School of Education

Emeritus Professor Vivienne Baumfield

Emeritus Professor Vivienne Baumfield

Emeritus Professor of Professional Learning

 V.Baumfield@exeter.ac.uk

 

Overview

I am Professor of Professional Learning at the School of Education. My research interests are in the interaction of research, policy and practice when university-based researchers work with practitioners in the creation and translation of knowledge across contexts.  This interest is linked to the wider issue of understanding the relationship between theory and practice in professional learning and is grounded in a perspective derived from pragmatism.  My teaching and research examines international perspectives on the professional development of teachers and the impact of school-university partnerships as communities of pedagogical inquiry.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Politics and Religious Studies with Sanskrit; PhD in Indian Political Philosophy; Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Credit) History and Religious Studies; Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

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Research

Research interests

I am interested in the interaction of research, policy and practice when university-based researchers work with practitioners in the creation and translation of knowledge across contexts.  This interest is linked to the wider issue of understanding the relationship between theory and practice in professional learning and is grounded in a perspective derived from pragmatism.   My teaching and research examines international perspectives on the professional development of teachers and the impact of school-university partnerships as communities of pedagogical inquiry.

Research projects

Principal Investigator:

British Education Research Association Research Commission ‘Cost, Value and Quality in Professional Learning: promoting economic literacy in medical and teacher education’ 2015-16 (£12K)

British Council India Knowledge Exchange Partnership Fund ‘Learning Through Integrated Technology in University Pedagogy (LITUP)’ 2014-2015 (£10K)

British Council Azerbaijan Higher Education Capacity Building Partnership Fund ‘Sharing Models of Professional Learning in Educational Psychology and Child Development’ 2015 (£3K)

UKIndia Education Research Initiative ‘The Professional Development of Teachers in Navrachana University, Gujarat and the University of Glasgow’ 2011 (£2K)

Esmee Fairbairn ‘Promoting access to the curriculum through Visual Literacy and meaning making in a community of inquiry’ 2008 -2009 (£7.5K)

The Scottish Government ‘Collection, analysis and reporting of data on Curriculum for Excellence draft experiences and outcomes’ 2007-2008 (£131K);

National Union of Teachers ‘Teacher2Teacher Research’ 2001-2002 (£13K)

Teacher Training Agency ‘Comparison of different approaches to funding and supporting teacher research’ 2000 (£10K)

Teacher Training Agency/Centre for British Teachers ‘North-East School based Consortium’ 1998-2001 (£140K)

Co-investigator:

University of Glasgow International Partnership Development Fund ‘Intercultural Understanding of Postgraduate Studies with partner universities in Thailand’ 2015 (£2K)

Scottish Government ‘Evaluation of East Lothian Council Number Counts project’ 2014 (£20.5K)

Scottish Government ‘Developing a School-based Partnership Approach to Supporting the Professional Learning and Development of Student Teachers and Teachers’ 2010-2013 (£149K)

Scottish Government ‘Supporting teachers in the developing expertise and confidence in assessment at the point of transition between primary and secondary within the context of Curriculum for Excellence’ 2010-2011 (£142K)

AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme ’Does RE Work: a multi-dimensional investigation‘ 2007-2010 (£485K)

Campaign for Learning ‘Evaluation of Learning to Learn’ 2005-2007 (£104K)

Learning and Skills Development Agency ‘Thinking skills frameworks for post 16 learners’ 2003-2004 (£99K)

EPPI/DfES Systematic Review Group ‘Thinking and Learning Skills’ 2003-2005 (£73K)

HEFCE/FDTL5 ‘Developing formative assessment using ICTs in higher education’ 2005-2007 (£149K)

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Publications

Books

Baumfield V, McLaughlin C, Cordingley P, McLellan R (eds)(2015). Making a Difference: turning teacher learning inside out. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Conroy JC, Lundie D, Baumfield V, Davis RA, Wenell K, Lowden K, Gallagher T, Barnes LP, Bourque N (2013). Does Religious Education Work? a Multi-dimensional Investigation., A&C Black. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Hall E, Wall K (2012). Action Research in Education Learning Through Practitioner Enquiry., SAGE. Abstract.
Wyse D, Baumfield VM, Egan D, Gallagher C, Hayward L, Hulme M, Leitch R, Lingard B, Livingston K, Menter I, et al (2012). Creating the curriculum. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Hall E, Wall K (2008). Action Research in the Classroom., SAGE Publications.
Moseley D, Baumfield V, Elliott J, Gregson M, Higgins S, Miller J, Newton D (2005). Frameworks for thinking: a handbook for teaching and learning. Abstract.

Journal articles

Baumfield V, Elliott D, Reid K (In Press). Capturing visual metaphors and tales: Innovative or elusive?. International Journal of Research and Method in Education
Baumfield V, Bethel A, Dowek A, Walshe K, Mattick K (In Press). Characteristics of Research into Professional Learning across Professions: a mapping review. Review of Education Abstract.
Baumfield V, Bethel A, Boyle C, Katene W, Knowler H, Koutsouris G, Norwich B (In Press). How lesson study is used in initial teacher education: an international review of literature. Teacher Development
Baumfield V (2023). Presidential Address: BERA. Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?. British Educational Research Journal, 49(3), 427-438.
Foster‐Collins H, Mattick K, Baumfield V (2023). Workplace support for newly qualified doctors and secondary school teachers: a comparative analysis. British Educational Research Journal, 49(5), 1005-1043. Abstract.
Baumfield V (2022). Research in and for religious education. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 44(2), 133-137.  Author URL.
Hoang J, Mattick K, Baumfield V (2021). Typologies of education and training pathways for general practitioners: a scoping review. Educ Prim Care, 32(2), 78-84. Abstract.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2019). The meaning and end of religion. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 41(1), 115-116.  Author URL.
Elliot DL, Reid K, Baumfield V (2016). Beyond the amusement, puzzlement and challenges: an enquiry into international students’ academic acculturation. Studies in Higher Education, 41(12), 2198-2217. Abstract.
Oancea A, Menter I, Baumfield V (2016). Editorial. Review of Education, 4(1), 3-4.
Baumfield V (2016). Etwas im Religionsunterricht bewegen: Zur Integration von Theorie und Praxis beim professionellen Lernen von Lehrkräften. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie, 68(2), 165-177.
Mattick K, Baumfield V (2016). From cost to value in medical education. Med Teach, 38(5).  Author URL.
Elliott D, Reid K, Makara Fuller K (2016). Hidden treasure: Successful international doctoral students who found and harnessed the hidden curriculum. Oxford Review of Education, 42(6), 733-748. Abstract.
Baumfield VM (2016). John Dewey among the theologians. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 38(3), 343-345.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2016). Making a difference in the Religious Education classroom: integrating theory and practice in teachers’ professional learning. British Journal of Religious Education, 38(2), 141-151. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Elliot D, Reid K (2016). Searching for a 'third space’: a creative pathway towards international PhD students’ academic acculturation. Higher Education Research & Development, 35(6), 1180-1195. Abstract.
Marie Baumfield V (2015). International trends and national contexts in religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 37(1), 1-3.
Baumfield V (2015). Mind the gap. Theory and practice in professional learning. Professional Development Today, 17(2), 8-17.
Baumfield VM (2015). Religion and education in religious education: Constructing the object of study. British Journal of Religious Education, 37(3), 222-224.
Baumfield VM (2015). Religion and education in religious education: constructing the object of study. British Journal of Religious Education
Baumfield V, Cush D, Miller J (2014). A third perspective in retrospective: 20 years later. British Journal of Religious Education, 36(3), 247-255.
Baumfield V (2014). An aims‐based curriculum: the significance of human flourishing for schools. The Curriculum Journal, 25(1), 151-154.
Baumfield V (2014). MasterClass in religious education: transforming teaching and learning. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 36(1), 102-106.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2014). To teach is to learn. British Journal of Religious Education, 36(1), 1-3.
Baumfield V (2013). Curriculum reform and subject review: Religious education at the crossroads. British Journal of Religious Education, 35(1), 1-4.
Baumfield V (2013). Curriculum reform and subject review: religious education at the crossroads. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 35(1), 1-4.  Author URL.
Baumfield V, Menter I, Oancea A (2013). Editorial. Review of Education, 1(1), 1-1.
Baumfield V, Cush D (2013). Religious education at the crossroads (again): the search for a subject identity?. British Journal of Religious Education, 35(3), 231-235.
Baumfield V, Cush D (2012). A gift from the child: Curriculum development in religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 34(3), 227-230.
Adam JM, Camotim D, Dunai L, Marti K, Nikolos IK, Pallares FJ, Papadopoulou MP, Saka MP, Schueller GI, Vietor T, et al (2012). Editorial. ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE, 44(1), 1-2.  Author URL.
Gaines AD (2012). Editorial. CULTURE MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY, 36(1), 1-1.  Author URL.
Hessle S (2012). Editorial. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, 21(1), 1-2.  Author URL.
Carter L, Colman W (2012). Editorial. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 57(1), 1-2.  Author URL.
Baumfield V, Menter I, Gronn P, Cremin H, Hughes J, Leitch R (2012). Editorial. British Educational Research Journal, 38(1), 1-2.
Baumfield VM, Conroy JC, Davis RA, Lundie DC (2012). The Delphi method: Gathering expert opinion in religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 34(1), 5-19. Abstract.
Baumfield V (2012). Understanding the wider context: Meaning and purpose in religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 34(1), 1-4.
Xue Y (2012). Untitled. JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS, 39(1), 1-2.  Author URL.
Kennedy DW (2012). Untitled. INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF ALLERGY & RHINOLOGY, 2(1), 1-1.  Author URL.
Azulay J-P (2012). Untitled. REVUE NEUROLOGIQUE, 168(1), 1-1.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2011). 'Knowing differently': Religion and education in the classroom. British Journal of Religious Education, 33(1), 1-2.
Baumfield V, Menter I, Gronn P, Cremin H, Hughes J, Leitch R (2011). Editorial. British Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 1-3.
Meijer WAJ, Baumfield V, Whittall A, Gent B, Leirvik O (2010). Book reviews. British Journal of Religious Education, 32(1), 77-87.
Baumfield V, Hulme M, Livingston K, Menter I (2010). Consultation and engagement? the reshaping of teacher professionalism through curriculum reform in 21st Century Scotland. Scottish Educational Review, 42(2), 57-73.
Baumfield V, Menter I, Skelton C, Thomas G (2010). Editorial. British Educational Research Journal, 36(1), 1-2.
Baumfield V (2010). Editorial: Towards a pedagogy for religious education: Professional development through engagement in and with research. British Journal of Religious Education, 32(2), 89-91.
Baumfield V (2010). Researching RE teachers. RE teachers as researchers. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 32(1), 79-81.  Author URL.
Wakeling P, Eyre D, Tucker S, Sears A, Race R, Croll P, Baumfield V, Allan A, Swain J, Kapadia R, et al (2010). Reviews. British Journal of Educational Studies, 58(1), 117-134.
Baumfield V (2010). The Power of Pedagogy. BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, 58(1), 126-128.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2009). 'It's good to talk': Dialogue and the development of mutual understanding. British Journal of Religious Education, 31(3), 183-185.
Thomas G, Baumfield V, Menter I, Skelton C (2009). BERJ: a journal for our community of inquiry. British Educational Research Journal, 35(1), 1-3.
Nesbitt E, Castelli M, Leirvik O, Baumfield V, Wintersgill B, Ouellet F (2009). Book reviews. British Journal of Religious Education, 31(3), 289-301.
Hulme M, Baumfield V, Payne F (2009). Building capacity through teacher enquiry: the scottish schools of ambition. Journal of Education for Teaching, 35(4), 409-424. Abstract.
Baumfield VM, Hall E, Higgins S, Wall K (2009). Catalytic tools: Understanding the interaction of enquiry and feedback in teachers' learning. European Journal of Teacher Education, 32(4), 423-435. Abstract.
Higgins S, Baumfield V, Newton D, Elliott J (2009). DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION FOR EXPERT LEARNERS. The American Journal of Psychology, 122(4), 553-555.
Baumfield V (2009). Essays on pedagogy. BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 35(5), 809-810.  Author URL.
Higgins S, Baumfield V, Newton D, Elliott J (2009). Instructing and Testing Advanced Learners: a Cognitive Load Approach. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 122(4), 553-555.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2009). Inter faith dialogue by email in primary schools: an evaluation of the building e-bridges project. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 31(3), 295-297.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2009). Learning about and learning from religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 31(1), 1-2.
Baumfield V (2009). Schools and religions: imagining the real. BRITISH JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, 31(1), 75-77.  Author URL.
Bates D, Baumfield V, Francis LJ, Priestley JG, Richardson R (2008). Book reviews. British Journal of Religious Education, 31(1), 73-83.
Baumfield V (2008). Demanding RE: Engaging research, scholarship and practice to promote learning. British Journal of Religious Education, 30(1), 1-2.
Baumfield V (2008). Education for inclusive citizenship. BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 34(2), 296-297.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2008). Romanticism and education: love, heroism and imagination in pedagogy. BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, 34(3), 408-409.  Author URL.
Naughton GM, Willan J, Flewitt R, Ball M, Baumfield V (2007). BOOK REVIEWS. International Journal of Early Years Education, 15(2), 219-229.
Baumfield V (2007). Becoming a teacher of RE in a world of religious diversity. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 28(1), 77-81. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Butterworth M (2007). Creating and translating knowledge about teaching and learning in collaborative school-university research partnerships: an analysis of what is exchanged across the partnerships, by whom and how. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 13(4), 411-427. Abstract.
Baumfield V (2007). Religious education and Schwab's four topics of education. British Journal of Religious Education, 29(2), 125-126.
Baumfield VM (2007). Teachers as Learners: promoting professional development through inquiry. Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, 1(2), 147-159.
Baumfield V (2006). Breadth and depth in researching religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 28(1), 1-2.
Baumfield V (2006). Textbooks and RE - Empowering or restricting?. British Journal of Religious Education, 28(3), 223-224.
Baumfield V (2006). Tools for pedagogical inquiry: the impact of teaching thinking skills on teachers. Oxford Review of Education, 32(2), 185-196. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Butterworth M (2005). Developing and sustaining professional dialogue about teaching and learning in schools. Journal of In-service Education, 31(2), 297-312.
Baumfield V, Butterworth M (2005). Developing and sustaining professional dialogue about teaching and learning in schools. Journal of In-service Education, 31(2), 297-312.
Baumfield V, Butterworth M (2005). Developing and sustaining professional dialogue about teaching and learning in schools. Journal of In-Service Education, 31(2), 297-312. Abstract.
Baumfield V (2005). Disciplinary knowledge and religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 27(1), 3-4.
Baumfield V (2005). Religion and postmodernity. JOURNAL OF MORAL EDUCATION, 34(1), 117-118.  Author URL.
Baumfield V, Devlin N (2005). Staying on task: can a thinking skills approach support a productive pedagogy for inclusion?. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 5(1), 37-42. Abstract.
Baumfield V (2004). Editorial: the place of religious education in the school curriculum. British Journal of Religious Education, 26(2), 115-117.
Baumfield V (2003). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 25(2), 86-88.
Baumfield V (2003). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 25(2), 2-5.
Baumfield V (2003). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 25(4), 258-260.
Baumfield V (2003). Democratic RE: Preparing young people for citizenship. British Journal of Religious Education, 25(3), 173-184. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Johnson C (2002). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 24(2), 82-84.
Baumfield V, Mroz M (2002). Investigating pupils' questions in the primary classroom. Educational Research, 44(2), 129-140. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Mroz M (2002). Investigating pupils' questions in the primary classroom. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 44(2), 129-140.  Author URL.
Baumfield V (2001). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 23(2), 74-75.
Baumfield V (1999). Editorial: British journal of religious education. British Journal of Religious Education, 22(1), 2-3.
Higgins S, Baumfield V (1998). A Defence of Teaching General Thinking Skills. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 32(3), 391-398. Abstract.
Baumfield V, Oberski I (1998). What do teachers think about thinking skills?. Quality Assurance in Education, 6(1), 44-51. Abstract.
Baumfield V (1997). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 20(1), 2-4.
Jackson R, Baumfield V (1997). British Journal of Religious Education: Editorial. British Journal of Religious Education, 19(2), 66-68.
Baumfield V (1997). Freedom and authority in religions and religious education - Gates,B. JOURNAL OF MORAL EDUCATION, 26(2), 231-233.  Author URL.
Baumfield V, Bowness C, Cush D, Miller J (1994). Model syllabus consultation period: a contribution. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 15(1), 3-5.

Chapters

Baumfield V (2023). Education for Democracy: Schools as Communities of Inquiry. In  (Ed) The Ideas-Informed Society, Emerald, 145-154.
Baumfield V (2023). Re-imagining the Place of Professional Education in the University. In  (Ed) Universities in Crisis, Bloomsbury Academic, 157-176.
Baumfield V, Higgins S (2021). Child and the Curriculum in the 21st Century. In  (Ed) The Contemporary Relevance of John Dewey's Theories on Teaching and Learning, Taylor & Francis, 131-148.
Baumfield V (2018). Curriculum Making in the (Dis)United Kingdom. In  (Ed) Religions- und Ethikunterricht zwischen Konkurrenz und Kooperation, Brill Deutschland, 317-332.
Baumfield V (2018). Curriculum Making in the (Dis)United Kingdom: the impact of global trends, national contexts and local circumstances on Religious and Moral Education in schools. In Schroder B, Emmelmann M (Eds.) Religions- und Ethikunterricht zwischen Konkurrenz und Kooperation, Gottingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 317-332. Abstract.
Baumfield VM (2016). Changing minds: the professional learning of teachers in a classroom community of inquiry. In  (Ed) The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophy for Children, 119-126.
Baumfield V (2016). Democratic Pedagogy: Thinking together. In Higgins SE, Coffield F (Eds.) John Dewey's Democracy and Education a British tribute, London: UCL-IoE Press, 76-88.
Baumfield V (2016). Teachers for the Twenty-first Century: a Transnational Analysis of the Role of the University in Teacher Education in the United Kingdom. In Moon B (Ed) Do Universities have a Role in the Education and Training of Teachers?, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 25-39.
Baumfield V (2015). Practitioner Research: Understanding Teaching through Inquiry. In Wyse D, Hayward L, Pandya J (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, London: SAGE Publications Limited, 154-168.
Baumfield V (2015). Tools for inquiry: the role of thinking skills approaches in developing pedagogy as theory. In  (Ed) The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking, 71-79.
Baumfield V (2014). Developing a Capacity for Learning. In Carroll M, McCulloch M (Eds.) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education, London: Sage, 102-115.
Baumfield VM (2012). Pedagogy. In  (Ed) Creating the Curriculum, 46-58. Abstract.
Baumfield V (2012). Pedagogy. In Barnes P (Ed) Debates in Religious Education, London: Routledge, 205-212.
Baumfield V, McLaughlin C (2006). Bridging and bonding: Perspectives on the role of the university in SUPER. In  (Ed) Researching Schools: Stories from a Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research, 132-146.
Baumfield V (2005). How local should a local agreed syllabus for RE be?. In  (Ed) Spiritual and Religious Education, 241-250. Abstract.

Conferences

Baumfield V (2023). Linking Civic Ecologies: Building a Platform for Integrating Professions, Publics, and Academia. Proceedings of the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting.
Conroy JC, Lundie D, Baumfield V (2012). Failures of meaning in religious education. Abstract.

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External Engagement and Impact

Current

Visiting Fellow Sri Aurobindo Centre, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Member of the British Curriculum Forum Advisory Group

Raporteur for ESRC/EUROCORES

Evaluator for Qatar National Research Fund

Evaluator for UK India Education Research Initiative

Ethics Evaluator for the European Commission Framework 7 FaSMEd project

Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education

Editor of the Review of Education

Editorial Board of the Curriculum Journal

Editorial Board of Teaching Thinking and Creativity

Editorial Board of the International Journal of Innovation in Education

Editorial Board of Journal of Research and Reflections in Education (Pakistan)

Editorial Board of the Bulletin of Education and Research (Pakistan)

External Assessor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Member of the International Seminar on RE and Values

Member of the Learn Teach Lead RE steering group

Previous

Nehru Visiting Professor Faculty of Family and Community Studies Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India

Higher Education Commission Pakistan National Teacher Accreditation Panel

Member of the British Council (Scotland) South Asia Steering Group

Member of the British Education Research Association (BERA) Executive Council

Editor of the British Educational Research Journal

Consultant to National Union of Teachers on Professional Development

Teacher Training Resource Bank Editorial and Commissioning Board      

DfES CPD steering group

Representative of the Scottish Government on the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe                                                             

Vice Chair of Religious Education Council                                             

I have examined PhD theses at the University of Birmingham, Durham, Exeter, Kings College London, Hull, Lancaster, Newcastle, Southampton and York.

Invited Keynote Addresses

St George’s School (Switzerland) Annual Lecture, Montreux 2015

European International Education Association Conference, Glasgow 2015

Kolkata Book Fair ‘Britain is Great’ Education Lecture 2015

Indian Association for Productivity, Quality and Reliability Anniversary Lecture, Kolkata 2015

Teacher Professionalization and the Professional Quality of Religious Education, Exeter 2015

Albanian International Education Conference, Tirana 2014

Association of University Lecturers in RE Annual Conference, York 2013

International Conference for Academic Institutions, Gandhinagar 2011 and 2013

International Humanitarian Forum, Baku 2012 and 2013

Association for the Study of Medical Education Regional Seminar, Southampton 2012

Association of RE Advisors, Inspectors and Consultants Annual Conference, Leamington 2012

Thinking Schools International Conference, Swindon 2012

Higher Education Commission Quality Assurance Division, Islamabad 2012

9th International Research Conference, KIMEP, Almaty 2012

InForm Conference on International Higher Education, Newcastle 2012

Laboratory of Education Theory Conference, University of Stirling 2012, 2010

Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Conference, Edinburgh 2011, Glasgow 2015

Samvad Public Lecture, Vadhodra 2011

Norwegian Teacher Union Annual Conference, Oslo 2011

Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Ahmedabad 2010

Professor PK Bose Memorial Lecture, University of Calcutta 2009

Scottish Secondary School Leaders Conference, Cumbernauld 2009

HMIe Sharing Good Practice Conference, Dundee 2009

British Council, Kolkata 2009

Secondary Head Teachers’ Conference, Glasgow 2009

School of Education, Queen’s University, Belfast 2009

School of Education, University of Warwick 2008

Chartered Teachers’ Conference 2008

International Conference on Quality Teacher Education Lahore 2007

Learning and Skills Council Conference London 2006

Institute of Pedagogy, University of Gothenberg, Sweden 2006

DfES primary and secondary strategy teams, London 2006

Data Management and Advisory Group, Greater London Authority 2006

International Seminar on RE and Values Israel 2000, Norway 2002 and Netherlands  2006

Standards Unit (DfES) Conference, London 2005

Instituut voor Leraar en School, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands  2003

Latin American Head Teachers Conference, Lima, Peru 2002

Third Thinking Qualities Initiative Conference, Hong Kong 2002

British Council International Seminar on Thinking Skills, Belfast 2002

ESRC Teaching and Learning Programme Launch Leicester 2001

Education Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong 2001

National Institute for Education, Singapore 1999 and 2000

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Supervision / Group

Research Fellows

  • Lea Thomson Teachers' perceptions of adapting to change in vocational settings
  • Noura Alamri Student Teachers’ perceptions of their professional learning needs and the implications for the Initial Teacher Education programmes in a Saudi university
  • Tim Smith The potential effects of the UAE male population undertaking higher education on the country's future economy and cultural heritage

Postdoctoral researchers

  • Turana Aliyeva Department of Social and Pedagogical Psychology, Baku State University, Azerbaijan

Alumni

  • Nasrin Sahar Investigation of the role of inquiry and its importance in pre-service (initial) science teacher' professional learning experiences in Pakistan
  • Tara de Bussy An investigation of the decision making practice of a music teacher working with adult learners.
  • Humaira Irfan Khan Impact of English Language Policies on Postgraduate Students’ Achievements in Pakistani Universities
  • Jamila Razzaq Management of Educational Change: Views of School Leaders in Scotland and Pakistan
  • Habibullah Pathan An Investigation of Pakistani university students’ reasons for learning English
  • Muhammad Ashraf The Virtual Jirga: The 2009 Education Policy and the Medium of Instruction Debate in Pakistan. Who is Participating and What Are the Implications for Balochistan?
  • The Virtual Jirga: The 2009 Education Policy and the Medium of Instruction Debate in Pakistan. Who i To what extent are the difficulties faced by Libyan University EFL lecturers a consequence of traditional expectations of teaching and learning?
  • Sultan Abedaiwi Teachers’ perceptions of Autonomy and its relation to EFL Curriculum Development in public schools in Saudi Arabia
  • Nurah Al Fares The Role of the Textbook in Promoting Thinking Skills in Intermediate School EFL classrooms in Saudi Arabia
  • Helen Foster-Collins

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