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Jo Anna Reed Johnson

Jo Anna Reed Johnson
  • School Director of Teaching and Learning
  • School Director of Climate and Sustainability Education
  • Committee Member Health & Safety; UoR ESD Sub-Group
  • Chair PGT Community of Practice
  • Co-Chair ESD Community of Practice
  • Leadership and Management Pathway Leadon the MA in Education.

Areas of interest

  • Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Education
  • Comparative and International Education
  • Leadership and Management in Education

Postgraduate supervision

Masters Level Supervision offered in these areas:

  • Science Education

PhD and EdD Level Supervision offered in these areas:

  • See areas of interest

Current and Recent PhD and EdD Students, with Topics/Titles of their Research:

Recent PhD/EdD Students

  • Mona Alharbi. (2020) Exploring the extent to which the integration of Web 2.0 technologies into the pre-service training of Mathematics student teachers in Saudi Arabia can play a role developing their critical thinking skills (1st supervisor)
  • Mayamin Altae, Development of the Iraqi English Language Curriculum (PDF) An overview of the stage of development of the Iraqi English language curriculum (researchgate.net) (2nd supervisor)
  • Beljeet Daffu (2023) Life histories of academic managers in a private higher education institution: academic career, organisational culture, professional identity and continued professional development (2nd Supervisor)

Current EdD Students

  • Aaron Forth, Cooperative Learning in Sixth Form Supervised Study
  • Sharon McIlroy, Leadership in Complementary School
  • Mourouham Arifoglu (2nd)
  • Chris, Evans (2nd)
  • Robin Beeson, What are teachers and leaders’ perceptions and experiences of environmental sustainability and cross curriculum development of it?

Current PhD Students

  • Maha Alazemi, The Perceptions of Classroom Teachers Regarding a Teacher's Professional Development (PD) Programme in Middle Schools in Kuwait
  • Kirsty Shakespeare, Policy development and implementation related to Climate and Sustainability Education
  • Myrthe Van Vliet, (2nd) Inclusive education for children with disabilities in an international context- A case study on an inclusive specialist setting at an international school in Holland
  • Ching Hui Ching, (2nd) Supporting pre-service teachers with special educational needs: The effectiveness of an intervention programme on teacher efficacy for inclusive practice in Hong Kong

 

Teaching

  • Lecturer and Module Leader, MA in Education, Leadership and Management in Education Pathway
  • Lecturer in Climate and Sustainability Education
  • STEM, Physics Specialist

Research centres and groups

  • Chartered Physicist with the Institute of Physics (June 2001) 1063865
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (March 2017) PR123164
  • Member of the British Psychology Society (Chartered Status Pending)

Research projects

  • Pilot Study ITE Framework for Climate and Sustainability Education.
  • Development of Teaching and Learning Resources for Secondary Schools linked to learning about Bees.
  • EU-funded SUSTAIN Project, Professor Janet Ainsley (Supporting Science Teaching advancement through Enquiry). This project was concerned with developing teachers CPD, classroom activities and IBSE resources for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) December 2013 – November 2016.
  • EU- funded Next Lab and Go-Lab Projects, Professor Effie Law. This project aimed to enable school pupils (from the age of 10-18) to engage with science by giving them access to on-line facilities that enable them to learn and even to carry out their own scientific experiments. The project was run in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), CERN, along with a host of other universities, companies, and research institutions.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, Reed Johnson (2009).
  • MA Education, Open University, PT.
  • MRes Innovative Manufacturing and Sustainable Design, Cranfield University.
  • MSc. Applied Psychology, Robert Gordon University, online.
  • PGCE Secondary Science/Physics (11-18), RP94/41666.

Awards and honours

  • University Collaborative Award 2023
  • Advance Higher Education Academy CATE Award 2024
  • CATE Leader Award 2024

Selected publications

Conference Presentations:

  • Reed Johnson, J.A., Bradley, G., Foulkes, C. and Happle, A. (2021) Place based learning in Science Teacher education and Skills in Schools programmes: student perspectives to moving learning online due to Covid-19. AMPS Proceedings Series 23 Online Education: Teaching in a Time of Chat. Z. Adil (ed)  (P.146-155). ISSN 2398-9467
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. and Shallcross, A.G. (2017) Re-orienting education towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs) through sensitive policy borrowing. Proceedings from ECER Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 August 2017.
  • Thethi, A., Reed Johnson, J.A. and Boddison, A. (2015) Learning from experience: Teaching trainee teachers to reflect and develop digital literacy through the use of video. Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, 6 June 2013 (EDULEARN15).
  • Thethi, A., Reed Johnson, J. and Boddison, A. (2014) Using video as a vehicle for trainee teachers to reflect on their practice. Proceedings of 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (Seville, Spain).
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2011) Exploring the development of place-based learning within a Singaporean context: Research Road-mapping Process. Proceedings of Re-designing Pedagogy Conference, National Institute of Education, Singapore, May 2011.
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2010) The School Garden: Student participation in eco-schools in England and South Africa. Proceedings of Outdoor Education Conference, Curious Garden, Ministry of Education, Singapore, October 2010.
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2010) Developing sustainable lifestyles through the eco-schools programme: insights from England and South Africa . Proceedings of Best of Both Worlds Conference, Effective Environment Education and Biodiversity Conservation, Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) & SFC, Borneo, November 2010.
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2009) Exploring aspects of engagement in education for sustainable development through the ‘lens’ of socio-cultural theorists in redesigning pedagogy: Two case studies from England and South Africa. Proceedings of National Institute of Education International Conference, Singapore, June 2009.
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2008) Exploring and comparing the development of ‘self- esteem’ through education for sustainable development in two Eco-Schools. Proceedings of Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE), International Education Research Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, December 2008.
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2007) Learning in a changing world through a community of practice: A case study of an Eco-School in England: Reviewing the analysis process. Proceedings of the Fourth World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), Durban, South Africa, July 2007.

Research Reports

  • Shallcross, T., Gilroy.P., Reed Johnson, J. and Robinson, J. (2010) Teachers’ Education (TE) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Sub Saharan Africa, Bamako, UNESCO, (559RAF1001).

Books/Chapters

  • Reed Johnson, J.A. and Shallcross, A.G. (2021) Participation through ESD Programmes: Education for Sustainable Development in Eco-Schools: exploring participation though two contextualised stories from England and South Africa, in Greek Book
  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2014) Education for Sustainable Development in Eco-schools, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN9783659167362.
  • Reed Johnson, J.A., Lee, S., Gretton, S., Raine, D. (2017) Enhancing our social, economic & physical environments by embedding sustainability into University core business, in Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom, Sustainability Series: Springer http://www.springer.com/series/13384.

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers

  • Shallcross, T., Gilroy.P., Reed Johnson, J. and Robinson, J. (2012) Integrating education for sustainable development (ESD) with UNESCO Teacher Training Initiative in Sub Saharan Africa (TTISSA), Southern African Journal of Environmental Education 2012.

PhD Thesis

  • Reed Johnson, J.A. (2009) Education for Sustainable Development: A comparison of two eco-schools, one in England and the other in South Africa , Manchester Metropolitan University, Unpublished thesis and British Library, September 2009.

Enterprise Activity, External Roles and Consultancy:

  • External Examiner University of Leeds, MA in Education 2023-to date
  • External Examiner University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus, MA in Higher International Education 2020-2024
  • External Examiner University of Leicester, PGCE Secondary SD/ SCITT Programmes 2013-2015
  • External Examiner University of Plymouth, PGCE Secondary Science Programme 2015-2018
  • Educational Consultant, Raffles Institution, Singapore, 2010-2012, Principal investigator $300K SGD EDB-GSK funded project. Development and management of Raffles Leadership Portal and Design and development of a Global Issues Annual Summit for sixth form participants from G20 Schools around the world
  • British Council Project with Malaysian Government and University of Leicester, STEM Literacy, 2016
  • Japanese Fund In Trust (JFIT) and UNESCO project (2010). Exploring the integration of Education for Sustainable Development into teacher training initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa, policy and practice implications for quality education.

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