Emeritus Professor Jackie Marsh

BA (Hons), PGCE, MEd, PhD, FAcSS

School of Education

Emeritus Professor

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j.a.marsh@sheffield.ac.uk

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Emeritus Professor Jackie Marsh
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

Jackie Marsh has researched and taught in Education at the University of Sheffield for over 20 years. She was Head of the School of Education from 2009-12. Jackie also undertook the role of Faculty of Social Sciences Director of Learning and Teaching from 2013 – 2019. She was elected as an Academician of the Social Sciences in 2017. Jackie was a member of the REF 2021 Education Sub-Panel.

Jackie has undertaken research on children’s digital literacy learning in homes, nurseries, schools and informal learning settings. She has also undertaken studies that have examined parents’ and families’ engagement in their children’s digital literacy development. In addition, Jackie has completed a number of research projects focused on digital play. She has collaborated with a range of external partners including the BBC, LEGO and Google.

On her retirement in 2022, the University conferred on Jackie the title of Emeritus Professor. She continues to be involved in the School of Education’s Maker{Futures} programme.

Research interests

Jackie has undertaken research on children’s digital literacy learning in homes, nurseries, schools and informal learning settings. She has also undertaken studies that have examined parents’ and families’ engagement in their children’s digital literacy development.

Her work draws on theoretical frameworks located in sociology and communications, media and cultural studies. Jackie has employed a range of methodologies in her research, including large-scale, national surveys, in addition to ethnographic case studies which have included visual methods. She has expertise in participatory research with children and teachers, and in co-produced research with teachers and the children’s media industry.

Recent funded projects

  • Makerspaces in Early Childhood: Enhancing Play and Creativity (MakEY) 2015 – 2019, Funded by the EU Commission, Horizon 2020 (PI Marsh)
  • COST Action IS1410, ‘The Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children’ (DigiLitEY), 2015 – 2019, funded by the EU Commission (Chair/Grant Holder Marsh).
  • Childhoods and Play. Funded by the British Academy, 2012-2021 (PI Marsh, Co-Is Bishop and Burn)
  • Playing the Archive: Cultural Memory and Virtual and Physical Play, 2017-19, Funded by the EPSRC (PI Burn, Co-Is Marsh, Bishop, Potter, Woolley).
  • Exploring Play and Creativity in Young Children’s use of Apps, Funded by the ESRC, 2015 (PI Marsh, Co-Is Plowman, Yamada-Rice).
  • Digital Futures in Teacher Education, Funded by JISC, 2012, (PI Pountney, Co-Is Marsh, Merchant).
  • Children's playground games and songs in a new media age, 2009-11, funded by AHRC (PI Burn, Co-Is Marsh, Mitchell and Willett).
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