Staff Profile:Winston Brookes

Responsibilities:

Until recently:

• Director of GTP 2004 - 2009
• Director of MTL 2009 - 2011
• Currently a PhD student - researching PPD and MTL

Teaching

• Formerly PGCE GTP, MTL and MA ( Education)

Areas of Interest:

• All aspects of secondary school provision and improvement
• English Teaching and literacy development
• School inspection
• Mentoring and coaching
• Employment-based routes into teaching

Enterprise activity; external roles and consultancy:

• External examiner for MTL: UEA; KC London
• External examiner for MTL and MA (Education): Leeds
• External examiner for GTP: Chichester
• Research group: Equity, Inclusion and Improvement

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

Brookes, W. (2005). The Graduate Teacher Programme in England: mentor training, quality assurance and the findings of inspection. .Journal of In-service Education, 31, 43-62.

Brookes, W. (2002). Evidence from experienced practitioners. In A. Goodwyn (Ed.), Improving Literacy at KS2 and KS3. London: Paul Chapman.

Brookes, W., & Goodwyn, A. (1998). Literacy in the secondary school. Paper given at the British Education Research Association Conference, Queens University and published in English and Media Magazine (NATE, Autumn 1998).