Research Fellow at University of Exeter
Special Interest Group
Teacher Education and Development
This SIG covers research in initial teacher education, continuing professional development and teachers’ careers.

Research interests
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initial teacher education
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induction
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early professional development
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continuing professional development
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accomplished teaching
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leadership preparation
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teacher educatorsÂ
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curriculum of initial teacher education
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international and comparative teacher educationÂ
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educational transformationÂ
SIG aims
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to bring together all those with a special interest in the full continuum of teacher education – initial teacher education, induction, early professional development continuing professional development, accomplished teaching/advanced certification and leadership preparation/development across school and higher education settings;
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to promote UK-wide, comparative and international perspectives on contemporary developments in policy and practice for teacher education and teaching across the life course;
- to promote research on and for teacher education, including consideration of the work and identities of teachers and teacher educators;
- to explore and theorise the links between knowledge creation and identity across the continuum of student, teacher and teacher educator learning.
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Content associated with this SIG
Climbing the qualification ladder or leaving the profession: The crisis in early childhood work
A crisis exists relating to the status of qualifications and pay in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in England (Nutbrown, 2021) marked by both low pay and morale. In this...
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Racism is a shapeshifter that adapts to silence minoritised ethnic voices, unless it is continually made visible. Race research therefore needs continuous development to challenge pervasive...
Born to teach? Questioning the narrative of vocation among teachers
We know that more teachers are desperately needed in England, and that some subject specialisms experience particularly severe shortages (Maisuria et al., 2023). Seemingly less of a policy...
Continue reading blog postEarly career teachers and teaching assistants working together: Charting an underexplored area of teacher induction
Both in England and internationally (for example Australia and Ireland), there has been renewed policy emphasis on supporting early career teachers (ECTs) to develop teaching strategies that are...
Continue reading blog postNetwork mapping: Fostering student belonging through relationships in higher education
Fostering students’ sense of belonging in higher education (HE) is widely recognised as key to academic achievement, retention and wellbeing (Ajjawi et al., 2025; Blake et al., 2022). Though...
Continue reading blog postManipulatives: Using pedagogy to drive practice
Manipulatives are objects that can be handled and moved and are used to develop learners’ understanding of a mathematical situation (Griffiths et al., 2017). The popular...
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Scientific interest in the topic of teacher autonomy has grown in recent years in research publications across both international and local literature. This growing attention may be due to the...
Continue reading blog postA view from the bridge: Educating student teachers for racial justice
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