Developing Practice and the Curriculum

This research group draws together staff from the widest range of age phases and many different curriculum specialisms within the School of Education and the wider University.

The specific research interests of the staff span a very diverse range of perspectives and projects. What unites us is our deep interest in exploring issues relating to teaching and learning and examining how practice, in its many forms, is developed.

Some of our current areas of interest are:

The Teaching Reading and Writing Links (TRAWL) Project
collaborative work with agencies such as Creative Partnerships
Assessment for Learning (AFL)
Early Years education and issues relating to childhood
action research as a key approach to developing practice inherent in our own teaching and in working collaboratively with practitioners
Pan-European developments in the learning and teaching of electromagnetism and super conductivity
technology
the importance of the mentor relationships during different stages of the teacher's career development
the response of secondary subjects to a changing curriculum
learning and teaching in higher education
the curriculum in an international perspective.

Within this Research Group two special interest groups [SIG] have been developed; Early Years and STEM Education.

Academic staff

Gren Ireson (group leader), Linda Adcock, Helen Boulton, Robert Bowen, Elaine Cockburn, Kev Delaney, Helen Fielding, Kevin Flint, Tony Harris, Alison Murphy, John Paramore, Deliah Pawluch, Carol Posnett, Natasha Serret, Debbie Turner, Det Voice.