Alison Marsh (Bishop Challoner Catholic College) - ‘Cross-curricular teachers as experts in teaching reading: improving classroom approaches for teaching of reading to close the Covid gap’.
A. Marsh
RDL:
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Contact:
a.marsh@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk
Profile:
I have twenty one years’ experience teaching English and English Literature from Key Stage 3 to A level. Having graduated with a degree in English Literature in 1996, I completed my PGCE in teaching and joined the teaching profession. I later went on to complete a Masters’ degree in English Literature from Birmingham University. I have been Head of Department in English for 9 years in total across two schools. I have also held wider whole school responsibilities for teaching and learning as a Lead Teacher, delivering whole school inset on a range of research. I was appointed to Associate Principal in 2021 and is involved in the planning of whole school teaching and learning across the year. My areas of expertise include research in education including motivation, cognitive science and English pedagogy and practice. In particular this year I have been focused on developing whole school reading strategies.
Further Reading:
Willingham, D. (2018). The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads, Wiley: London
Quigley, A. (2020) Closing the Reading Gap, Routledge: London