Dr Jane Payler 

Senior Lecturer in Education 

Education, Health and Social Care 

Jane Payler - Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Winchester

jane.payler@winchester.ac.uk 

01962 827220 

Faculty of Education, Health and Social Care 
University of Winchester 
Winchester 
Hampshire 
SO22 4NR

Expertise

Jane's main areas of expertise are in early years care and education, learning for interprofessional practice and qualitative research with young children.

She is an external advisor to The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Programme and external examiner to Leeds Metropolitan University’s MA Early Years and MA Childhood Studies.

Publications

Moyles, J., Georgeson, J. and Payler, J. (in press) Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning 4e. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Nind, M., Flewitt, R. and Payler, J. (2010) ‘The social experience of early childhood for children with learning disabilities:  inclusion, competence and agency’.  British Journal of the Sociology of Education, 31: 6, 653 — 670

Georgeson, J. and Payler, J. (2010) 'Work or play: How children learn to read signals about activity type in today's earl;y years provision.' in J Moyles (ed) The Excellence of Play (3e) Maidenhead: Open Universtiy Press

Nind, M., Flewitt, R. and Payler, J. (2009) ‘Social Constructions of Young Children in ‘Special’, ‘Inclusive’ and Home Environments’. CHILDREN & SOCIETY.  Published Online: Dec 24 2009 5:44AM

Flewitt, R., Nind, M. and Payler, J. (2009) `If she's left with books she'll just eat them': Considering inclusive multimodal literacy practices. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Volume 9, Number 2, pp. 211-233.

 Payler, J (2009) ‘Co-construction and scaffolding: Guidance strategies and children’s meaning-making’ Chapter 11 pp136-156 in J. Moyles and T. Papatheodorou (eds) Learning Together in the Early Years: Exploring Relational Pedagogy, London: Routledge

Payler, J., Meyer, E. and Humphris, D. (2008) ‘Pedagogy for interprofessional education – what do we know and how can we evaluate it?’ Learning in Health and Social Care, 7, 2, 64-78.

Nind, M., Flewitt, R. and Payler, J. (2007) ‘The experiences of young children with learning disabilities attending both special and inclusive preschools’ Final Report to the Rix, Thompson, Rothenberg Foundation, Dec 2007

Payler, J., Meyer, E. and Humphris, D. (2007) ‘Theorising interprofessional pedagogic evaluation: Framework for evaluating the impact of interprofessional CPD on practice change’ in Learning in Health and Social Care, 6, 3, 156-169

Payler, J. and Whitebread, D. (2007) Summer born children deserve equal opportunities. Reflections article, TACTYC, www.tactyc.org.uk Published in Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, Vol 27, no 2, pp 189-193

Payler , J. (2007) ‘Opening and closing interactive spaces: Shaping four-year-old children’s participation in two English settings.’ Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, Issue 27 (3), pp 237-254

Research Interests

Jane's research interests are children's perspectives, interprofessional practice, young children's communicative and learning processes.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

  • Executive member of Training, Advancement and Co-operation in Teaching Young Children (TACTYC)
  • British Educational Research Association