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Dr Rhian Barrance
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Timau a rolau for Rhian Barrance
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Rwy'n Ddarlithydd yn Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, lle rwy'n addysgu ar fodiwlau addysg a chymdeithaseg. Rwyf hefyd yn Gyfarwyddwr Astudiaeth Aml-Garfan Addysg WISERD, astudiaeth garfan hydredol o blant ysgol uwchradd yng Nghymru sydd bellach yn ei 14eg flwyddyn. Mae hon yn astudiaeth genedlaethol sy'n cael ei defnyddio'n helaeth gan lunwyr polisi fel ffynhonnell allweddol o dystiolaeth am brofiadau plant o dyfu i fyny yng Nghymru.
Mae fy niddordebau ymchwil yn cynnwys hawliau plant, actifiaeth a thegwch mewn addysg. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gweithio ar brosiect ar gyfranogiad plant a phobl ifanc mewn mudiadau cymdeithasol yng Nghymru gyda chydweithwyr yng Nghaerdydd, gyda ffocws ar actifiaeth plant o amgylch polisïau ac arferion ysgolion.
Yn ystod fy nghyfnod yng Nghaerdydd rwyf wedi cwblhau dau brosiect ar gyfer Comisiynydd Plant Cymru, gan gynnwys adolygiad tystiolaeth ar hawliau dynol plant yng Nghymru.
Rolau ychwanegol:
- Arbenigwr Gwlad Cymru ar gyfer Tîm PISA 2025 y DU
- Aelod o fwrdd golygyddol Gwyddoniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol Cymru.
- Ymddiriedolwr Chwarae Cymru
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Connolly, M. et al. 2026. The philosophical, methodological and empirical problems in OECD's approach to creativity within PISA 2022. Research Papers in Education 41 (4), pp.513-539. (10.1080/02671522.2025.2610219)
- Barrance, R. et al. 2026. Schools as sites of activism: students’ political socialisation and activism at school. Children & Society 40 (4), pp.611-620. (10.1111/chso.70000)
2023
- Barrance, R. M. and Hampton, J. M. 2023. The relationship between subjective well-being in school and children’s participation rights: international evidence from the Children’s Worlds survey. Children and Youth Services Review 151 107038. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107038)
- Barrance, R. and Muddiman, E. 2023. Beyond bad behaviour? Towards a broader understanding of school student activism. British Journal of Sociology of Education 44 (6), pp.1087-1107. (10.1080/01425692.2023.2238906)
- Barrance, R. 2023. Unigolyddiaeth (Individualism). [Online].Porth Esboniadur: Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Unigolyddiaeth.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Émile Durkheim. [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Durkheim,_%C3%89mile.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Rhaniad llafur (Division of labour). [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Rhaniad_llafur.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Anomie. [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Anomie.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Solidariaeth (Solidarity). [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Solidariaeth.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Swyddogaetholdeb (Functionalism). [Online].Porth Esboniadur: Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Swyddogaetholdeb.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Ymwybyddiaeth dorfol (Collective consciousness). [Online].Porth Esboniadur: Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Ymwybyddiaeth_dorfol.
2021
- Barrance, R. 2021. Tiering in the GCSE: a children's rights perspective. British Educational Research Journal 46 (6), pp.1210-1231. (10.1002/berj.3629)
2020
- Barrance, R. and Elwood, J. 2020. National assessment policy reform 14–16 and its consequences for young people: Student views and experiences of GCSE reform in Northern Ireland and Wales. In: Isaacs, T. and Lamprianou, I. eds. Assessment Policy Reform. Oxford: Routledge. , pp.26-45.
- Barrance, R. 2020. The right to protest: A children’s rights perspective on the school climate strikes. [Online].British Educational Research Association Blog. Available at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-right-to-protest-a-childrens-rights-perspective-on-the-school-climate-strikes.
2019
- Barrance, R. and Holland, S. 2019. How well is Wales monitoring its fulfilment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child? A view from Dr Rhian Barrance and Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales. [Online].Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/how-well-wales-monitoring-its-fulfilment-convention-rights-child-view-dr-rhian-barrance-and.
- Barrance, R. 2019. Why are primary school children in Wales so worried about tests?. [Online].Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/why-are-primary-school-children-wales-so-worried-about-tests.
- Barrance, R. 2019. Beth Nawr,2019 The survey results and analysis of the experiences and worries of children and young people in Wales and their priorities for the Children’s Commissioner.. Project Report.[Online].Children's Commissioner for Wales. Available at: https://www.childcomwales.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/What-Now-Report.pdf.
- Barrance, R. 2019. The fairness of internal assessment in the GCSE: the value of students' accounts. Assessment in Education 26 (5), pp.563-583. (10.1080/0969594X.2019.1619514)
2018
- Davies, A. et al. 2018. Headteacher recruitment, retention and professional development in Wales: challenges and opportunities. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education 20 (2), pp.204-224. (10.16922/wje.20.2.11)
- Connolly, M. et al. 2018. Turning Heads: the impact of political reform on the professional role, identity and recruitment of head teachers in Wales.. British Educational Research Journal 44 (4), pp.608-625. (10.1002/berj.3450)
- Barrance, R. and Elwood, J. 2018. National assessment policy reform 14-16 and its consequences for young people: student views and experiences of GCSE reform in Northern Ireland and Wales. Assessment in Education 25 (3), pp.252-271. (10.1080/0969594X.2017.1410465)
- Barrance, R. and Elwood, J. 2018. Young people’s views on choice and fairness through their experiences of curriculum as examination specifications at GCSE. Oxford Review of Education 44 (1), pp.19-36. (10.1080/03054985.2018.1409964)
- Barrance, R. 2018. The human rights of children in Wales: An evidence review.
2017
- Barrance, R. 2017. WISERD GCSE Series – Part 3: Is tiering fair for all students?. [Online].wiserd.ac.uk: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/wiserd-gcse-series-part-3-tiering-fair-all-students.
- Barrance, R. 2017. WISERD GCSE Series – Part 2: Should internal assessment be used for GCSEs?. [Online].wiserd.ac.uk: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/wiserd-gcse-series-part-2-should-internal-assessment-be-used-gcses.
- Barrance, R. 2017. WISERD GCSE Series - Part 1: Should all GCSE students be assessed the same way?. [Online].wiserd.ac.uk: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/wiserd-gcse-series-part-1-should-all-gcse-students-be-assessed-same-way.
- Barrance, R. 2017. Climate change and poverty are as much of a threat as terrorism for many young people. The Conversation 2017 (27 Mar)
Articles
- Connolly, M. et al. 2026. The philosophical, methodological and empirical problems in OECD's approach to creativity within PISA 2022. Research Papers in Education 41 (4), pp.513-539. (10.1080/02671522.2025.2610219)
- Barrance, R. et al. 2026. Schools as sites of activism: students’ political socialisation and activism at school. Children & Society 40 (4), pp.611-620. (10.1111/chso.70000)
- Barrance, R. M. and Hampton, J. M. 2023. The relationship between subjective well-being in school and children’s participation rights: international evidence from the Children’s Worlds survey. Children and Youth Services Review 151 107038. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107038)
- Barrance, R. and Muddiman, E. 2023. Beyond bad behaviour? Towards a broader understanding of school student activism. British Journal of Sociology of Education 44 (6), pp.1087-1107. (10.1080/01425692.2023.2238906)
- Barrance, R. 2021. Tiering in the GCSE: a children's rights perspective. British Educational Research Journal 46 (6), pp.1210-1231. (10.1002/berj.3629)
- Barrance, R. 2019. The fairness of internal assessment in the GCSE: the value of students' accounts. Assessment in Education 26 (5), pp.563-583. (10.1080/0969594X.2019.1619514)
- Davies, A. et al. 2018. Headteacher recruitment, retention and professional development in Wales: challenges and opportunities. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education 20 (2), pp.204-224. (10.16922/wje.20.2.11)
- Connolly, M. et al. 2018. Turning Heads: the impact of political reform on the professional role, identity and recruitment of head teachers in Wales.. British Educational Research Journal 44 (4), pp.608-625. (10.1002/berj.3450)
- Barrance, R. and Elwood, J. 2018. National assessment policy reform 14-16 and its consequences for young people: student views and experiences of GCSE reform in Northern Ireland and Wales. Assessment in Education 25 (3), pp.252-271. (10.1080/0969594X.2017.1410465)
- Barrance, R. and Elwood, J. 2018. Young people’s views on choice and fairness through their experiences of curriculum as examination specifications at GCSE. Oxford Review of Education 44 (1), pp.19-36. (10.1080/03054985.2018.1409964)
- Barrance, R. 2017. Climate change and poverty are as much of a threat as terrorism for many young people. The Conversation 2017 (27 Mar)
Book sections
- Barrance, R. and Elwood, J. 2020. National assessment policy reform 14–16 and its consequences for young people: Student views and experiences of GCSE reform in Northern Ireland and Wales. In: Isaacs, T. and Lamprianou, I. eds. Assessment Policy Reform. Oxford: Routledge. , pp.26-45.
Monographs
- Barrance, R. 2019. Beth Nawr,2019 The survey results and analysis of the experiences and worries of children and young people in Wales and their priorities for the Children’s Commissioner.. Project Report.[Online].Children's Commissioner for Wales. Available at: https://www.childcomwales.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/What-Now-Report.pdf.
- Barrance, R. 2018. The human rights of children in Wales: An evidence review.
Websites
- Barrance, R. 2023. Unigolyddiaeth (Individualism). [Online].Porth Esboniadur: Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Unigolyddiaeth.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Émile Durkheim. [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Durkheim,_%C3%89mile.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Rhaniad llafur (Division of labour). [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Rhaniad_llafur.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Anomie. [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Anomie.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Solidariaeth (Solidarity). [Online].Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Solidariaeth.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Swyddogaetholdeb (Functionalism). [Online].Porth Esboniadur: Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Swyddogaetholdeb.
- Barrance, R. 2023. Ymwybyddiaeth dorfol (Collective consciousness). [Online].Porth Esboniadur: Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol. Available at: https://wici.porth.ac.uk/index.php?title=Ymwybyddiaeth_dorfol.
- Barrance, R. 2020. The right to protest: A children’s rights perspective on the school climate strikes. [Online].British Educational Research Association Blog. Available at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-right-to-protest-a-childrens-rights-perspective-on-the-school-climate-strikes.
- Barrance, R. and Holland, S. 2019. How well is Wales monitoring its fulfilment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child? A view from Dr Rhian Barrance and Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales. [Online].Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/how-well-wales-monitoring-its-fulfilment-convention-rights-child-view-dr-rhian-barrance-and.
- Barrance, R. 2019. Why are primary school children in Wales so worried about tests?. [Online].Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/why-are-primary-school-children-wales-so-worried-about-tests.
- Barrance, R. 2017. WISERD GCSE Series – Part 3: Is tiering fair for all students?. [Online].wiserd.ac.uk: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/wiserd-gcse-series-part-3-tiering-fair-all-students.
- Barrance, R. 2017. WISERD GCSE Series – Part 2: Should internal assessment be used for GCSEs?. [Online].wiserd.ac.uk: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/wiserd-gcse-series-part-2-should-internal-assessment-be-used-gcses.
- Barrance, R. 2017. WISERD GCSE Series - Part 1: Should all GCSE students be assessed the same way?. [Online].wiserd.ac.uk: Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods. Available at: https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/wiserd-gcse-series-part-1-should-all-gcse-students-be-assessed-same-way.
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Education and qualifications
2012-2016: PhD Addysg, Canolfan Hawliau Plant, Prifysgol Queen's Belfast
2010-2011: PGCE Saesneg Eilradd, Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
2008-2009: MA Astudiaethau Canoloesol Prydeinig, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2005-2008: BA Iaith a Llenyddiaeth Saesneg, Prifysgol Rhydychen
