Phil Jones | School of Education Staff

Dr Phil Jones

Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies and Inclusion

Tel: +44 (0)113 3433210

Room: HP G.14

I am a member of the Childhood and Inclusion Academic Team within the School with input on the Undergraduate and Masters provision.

Member of Inclusive Education.

Interests

I have researched areas relating to children and young people, inclusion, the arts and therapy for a number of years, and have published widely on childhood and related subjects. My books have been translated and published in Chinese, Korean and Greek. My sole authored books include 'Rethinking Childhood' (Continuum), 'The Arts Therapies' (Routledge), 'Drama As Therapy' (Routledge) and the forthcoming 'How Do We See Children Now?' (Policy Press). Edited books include 'Childhood: Services and Provision for Children' (with Moss, Tomlinson and Welch: Pearson) and 'Children's Rights in Practice' (with Walker: Sage). I have delivered key notes on areas such as children and HIV and on the arts, therapy and play at De Witts University, Johannesburg and New York University.

Current professional activities

I am series editor of Continuum's 'New Childhoods' : a research driven initiative looking at different aspects of children's lives. I currently contribute to the Open University as external advisor on their work in early years, childhood and youth and am visiting professor at Concordia University, Montreal.

Research interests

My research concerns a variety of issues concerning childhood, inclusion and empowerment. I am especially interested in the emergence of children's rights and on the relationship between the arts, communication and well being in children's lives.

Selected Publications

PAPERS

Jones, P (2009). "Research into therapists’ perceptions of therapeutic change using vignettes and aMSN messenger". European Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 11 (3), 251-266.

Jones, P (2009). "Therapists’ understandings of embodiment: findings from a research approach using vignettes and aMSN messenger research conversations'". Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy; An International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice (Psychology Press), 4 (2), 95-106.

Jones, P. (2008). "Research into the core processes of drama therapy: Vignettes and Conversations". The Arts in Psychotherapy, (Elsevier), 35 (4), 271-279.

Jones, P. (2008). "Audience and Witnessing: research into dramatherapy using vignettes and aMSN messenger". Research in Drama Education, (Taylor & Francis), 13 (1), 39-54.

Jones, P (2008). "The Active Self". The Arts in Psychotherapy, (Elsevier), 35 (3), 224-231.

BOOKS

Jones, P. and Welch, S. (2010). "Rethinking Children's Rights". Continuum.

Jones, P. (Editor) (2010). "Drama as Therapy Volume 2: Clinical Work and Research into Practice". Routledge.

Jones, P (2009). "Rethinking Childhood: Attitudes in Contemporary Childhood". Continuum.

Jones, P. and Dokter, D. (Editors) (2008). "Supervision of Dramatherapy". Routledge.

Jones, P., Moss, D., Tomlinson, P. and Welch, S. (Editors) (2007). "Childhood: Services and Provision for Children". Pearson.

Jones, P. (2007). "Drama As Therapy: Theory, Practice and Research (Second Edition)". Routledge.

Jones, P. (2005). "The Arts Therapies". Routledge.

Extended list of publications.