School of Education

Mr Alan Britton

alan_britton
  • University Teacher (Social Justice Place and Lifelong Education)

telephone: 01413303498
email: Alan.Britton@glasgow.ac.uk


Research interests

Citizenship, The Global Dimension, Scottish Politics and Education Policy, Curriculum, Continuing Professional Development.

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Number of items: 12.

2010

Wisely, T.L.K., Barr, I.M., Britton, A. and King, B., (Eds.) (2010) Education in a Global Space: Research and Practice in Initial Teacher Education. International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS), Edinburgh. ISBN 9781899136162

Britton, A., and Blee, H. (2010) Global Citizenship and Initial Teacher Education: Tracking the Experiences of Undergraduate Students. In: Wisely, T.L.K., Barr, I.M., Britton, A and King, B. (eds.) Education in a Global Space: Research and Practice in Initial Teacher Education. IDEAS/UKAID, Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-899136-16-2

Menter, I., Hulme, M. , Elliot, D. , Lewin, J. , Baumfield, V. , Britton, A. , Carroll, M. , Livingston, K. , McCulloch, M. , McQueen, I. , Patrick, F. , and Townsend, A. (2010) Literature Review on Teacher Education in the 21st Century. The Scottish Government, pp. 681-687. ISBN 9780755995875 (Web only publication)

Carroll, M., Britton, Alan , and Barr, I. (2010) Intercultural professional development within a virtual learning community. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education: An International Journal, 9 (2). pp. 129-143. ISSN 1478-8047 (doi:10.2304/csee.2010.9.2.129)

2009

Britton, A. (2009) Developing teachers' intercultural awareness through online collaboration. In: The Learning Teacher Network 6th Annual International Conference: 'Creative Learning for a Sustainable World', 1-3 October 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Unpublished)

Britton, A., and McMahon, M. (2009) Continuing intercultural professional development: new technologies and new paradigms in teacher professional development. In: International Technology, Education and Development (INTED) Conference 2009, 9-11 March 2009, Valencia, Spain .

2008

Britton, A. (2008) The CIPDE project: implications for chartered teachers. In: GTCS Annual Chartered Teacher Conference, 7 June 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

Enslin, P. (2008) Between Europe and Africa: against regionalism in citizenship education. In: Peters, M.A., Britton, A. and Blee, H. (eds.) Global Citizenship Education: Philosophy, Theory and Pedagogy. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 491-501. ISBN 9789087903732

Forde, C. (2008) Revisioning ideas of citizenry: The female state and the construction of citizenship. In: Peters, M., Britton, A. and Blee, H. (eds.) Global Citizenship Education: Philosophy, Theory and Pedagogy. Sage, Rotterdam and Taipei. ISBN 9789087903749

Morrison, G., and Britton, A. (2008) Images of the teacher in The Simpsons: subversive, superficial or sentimental? In: The Teacher: Image, Icon, Identity, 2-4 July 2008, Glasgow, UK.

Preece, J. (2008) A social justice approach to education for active citizenship: an international perspective. In: Peters, M., Britton, A. and Blee, H (eds.) Global Citizenship Education: Philosophy, Theory and Pedagogy. Series: Contexts of Education . Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 388-400. ISBN 9789087903749

2006

Britton, A. (2006) The Auld Alliance is just a shot away. TES Scotland . p. 22. ISSN 0040-7887

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Grants

European Union Lifelong Learning Programme. Comenius Multilateral Project "Continuing Intercultural Professional Development in Europe" (CIPDE). (2007-2009). Principal Investigator. (€225 000).

Department for International Development (DFID). Development Awareness and Teacher Professional Development (2005-2008). Depute Project Manager . (£208, 000).

Future Learning and Teaching (FLaT) Programme. Evaluation of Inspiring Inquiring Minds Project at Jordanhill School (2005-2006). Principal Investigator.

Scottish Children’s Parliament. Evaluation of the Children’s Parliament. (2006). Principal Investigator

European Union Socrates Accompanying Measures. Identifying oneself with Europe. (2005-2006). Principal Investigator

Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) Evaluation of the Project Partnership Programme (2006).

Teaching

Alan teaches in the undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and is the course leader for the BEd Specialism in Citizenship and PSE. He is a member of the MEd (Chartered Teacher Programme) Course Committee.

Consulting and advice

Alan provides a range of internal and local authority partnership CPD opportunities on a range of topics, including citizenship, Curriculum for Excellence, and the global dimension.

Academic and professional body membership

General Teaching Council of Scotland

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (formerly the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education).

International Professional Development Association.

Scottish Educational Research Association.

Additional information

Member, Learning and Teaching Scotland Advisory Group on Citizenship (2003-2007).

Convener, Applied Educational Research Scheme (AERS) Policy Review Group on Education for Citizenship (2007-2008).

Member, Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) CPD Committee.

Modern Studies Association National Committee (2001-2006).