Mrs Annie Flower
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Job title: Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, Assistant Programme Leader (Home Programme) and Joint Honours Subject Leader
Email: A.Flower@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 592094
Room: E111
Recent publications
Flower, A. and Cottle, V. (2011) Alternative Schooling in Walkup, V. (ed) Exploring Education Studies Harlow: Pearson Education pp 55 - 97.
Experience in Industry
I worked in the banking industry for 10 years.I also have experience of working in the textile testing industry and the agricultural industry. I have several years experience of working in administration and quality.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Education
Subject Area: Education Studies
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, Assistant Programme Leader (Home Programme)and Joint Honours Subject Leader for Education Studies.
Teaching responsibilities
Over the last 5 years I have delivered lectures on a wide range of modules including Alternative Schooling, Gifted and Talented, Learner Differences and Needs, Education for All: Myth or Reality and Social and Emotional Development. I am currently the module leader for Learning in Higher Education (stage 1), Lifelong Learning Policy and People(stage 2)and Education and Wellbeing (stage 3). I also supervise a range of Independent Studies.
Professional interests
I graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree in English and Education Studies from the University of Derby. I have a strong background in the teaching of English and Education Studies, lecture across the Further and Higher Education sectors. Additionally, I have a keen interest in technology enhanced learning and the use and application of technology in a range of teaching and learning environments.
Research interests
My particular research interests consider the impact and influence of memory, collective memory and post-memory, I have completed a project that considered memory particularly in relation to holocaust literature. I am also interested in the impact of positionality and language on cultural diversity, values and belief.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
I am a Member of the Institute for Learning and was awarded FHEA status in October 2011.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) English and Education Studies, University of Derby
Postgraduate qualifications
- Professional Graduate Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector, University of Derby
