Mrs Kathleen Headley
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Job title: Senior Lecturer Teacher Education
Email: k.headley@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 592241
Room: Kedleston Road E112
Recent publications
P. Scales, J Pickering, L Senior, K Headley, P Garner, H Boulton (2011) Continuous Professional Development in the Lifelong Learning Sector. London. Open University Press
Experience in Industry
External Examiner experience
Manager in Further Education
Programme Leader: Initial Teacher Training
Working with a diverse range of educational institution
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Education
Subject Area: Education Studies
I teach on campus at the University of Derby and also at a school. The academic level I teach is undergraduate level and masters level.
Professional interests
My professional interest has a focus on:
Education theories, which can be usd to maximise potential
Reflective practice, QUAD model, ie
Questioning what we do
Understanding there are different ways of doing things
Appraising what we do, is it working or not?
Developing (as opposed to being static)
Research interests
- Reflective practice as a means of developing professional bodies
- Collaborative learning, to promote learner engagement
- Online learning being used to support the learning process
International Experience
Working at the Paris Air Show
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Institute for Learning
- Higher Education Teaching Fellow
Recent Conferences
- The Brain Function
- Cognitive Capacity
- Neuro Science
- Special Educational Needs
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) , Nottingham Trent University
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Education, University of Derby
