Staff Profile:Michael Lockwood

Name:

Dr Michael Lockwood

Job Title:

Senior Lecturer in English and Education/Cp-Director BE Ed

Responsibilities:

University responsibilities:

Organiser of the annual University-wide Raymond Wilson Children's Poetry Competition.

Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education:

• Year 4 Convenor for the BA(Ed) Programme

  Course Leader for the BA(Ed) English Subject Specialism

Teaching:

• Lecturing on undergraduate courses in the four-year BA(Ed) programme. My undergraduate teaching spans subject specialist modules in English Literature and Language at the students' own level and professional modules dealing with the teaching of English in the primary school

  Supervision of school experiences for BA(Ed) students

  Lecturing on modules in English in Education for the Institute MA programme

  Supervision of dissertations for students in the Institute MA programme

Areas of Interest:

Research interests:

Areas of expertise and research interest (able to supervise at Masters level):

• All areas of primary school English/Literacy

Areas of expertise and research interest (able to supervise at PhD level):

• Children's knowledge about language at KS2
• Poetry for children
• Reading for pleasure in the primary school

Current and recent Ph.D. Students:

Kate Findlay: The professional development and practice of expert teachers of English. (2007)

Research groups / Centres:

Current and recent Research Projects:

• 2009- Maintaining Pupils' Engagement in Reading in the Transition from Primary to Secondary School
• 2006- Changing Standards Revisited: Children's Awareness and Knowledge of Features of Written Standard English at Ages 10-11
• 2005-7 Promoting Positive Attitudes to Reading in English Primary Schools

Research Groups/Centres:

First Language and Literacy Research Group

Enterprise activity, external roles and consultancy:

Continuing project on Global Citizenship involving English students and children from local schools, co-ordinated by the local development education centre, Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), and funded by the Department for International Development.

Publications:

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Number of items: 16.

2012

• Lockwood, M. (2012) Attitudes to reading in English primary schools. English in Education, 46 (3). pp. 228-246. ISSN 0425-0494 doi: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2012.01132.x
• Lockwood, M. (2012) Changing standards revisited: children’s awareness and knowledge of features of written standard English at ages 10-11. Changing English. ISSN 1358-684X (In Press)

2011

• Lockwood, M., ed. (2011) Bringing poetry alive: a guide to classroom practice. SAGE, London, pp160. ISBN 9780857020734

2010

• Lockwood, M. (2010) Opening the wardrobe of voices: standard English and language study at Key Stage 2. In: Goodwin, P. (ed.) The literate classroom. 3rd edition. Routledge. ISBN 9780415584081

2009

• Lockwood, M. (2009) 'Reading is an adventure': developing reading engagement in the primary school. English 4-11, 37 (Autumn). pp. 9-13. ISSN 1460-5945
• Lockwood, M. (2009) Ted Hughes: the development of a children's poet. Childrens Literature in Education, 40 (4). pp. 296-305. ISSN 0045-6713 doi: 10.1007/s10583-009-9091-2
• Lockwood, M. (2009) Travel Genesis (poem). In: Carter, J. and Denton, G. (eds.) Orange, Silver, Sausage: a collection of poems without rhymes from Zephaniah to Agard. Walker Books, London. ISBN 9781406317015

2008

• Lockwood, M. (2008) Poetry for children. In: Goodwin, P. (ed.) Understanding children's books: a guide for educational professionals. SAGE, London, pp. 85-94. ISBN 9781847870322
• Lockwood, M. (2008) Promoting reading for pleasure in the primary school. SAGE, London, pp150. ISBN 9781412929677
• Lockwood, M., Nicholson, C. and Goodwin, P. (2008) Reflections of war in children's picture books. In: Parsons, M. (ed.) Children: the invisible victims of war. DSM, Peterborough, pp. 201-212. ISBN 9780954722944

2007

• Lockwood, M. (2007) Surveying the pleasures of reading. NATE Classroom 1, 2. pp. 46-48.

2006

• Lockwood, M. (2006) Changing Standards? Children's awareness and knowledge of features of written standard English at ages 10-11. Changing English, 13 (1). pp. 17-28. ISSN 1358-684X doi: 10.1080/13586840500523455

2005

• Lockwood, M. (2005) Opening the wardrobe of voices: Standard English and language variation at Key Stage 2. In: Goodwin, P. (ed.) The literate classroom. 2nd edition. David Fulton Publishers, London, pp. 189-199. ISBN 9781843123187

2004

• Lockwood, M. (2004) Closely observed poems. In: Goodwin, P. (ed.) Literacy through creativity. David Fulton, London, pp. 83-90. ISBN 9781843120872
• Lockwood, M. and Nicholson, C. (2004) Reflections of war in contemporary British children's literature: the picture book comes of age. Children in War: The International Journal of Evacuee and War Child Studies, 1 (2). pp. 31-38. ISSN 1745-7211

2003

• Lockwood, M. (2003) Various contributions. In: Goodwin, P. (ed.) Texts for teaching literacy: resources for reading and writing in schools. National Centre for Language and Literacy, Reading, Various. ISBN 0704914735

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Recent publications/conference presentations/professional achievements:

• Lockwood, M. (2012)Attitudes to Reading in English Primary Schools. English in Education, 46 (3), 228-246
• Lockwood, M. (2012) Changing Standards Revisited: Children's Awareness and Knowledge of Features of Written Standard English at Ages 10-11. Changing English, 19 (3), 359-371

• Lockwood, M. [Ed] (2011). Bringing Poetry Alive: A guide to classroom practice. London: Sage;
• Lockwood, M. (2009). Ted Hughes: the development of a children's poet. Children's Literature in Education 40 (4), 296-305;
• Lockwood, M. (2009). 'Reading is an adventure': Developing reading engagement in the primary school. English Four to Eleven, 37, 9-13;
• Lockwood, M. (2008). Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School. London: Sage;
• Lockwood, M. (2008). Poetry for children. In P. Goodwin (Ed), Understanding Children's Books (pp.85-9). London: Sage;
• Lockwood, M., Nicholson, C. & Goodwin, P. (2008). Reflections of war in children's picture books. In M. Parsons (Ed), Children: the Invisible Victims of War (pp.201-212). Peterborough: DSM. Areas of InterestResearch groups / Centres;
• Lockwood, M. (2007). Surveying the pleasures of reading. NATE Classroom 1, 46-48.

Conference presentations:

• 2012: Language Variety in Caribbean British Poetry for Children Conference on 'The Power of Caribbean Poetry: Word and Sound', Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

• 2010 Ted Hughes: the Development of a Children's Poet.
• Ted Hughes International Conference, Pembroke College, Cambridge;
• 2009 Symposium: Identifying real readers; studies of reading for pleasure, reading aloud, personal development and defining identity;
• British Educational Research Association conference, Manchester University;
• 2008 Symposium: The Status of 'literary reading' and 'reading for enjoyment' in English Primary and Secondary Schools;
• British Educational Research Association conference, Heriot-Watt University;
• 2008 Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School: Final Report;
• National Association of Teachers of English conference, Warwick;
• 2007 Developing Reading Engagement, 15^th European Conference on Reading, Berlin, Germany;
• 2007 Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School: Interim Report ;
• 43^rd International Conference of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, Swansea.