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Profiles
Dr Nick Pratt
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Education (IMP)
Plymouth Institute of Education (Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
Role
Tutor on the Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) and MA Education programmes, both in the Institute of Education.
For information on the MA Education programme CLICK HERE
For information on the Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) CLICK HERE
Qualifications
2004: PhD (University of Plymouth) - Thesis entitled 'Interactive teaching in the National Numeracy Strategy: tensions in a supportive framework'
1989: PGCE (Primary Science - University of Exeter)
1988: BA (Hons) Engineering Science (University of Oxford)
Professional membership
Professional Doctorates (SIG) - http://www.professionaldoctorates.org/
EdD Leaders National Network (Director) - http://sites.google.com/site/eddnatnet/home
British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM)
Society of Research in Higher Education (SRHE)
Teaching interests
Professional Learning (Professional Doctorate in Education - programme leader)
Maths Education
Staff serving as external examiners
Currently: External Examiner for MA Education at Kings College London
Research interests
My PhD thesis explored the difficulties facing both teachers and children in attempting to teach in an interactive, whole class, style as advocated by the National Numeracy Strategy. The work involved a consideration of the nature and limitations of the discourse inherent in such interaction.
Currently I'm interested in the use of sociocultural perspectives to make sense of educational interaction.
Current projects include:
- Understanding teachers' assessment in primary school mathematics as socio-professional 'work'.
- Exploring the development of professional knowledge through the EdD programme - see: www.srhe.ac.uk/downloads/reports-2016/Pratt-Shaughnessy-Research-Report.pdf
- Teachers and students co-constructing pedagogy in secondary mathematics classes.
Research groups
- Mathematics Education
- PhD in Education
- Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD)
- Professional Theory and Practice
Key publications are highlighted
Journals