The Sarah Fielden Lecture Series: Teaching Education at the Crossroads: Scholarship, Practice and Policy
| Dates: | 3 December 2025 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 17:30 |
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| What is it: | Lecture |
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| Organiser: | School of Environment, Education and Development |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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For the next in the Sarah Fielden Lecture Series, join Professor Jean Murray, Emeritus Professor at the University of East London, to examine the shifting history of teaching education as a site of policy intervention, professional formation and knowledge production. Jean will trace developments in the organisation of teacher education across universities and schools, considering how institutional arrangements, staffing and regulation have shaped what is taken to count as professional learning and scholarly work. She will also consider the compound effects of the RAE/REF on the direction of teacher education research, including changes in staffing profiles and research priorities. These effects also reveal ongoing tensions between scholarship, practice and policy. She will argue for renewed commitment to forms of inquiry and collaboration that sustain teacher education as a critical, publicly engaged scholarly field.
Jean is widely recognised as a champion for teacher education and is a leading researcher in the field. Her work explores how national and institutional contexts shape the identities and learning of teacher educators globally. Jean has led major initiatives to develop research capacity, including the ESRC-sponsored TERN network and Norway's NAFOL doctoral school. She is a founding member of InFo-TED, the International Forum for Teacher Educator Development.
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