Staff profile

Dr Jack Bryne Stothard


Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies and Teacher Education, Research and Innovation Lead

Subject

Research

College

College of Arts, Humanities and Education

Department

Institute of Education

ORCiD ID

0000-0001-8111-7865

Email

j.stothard@derby.ac.uk

About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies within the Discipline of Education Research based around the Institute of Education. Additionally, I act as the Assistant Programme Leader for the Doctor of Education (EdD) within the Institute of Education. My role mainly focuses on teaching postgraduate taught modules across the Disciplines of Education Research and Education, Childhood and Inclusion in the Masters of Education and the Doctor of Education (EdD).

I also supervise Masters independent studies as well as professional doctoral (EdD) and PhD candidates and am happy to hear from potential doctoral candidates in the areas of:

Teaching responsibilities

I am responsible for teaching the following modules:

Research interests

Doctoral Research

My doctoral research focused on utilising Foucauldian genealogical theory to analyse the ways in which teacher subjectivity is fashioned in the primary school classroom. It offers an exploration and critique of genealogical rhetoric to inform methodological tools which are employed in the thesis to demonstrate how various forms of power manifest different subjective identities. 

More broadly, my research interests involve critiquing embedded cultural, social and political norms and practices. Such norms may include the perceived inherent goodness of the schooling process, as well as the role schooling plays in the formation of subjectivities.

TERIC

I currently lead the Teacher Education, Research and Innovation Cluster (TERIC), which aims to promote the work and research of teacher educators, local school partnerships, and trainees, serving teachers and postgraduate students of education.  

Current research projects include: 

Doctoral Supervisions: Current students

Membership of professional bodies

Qualifications

Recent conferences

Stothard, J. (2023) 'Can you show me what it is not? ‘Non-examples’ as a tool for developing pre-service primary mathematics teachers pedagogical content knowledge and intra-mathematical connections', British Education Research Association Conference, Birmingham, 12-14 September.

Stothard, J. and Thornton, A. (2023) 'Can you show me what it is not? Non-examples and conceptual variation as pedagogic strategy', Learning and Teaching Conference 2023, University of Derby, 5 July.

Stothard, J. (2023) 'Education and the failings of democracy: a Frickerian analysis through the lens of epistemic injustice', British Education Studies Association Conference 2023, University of Derby, 29-30 June. 

Stothard, J. (2023) 'Whose democracy counts? Constituting individual subjects within the hermeneutical field of democratic agency', International Workshop in Philosophy of Education, University of Helsinki, 15-16 June. 

Stothard, J. (2023) 'Can you show me what it is not? Representations of ‘non-examples’ as a tool for developing pre-service primary mathematics teachers pedagogical content knowledge and intra-mathematical connections', Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME) BERA (online), 21 January. 

Byrd, J. and Stothard, J. (2022)'Decolonizing the curriculum: teacher-researcher's reflections', British Education Research Association Conference, Liverpool, 6-8 September.

Mosey, C. and Stothard, J. (2022)'Reimagining adaptive teaching: Creating a supportive environment for all learners', British Education Research Association Conference, Liverpool, 6-8 September.

Stothard, J. (2022) 'Signature assessments in Initial Teacher Training: what kinds of assessment proliferate? A content analysis of assessment practices across higher education institutions in England', Assessment in Higher Education Conference, Manchester, 22-24 June. 

Stothard, J. (2021) 'Moral training: a genealogical critique of pastoral power in the manifestation of teacher subjectivity', The 9th European Conference on Education (ECE2021), University College London (online), 15-18 July.

Experience in industry

I have a range of experience working in various primary education settings in both the state and private sectors. During that time, I specialised in the teaching of primary mathematics and upper KS2 provision. Positions secured during my time working in primary schools include Key Stage Leader and Deputy Headteacher as well as various subject leadership positions. I joined the university in 2020.

International experience

I have been involved in international educational projects focusing on music and community arts in Washington D.C. and teacher training and development in Sierra Leone. 

Additional interests and activities

Reviewer for Impact, the journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. 

In the media

Recent publications

Stothard, J. (2024) 'Non examples as an assessment tool: pre-services teachers' reflections from the primary classroom.' Primary Mathematics (forthcoming). 

Byrd, J. and Stothard, J. (2023) 'Decolonising the curriculum: teacher-researcher reflections.' Journal of Philosophy of Education, (forthcoming). 

Pabla, A. and Stothard, J. (2023) 'How might the use of Schemes of Work impact on teacher autonomy? IMPACT: Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching, 18. 

Mosey, C. and Stothard, J. (2022) 'Reimagining adaptive teaching: creating a supportive environment for all learners.' IMPACT: Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. 

Stothard, J. (2021) Identifying hidden misconceptions in mathematics. Journal of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics: Mathematics Teaching. (July/277), 37-39.

Stothard, J. (2018) 'Possibilities of a Foucauldian Education.' Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 26(2), 321-325.

Courses