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PROFESSOR EMERITUS IAN MENTER AWARDED JOHN NISBET FELLOWSHIP
Congratulations to Professor Ian Menter on the prestigious award of a BERA John Nisbet Fellowship. This honour recognises the outstanding contribution to educational research made by individuals over the course of their careers. Ian’s commitment to encouraging teacher education research and its application has been demonstrable in the Department, nationally and internationally and we warmly welcome this recognition of his...
Ian is former President of BERA, 2013-2015. At OUDE he was Director of Professional Programmes and led the development of the Oxford Education Deanery.Before moving to Oxford, Ian was Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow. Prior to that he held posts at the University of the West of Scotland (Dean of Education and Media), London Metropolitan University...
Professor Ian Menter comes to Oxford
The Times Educational Supplement (Scotland), p. 16, Unattributed, 20/04/12 An interview with Ian Menter, professor of teacher education and director of professional programmes at Oxford University, who has joined Oxford from Glasgow, primarily about Scottish education. Download a copy of the article here More about Professor Menter
Professor Maria Teresa Tatto is an internationally respected expert in comparative education whose research focuses on teacher education systems and, more generally, on studying how the intersection of research, policy, and practice can result in more equitable and widely accessible educational opportunities for disadvantaged populations. Her recent research addresses the impact of mathematics teacher preparation on teaching and learning and...
‘Ideology’ undermining standards in education, warn researchers
Times Higher Education online, 08/02/2015, John Elmes Ian Menter, president of the British Educational Research Association and director of professional programmes at the University of Oxford, has said that a teacher education system based on ‘ideologies or prejudices’ will hinder those wanting to improve standards. He made the comments in a presentation to the Westminster Education Forum on using academic...
Oxford universities support leadership development in city primary schools
[caption id="attachment_11796" align="alignleft" width="409"] L-R: Steve Dew, Headteacher Church Cowley St James; Prof Debra McGregor (Oxford Brookes); Jon Gray, Headteacher Cutteslowe; Dianne Carbon, Headteacher St John Fisher; Pat Kennedy, Oxford City Council; Cllr Jean Fooks, Oxford City Council; Prof Ian Menter (University of Oxford)[/caption] On 26 November, an event in Oxford marked the close of a two-year programme run by...
[caption id="attachment_11072" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ian Menter, Louise Bamfield, Janet Orchard, Katharine Burn, Trevor Mutton and John Furlong[/caption] This year’s BERA symposium at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association took place on a bright and crispy morning, Saturday 5 April, at the Convention Center in Philadelphia. Katharine Burn, John Furlong, Ian Menter, Trevor Mutton, Janet Orchard and Teresa Tatto...
Oxford Times, 20/03/2014, p.29, Reg Little Full-page feature and interview with Professor Ian Menter on the Leadership for Learning Programme, which he directs. The initiative seeks to provide leadership development for staff and governors at primary schools in the city of Oxford, delivered by education experts from Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. A year on from its launch, Professor Menter...
Learning bonanza as schools launch tie-up with university
Oxford Mail, p.4, 27/11/2013, Sophie Scott School pupils are to benefit from a new Oxford University initiative to boost learning across the city. The Education Deanery was launched yesterday at the University Department of Education by Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton. The scheme will draw on already established links between state schools in the city, and pupils will get greater access...
Oxford University Education Deanery plan to help local schools
The Guardian, p.15, 26/11/2013, Richard Adams Oxford University is to launch a ground-breaking new initiative aimed at improving the city’s state schools. The Oxford Education Deanery, which launches today, is the university’s response to suggestions that it should do more for state-funded education in its backyard. While some universities, such as Birmingham and UCL, have sponsored free schools or academies,...
Bold and innovative steps to develop city’s teachers
Professor Ian Menter talks to 'This is Oxfordshire' about Leadership for Learning – an innovative university-led programme in Oxford primary schools. More...
Department of Education leads the way in Oxford
More than forty school leaders from eleven primary schools in Oxford gathered on Thursday 17 January at the Oxford Holiday Inn for the launch of the innovative 'Leadership for Learning' programme. This programme will run over the next two years and has been designed by a consortium led from our own Department of Education, together with colleagues from Oxford Brookes'...
We would like to announce that Ian Menter has been elected unopposed as Vice-President of BERA.
House of Commons symposium on teacher education policy
Academics from the department were invited to present their research at a special education symposium hosted by Mike Kane MP (Shadow Schools Minister) at the House of Commons on Wednesday 28 February.The themes of the symposium, which attracted over 70 academics, legislators and stakeholders from across the UK and abroad, were evidence, equity and innovation. Katharine Burn, Trevor Mutton and Ian Thompson attended the...