Emeritus Professor
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Biography
Donald Gray is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at Aberdeen University. He has a particular interest in science and sustainability issues , Goethean science, STEAM, outdoor learning, nature connectedness, 4E cognition and how these are addressed in educational contexts. He is currently actively involved in developing ideas in Garden-based Learning and STEAM Gardens with OSF Garden Schools: https://osfgardenschools.co.uk/
Latest Publications
Unexpected effects of urban food activism on community and human wellbeing
Local Environment, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 647-662Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Metamorphosis of the Scientist: A Phenomenological Approach for a Transformative Science Education?
Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene: Curriculum Models for our Collective Future. Fazio, X. (ed.). 1 edition. Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 173–191, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)A view from the garden: Interrupting the politics of attainment and re-orienting rducation towards sustainable futures.
European Educational Research Journal, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe extinction of experience and (re-)cultivating wellbeing and sustainability through garden-based learning
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Synergy of Arts and Science
Regenerative Learning: Nurturing People and Caring for the Planet. Kumar, S., Howarth, L. (eds.). Global Resilience Publishing, pp. 135-144, 9 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] Book
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Funding and Grants
PI ’International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) ODA Project Grants. Internal funding 1st April 2024-31st March 2025.. Sowing the Seeds in Teacher Education through School Gardens in Togo. £18,124
PI SFC ODA Internal funding.19 Dec. 2023-31st March 2024. Cultural Translation and Indigenous Voices in Food Growing School Gardens. £9,220
PI 2021 Internal Pump Priming Award, 1st August – 31st December, Community regeneration and biodiversity within a food activism and sustainability framework. £8794
2020 Submitted November. British Academy/ Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship. Goethean science: perspectives, prospect and pedagogy for science education in the Anthropocene. £59,470 (Unfunded)
2020 Submitted July. British Academy Tackling Global Challenges: From the Ground up: Education for Food Sovereignty and Urban Renewal through the Insights of M.K Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and Patrick Geddes . Value £49,854 (Unfunded)
2019 Submitted: Bundles of Technologies & Tools for Livelihood Enhancement in rural Africa - Natural, Economic, Cultural and Knowledge exchange impacts. BBSRC. PI Professor J.U. Smith, Inst. Of Biol and Env Sciences. £1,489, 044. (Unfunded)
- Career paths and Education Provision for Forestry: A Focused Study. 1st Jan. 2018- 31st Sept.2018. Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Forestry Trust. Value £21,000
PI A review of the Natural Partners Initial Teacher Education Programme 2012-2017. Forestry Commission Scotland. Oct.2017-March 2018. Value £7895
- Education, health and climate action through school gardens and biogas in Uganda. British Academy Knowledge Frontiers 2017 application. (Not funded). £48376.
Co-applicant and grant holder Aberdeen City Community Growing Spaces funding with Bob Donald, One Seed Forward, and Laura Colucci-Gray. School Gardens Project. 1st October 2017 – 31st July 2018. Value £14,841.
Erasmus Consortium. e-InFo-TED - Electronic International Forum for Teacher Educator Development Total Budget – seven European partners €406,741 Aberdeen : €37,605. Lead. Prof. Kari Smith, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Grant Holder and PI British Academy International Mobility Scheme in collaboration with University of San Andres, Buenos Aires. Creativity in Science Education and Science Teacher Education. Value.
£26,145. 2013-2016
Grant Holder and PI. Kick Start Award with Creative Star learning Company. To develop and pilot a student internship scheme for outdoor learning focusing on WordPlay Ground project. £5,000
Grant Holder. University of Aberdeen, CPD Pump Priming Fund. Aberdeen/Argentina ATLAC developments. Nov 2011-April 2012 £3,000.
Grant Holder and PI. Using extreme sports as an approach to Curriculum for Excellence. Research and development pilot with Transition Extreme. Sporting Chance Star Award.
Nov.2011-Mar. 2012 £5,000
Grant Holder and PI. Arts as a Tool for Learning Across the Curriculum (ATLAC). Scottish Arts Council. May 2008-October 2009, £28,500
Grant Holder and PI. College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen, seed funding 2007: Science, Society and Sustainability. Changing Paradigms, Changing Pedagogies: New Challenges for Science Education. £1,000
Grant Holder and PI. University of Strathclyde Research and Development grant: A Comparative Collaborative Study on Pedagogical Approaches to Controversial Issues in Science Education, January- November 2003 £2,892
Grant Holder and Principal Investigator (PI). Biotechnology Summer School Evaluation June 2001- June 2003, SAPS/Wellcome Trust £20,000
Grant Holder and PI. Evidence-based Practice in the Secondary Science Department, March- September 2001, Scottish Executive £1950
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Unexpected effects of urban food activism on community and human wellbeing
Local Environment, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 647-662Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Metamorphosis of the Scientist: A Phenomenological Approach for a Transformative Science Education?
Science Curriculum for the Anthropocene: Curriculum Models for our Collective Future. Fazio, X. (ed.). 1 edition. Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 173–191, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)A view from the garden: Interrupting the politics of attainment and re-orienting rducation towards sustainable futures.
European Educational Research Journal, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe extinction of experience and (re-)cultivating wellbeing and sustainability through garden-based learning
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Synergy of Arts and Science
Regenerative Learning: Nurturing People and Caring for the Planet. Kumar, S., Howarth, L. (eds.). Global Resilience Publishing, pp. 135-144, 9 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] Book
Childhood Experiences of Nature and Mental Wellbeing in Early Adulthood: Examining the mediating role of sense of nature relatedness
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/6ydfb
Childhood Experiences of Nature and Mental Wellbeing in Early Adulthood: Examining the mediating role of sense of nature relatedness.
Working Papers: Working PapersChildhood Experiences of Nature and Mental Wellbeing in Early Adulthood: Examining the mediating role of sense of nature relatedness.
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6ydfb/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/6ydfb
Critical thinking in the flesh: movement and metaphors in a world in flux
Critical Thinking in Biology and Environmental Education: Facing Challenges in a Post-Truth World. Puig, B., Jiménez-Aleixandre., M. P. (eds.). Springer, pp. 21-39, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersCultivating primary creativities in STEAM gardens
Unlocking Research: Sculpting New Creativities for Primary Education. Burnard, P., Loughrey, M. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 146-161, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersRenaturing Science: The Role of Childhoodnature in Science for the Anthropocene
Research Handbook on Childhoodnature: Assemblages of Childhood and Nature Research. Cutter-Mackenzie, A., Malone, K., Barratt Hacking, E. (eds.). 1 edition. Springer, pp. 557-585, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67286-1_38
Education in a Posthuman Age
Education in the North, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: EditorialsLaying down a path in walking: student teachers’ emerging ecological identities
Environmental Education Research, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 341-364Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFrom Oil to Soil: Learning for Sustainability and Transitions within the School Garden: a project of cultural and social re-learning
Scottish Educational Review, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 57-70Contributions to Journals: ArticlesScotland: its schools and teachers
International Handbook on Teacher Education World Wide.. Karras, K., Wolhuter, C. (eds.). 2 edition. H.M. Studies and Publishing., pp. 565-588, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersA Critical Review of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and DictionariesScotland: it's schools and teachers
International Handbook of Teacher Education Worldwide: Revised and Augmented Edition. Karras, K. G., Wolhuter, C. C. (eds.). H.M. Studies and Publishing., pp. 565-587, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Professional Development of Teacher Educators in Scotland: researcherly dispositions and tensions
Scottish Educational Review, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 54-72Contributions to Journals: ArticlesScience Education Futures. Science Education as if the Whole Earth Mattered
Visions for Sustainability, vol. 9, pp. 60-76Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe professional learning needs and priorities of higher-education-based teacher educators in England, Ireland and Scotland
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 133-148Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding the nature of mentoring experiences between teachers and student teachers
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 54-71Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-04-2017-0028
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10143/1/PDF_Proof.PDF
Reviewing the potential and challenges of developing STEAM education through creative pedagogies for 21st learning: how can school curricula be broadened towards a more responsive, dynamic, and inclusive form of education?
Commissioned by British Educational Research Association. British Educational research Association. 125 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsFostering creative pedagogies in science teaching: Experiences from Argentine and Scottish teachers
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsConceptions and expectations of mentoring relationships in a teacher education reform context
Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 8-29Contributions to Journals: ArticlesYoung Adults Childhood Experiences of Nature and Links with Mental Well-Being.
Learning for Sustainability Scotland, Building Connection to Nature Event.Contributions to Conferences: PostersRetaining public and political trust: teacher education in Scotland
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 569-587Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2014.956541
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5667/1/Gray_Weir_revised.docx
Globalisation and the Anthropocene: The Reconfiguration of Science Education for a Sustainable Future
Sisyphus - Journal of Education, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 14-31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOne Planet Residency: Perspectives on Globalization and Education
Sisyphus - Journal of Education, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 7-12Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCreativity in Science Education: producing new narratives for a sustainable future?
Contributions to Conferences: PapersMentoring as a collaborative learning journey for teachers and student teachers: a critical constructivist perspective
Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 17-27Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpace, Place and Pedagogy: Local Contexts in a Globalised World
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 2-6Contributions to Journals: EditorialsEvidence-based practice and teacher action-research: a reflection on the nature and direction of 'change'
British Educational Research Journal , vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 126-147Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01411926.2011.615389
New teachers’ individual learning dispositions: a Scottish case study
International Journal of Training and Development, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 183-199Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigating change in epistemic beliefs: an evaluation of the impact of student teachers' epistemic beliefs on instructional preference and teaching competence
International Journal of Educational Research , vol. 53, pp. 80-92Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2012.02.002
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Walking in the Mindfield
International Journal of Holistic Education, vol. 1, no. 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Teacher's Repertoire: Developing Creative Pedagogies
International Journal of Education & the Arts, vol. 12, no. 15, pp. 1-39Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.ijea.org/v12n15/
Challenges to ITE research in conditions of complexity
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 425–439Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2010.513856
Supporting student teachers during field experience: Insights from student course evaluation
Contributions to Conferences: PapersScience, citizenship and sustainability: a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to learning and teaching in Higher Education to address issues of sustainability
Education in a Global Space: Research and Practice in Initial Teacher Education. Wisely, T., Britton, A., Barr, I. (eds.). Scottish Development Education CentreChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPractice-based Learning: Developing Excellence in Teaching. Policy and Practice in Education 24 J. Reeves and A. Fox (ed.) Edinburgh: Dunedin Press (2008), pp. 96, Pbk., £14.50, ISBN 9781903765821
Education in the North, vol. 17, no. 1Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesScallops, schools and scholars: reflections on the emergence of a research-oriented learning project
Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 425-440Contributions to Journals: ArticlesScience, Society and Sustainability: Education and Empowerment for an Uncertain World
Routledge. 224 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203875124
- [ONLINE] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781135843731
Exploring the usefulness of a systems-based model from the perspective of biology students
Scottish Educational Review, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 68-85Contributions to Journals: ArticlesScience Education
Scottish Education: Beyond Devolution. Humes, W., T.G.K., B. (eds.). Third Edition edition. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 562-567, 5 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Complexities of Teachers' Commitment to Environmental Education: a mixed methods approach
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 169-189Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1558689807313163
A conceptual background to the use of Actor Network Theory as a lens by which to analyse School Experience (as part of Scottish Teachers for a New Era symposium).
Contributions to Conferences: PapersSocio-scientific issues in science education: implications for the professional development of teachers
Cambridge Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 171-192Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057640600718489
From scientific literacy to sustainability literacy: an ecological framework for education
Science Education, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 227-252Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20109
Tough acts to follow: the challenges to science teachers presented by biotechnological progress
International Journal of Science Education, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 717-733Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0950069032000138833
Challenging New Science. The Biotechnology Summer School, An Evaluation. Phase 1 Final Report
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. 100 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports