria, 5-6 October.
• Ahmed, S; Henderson, B; Clements, A; Kofinas, AK. 2017. “A sentiment analysis of playful engagement in management learning”. CLE Workshop: “Play, Creativity and interdisciplinary teaching”. 8th of March 2017. Luton.
• Henderson, B; Webb, M. 2016. Poster “Gamification:student feedback and pedagogical reflexivity, creation of a bespoke board game”. Best conference poster. RCN (Royal College of Nursing) International Centenary Conference. London. 22-23 November.

Recent Publications

• Henderson, B; Kofinas, A; Clements, A; Webb, Melanie. 2018. “Wardopoly: Game-based Experiential Learning in Nurse Education”. James, A; Nerantzi, C. (Eds.) The Power of Play, Palgrave Macmillan. (In press)

Contact Details

E: bernadette.henderson@beds.ac.uk
T: Desk Phone: + 44 (0)1234 793498

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Education
University of Bedfordshire
Bedford campus
Bedford
MK41 9EA