Mrs Deborah Outhwaite
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Job title: Senior Lecturer, Education Studies
Email: D.Outhwaite@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591804
Room: E109a
Recent publications
Our team have published a textbook entitled 'Exploring Education Studies' edited by Vivienne Walkup (Pearson, 2011), to which we have all contributed a Chapter. My chapter is: 'Contemporary education policies and issues'. Prior to this I have regularly published at Level 3, in Politics Review, and also have published a set of Workbooks for AS Government and Politics, with accompanying Teacher Notes.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Education
Subject Area: Education Studies
Senior Lecturer in the Education team.
Teaching responsibilities
I teach on X300 BA (Hons) Education Studies, and the MA Education. My main teaching interests centre around Social and Political arenas, I am interested in inequality in terms of socio-economic group, gender, and ethnicity, and I lead the Sociology Strand on our undergraduate programme. I lead the modules: 'Education for All: Myth or Reality?' (Stage One), and on the MA I lead a course entitled 'Developing Equality Classrooms', where we analyse areas of inequality, and how they impact on teaching.
Professional interests
As a Secondary School teacher and Specialist Sixth Form Teacher since 1995, my professional interests centre around ITT for 11-18s, and particularly the post-16 qualifications, the extended essay at A2 and the IB Diploma. I am interested in the future direction of schooling, and teach on areas such as Academy Status and the recent advents of Free Schooling and Charter Schools. In the past I have examined at A Level, and set A Level papers, including having trained teachers for Politics A Level Updates to the specifications, and given Student A Level Revision Conferences.
Research interests
I am currently in the process of researching, part-time, for an Education Doctorate (Ed.D) in educational inequality relating to University access, specifically the International Baccalaureate. Have passed my taught modules in July 2010, I am now on the research phase. I am examining the interface between Levels 3 and 4 and how the barriers are often related to socio-economic group, but also to gender.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Recent Conferences
New Horizons, UoD, January 2011 - paper presentation based on my Education Doctorate research to date.
Flying Start Conference, LHU, June 2010 - seminar presentation on the outcomes of my pilot data for my Education doctorate.
New Horizons Conference, UoD, January 2010 - poster presentation outlining the intentions of my Education Doctorate to date.
Additional Interests and Activities
I enjoy walking and cycling in the beautiful Peak District and Derbyshire Dales!
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) Social Sciences, UWE,Bristol
Postgraduate qualifications
- MSc European Social Policy, London School of Economics
- PGCE Secondary Social Sciences, University of Keele
