Activities per year
Personal profile
Biography
Laura’s employment background is as a Children’s Services practitioner and Early Years Teacher (EYTS) specialising in working with children aged 0-8 years. She has worked across a range of settings including Private, Voluntary and Independent Settings. In addition, Laura is a Martial Arts practitioner instructing both child and adult classes focussing on participation, physical health, mental health and wellbeing promotion. Laura has worked as a Higher Education Lecturer in Colleges/Universities for the past twelve years teaching on Access Programmes,Foundation Degrees and Undergraduate/Postgraduate Degrees.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Martial Arts
- Children's Participation
- Ethnography
- Narrative methods
- Public Health
- Physical Activity
- Identity
- Wellbeing
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
Activities
- 2 Poster presentation
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Talking about Taekwon-Do: An Ethnographic Study Exploring Children’s Experiences of Participating in International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) Taekwon-Do, in a North of England Taekwon-Do School
Laura Ashton-Goldthorpe (Speaker), Kiara Lewis (Speaker) & Jane Tobbell (Speaker)
Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation
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Talking About Taekwon-Do
Laura Ashton-Goldthorpe (Speaker), Kiara Lewis (Speaker) & Jane Tobbell (Speaker)
5 Jul 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation