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Biography
My research focuses on a number of aspects of elite education in England. In particular, my Doctoral thesis considered the implications for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in light of the latest Relationships and Sex Education reforms. This used radical constructivism and Bourdieu’s field theory to interrogate the nature and structure of the elite school as a field, and examine intersecting elements of Doxa, Illusio, and Habitus. My Master's research was also grounded in elite institutions, considering turnover antecedents in pastoral middle management.
My fascination with elite schooling in England stems from my experience within it. Having been a science teacher for 20 years, half of this time was spent in the independent boarding schools’ sector, where I worked in a range of leadership posts including Deputy Head. Within this time, I have also acted as a school governor, worked as a Designated Safeguarding Lead, Head of Boarding, and contributed as a reviewer for the Charted College of Teaching.
Teaching Responsibilities
I currently teach across the EDSOC working predominantly on the MSc in Educational Leadership and management, but also collaborate across a number of undergraduate and other postgraduate programmes to share my pedagogical experience as well as my knowledge of working in school management structures. I currently coordinate modules on the FdA and NtSL programmes, as well as the MSc Educational Leadership and Management.
Research Interests
The structure and social make-up (including ethos) of elite schooling
The implementation of RSE in secondary schools
Teacher discomfort within Sex Education
Education/Academic qualification
EdD, Exploring habitus and agency to inform training pathways for enhancing both delivery and quality of inclusive Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in an English Christian independent boarding school.
Award Date: 29 Nov 2022
MSc, Turnover Antecedents in Pastoral Middle Management
Award Date: 17 Nov 2015
PGCE, Secondary Science
Award Date: 30 Jul 2005
BSc (Hons), Palaeobiology & Evolution
Award Date: 31 Jul 2002
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Exploring habitus and agency to inform training pathways for enhancing both delivery and quality of inclusive Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in an English Christian independent boarding school.
Author: Round, M. R., 29 Nov 2022Supervisor: Tranchese, A. (Supervisor) & Salvi, F. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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