Biography:
Following a career in four Secondary schools I taught on teacher education in several universities including Kingston University, Bath Spa University and the University of Southampton, before moving to Edge Hill University in 2011 as Professor in Education. Here, I direct the research centre for Schools, Colleges and Teacher Education (SCaTE) and teach research methods on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
My PhD was a study of mentoring, under the supervision of Professor Helen Simons, who pioneered the use of case study in educational research. As a result of my work in this field, I became a member of a European Union – funded project in mentoring (http://www.mint-mentor.net). My interests have shifted more recently to a concern with how teachers, particularly in schools, use
more...Following a career in four Secondary schools I taught on teacher education in several universities including Kingston University, Bath Spa University and the University of Southampton, before moving to Edge Hill University in 2011 as Professor in Education. Here, I direct the research centre for Schools, Colleges and Teacher Education (SCaTE) and teach research methods on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
My PhD was a study of mentoring, under the supervision of Professor Helen Simons, who pioneered the use of case study in educational research. As a result of my work in this field, I became a member of a European Union – funded project in mentoring (http://www.mint-mentor.net). My interests have shifted more recently to a concern with how teachers, particularly in schools, use research findings and collaborative research methods to develop their practice. My work in this area has appeared in Croatian, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, and Slovene publications and I have given Keynote Addresses to international conferences in Belgium and Croatia.