Professor Rob Freathy
Professor
School of Education
University of Exeter
School of Education, St Luke's Campus
Heavitree Road
Exeter EX1 2LU
Rob Freathy read Theology at the University of Oxford and completed his doctorate in Education at the University of Exeter. He is now a Professor of Education in the School of Education.
For the University, he has previously undertaken the following roles: Dean for Taught Students (formerly Academic Dean for Students / Dean of the Faculty of Taught Programmes), and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Research and Deputy Director of the University of Exeter Doctoral College. For the College of Social Sciences and International Studies, he was Associate Dean (Education), Director of Taught Programmes, and Director of Postgraduate Research. He has also held a number of positions of responsibility in the School of Education, including Head of School and Director of Education.
His research interests include religious education, history of education, and curricular and pedagogical innovation. He is a member of the Editorial Boards for History of Education, Journal of Beliefs and Values and History of Education and Children's Literature. He has previously been a member of the Editorial Boards for British Journal of Educational Studies and British Journal of Religious Education. He is co-editor of a series of books published by Peter Lang on the theme of Religion, Education and Values (Vol. 18, 2021), and an Editorial Board member for a Routledge Series on Life and Values Education. He has also authored and edited numerous books, including Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2012), History, Remembrance and Religious Education (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2014), Politics, Professionals and Practitioners (London: Routledge, 2017), Metacognition, Worldviews and Religious Education (London: Routledge, 2019) and Improving Religious Education Through Teacher Training (Munster: Waxmann, 2023). He has contributed articles to many journals including: Oxford Review of Education, Research Papers in Education, British Journal of Educational Studies, and History of Education. He is also responsible for developing Exe Libris: The UK History of Education Society On-line Bibliography (see https://www.hes-exelibris.org.uk/). Previous research projects include: ‘RE-flect: A programme to foster metacognition in the Religious Education classroom’ (funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation); ‘The Art of Narrative Theology in RE’ (funded by Bible Society/Westhill Endowment Trust) and 'RE-searchers: A Critical Dialogic Approach to Religious Education in Primary Schools' (funded by the Culham St Gabriel's Trust).
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