Staff Profile:Dr Judith Davies

Responsibilities:

Teaching:

PGCE Primary Science Course, Reading GTP Primary Science Courses

Main responsibilities in the Institute:

Creating, planning, co-ordinating and assessing:

• PGCE Primary and Early Years Science Courses
• "Returners" courses for Primary Science (when appropriate)
• Reading GTP courses for Primary Science
• BAEd. Curriculum Science Components for Year 1 to Year 3, both Early
• Years and Primary pathways

Blackboard:

• Convenor for the General Primary BB site discussion boards
• Moderating the General Primary group discussion boards for school based tasks.
• Developing and preparing resources, session support materials and a data base of research for all Primary Science BB sites
• Developing interactive subject knowledge materials to support independent learning in science
• Developing strategies to promote the use of BB for all Primary ITT courses

PGCE Special Study:

• Supervising and marking PGCE Special Study research projects

Assessment:

• Planning assignment criteria, preparing mark schemes and marking assignments for PGCE, GTP and BAEd courses

Auditing of Subject Knowledge in Science:

• Creating, marking and moderating Audits of science subject knowledge for PGCE, GTP and BAEd courses to comply with TDA standards

Other Roles in Course Management:

• Working with colleagues to update and improve Primary ITT provision
• Representing Primary Science in Institute Management meetings
• Representing the I.o E within the University as a Learning Technologies Co-ordinator
• Induction and support of sessional tutors (of which there have been many!)
• Overseeing the liaison between technical staff and sessional tutors.
• Updating Library and Science Resource Room books and software.
• Maintaining and reviewing science resources
• Main responsibilities in the Institute:

Areas of Interest:

• Effective teaching and learning in Scientific Enquiry
• Effective teaching and learning to promote a scientifically literate society i.e. making science applicable to children's everyday lives, citizenship issues and developing an understanding of the scientific process; promoting life long interest and curiosity of the world around us.
• Using the history of science to promote understanding of the scientific process, helping children to become researchers.
• Researching and developing the use of Learning Technologies e.g. Blackboard to enhance Primary ITT provision, to create learning communities, to extend the flexibility of teaching and learning and widening participation.
• Piloting the development of E-portfolios for PGCE Primary trainees
• Member of the University's Network for Flexible Learning Group.

Recent professional achievements e.g. Knowledge transfer, publications,

• Recipient of School Award for Teaching Excellence, March 2005.

External roles and links

• Member of the ASE
• Member of the editorial board for Primary Science and Technology Today.

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