Kaylianna Christian: The moral education of early years learners through literature

Aaliyah, Charles and Will sit down for a chat with Kaylianna Christian. Hailing from Florida, Kaylianna chose Roehampton with great care to study the impact of children’s literature in the moral education of early years learners. Kaylianna is a Christian minister, currently Young Life and Families Pastor at St Peter’s, in Notting Hill, and her doctoral journey is moved by a profound Faith, but her research includes secular texts, from Peter Rabbit to Frozen. We discuss the challenge of data collection involving young children, her background in Theology and nurseries in the US, the joys and challenges of doctoral study, and why it’s good practice to throw in a fiction book once a month in the middle of all that literature.  If you are a grad student at Roehampton’s School of Education, Kaylianna is 🫵 your rep, and if you have ideas, complaints, suggestions, or anything else, do send her an email!  Chapters 00:08 Introduction 00:30 Kaylianna and her research 01:52 Kaylianna’s academic route to the PhD 02:56 Choosing London, Choosing Roehampton 03:57 Professional PhD and Professional life 05:23 Data collection with Early Years children 08:04 Being an Academic Rep for SofE 09:01 Building an academic network 10:07 Favourite part of doctoral studies 11:12 Challenges of doctoral studies 11:58 Getting support 12:32 Differences with undergrad and Masters 14:10 Suggestions for improvement? 14:44 Tips for current and future Phd candidates 15:46 Managing information 16:35 Tips for well-being? 18:03 Something unrelated 19:08 #PhDGlow 20:24 Final words  The Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School.  Our theme music is by DiamondTunes  Our hosts are two PhD students at Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan. Comments, questions, want to appear on the show? Get in touch at [email protected]