Dr Cassie Hague
Researcher
Cassie’s research currently focuses on digital literacy and digital participation and the UK school system. Her work considers how young people develop the literacy practices that allow them to make informed choices about their participation in social, political and educational cultures in the context of an increasingly digital world. She is interested in issues relating to citizenship and citizenship education and her Doctoral work looked at child citizenship, exploring story, play and the internet as vehicles for child voice. Alongside this, Cassie has carried out qualitative research on self-directed and informal forms of learning across the spectrum from early years settings to adult learning. She has also written on the educational and political implications of dystopian children’s literature.
Research Interest Areas
- Citizenship, citizenship education and learner voice
- Informal and self-directed everyday learning
- Political space and political theory
- Critical digital literacies
- Participatory and playful approaches to learning
- Children’s literature and apocalyptic fiction
Current Projects
- Digital Literacy Interventions in Schools: Documenting how schools around the country are approaching the issue of digital literacy and exploring student and teacher perceptions of the impact of digital literacy interventions (lead researcher)
- Work-Related Learning: Online surveys, focus groups and telephone interviews to investigate the extent and nature of work-related learning in UK Primary Schools and Post-16 institutions (co-researcher)
Previous Futurelab Projects
- Digital Participation: Working with teachers as co-researchers to develop classroom activities to develop young people’s critical digital literacy and digital participation.
- Adult Informal Learning: Researching the landscape of adult informal learning with digital technologies.
- Dream Catcher: Capturing young children’s thoughts, feelings and informal learning to connect early years settings and homes.
Previous Posts
- Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Consortium for Street Children: Managing advocacy projects, providing briefings on policy issues relating to street children, Organising events in parliament, building capacity and helping organisations engage in the political and policy making process.
- Coordinator of Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare: Coordinating a parliamentary group of over 90 MPs and Peers and over 80 animal welfare organisations. Running inquiries and working groups conducting in-depth research around relevant policy issues.
- Teaching Assistant, University of Exeter and University of Victoria: Facilitating tutorials and undertaking marking and assessment on 12 undergraduate modules, including: Ethics and Political Philosophy, Introduction to Political Theory, Modern Political Thought, Introduction to International Relations and Ancient and Medieval Political Thought.
- Research Assistant, University of Victoria: Assisting faculty members and contributing to fieldwork by conducting research interviews and literature reviews.
- Research and Information Officer, Involving Residents in Solutions: Managing and conducting research projects to develop a better understanding of the needs and desires of residents of an inner city area. Undertaking and reporting on community involvement exercises and consultations.
Futurelab Publications
- Hague, C & Payton, S., (2010) Digital literacy across the curriculum: A handbook. Futurelab
- Payton, S & Hague, C., (2010) Digital literacy in practice: Case studies of Primary and Secondary classrooms. Futurelab
- Hague, C and Williamson, B., (2009) Digital Participation, Digital Literacy and School Subjects: A Review of the Policies, Literature and Evidence Futurelab.
- Hague, C (2009) A review of the current landscape of adult informal learning using digital technologies. Futurelab.
- Hague, C & Grant, L., (2009) Dream Catcher Research Report Futurelab.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hague, C. (2008) “Apocalyptic Youth Fiction and Limit: The Politics of the Outside” in Atkins, L., Dalrymple, N., Gill, M. & Thiel, E. Eds., An Invitation to Explore: New International Perspectives on Children's Literature Pied Piper Publishing.
Awards/Prizes
- University of Exeter School of Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship, 2004-2007
- University of Victoria Dean of Graduate Studies Scholarship, 2001-03
- University of Victoria Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001-03
Conferences/Presentations
- “Web 2.0 for teaching and learning: How the collaborative web is changing teacher practice” Seminar delivered for Vital 31st March 2010
- “Developing digital literacy across the curriculum” Workshop delivered at Developing 21st Century Learning Becta Regional AST Conferences, 23rd February 2010, 3rd March 2010, 5th March 2010, 10th March 2010
- “Digital literacy and using web-based tools in citizenship education” Presentation to the Citizenship Foundation, 1st March 2010.
- “Towards a “utopia” of learning about citizenship and participation? The political pedagogy of climate change fiction for youth” BESA ‘Education Studies – the Bigger Picture’ 2009 conference, 2nd July 2009
- “Learning Journeys and Technology” NIACE ‘Informal Learning - Making the Connections’ conference, 27th February 2009
- “Children, Politics and the Challenge of Climate Change: Children’s Rights and the Political Imagination in Julie Bertagna’s Exodus” Conference Paper given at Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Conference, 8th February 2008
- “Children of the Dust and the Politics of the Outside” Conference Paper given at Postgraduate Conference for the School for Historical, Sociological and Political Studies, University of Exeter, 25th May 2006
- “Apocalyptic Youth Fiction and Limit” Conference Paper given at Child and the Book Conference, University of Newcastle, 7th November 2006
- Coordinator of Postgraduate Conference for the School for Historical, Sociological and Political Studies, University of Exeter. 2-day inter-disciplinary conference with 40 international speakers. 31st May - 1st June 2005
Professional bodies
- Member of the British Education Studies Association
- Visiting Fellow at University of Bristol (Graduate School of Education)
cassie [dot] hague [at] futurelab [dot] org [dot] uk
0117 915 8224