Staff

• Applied Research

• PhD Psychology
• C&G Cert FE/HE Teaching
• MSc Psychology
• BA Psychology

• Senior Lecturer, Coventry University
• Lecturer, Solihull College
• A Level Psychology Examiner, AEB
• Assistant Professor, Daemen College, NY, USA
• Assistant Professor, Northern State College, S Dak, USA

• Children's New Media Literacy and Traditional Literacy
• Children's Text Messaging and Literacy
• Children's Use of Aerial Photographs and Maps

• Member of review panel British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Plester, B., Blades, M. and Spencer, C. (2006). Children's Understanding of Environmental Representations: Aerial Photographs and Model Towns In M. Blades and C. Spencer (Eds). Children and Their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces. Cambridge: CUP.

Plester, B. (2004). Small people thinking about big spaces: Young children's navigational use of aerial photographs. In Researching Primary Geography, S. Catling and F. Martin (Eds.) pp151-161. London: Register of Reseach in Primary Geography.

Blades, M., Spencer, C., Plester, B. and Desmond, K. (2003). Young children’s recognition and representation of urban landscapes from aerial photographs and in toy play.  In G. Evans (Ed.), Remembering where: Advances in understanding spatial memory. Hilldsale, New Jersey: Erlbaum.

Plester, B., Blades, M. and Spencer, C. (2003). Children’s understanding of aerial photographs. Children’s Geographies, 1(2). 281-293.

Plester, B., Richards, J., Shevelan, C., Blades, M. and Spencer, C. (2003). Treasure hunting with aerial photographs. Primary Geographer.

Plester, B., Richards, J., Blades, M. and Spencer, C. (2002). Young children’s ability to use aerial photographs as maps. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22:1/2, 29-47.

Plester, B., Littleton, K., Lerkkonen, M. K., Rasku-Puttonen, H. and Linjama, L. J. (2009). A Comparative Study of Finnish and UK English Pre-teen Children’s Text Message Language and its Relationship with their Traditional Literacy Skills. Presentation at Language in the New Media Conference, Seattle, September 2009.

Plester, B., Wood, C., Jackson, E. and Wilde, L. (2009). Mobile Phone Text Messaging and its Impact on Literacy Development in Primary School: Text as Enhancement of Literacy. Presentation at Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boston, June 2009.

Wood, C., Plester, B. and Bowyer, S. (2008). A Cross-lagged Longitudinal Study of Text Messaging and its Impact on Literacy. Presentation at BPS Developmental Section Conference, Oxford Brookes, September 2008.

Plester, B. and Wood, C. (2007). Pre-teen Literacies: Txt Msg and School Skills. Presentation at BPS Developmental Section Conference. Plymouth, September 2007.

Donaldson, G. and Plester, B. (2007). Texters Remember 2mo Better than Today: Memory for Text Abbreviations, Standard Words and Non-Words. Presentation at BPS Developmental Section Conference. Plymouth, September 2007.

Plester, B. and Wood, C. (2006). Cognitive Factors in Text Messaging and Literacy. Poster Presentation at BPS Developmental Section Conference. London, September 2006.

A comparative study of Finnish and UK English pre-teen children’s text message language and its relationship with their traditional literacy skills. 2008-2009. Coventry University Applied Research Fellowship. £10 000.