1st Edition
Becoming a teacher education researcher
Chapter 1: Becoming a teacher education researcher: introduction and overview
Chapter 2: From geography teaching to directing research in a new university
Chapter 3: The role of interdisciplinarity, multiple methodologies and context
Chapter 4: Researching teacher education in urban contexts
Chapter 5: In pursuit of quality: the risky business of becoming a researcher
Chapter 6: Building a career through partnership in research as well as teacher education
Biography
Diane Mayer is Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Oxford, she was Professor of Education and Dean at the University of Sydney. She has also held positions at the University of California at Berkeley and at Victoria University, Deakin University and the University of Queensland in Australia. Diane’s research and scholarship focuses on teacher education and early career teaching, examining issues associated with the policy and practice of teachers’ work and teacher education.
Ian Menter is former President of BERA, 2013-2015. At Oxford University Department of Education he was Director of Professional Programmes and led the development of the Oxford Education Deanery. Prior to that he was Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow and held posts at the University of the West of Scotland, London Metropolitan University, University of the West of England and the University of Gloucestershire. Ian was President of the Scottish Educational Research Association from 2005–07 and chaired the Research and Development Committee of the Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) from 2008-11. He is a Visiting Professor at Bath Spa University and Ulster University and an Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter. Since 2018 he has been a Senior Research Associate at Kazan Federal University, Russia.
