Janice Wearmouth

Janice Barbara Wearmouth is a British education academic and author, and is a full professor at the University of Bedfordshire, specialising in special educational needs in schools. She was previously Professor of Education at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

Janice Wearmouth
Academic background
Education	University of London, The Open University, Newcastle University
Thesis	Exploring the 'problem space' in special educational provision in mainstream schools (2002)
Academic work
Institutions	The Open University, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Bedfordshire

Academic career

Wearmouth studied Latin with Greek and Ancient History at the University of London, and the psychology of education at the Open University, and English and social studies at Newcastle University. She later earned a Master of Psychology and Education at London, and completed a PhD titled Exploring the 'problem space' in special educational provision in mainstream schools at the Open University. Wearmouth worked as a teacher, a special educational needs co-ordinator and Head of Education Support before moving into academia. Wearmouth was the Director of the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies at the Open University, and then Professor of Education at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. As of 2024 she is Professor of Education at the University of Bedfordshire, and co-Director of the Institute for Research in Education, with Professor Uvanney Maylor. While at Bedfordshire she has co-designed a new undergraduate degree on special educational needs and disability for teachers, which was launched in 2022.

Wearmouth has written and edited a large number of books on education, including a critical introduction to special needs provision in schools, dyslexia and other special education challenges, and improving education for minority groups.

Selected works

Books

• Wearmouth, Janice (17 June 2013). Special Educational Needs: The Basics. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203155189. ISBN 978-1-136-57989-9.
• Wearmouth, Janice (2009). A beginning teacher's guide to special educational needs. Maidenhead, England ; New York: Open University Press.
• Wearmouth, Janice; Glynn, Ted; Richmond, Robin C.; Berryman, Mere (30 May 2004). Understanding pupil behaviour in school: a diversity of approaches. David Fulton Publishers. ISBN 9781843122302.
• Reid, Gavin; Wearmouth, Janice (2002). Dyslexia and literacy: theory and practice. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; New York: J. Wiley & Sons.
• Wearmouth, Janice; Goodwyn, Andrew, eds. (2019). Pupil, teacher and student voice in educational institutions: values, opinions, beliefs and perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge.
• Wearmouth, Janice; Soler, Janet; Reid, Gavin. Meeting difficulties in literacy development: research, policy, and practice.

Journal articles

• JONATHAN RIX; KATHY HALL; MELANIE NIND; KIERON SHEEHY; JANICE WEARMOUTH (May 2009). "What pedagogical approaches can effectively include children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms? A systematic literature review". Support for Learning. 24 (2): 86–94. doi:10.1111/J.1467-9604.2009.01404.X. ISSN 0268-2141. Wikidata Q57617163.
• Russell Bishop; Mere Berryman; Janice Wearmouth; Mira Peter; Sandra Clapham (13 March 2012). "Professional development, changes in teacher practice and improvements in Indigenous students' educational performance: A case study from New Zealand". Teaching and Teacher Education. 28 (5): 694–705. doi:10.1016/J.TATE.2012.02.002. ISSN 0742-051X. Wikidata Q113287071.
• Janice Wearmouth; Janet Soler (September 2001). "How inclusive is the Literacy Hour?". British Journal of Special Education. 28 (3): 113–119. doi:10.1111/1467-8527.00208. ISSN 0952-3383. Wikidata Q130344862.
• Janice Wearmouth; Rawiri Mckinney; Ted Glynn (20 February 2007). "Restorative justice in schools: a New Zealand example". Educational Research. 49 (1): 37–49. doi:10.1080/00131880701200740. ISSN 0013-1881. Wikidata Q130344839.
• Mere Berryman; Janice Wearmouth (18 June 2018). "Development of an Observation Tool Designed to Increase Cultural Relationships and Responsive Pedagogy to Raise the Achievement of Māori Students in Secondary Classrooms in Aotearoa New Zealand". Journal of Education and Development. 2 (2): 32. doi:10.20849/JED.V2I2.428. ISSN 2529-7996. Wikidata Q130344837.