Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Helen Young
Lecturer
Helen is an Early Years specialist who teaches across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses focused on the 0-5, and 0-18 age range. She is the Year Group Leader for the BA (Hons) Early Years, teaching and leading a range of modules.
Helen also has a particular interest in Forest School pedagogical practice, both with young children and university students. She is a Forest School Level Three Practitioner and is currently involved in embedding Forest School practice into the modules with the interdisciplinary degree programmes.
Helen has an extensive background as an Early Years Educator, working previously as an Early Years Teacher and Head of Early Years, in both the UK and Far East international schools. She has a diverse breadth of experience as a motivating lecturer, teacher and mentor, colleague and leader, with a passion for early years education.
Current Teaching
- MA Childhood and Early Years
- BA (Hons) Early Years
Research Interests
Helen is committed to research that enables all young children to achieve their full potential as engaged learners and valued members of society. She is most interested in the process of early language acquisition and how young children develop their language and communication skills.
In her PhD, Helen is researching how translanguaging pedagogy in the early years can support young learners with English as a second language. Through this research, she seeks to advance equity in early childhood education, where all children have the right to equitable and accessible learning opportunities.
The findings will be used to impact on the development of future policy and practice, that supports EAL learners in early years education.
Ask Me About
- Early language development,
- English as an Additional Language (EAL)
- Translanguaging in the Early Years
- Children
- Diversity
- Early years
- Education
- Sociology
