Staff Profile:Mr Jonathan Allen
- Name:
- Mr Jonathan Allen
- Job Title:
- Director of Graduate Teacher Programme, Head of ITT
- Responsibilities:
Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education
- Co-ordination of planning, development and quality assurance of initial teacher training programmes
- Recruitment to ITT programmes
- Leadership of the Graduate Teacher Programme, including programme management and development, QA and the progress and well-being of trainees
Teaching
- ICT in Education (Secondary PGCE, Primary GTP, MA)
- Professional Studies (Secondary GTP)
- Areas of Interest:
Areas of experise and research interest
- ICT in Education
Areas in which you are able to supervise at Masters level:
- ICT in Education
Current and recent research projects
- 3/10-present Implementation of Primary ICT (£5,000 TDA grant; project manager)
- 1/07-06/07 e-Learning (£73,000 TDA grant; project manager)
- 1/06 Mobile computing (£14,700 TDA funding; project manager)
- 4/05 Developing e-portfolios (£10,000 TTA funding; project manager)
- 3/04 Supporting e-learning Communities in ITT (£25,000 TTA funding; project manager)
- 3/04 Web-Based Resource for Higher Level Teaching Assistants (£7,000 TTA funding; project team member)
- Research groups / Centres:
- Publications:
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- Allen, J., Potter, J., Sharp, J., and Turvey, K. (2011) Primary ICT: Knowledge, Understanding and Practice 4th Edition. Exeter: Learning Matters
- Allen, J., Batchelor, P. and Higgins, C. (2003) ICT Connect 5 & 6 Oxford: Rigby
Enterprise activity; external roles and consultancy:
- External Examiner, STORM Secondary GTP and OTTP
- External Examiner, University of Chester Primary ITT
- Developing Partnership with the Ministry of Education, Singapore
- UCET Primary and Early Years Committee member
- Reading School Improvement Group member
- Governor, Gillotts School, Henley-on-Thames
