Staff Profile:Elizabeth McCrum

Name:

Dr Elizabeth McCrum

Job Title:

Institute Director of Teaching and Learning

Responsibilities:

University Responsibilities:

• Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science Board for Teaching and Learning
• University Board for Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee on Delivery and Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
• Sub-Committee on Neglect of Work and Unsatisfactory Progress
• University Board for Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee on Teaching and Learning Facilities

Main responsibilities in the Institute:

• School Director of Teaching and Learning

Teaching:

• Secondary History PGCE
• Secondary Professional Studies
• MA in Teaching and Learning - Module Leader Mentorship and Coaching
• MA Supervision
• MTL
• EdD
• PHD Supervision
• PGCap

Areas of Interest:

Areas of expertise and research interest:

• History education
• Teacher knowledge and beliefs
• Historiography
• Postmodernism
• 14-19 Education

Able to supervise at Masters, PhD and EdD level in the following areas:

• The initial teacher education of secondary teachers
• History education
• Teacher knowledge and beliefs
• Teachers lives and careers
• Mentorship
• Historiography
• Historical research in education
• Postmodernism
• 14-19 Education

Current and Recent PhD Students, with topics/titles of their research:

• Emre Debreli. The impact of teacher training programs on pre-service teachers' beliefs about teaching and learning English.

Current and Recent Research Projects:

• History teachers thinking about the nature and purpose of their subject
• The experience of non-traditional students in higher education.

Research groups / Centres:

14-19 Education

Publications:

Recent publications/conference presentations/professional achievements: (Please list up to TEN publications and use correct APA referencing system)

Professional Achievements:

• 2008 and 2010 University of Reading Team award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning;
• 2009 School Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning.

Recent publications/conference presentations:

• McCrum, E. (2011, September). Diverging from the dominant discourse: some implications of conflicting subject understandings in the education of teachers. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference, University of London Institute of Education, London;
• Francis-Brophy, E., Macfadyen, T., McCrum, E., & Fuller, C. (2011, September). The experiences of non-traditional higher education students in a traditional university setting, Paper Presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference, University of London Institute of Education, London;
• McCrum, E. (2011, July). Teaching history in Postmodern times: History teachers' thinking about the nature and purposes of their subject. Paper presented at the History Teacher Education Network Conference, University of Roehampton, London;
• Francis-Brophy, E., Macfadyen, T., Fuller, C., & McCrum, E. (2011). The experiences of non-traditional higher education students in a traditional university setting. Progress South Central;
• Francis-Brophy, E., & McCrum, E. (2010). Evaluation of online mentoring project supporting young people who are NEET or at risk of becoming NEET in Reading and Wokingham;
• Fuller, C., Macfadyen, T., & McCrum, E. (2009). An investigation into IAG Provision for Year 11s. Progress South Central;
• Fuller, C., Macfadyen, T., & McCrum, E. (2009), An investigation into IAG Provision for Year 11s in Reading. Reading Local Authority;
• Fuller, C., & McCrum, E. (2009, September), Class, gender and work experience placements. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference, Manchester University, Manchester;
• McCrum, E., Macfadyen, T., Fuller, C., & Kempe, A. (2009, September), BERA, Vocational education and training: some perspectives from year 11 pupils. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference, Manchester University, Manchester. 

Enterprise activity; external roles and consultancy:

• Consultancy to secondary schools on history teaching;
• Staff training in secondary schools on mentorship and coaching;
• Committee member of the national organisation for history teacher educators the History Teacher Education Network (HTEN);
• External Examiner PGCE Secondary History, PGGE Secondary Professional Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University College;
• Community governor the Forest School;
• University representative on UCET Secondary Committee.