Senior Lecturer (Scholarship)
- Overview
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Dr Dean Robson Contact Details
- Telephone
- work +44 (0)1224 274621
- d.robson@abdn.ac.uk
- Address
- The University of Aberdeen Room 629 School of Education University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building 6th Floor King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA Tel: 44 (0) 1224 274621
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 TextilesAcademic 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 UniversityProfessional Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEI
GTCS Registered Teacher (Further Education : Physics and Mathematics)
Latest Publications
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Teacher characteristics and children’s educational attainment in Ghana: do some teacher characteristics matter more for children attending disadvantaged schools?
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A comparative study of mentoring for new teachers
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Exploring practicum: student teachers’ social capital relations in schools with high numbers of pupils living in poverty
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Newly qualified teachers’ professional learning through practitioner enquiry: Investigating partnership-based mentoring
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal
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Programme Director, Masters in Education (flexible pathway)
Courses Co-ordinator
Student Progress Convener
- External
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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.
- 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.Currently supervising a number of PhD students, research topics scoping educational datasets, learning environments, student capabilities, mathematics teacher preparation and poverty, and school micropolitics.
Current Research
Scottish Attainment Challenge Project (Scottish Council of Deans funded by the Scottish Government)
Teacher Preparation Research Group (poverty and social inequality)
European perspectives on new teacher support and mentoring.
Collaborations
Collaboration with other Scottish TEIs through Scottish Attainment Challenge Project.
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.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Introduction to Inclusive Teaching 1&2 (MA1)
Sustainable International Development (Sixth Century)
Professional Practice : Professional Enquiry (MA4 / PGDE)
Exploring the Curriculum : Mathematics (PGDE)
Professional Enquiry : Level 11 (MA4 / PGDE)
Critical Approaches to Academic Literature (PGT)
Research Methods (PGT)
Enhancing Professional Practice through Research (PGT)
Reflexivity and Professional Enquiry : Counselling (PGT) - Publications
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Publications
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Student teachers’ understandings of poverty: insights for initial teacher education
Journal of Education for Teaching
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2020.1841557
- Additional Links
- View publication in Scopus
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Teacher characteristics and children’s educational attainment in Ghana: do some teacher characteristics matter more for children attending disadvantaged schools?
Frontiers in Education, vol. 5, 162
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00162
- Open Access
- http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15099/1/Nyatsikor_etal_feduc_Teacher_characteristics_VOR.pdf
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- View publication in Scopus
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A comparative study of mentoring for new teachers
Professional Development in Education
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2020.1744684
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- View publication in Scopus
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Exploring practicum: student teachers’ social capital relations in schools with high numbers of pupils living in poverty
Oxford Review of Education, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 119-135
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2018.1502079
- Open Access
- http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13733/1/final_draft.pdf
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- View publication in Scopus
- View publication in Mendeley
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Newly qualified teachers’ professional learning through practitioner enquiry: Investigating partnership-based mentoring
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 242 -260
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Digital Object Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-03-2017-0027
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- http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12802/1/Robson_and_Mtika_Partnership_Based_Mentoring_1_.pdf
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- http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJMCE-03-2017-0027
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Joint Observation of Student Teachers During School Placement
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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Joint observation of student teaching and related tripartite dialogue during field experience: Partner perspectives
Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 39, pp. 66-76
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Joint Observation of Student Teachers During Placement: Partner Perspectives
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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Enhancing Models of Partnership in Initial Teacher Education
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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Evidence-based practice and teacher action-research: a reflection on the nature and direction of 'change'
British Educational Research Journal , vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 126-147
Contributions to Journals: Articles
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- https://doi.org/10.1080/01411926.2011.615389
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