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Joanna Hume is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University within the Social Work, Education & Community Wellbeing faculty. She holds a PhD (2024) titled 'What’s so special about Forest School? A Posthuman Exploration of Regular, Repeated, Unstructured Practice in a Woodland Space' from Northumbria University. Her academic career spans primary education teaching, program leadership in teacher training, and research focused on forest school pedagogy and child language development. She has led the BA (Hons) Primary Education program and currently oversees PGCE School Direct.
- Education: BA (Hons) in Language and Linguistic Science from University of York (1991), MEd (2011), PhD (2024)
Her research interests center on outdoor education, posthuman perspectives in forest school practices, and early years development. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education. Recent studies explore spatial awareness in urban forest schools and digital methodologies in environmental education.
- Awards: BERA ECR Presentation Award (2024), BERA Conference Poster Prize (2023), Routledge Poster Prize (2023)
Her publications analyze pedagogical innovations in natural settings, with a focus on child voice and posthumanist frameworks. She has delivered invited talks on posthumanist perspectives in forest school education (2025).
