Dr Chris Counihan

Assistant Professor

School: Communities and Education

Biography

Dr Chris Counihan is an Assistant Professor in Education at Northumbria University and a Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Dr Counihan completed his PhD in education which studied the effects of a peer-mediated literacy intervention with children from rural India. Chris has over ten years experience of working and leading on international development and education projects. His primary research interests lie in the field of child development and policy initiatives in education. He is currently developing ideas under the ‘Education for All’ agenda that targets poverty alleviation and educational empowerment. Dr Counihan’s research has positively impacted children’s learning opportunities in some of the poorest areas of the world that include: India, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

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Key Publications

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Constructing Reality: Comparing Simulation Modalities in Initial Teacher Education, Fossey, R., Counihan, C., Nichol, D., Luke, C., Cole, M., Meller, S., Davies, J., Barker, L., Anderson, A., Hudson, K., Gray, W., Mulholland, K. 3 Jun 2026, In: Education Sciences
Early career educators’ worldviews of education. Personal philosophies of education and their influence on state primary school teachers, Gillespie, A., Counihan, C. 19 Feb 2026, In: International Journal of Arts, Humanities & Social Science
Paper versus Pixels: Comparing pre-service teachers' experiences of low-and medium-technology simulation modalities, Duncan, J., Counihan, C., Gibson, L., Nichol, D., Mulholland, K. 29 Jul 2026, In: Frontiers in Education
Rehearsing Legitimacy: Simulation-Based Pedagogies, Imposter Experiences and Academic Wellbeing in Early-Career Academics, Hotonu, I., Mulholland, K., Cole, S., Gibson, M., Nichol, D., Counihan, C. 26 Jun 2026, In: Education Sciences
Teaching SCPHN Students Complex Decision-Making Through Interprofessional Simulation for Safeguarding, Menzies, J., Meller, S., Robinson, E., Counihan, C., Ogle, J., Clark, E., Dorward, M. 11 Mar 2026, In: Community practitioner : the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association
Back to basics: Pre-service teachers' experiences of ‘SimulatEd’, a suite of low-technology simulated-scenarios to promote preparedness for professional practice, Nichol, D., Mulholland, K., Counihan, C., Meller, S., Anderson, A., Luke, C., Gray, W. 1 Oct 2025, In: Teaching and Teacher Education
Evidence for Language Policy in Government Pre-Primary Schools in Nigeria: Cross-Language Transfer and Interdependence, Dixon, P., Humble, S., Gittins, L., Seery , F., Counihan, C. 11 Sep 2025, In: Education Sciences
Stepping Stones: Adopting a fading programme design to promote teachers’ use of metacognitive strategies for mathematical problem-solving, Mulholland, K., Gray, W., Counihan, C., Nichol, D. 12 Jul 2025, In: Education Sciences
The use of simulation-based learning approaches in initial teacher education and teachers’ professional development – exploring the potential for learning and practice., Davies, J., Meller, S., Luke, C., Anderson, A., Nichol, D., Mulholland, K., Gray, W., Counihan, C. 26 Jun 2025, BERA Global Perspectives in Teacher Education
What does transformation in Higher Education research culture look like? Evidence from action research within a diverse post-1992 department, Mulholland, K., Robson, I., Nichol, D., Counihan, C., Gray, W., Luke, C., Meller, S., Anderson, A., Heslop, K., Davies, J., Graham, P., Johnson, S., Hwang, S., Chan, W., Johnson, E., Hudson, K., Haighton, C., Littlefair, D., Defeyter, M., Kellehear, A., Atkinson, J., Johnson, M. 26 Nov 2025, In: Routledge Open Research

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: Using Simulation-Based Approaches to Address Imposter Phenomenon in Early Career Academics 2026
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: European Teacher Education Network (ETEN) 2026
Examination: Viva Voce 2024
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: The use of simulation-based approaches for teacher education 2024
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2023 2023
Oral presentation: Future-proofing assessment: Experiential learning and authentic assessment design 2016