Pedagogy and Professional Practice (PPP)
The Pedagogy and Professional Practice (PPP) research group focuses on two main areas of educational practice:
- Models of effective practice in relation to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. This includes projects in inquiry-based learning across several phases in formal educational settings; modes and means of formative and summative assessment in early years, primary, secondary and university science and mathematics education; broadening access and participation in science and engineering; shifting attitudes towards school science and mathematics; interactions between the sciences and humanities and research into digital literacies and the opportunities that digital play and technology offer both formal and informal education processes.
- Models of effective professional practice in education including projects relating to transition between phases of education and between study and employment; the nature and development of models of teacher education and teacher reflective practice; teacher professionalism and professional problem-solving; pedagogic practice in higher education; the use of constructive on-line learning communities; using ICT for diversification and personalisation of learning supports the development of learning competencies.
Members of the research group collaborate with colleagues at the School of Arts at Brunel (Dr Andrew Green); the Centre for Sensors and Instrumentation at Brunel (Dr Dawn Leslie); the Universities of Reading and East London (Dr Rob Toplis); the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel and the University of Aveiro (Professor Mike Watts); Kings College London (Dr Sarmin Hossein); the Institute of Education (Dr Sue Collins) and Florida Atlantic University (Dr Paula Zwozdiak-Myers).
