Projects

Rumpus’ projects are aligned with five key areas of the Open University:-

  1. Student success
  2. Excellent teaching and research
  3. Growth and sustainability
  4. Technology-enhanced learning
  5. Dynamic and inclusive culture

Our projects aim to contribute to local, national and global practices, policies and debates in education. We draw on a wide range of research methodologies, including anthropology, childhood studies, cultural studies, developmental psychology, ethnography and sociology.

Our partners include schools, academic groups, technology companies, practitioners and other users of research, including governments and NGOs in the UK, Europe and across the globe.

Our current projects: 

Dance-Educates-Fun
The role of fun in embodied learning through cross-curricular dance/movement in the UK
Led by Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Linda Plowright-Pepper

FM.fun 
Constructions and applications of fun in Classic FM’s online music education resources in the UK
Led by Emily Dowdeswell, Kieron Sheehy, Mimi Tatlow-Golden

Fun, Big Books
Inclusion and successful kindergartens
Led by Kieron Sheehy

CONNECT 
Students and scientists with Participatory fun in science education across the world. EC funded project
Led by Alexandra Okada

OLAF
Online learning and fun to enhance students’ access, retention, attainment, progress across the world. OUUK-Brazil funded project
Led by Alexandra Okada, Kieron Sheehy

Fun in my life
Nepalese children’s photos of fun
Led by Sarah Huxley, Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Anna Childs

PhD research projects: 

CAC - The roles of fun through learning: a case study of Coaches Across Continents
led by Sarah Huxley [Supervisors: Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Rebecca Ferguson, Kieron Sheehy]

How fun comes to matter to children in an English primary school: A posthumanist exploration
led by Emily Dowdeswell [Supervisors: Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Kieron Sheehy, Christine O’Farrelly]

Contact us

To get in contact with RUMPUS, please email Ale Okada ([email protected])