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Dr Jacky Tyrie

Senior Lecturer

Education and Childhood Studies

j.tyrie@swansea.ac.uk

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6419-5391

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About

Dr Tyrie is a senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and programme director on the MA Childhood Studies. Jacky has worked for 15 years as lecturer and researcher in higher education, with posts in Cardiff Metropolitan University and Swansea University. Dr Tyrie’s research explores early childhood from sociological and geographical perspectives and focuses on research around children’s rights and equality and children’s participation within early childhood care and education settings.

Dr Tyrie is a national leader in children’s rights and co-ordinates the Children’s Rights in Early Years Network (CREY). The CREY Network draws together, academics with policy makers, NGO’s and practitioners to share knowledge and work together. Jacky has been principal investigator on a number of funded research projects. Jacky’s current research explores the ways in which human rights are ‘lived’ in young children’s experiences and more recently the impact of COVID-19 on young children and their experiences of the pandemic. She has published articles around rights within some of the following journals The International Journal of Children’s Rights, The British Journal of Sociology and the Wales Journal of Education.

Additional advisory roles:

Coordinator of Children’s Rights in Early Years Network (CREY)
Trustee of Play Wales
Affiliate of the Observatory on Human Rights of Children
Member of Children’s Research Network (Wales)
Member of the Maternal and Child Health Network (MatCHNet)

Areas Of Expertise

Socio-cultural understand of Childhood
Sociology of Childhood
International Childhoods
Young Children’s Rights
Participation in the Early Years
Gender equality in the early years
Research with and for Young Children

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Play in the early years

Children’s rights

Safeguarding in the early years

Early Years Policy

Equality and Diversity in the early years

Publications

Research Highlights

Waters‐Davies, J., Murphy, A., Chicken, S., Tyrie, J., & Clement, J. (2024). Constructing child participation in early years classrooms: An exploration from Wales. Children and Society, 38(5), 1824-1841.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12848, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67332
Murphy, A., Roberts, L., Williams, J., Chicken, S., Clement, J., Waters-Davies, J., & Tyrie, J. (2024). Participative rights in Welsh primary schools: Unpicking the policy rhetoric. Policy Futures in Education, 0
https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103241257281, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66394
Chicken, S., Tur Porres, G., Mannay, D., Parnell, J., & Tyrie, J. (2024). Questioning ‘voice’ and silence: Exploring creative and participatory approaches to researching with children through a Reggio Emilian lens. Qualitative Research, 0
https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941241234299, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65559
Waters-Davies, J., Tyrie, J., Chicken, S., Knight, C., & Grout, E. (2023). Belonging, community and capability: listening to the voices of young children to realise process quality in early childhood curriculum enactment in Wales. Education 3-13, 0, 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2276854, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64846
Chicken, S. & Tyrie, J. (2023). Can you Hear me? Problematising the Enactment of UNCRC Article 12 in Welsh Early Years Classrooms. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 31(2), 301-325.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-31010001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718182-31010001
Tyrie, J. & Tur Porres, G. (2023). COVID–19, Education and Learning: Amplifying Young Children’s Voices
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63750
Tyrie, J., Murphy, A., Waters-Davies, J., , S., & Clement, J. (2022). Foundation Phase Teachers’ Understandings and Enactment of participation in school settings in Wales. In Carmel Conn Alison Murphy (Ed.), Inclusive Pedagogies for Early Childhood Education:Respecting and Responding to Differences in Learning Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59629
https://www.routledge.com/Inclusive-Pedagogies-for-Early-Childhood-Education-Respecting-and-Responding/Conn-Murphy/p/book/9780367756130
Tyrie, J., Knight, C., & Borras Batalla, M. (2021). Delphi Study to Understand Options Available that will help to Identify, Address, or Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Children Under Age 5
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59113
https://gov.wales/delphi-study-impact-covid-19-children-under-age-5
Mannello, M., Connolly, M., Dumitrescu, S., , C., Haughton, C., Sarwar, S., & Tyrie, J. (2019). Opening the school gates: facilitating after-school play in school grounds. In Sophie Alcock and Nicola Stobbs (Ed.), Rethinking Play as Pedagogy (pp. 121-138). Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58853
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429454042-10/opening-school-gates-marianne-mannello-mark-connolly-sandra-dumitrescu-cheryl-ellis-chantelle-haughton-sian-sarwar-jacky-tyrie?context=ubx&refId=997cf1cd-e45b-41c5-ac70-b265cba32cf5
Tyrie, J. & Liz, C. (2021). Children aged 0-11 and Covid-19: A conversation event (#CCCE21)
https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.c.5547765.v2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57816
https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.c.5547765.v2

All Research

Journal Articles

Murphy, A., Roberts, L., Williams, J., Chicken, S., Clement, J., Waters-Davies, J., & Tyrie, J. (2024). Participative rights in Welsh primary schools: Unpicking the policy rhetoric. Policy Futures in Education, 0
https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103241257281, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66394
Chicken, S., Tur Porres, G., Mannay, D., Parnell, J., & Tyrie, J. (2024). Questioning ‘voice’ and silence: Exploring creative and participatory approaches to researching with children through a Reggio Emilian lens. Qualitative Research, 0
https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941241234299, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65559
Waters‐Davies, J., Murphy, A., Chicken, S., Tyrie, J., & Clement, J. (2024). Constructing child participation in early years classrooms: An exploration from Wales. Children and Society, 38(5), 1824-1841.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12848, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67332
Waters-Davies, J., Tyrie, J., Chicken, S., Knight, C., & Grout, E. (2023). Belonging, community and capability: listening to the voices of young children to realise process quality in early childhood curriculum enactment in Wales. Education 3-13, 0, 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2276854, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64846
Chicken, S. & Tyrie, J. (2023). Can you Hear me? Problematising the Enactment of UNCRC Article 12 in Welsh Early Years Classrooms. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 31(2), 301-325.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-31010001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718182-31010001
Ellis, C., Beauchamp, G., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Adams, D., Dumitrescu, S., & Haughton, C. (2021). ‘Oh no, the stick keeps falling!’: An analytical framework for conceptualising young children’s interactions during free play in a woodland setting. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 19(3), 337-354.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718x20983861, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55868
Tyrie, J., Sarwar, S., Dumitrscu, S., Mannello, M., Haughton, C., Ellis, C., & Connolly, M. (2019). Power, rights and play: control of play in school grounds, an action research project from Wales. Education 3-13, 47(6), 627-636.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2018.1515968, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51646
Tyrie, J. & Beauchamp, G. (2018). Children’s Perceptions of Their Access to Rights in Wales: The Relevance of Gender and Age. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 26(4), 781-807.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02604005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51647
Lewis, A., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Waters, J., & University, S. (2017). Exploring the Extent of Enactment of Young Children's Rights in the Education System in Wales. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education, 19(2), 27-50.
https://doi.org/10.16922/wje.19.2.3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51648
Sagar, T., Jones, D., Symons, K., Tyrie, J., & Roberts, R. (2016). Student involvement in the UK sex industry: motivations and experiences. The British Journal of Sociology, 67(4), 697-718.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12216, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26760

Book Chapters

Tyrie, J., Murphy, A., Waters-Davies, J., , S., & Clement, J. (2022). Foundation Phase Teachers’ Understandings and Enactment of participation in school settings in Wales. In Carmel Conn Alison Murphy (Ed.), Inclusive Pedagogies for Early Childhood Education:Respecting and Responding to Differences in Learning Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59629
https://www.routledge.com/Inclusive-Pedagogies-for-Early-Childhood-Education-Respecting-and-Responding/Conn-Murphy/p/book/9780367756130
Beauchamp, G., Davis, S., Haughton, C., Ellis, C., Adams, D., Sarwar, S., Dumitrescu, S., & Tyrie, J. (2020). Well-being and outdoor learning. Childhood Well-Being and Resilience: Influences on Educational Outcomes Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55471
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/well-being-outdoor-learning-gary-beauchamp-susan-davis-chantelle-haughton-cheryl-ellis-dylan-adams-sian-sarwar-sandra-dumitrescu-jacky-tyrie/e/10.4324/9780429324635-12?context=ubx&refId=ac836ceb-0886-49c2-8bb3-4294d3ca1eef
Mannello, M., Connolly, M., Dumitrescu, S., , C., Haughton, C., Sarwar, S., & Tyrie, J. (2019). Opening the school gates: facilitating after-school play in school grounds. In Sophie Alcock and Nicola Stobbs (Ed.), Rethinking Play as Pedagogy (pp. 121-138). Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58853
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429454042-10/opening-school-gates-marianne-mannello-mark-connolly-sandra-dumitrescu-cheryl-ellis-chantelle-haughton-sian-sarwar-jacky-tyrie?context=ubx&refId=997cf1cd-e45b-41c5-ac70-b265cba32cf5
Beauchamp, G., Haughton, C., Ellis, C., Sarwar, S., Tyrie, J., Adams, D., & Dumitrescu, S. (2019). Using video to research outdoors with young children. Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research (pp. 124-137). Taylor & Francis/ Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429423871-10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51883
Tyrie, J. (n.d.) Extended rights for children and young people in Wales? A focus on gender. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Wales University of Wales Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17371

Conference Contributions

Tyrie, J., Crick, T., Lewis, H., & Knight, C. (2021). Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Early Education and Care in the UK: Perspectives of Teachers and Practitioners. In 34th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI 2021)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56384
https://2021.icsei.net/programme/preliminary-programme/

Other Research Outputs

Tyrie, J. & Tur Porres, G. (2023). COVID–19, Education and Learning: Amplifying Young Children’s Voices
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63750
Tyrie, J., Knight, C., & Borras Batalla, M. (2021). Delphi Study to Understand Options Available that will help to Identify, Address, or Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on Children Under Age 5
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59113
https://gov.wales/delphi-study-impact-covid-19-children-under-age-5
Tyrie, J. & Liz, C. (2021). Children aged 0-11 and Covid-19: A conversation event (#CCCE21)
https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.c.5547765.v2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57816
https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.c.5547765.v2
Tyrie, J. (n.d.) Exploring Gender Differences in Children and Young People’s Perceived Access to their Entitlements in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17373
Tyrie, J. (n.d.) Locating off street female black and minority ethnic sex workers in Cardiff
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17372

Supervision

Exploring the Role of Student Participation in Curriculum Design: A Critical Examination of Educational Empowerment and Learning Outcomes (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Zoe Clegg
Exploring children's participation rights in pedagogical practice in early childhood education and care in Wales. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Gisselle Tur Porres
A pragmatic enquiry of digital competence as a mandatory cross curricular skill through the ‘actionable knowledge’ of early years educators in Wales. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Tom Crick
Parental perceptions and decisions relating to violent video games before and after the COVID-19 pandemic (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Tom Crick

Taught Modules

ED-D01 Dissertation (in either Childhood, Play or Education)

This is a core module for the MA Childhood Studies, MA Developmental and Therapeutic Play and MA Education.
ED-M16 Children Rights and Safeguarding Children and Young People

This module will examine historical, cultural and ethical issues in relation to both the safeguarding of children and young people and their rights. It will examine the relevant legislation and policy in relation to both areas and evaluate the current safeguarding agenda and implementation of rights in the UK. The cross cultural context of both areas will also be discussed. It will be a relevant to practitioners working with children across a range of health, social and educational settings.
ED-M17 Dissertation (in either Childhood, Play or Education)

This is a core module for the MA Childhood Studies, MA Developmental and Therapeutic Play and MA Education.
EDC204 Research with children, families and practitioners

This module will cover research methods for engaging in research with a diverse range of children in various contexts. It will discuss the importance of research informed practice and support students to become familiar with critiquing current research and academic literature and policy in their chosen area of childhood. Important issues around ethical consent for engaging in research with infants, toddlers and young children will be considered where age differences in the approach for consent will be introduced. The structure of the module will include guest lectures each week by academics who have conducted research in the area of childhood studies, in order to provide a thorough insight into various research methods by well-experienced and current researchers. Each lecture will discuss the fit-for-purpose choosing of a specific method for answering specific research questions and will offer a grounding for the start of the dissertation beginning in the subsequent semester.
EDC206 Rights in Early Years Practice

This module will support students to understand children¿s rights. Students will build on their knowledge children¿s rights they have developed in their first year modules to explore how these issues relate to practice. In this module links between theory and practice will be made to explore how children¿s rights are implemented in practice and how they are used by early childhood professionals to support their practice with all children, including those with ALN. The module will outline fundamental issues including. wellbeing, inclusivity and accessibility.
EDE102 Safeguarding and Children's Rights

This module will discuss children¿s right, safeguarding and child protection. Issues around children¿s rights and child protection will be discussed, along with what these mean to children, their families and to the services that are provided for them. Process and procedures for recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns will be examined and related to local services, such as early childhood centres and schools.

Key Grants and Projects

Participation in Early Education 2018 - 2023
Evaluation of Little Voices: Being Heard 2019 - 2022

Career History

Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2014 - 2019

Other Roles

External Examiner, University of West of London & Wrexham Glyndwr University

2019 - 2023

Dr Jacky Tyrie

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Research Highlights

All Research

Exploring the Role of Student Participation in Curriculum Design: A Critical Examination of Educational Empowerment and Learning Outcomes (current)

Exploring children's participation rights in pedagogical practice in early childhood education and care in Wales. (current)

A pragmatic enquiry of digital competence as a mandatory cross curricular skill through the ‘actionable knowledge’ of early years educators in Wales. (current)

Parental perceptions and decisions relating to violent video games before and after the COVID-19 pandemic (awarded 2024)

ED-D01 Dissertation (in either Childhood, Play or Education)

ED-M16 Children Rights and Safeguarding Children and Young People

ED-M17 Dissertation (in either Childhood, Play or Education)

EDC204 Research with children, families and practitioners

EDC206 Rights in Early Years Practice

EDE102 Safeguarding and Children's Rights

Participation in Early Education 2018 - 2023

Evaluation of Little Voices: Being Heard 2019 - 2022

Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University

External Examiner, University of West of London & Wrexham Glyndwr University