Dr Jane McNicholl[back]

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Biochemistry - University of Liverpool
• PhD - University College London
• PGCE - University of Oxford
• MSc Educational Research Methodology - University of Oxford

Research Topics

• Developing professional knowledge for teaching secondary science in the school context
• Modularisation and the teaching and learning of biology at A level

Current Research Project(s)

• Learning science to teach science: the role of the school context
• Modularisation and teaching and learning at A level: a collaboration project with biology teachers

• Halai, N. and McNicholl, J. (2004) Teachers' conceptions of the nature of science: a comparative study from Pakistan and England. School Science Review, September, 86 (314).
• Childs, A. and McNicholl, J. (2006) Teacher Education for the Twenty-first Century. The UWI Quality EDucation Forum, 12, Kingston, Jamaica: The Office of the Board for Undergraduate Studies.
• Mutton, T. Mills, G. & McNicholl, J.  (2006) Mentor skills in a new context:  working with trainee teachers to develop the use of ICT in their subject teaching. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, vol. 15, 3, 337-352.
• Childs, A. and McNicholl, J. (2007) Science teachers teaching outside of subject specialism: challenges, strategies adopted and implications for teacher education.  Teacher Development, 11, 1, 1-20.
• McNicholl, J. and Childs, A. (2007) Understanding the relationship between subject content knowledge and pedagogy through the analysis of classroom discourse. International Journal of Science Education, 29, 13, 1629-1653.
• Hayward, G and McNicholl (2007) Modular mayhem? A case study of the development of the A-level science curriculum in England. Assessment in Education 14 (3).