Academic profile
Currently, Louise Hayward is co-director of the Research and Knowledge Transfer Group on Pedagogy, Policy and Practice. She has held a number of Faculty roles, Head of Learning and Teaching, Associate Dean and for the last three years has led research activity in the Department of Educational Studies. Originally an English and Support for Learning teacher, Louise also worked in Teacher Education in St Andrew’s College, latterly as Assistant Principal. Her teaching commitments are mainly in post-graduate programmes in Inclusive Education. Louise is a member of the Board of TScotland and chairs the Advisory Council, the body charged with giving independent advice on education to Scottish MinistersResearch interests
Louise’s research interests lie in Assessment and in Transformational Change. She is a member of the internationally renowned Assessment Reform Group and has worked on assessment nationally and internationally with a focus on social justice. Louise has a particular interest in the inter-relationship of research, policy and practice in improving education. Specifically, how the evidence base from which decisions in education are taken might be enhanced by teachers, learners, researchers and policy makers working collaboratively.
Selected publications
Gardner, J., Harlen, W., Hayward, L. & Stobart, G. (2009) Developing Teacher Assessments, OU Press
Gardner, J., Harlen, W., Hayward, L. & Stobart, G. (2009) Developing Teacher Assessment as an Innovation in Schools in Assessment, Reform and Educational Change, Ed Berry, R., Springer, Hong Kong
MacBride, G., Hayward, L., Ekevall, E., Hayward, G., Macgill, J. & Spencer., E (in press 2010) Improving the transition from school to studying engineering at university to Transactions on Education in the IEEE journal
Hayward, L ( 2009) Trust, Collaboration and Professional Learning: assessment for learning in Scotland, in Journal of Assessment Matters, New Zealand
Hayward, L. (2007) Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogies in Scotland: the quest for social justice ‘Ah kent yir faither’ in - Journal of Assessment in Education 14, (2). pp.251-268
Grants and awards
Engineering the Future: EPSRC: £ 365,304 (2006-2010). A study of transformational change investigating ways of permanently embedding Engineering in the school curriculum and enhancing continuity between school and University in Scotland in the context of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. PI: University of Strathclyde.
Analysis of Reforms in Assessment: Nuffield: £140,980 (2006-08). Project to explore models of change in local and national assessment reforms across the UK. PI Queen’s University Belfast, CI Institute of Education London, University of Bristol.
Future Learning and Teaching Evaluation – Assessment is for Learning and Curriculum for Excellence: Scottish Government / Highland Council: £15,000 (2008-2009). Evaluation of the Highland Council Future Learning and Teaching project on Assessment is for Learning and Curriculum for Excellence. CI: University of Strathclyde.
Exploring Assessment for Formative Purposes in High Stakes Assessment: Scottish Qualifications’ Authority: £10,000 (2008). Formative exploration of teachers attempting to reconcile assessment for formative and summative purposes in Higher and Intermediate classes. CI: University of Strathclyde.
Assessment is or Learning- Understanding Teachers’ Concepts of Standards: Scottish Government: £10,000 (2007-08). Project to explore how teachers understand and share standards in three areas of the curriculum. CI: University of Strathclyde.
Research collaborations
Assessment Reform Group: University of Bristol, Institute of Education London, Queen’s University Belfast, Kings College London, University of Cardiff, University of Cambridge, University of Birmingham.
International Assessment for Learning Consortium: Queens University Kingston Ontario, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Waikato, University of Otago, Learning and Teaching Scotland, University of Queensland, Griffith University.
Scottish Policy Innovation in Research and Learning (SPIRAL): Learning and Teaching Scotland.
