PhD, BSc (Hons : 1st Class), PGCert in T&L in HE, FHEI
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- d.robson@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274621
- Office Address
Room 629 School of Education University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building 6th Floor King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA Tel: 44 (0) 1224 274621
- School/Department
- School of Education
Biography
Professional Career
2015-date : Senior Lecturer, School of Education
2008-2015: Lecturer, School of Education
2006-2008: Senior Research Fellow, School of Education
2003-2006: Professional Officer (Research and Development), GTCS
1990-2003: Lecturer (Physical Sciences), Heriot-Watt University
1987-1990: Research Assistant, The Scottish College of Textiles
Academic Qualifications
1987 BSc (Hons : 1st Class) in Physics, University of Dundee
1995 PhD , Heriot-Watt University
2002 PGCert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, Napier University
Professional Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA
GTCS Registered Teacher (Further Education : Physics and Mathematics)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Courses Co-ordinator
Student Progress Convener
- External Memberships
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External Examiner, MSc. Enhanced Practice in Education (EPiE), School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow.
MA External Examiner, Faculty of Education, University of Malta.
Programme Validation, Higher Education & Training Awards Council, Ireland.
Latest Publications
Newly qualified teachers’ experiences of implementing an inclusive pedagogy in schools located in high poverty environments
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 308-322Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Effects of Poverty on School Education – Research from the Poverty and Education Network
Contributions to Specialist Publications: Reports- [ONLINE] https://www.sera.ac.uk/publications/researching-education-bulletin/
- [ONLINE] https://dmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dprobertson_dundee_ac_uk/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fdprobertson%5Fdundee%5Fac%5Fuk%2FDocuments%2FSERA%20website%2FSERA%20Research%20bulletin%2FSERA%20REB%20special%20issue%201%20June%202024%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fdprobertson%5Fdundee%5Fac%5Fuk%2FDocuments%2FSERA%20website%2FSERA%20Research%20bulletin&ga=1
Student teachers’ perspectives of learning to enact an inclusive pedagogy: insights for working in high poverty school environments
Teaching Education, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 45–60Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBeyond the Pandemic: Poverty and School Education in Scotland
Scottish Educational Review, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 238-264Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA comparative study of mentoring for new teachers
Professional Development in Education, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 751-165Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
Teacher preparation & social inequality.
Continuing professional learning and development, partnership and mentoring.
Professional enquiry and action research, evidence-based practice.
Secondary educational data analysis, quantitative techniques.Supervision of Masters and PhD level students to successful completion. Supervised PhD research topics include: learning environments, student and teacher capabilities and beliefs, mathematics teacher preparation and poverty, school micropolitics, secondary data analysis (student recruitment, attainment and achievement, teacher characteristics). Details in Supervision section below.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Education.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Education Policy
- Education Studies
- Higher Education
- Primary Teaching
- Professional Practice in Education
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Teacher Preparation Research Group (poverty and social inequality)
European perspectives on new teacher support and mentoring.
Collaborations
Collaboration with other Scottish TEIs through the Scottish Attainment Challenge Project (Scottish Council of Deans funded by the Scottish Government)
Collaborations with colleagues in Denmark, Norway and Malta exploring new teacher support.
Collaborative activity with personnel at partner local authorities. Academic support for practitioner enquiry initiatives developed for induction year teachers.
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Education.
Completed PhD Supervision (year of successful completion)
Anna Teitz. The micropolitical experiences of student teachers (2023)
Laura Puhalak. Equality of student teachers’ first year experiences in Initial Teacher Education: a capability perspective (2023)
Tugcem Sahin. Enhancing Initial Teacher Education approaches to teaching mathematics in socio- economically diverse settings (2022)
Assel Zhakim. Pre-school children’s development of literacy in home learning environments in Kazakh families (2022)
Archangelo Yambeni. An investigation of how students’ achievement during entrance examinations correlates with their actual academic achievement in higher education in Malawi using Domasi College of Education as a case (2020)
Maxwell Nyatsikor. Connecting the Ghanaian Primary school teacher characteristics to pupil achievement in National Educational Assessment (2019)
Prince Armah. Teaching mathematical problem solving in Ghana: Teacher beliefs, intentions and behaviour (2015)
Rim Mouawad. Impact of participatory appreciative reflective inquiry within destiny learning on self-development of Lebanese special educators. (2013)
Rachel Shanks. How induction year teachers in Scotland learn in the workplace. (2012)
Noah Elassy. Student involvement in the Quality Assurance Process in Higher Education Institutions. (2012)
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Introduction to Inclusive Teaching 1&2 (MA1)
Sustainable International Development (Sixth Century)
Professional Project 3 (BAPD)
Professional Project (MA4)
Professional Enquiry 1 (MA4)
Informing Professional Practice (PGDE)
Connecting the Curriculum : Mathematics (PGDE)
Masters Project / Dissertation (PGT)
PhD research methods seminars
PhD Supervision (PGR)
- Publications
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Newly qualified teachers’ experiences of implementing an inclusive pedagogy in schools located in high poverty environments
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 308-322Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Effects of Poverty on School Education – Research from the Poverty and Education Network
Contributions to Specialist Publications: Reports- [ONLINE] https://www.sera.ac.uk/publications/researching-education-bulletin/
- [ONLINE] https://dmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dprobertson_dundee_ac_uk/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fdprobertson%5Fdundee%5Fac%5Fuk%2FDocuments%2FSERA%20website%2FSERA%20Research%20bulletin%2FSERA%20REB%20special%20issue%201%20June%202024%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fdprobertson%5Fdundee%5Fac%5Fuk%2FDocuments%2FSERA%20website%2FSERA%20Research%20bulletin&ga=1
Student teachers’ perspectives of learning to enact an inclusive pedagogy: insights for working in high poverty school environments
Teaching Education, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 45–60Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBeyond the Pandemic: Poverty and School Education in Scotland
Scottish Educational Review, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 238-264Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA comparative study of mentoring for new teachers
Professional Development in Education, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 751-165Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnacting inclusive pedagogy in schools located in high poverty environments: Learning from beginner teachers
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsExploring Student and Beginner Teachers’ enactment of the concept of Pupil Differences in Schools Located in High Poverty Environments
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsDeveloping inclusive practices: insights from probationer teachers working in high poverty school environments
SERA Researching Education Bulletin, vol. Spring 2021, no. 10, pp. 33-36Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudent teachers’ understandings of poverty: insights for initial teacher education
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 104-117Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTeacher characteristics and children’s educational attainment in Ghana: do some teacher characteristics matter more for children attending disadvantaged schools?
Frontiers in Education, vol. 5, 162Contributions to Journals: Articles