Ulrike Hohmann

Academic profile

Dr Ulrike Hohmann

Associate Professor in Early Childhood Studies
Plymouth Institute of Education - School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Ulrike's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 01: SDG 1 - No PovertyGoal 05: SDG 5 - Gender Equality

About Ulrike

  • Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) Programme Leader
  • Teaching on the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies programme,
  • Teaching on postgraduate level: Masters, EdD and supervising EdD and PhD students 

Supervised Research Degrees

  • Rea, Anthony (2011) Wild Country Hall: Children’s learning at a residential outdoor education centre, PhD
  • Huggins, Valerie (2015) International study visits and the promotion of intercultural capabilities: an exploratory study, EdD
  • Webber, Louise (2015) Mature Women and Higher Education: Reconstructing identity and family relationships, EdD
  • Kmita, Maria (2015) Importance of Humour in Educational Staffrooms, PhD
  • Karen Wickett (2016) Beliefs and relationships during children's transition to school: Parents, practitioners and teachers. EdD 
  • Zenna Kingdon (2017) A qualitative exploration of children's experiences of role play in two pack-away early childhood settings. PhD
  • Caroline McGrath (2018) Oral Story: A pedagogic tool encouraging children's mathematical thinking. PhD
  • Phil Brown (2019) student voices and student choices: Narrative accounts of differentiated Higher Education experiences of First in the Family HE students. EdD
  • Paul Norman (2019) Headteachers experiences and perceptions of standards-led reform in English secondary schools. EdD
  • Pollyanna Magne (2019) A case study of 'internationalisation at home' leading to a proposal for Critical Global Pedagogies
  • Tracey Downes (2022) Cooperative Schools: Learning to be cooperative in a changing educational landscape
  • Rebecca Woods (2024) How does living in a rural location affect experiences of acquired vision impairment? 
  • Mandy Andrews (2024) Landscapes of Play: An exploration and illumination of children’s unsupervised play close to home and a researcher’s journey to becoming posthuman
Director of Studies: 
  • Kay Chapman (EdD)
  • Rachel Pascoe (EdD)
  • Diane Stanley (EdD)
  • Blanche Gibson (EdD)
  • Sarah Holt (EdD)
  • Anne Bentley (EdD)
  • Lingyuan (Marilyn) Osgathrope (EdD)
  • Ruth Beck (EdD)
  • James Bettany (EdD)
  • Jo Hawkes (EdD)

Teaching

  • I am interested in teaching around topics connected to social policy, with a particular focus on families, women and children; care and education; relationships between adults and children, comparative research and methodology in general.
  • I am teaching undergraduate modules with a focus: on research methodology and methods, Early Years Services for children and families, social policy, perception of children and risk, comparative cross-national research.
  • On postgraduate level (MA and EdD) I am teaching on modules with a focus on policy issues in early years and education and research methodology.

Contact Ulrike

+44 1752 585358