Academic profile
Brian Templeton is Reader in Learning, Teaching and Assessment (Modern Languages) in the Department of Curriculum Studies. His work involves teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, developing inservice programmes for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of teachers and providing national consultancy and research in the areas of assessment and curriculum development.
Research interests
Approaches to curriculum development and the role of assessment, links between first language acquisition and the learning of a second language, coherence and progression in the learning of modern languages and international comparisons in the use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Selected publications
Wilkinson, J., McGonigal, J., Templeton, B. and Aitkenhead E. (2007) Evaluation of the Kirkcudbright Academy Curriculum Flexibility Project. First Final Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive Education Department.
Brian Templeton, Lisa Albarracin, Betty Templeton: Higher French Course Notes. 94pp and CD St. Andrew’s Fife: Leckie and Leckie Ltd, 2004. ISBN 1 84372 081 7
Templeton B. ‘Towards a National Framework for Progression and Continuity in the Teaching and Learning of Modern Languages’. 1-9 pp, Scottish Languages Review: On-line journal for language practitioners in Scotland. Issue 12: Autumn 2005. Accessible at http://www.scilt.stir.ac.uk/SLR/index.htm
Grants and awards
Scottish Executive Education Department (Future Learning and Teaching Prgramme) Curriculum Flexibility Project 2004-2009: £110,000
Research collaborations
He is part of a team of Modern languages specialists from the Faculties of Education in Scotland, working in collaboration with the Scottish Centre for Information on Languages Teaching (SCILT) that is exploring, on behalf of SEED, the potential use of the CEFR and the European Languages Portfolio in the review of the teaching of modern languages 3-18.
Consulting and advice
Through his work as Principal Assessor for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and most recently as Chair of the Languages Review Group for A Curriculum for Excellence, he has carried out consultancy work for SEED, SQA and Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) in several areas, including the assessment of language skills and continuity and progression in the learning of languages.
Academic and professional body membership
Registered member of The General teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Additional information
I represent the Faculties of Education on the following boards and executive committees:
Scottish Association for Language Teaching (SALT)
SCHOLAR on-line learning and teaching (Herriot Watt)
Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching (SCILT)
Scottish Languages Review on-line journal (SLR).
I am External examiner of the PGDE Secondary Programme at Strathclyde University
