Esther McMahon

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Sussex

Little is known about the early academic skills of children with autism and, importantly, how such skills are related to differences in EF. The aim of this study therefore was to examine the relationship between EF and school readiness in young children with and without autism.

Research ethics in international and comparative education (ICE) highlights the diverse challenges that ICE researchers face in enacting ethical practice. In particular, the significant gaps between ethics presented in Western ethical guidelines and international fieldwork. Through analysis of existing guidelines and questionnaire responses from 46...

The root definition of Synesthesia derives from Greek, meaning "to perceive together." One sense is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses. One painting is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional paintings. To perceive the sea is to perceive the sky and to perceive the sky is to perceive the sea.

CIRCY and Kindness UK@Sussex collaborated on a picture project for 2018 called ‘Picturing Kindness’. We invited children and young people to share their images of kindness, either submitting them online or taking part in a drop-in workshop as part of the Sussex Community Festival. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/esw/circy/projects/picturingkindness#

'The Space between' by Esther McMahon. I'm interested in the development of an interdisciplinary imagination, where paradigms of thought from different disciplines are free to cross-pollinate, yielding multiple ways of knowing, rendering the space between them alive with discovery.

Working with The Research Base, this report illuminates that important lessons from the implementation of skills policy over several decades have not been learned, meaning badly-needed training and education programmes are not fit for purpose or delivering the right results for people, businesses and the economy.

A response to the diverse ethical challenges that International and Comparative Education researchers face. Drawing on research conducted for the British Association for International & Comparative Education (BAICE), The Axis of Universality is put forward as a departure from ethical ‘guidelines’ towards a novel, dialogic approach which makes the c...

Working with Amosshe and Unite Students to develop a toolkit of practical and educational resource for Student Services professionals who want to help develop students’ resilience to stress, anxiety and similar barriers to achievement and success in higher education. Building on the theoretical model published in Student Resilience: Exploring the...

The ability to pass false belief tasks are widely used as a litmus test for crediting children with a theory of mind (Pellicano, 2012). As a result, these types of ToM measures are criticised for being too one dimensional and real-life applications of theory-of-mind skills remain lacking in the literature (Hughes, & Leekam, 2004). To address these...