Staff Profile:Caroline Crolla
- Name:
- Ms Caroline Crolla
- Job Title:
- PGCE Secondary English Course Leader
- Responsibilities:
University and Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education:
University Responsibilities:
- Contributes to teaching and learning at the Institute of Education;
- Teach on the secondary postgraduate certificate in education programme;
- Member of the Secondary PGCE Management group.
Main responsibilities in the Institute:
- Secondary English Course leader;
- Professional Studies Co-ordinator;
- Teach postgraduate initial teacher trainees on both the PGCE and GTP route;
- Work with partnership schools; quality assurance visits; ITT school placement visits; assessment and moderation of H-level and M-level ITT assignments.
Teaching:
- PGCE / GTP Secondary English
- Professional Studies for PGCE course and GTP course
- MA writing workshop (with Dr Cathy Tissot)
- Areas of Interest:
Areas of expertise and research interest:
- National Writing Project for English teachers;
- Theory and practice of reading aloud in secondary schools.
Areas in which you are able to supervise at Masters level:
- Pupil Voice;
- Assessment for learning;
- English as an additional language;
- School leadership;
- Boys' achievement and motivation in English;
- Advanced skills teachers and English ASTs.
Current and recent PhD Students, with topics/titles of their research:
-
Shaikhah Alrasheedi (with Andy Goodwyn/co-supervision) 'Requirements for the integration of media education in curriculum in Saudi Arabia'.
Current and recent Research Projects:
- Advanced skills teachers and English ASTs;
- Writing teachers teaching writing;
- Reading Aloud in secondary schools.
- Research groups / Centres:
L1 Research Group
- Publications:
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Recent publications/conference presentations/professional achievements:
Co-presented on "Advanced Skills Teachers" at BERA 2010
Enterprise activity; external roles and consultancy:
External Examiner for secondary PGCE English at the University of Brighton.
