I am Lecturer in Education and programme lead for the MSc Education at the 我要吃瓜.
Previously, I have taught and led on programmes relating to educational theory and practice, childhood studies, social change, and post-14 teacher training.
My PhD explored posthuman approaches to the curriculum and demonstrated how philosophy and artistic practice can be employed as a navigational tool to rethink and re-imagine education for the 21st century and beyond. It can be found here:
I am a guest tutor on the annual Posthuman Summer School (University of Utrecht) and currently editing a special issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry on posthuman education (University of Alberta).
I am currently external examiner for BA Studies in Primary Education at Newman University and BA Action on Poverty and Hardship at Staffordshire University.
Posthuman and new materialist approaches to education, anti-fascist pedaogies and curriculum, democratic education and social justice, inter-and transdisciplinary learning.
Book Chapter
Challen C & Sidebottom K (2024) Thinking, Alternatively: The Application of Art, Philosophy and Holistic Practice in the Teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In: Ashraf MA, Tsegay SM & Meltzoff K (eds.) STEM Education - Recent Developments and Emerging Trends. Education and Human Development. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.114039
Article
[Birdsong]: Pedagogies of Attunement and Surrender with More-than-Human Teachers
Sidebottom K & Mycroft L (2024) [Birdsong]: Pedagogies of Attunement and Surrender with More-than-Human Teachers. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 40 (2), pp. 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2024.15
Article
Smith JB, Klumbyt? G, Sidebottom K, Dillard‐Wright J, Willis E, Brown BB & Hopkins‐Walsh J (2024) We all care, ALL the time. Nursing Inquiry, 31 (1), Art. No.: e12572. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12572
Article
Sidebottom K & Carlyle D (2023) From Reflection to Diffraction: What Toto Teaches Us 我要吃瓜 “Thinking-With” Multispecies Companions in Education. Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry, 14 (2), pp. 8-21. https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29674
Book Chapter
Sidebottom K & Shukie P (2021) ''Dwelling in the dissolve...'' Towards transdisciplinary posthuman pedagogies for complex times: Pedagogies/Posthumanities/Research Convergences. In: Klumbyte G, Jones E & Braidotti R (eds.) Posthuman Convergences: Transdisciplinary Methods and Practices. Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-posthuman-convergences.html
Article
The sensorium and fleshy schools
Page D & Sidebottom K (2022) The sensorium and fleshy schools. British Educational Research Journal, 48 (4), pp. 771-784. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3793