Sara Hennessy

Sara Hennessy is a British scholar. As of 2022, she is a Professor of Teacher Development and Pedagogical Innovation in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge.[1] Hennessy has worked in the field of EdTech for over three decades, focusing particularly on professional development, teacher inquiry, and interactive pedagogy, including in sub-Saharan Africa.[2] She is a Research Director of EdTech Hub, a multi-million-pound 8-year program funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Sara Hennessy
Born
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materLondon School of Economics and Political Science, University College London, University of Cambridge
OccupationProfessor, scholar

Biography

Hennessy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1981 and a Masters of Arts from the University of Cambridge. She also holds a PhD in Psychology from the University College London.

Hennessy was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University from 1986 to 1999 before becoming a lecturer in Teacher Development and Pedagogical Innovation at the University of Cambridge in 2008 until 2011.[3] She was a Senior Lecturer at the university from 2011 until 2015 and a Reader from 2015 until 2021 when she became a professor.[4]

Hennessy is a member of the Faculty's STeM Academic group and a Fellow of Hughes Hall college. She also serves as a founding member and co-leader of the Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research (CEDiR) Group[5] Professor Sara co-directs the EdTech Hub where she functions as a Research Director, overseeing the ‘Teachers’ theme and convening the Hub's Advisory Pool.[6]

Selected publications
  • Hennessy S, Ruthven K, SUE Brindley.(2005). Teacher perspectives on integrating ICT into subject teaching: commitment, constraints, caution, and change. Journal of curriculum studies 37 (2), 155-192N1155 [7]
  • Osborne J, Hennessy S. Futurelab 480 (2003). Literature review in science education and the role of ICT: Promise, problems and future directions.[8]
  • Hennessy S. Studies in Science Education (1993). 22 (1), 1-41. 452. Situated cognition and cognitive apprenticeship: Implications for classroom learning.[9]
  • Haßler B, Major L. Hennessy S. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Tablet use in schools: A critical review of the evidence for learning outcomes. 32 (2), 139-156. 391 2016 [10]
  • Hennessy S, Harrison D, Wamakote L.Teacher factors influencing classroom use of ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa. Itupale online journal of African studies 2 (1), 39-54. 386 2010 [11]
  • British Journal of Educational Technology- published by Wiley on behalf of the British Educational Research Association

References
  1. "Sara Hennessy : Faculty of Education". Educ.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "Sara Hennessy Research Director". Edttechhub.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. "Guest lecture with Sara Hennessy - Det utdanningsvitenskapelige fakultet". Uv.uio.no. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. "Sara Hennessy". Events.development.asia. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. "Sara Hennessy: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)". Bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "EdTech Hub : Faculty of Education". Educ.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. Teacher perspectives on integrating ICT into subject teaching:
  8. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/32231352_Literature_Review_in_Science_Education_and_the_Role_of_ICT_Promise_Problems_and_Future_Directions
  9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272177781_Situated_Cognition_and_Cognitive_Apprenticeship_Implications_for_Classroom_Learning
  10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280527668_Tablet_use_in_schools_A_critical_review_of_the_evidence_for_learning_outcomes
  11. Hennessy, Sara (2010). "Teacher factors influencing classroom use of ICT in sub-Saharan Africa". Itupale Online Journal of African Studies. 2: 39–54.
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