Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Thrivability: developing an integrative meta-pedagogy for the Manchester-Mersey bioregion integrating place-based Wisdom, Sustainability, Wellbeing and Resilience education
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4Ps of Transformative Reflective Practice embracing Personal, Pedagogical, Professional & Planetary dimensions of transformation
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Integration of worldviews education, metacognition and mindfulness in Religious Education pedagogy
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The Educational theory of Matthew Lipman, Kieran Egan, Guy Claxton and John Heron
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The Transreligious Theology of Robert Neville Cummings & philosophy of religion of Wesley Wildman
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The Contemplative Ecology of Sufism and holistic spirituality of Islamic Environmentalism
External engagement
- Membership of EHU's SustainNet involved in promotional and entrepreneurial activities towards integrative sustainability education in the North West region & internationally; Webinar scheduled for 2nd Semester 2021: ‘Regenerative River Republic: designing a Meta-pedagogy for the Manchester-Mersey Bioregion’
Public/media engagement
Knowledge Exchange, Networking & Consultancy aligned with research interests
- www.thrivability.uk Showcasing the thrivability toolkit, integrating thinking and learning skills for wellbeing, resilience, wellbeing and wisdom - integrative metapedagogy for primary, secondary and tertiary
- www.ecoversity.uk Bioregional blog and project portfolio for the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Regions. Networking and communities of inquiry in: The Thrivability Toolkit (TTT) for teachers and lecturers, Pro Planetary Practice (PPP) for trainee teachers, Regenerative River Republic (RRR) for the local bioregion, Spiritually Sustainable Society (SSS) for spiritual activists with an interest in Islamic environmentalism, Worldviews Without Walls (WWW) for Religious Education teachers
Biography
2018- Lecturer, DCEC, Edge Hill University, PT
2007-2018 Interim Headships & Consultant Leadership (Self-employed)
2017-18 EnglishWise TEFL online Academy for Professional English, PT
2017 Consultant Leader, Westfield School, Westfield, East Sussex, Interim
2014 Consultant Leader, Al Hijrah School, Birmingham, 4-16, Interim
2011-13 Executive Headteacher, Leicestershire, Interim
2010-11 Headteacher, Sandown Primary School, Hastings, East-Sussex, Interim
2010 Headteacher, Southfield Primary School, Oakham, Rutland, Interim
2008 Headteacher, Ecclesbourne Infant & Nursery School, Croydon, Interim
2007 Headteacher, The Grove Children and Family Centre, Southwark, Interim
2005-07 Thinking Skills Trainer / Organizational Consultant
2005-07 Organizational Consultant (Positive Engagement, PT
2005-07 CPD Trainer in Thinking Skills (Thinking for a Change), PT
2005-07 Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University, PT
1996-2005 Headteacher St Paul’s CE Primary School, Salford, FT
1992-96 Primary School Teacher
1993-96 Deputy Head, Furness Vale Primary School, Derbyshire, FT
1992-93 Class Teacher, St George’s CE Primary, New Mills, Derbyshire, FT
1989-92 Class Teacher, Bradley Green Primary School, Tameside, FT
Teaching
2018-21
- PG4100 Academic and Professional Development
- PED2016 Foundation Subjects (Religious Education)
- PED3016 RE Minor Specialism
- Visiting Tutor Y1,2,3 PG Teaching Placements
2019-20
- PED 1013 RE Minor Specialism
2020-21
- CYPD1001 Children & Young People’s Learning & Development Needs (Module Leader)
- WCH3006 Education & Curriculum (Module Leader)
- PG4101 Evidence-Based Research & Leadership (Humanities)
Contrivbutions to teaching innovation & student support
- Personal and Academic Tutor: Year 1 BA Primary QTS / Primary PGCE
- Introducing the new Worldviews Education component into RE, including the use of a questionnaire to raise the personal worldview awareness of students
- Adopting and adapting the P4C (Philosophy for Children) methodology in seminars to promote caring, critical and creative thinking skills
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate in Online & Distance Education, The Open University
2003 → 2004
School Leadership, PhD, University of Liverpool
2000 → 2004
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University of Manchester
1998 → 1999
Educational Management, MA, The Open University
1992 → 1996
Theology & Religious Studies, BA, University of Manchester
1985 → 1988
Keywords
- L Education
- Sustainability
- Resilience
- Wellbeing
- Wisdom
- P4C
- Caring, Critical & Creative Thinking Skills
- Learning Power Approach
- LOTC
- Ecopedagogy
- Ecojustice
- BV1460 Religious Education
- Worldviews Education
- Mindfulness
- Meditation
- Metacognition
- Spiritual Development
- LB Theory and practice of education
- Metamodern
- Transformative Reflective Practice
- Teacher Mindfulness
- Teachers Mental Health
- Self-authoring Educational Philosophy
- Curriculum Design
- Integrative Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Education
- LB2300 Higher Education
- The Ecological University
- JS Local government Municipal government
- Greater Manchester City Region
- Liverpool City Region
Projects
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EcoPedagogy: Rethinking the pedagogies of Philosophy for Children and Building Learning Power for Thrivability Education
1/12/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
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Education for Thrivability as a bioregional synthesis of four types of Curriculum Theory in a global VUCA context
1/06/21 → 30/11/21
Project: Research