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- Lecturer In Education (citizenship)
- IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment
- UCL Institute of Education
I am a former philosophy teacher teacher in schools and for the past 20 years have been a lecturer specialising in the fields of citizenship education and the teaching of controversial issues at the Institute of Education, UCL. I led the citizenship PGCE for over 10 years, set up the IoE's school direct provision and am now the programme leader for the MA Education (Citizenship). I am also the author and co-author of a range of widely used textbooks, resources and guidance for schools in the areas of philosophy and citizenship. I have devised and created many modules and courses at the IoE, including the popular Teaching Controversial Issues module which I have led and taught on for 15 years. Over the years I have led a range of teacher CPD sessions, including certified programmes, whole school INSETs and LEA events on a wide range of topics including assessment, teaching controversial issues, Fundamental British values and most recently, responding to conspiracy theories in the classroom. I am regularly invited to guest lecture on a range of topics in the fields of philosophy and education.


I teach across several programmes at the IoE and tend tofocus on the following areas; Citizenship education, Teaching ControversialIssues, Pedagogy, Fundamental British Values and the History of Education. I have created and taught on many modules and programmes in the last 20 years
Key teaching roles include:
Citizenship PGCE course leader 2003 - 2013
Citizenship PGCE course tutor 2013 - present
BEd elective leader (PSHE & Citizenship) 2004 - 2006
MA Citizenship/Humanities Course tutor 2004 - 18
SCITT PGCE core tutor 2015 - 2021
MA Education tutor 2016 - 22
MA Citizenship Education route leader 2018 – present
Module leader (various) including Teaching Controversial Issues from 2006 - present.