School of Education

Dr Beth Dickson

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  • Senior Lecturer (Professional Learning and Leadership)

telephone: 01413302546
email: Beth.Dickson@glasgow.ac.uk


Research interests

In 2010-11 I was a co-investigator on the Evaluation of the Glasgow West Teacher Education Initiative. This Scottish Government-funded project evaluated a school-university pilot in which university tutors were based in schools full-time during student placements. The evaluation of the model of professional learning focussed on the perspectives of students, school teachers, headteachers, local authority personnel and university tutors.  My book Education and the Arts proposes different ways of deploying teachers of the arts in schools.  My research interests cover all aspects of pre-service teacher education, school-university partnerships, Arts education and language teaching in the secondary school.

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Number of items: 13.

2011

Forde, C., McMahon, M. , and Dickson, B. (2011) Leadership development after Donaldson. Scottish Educational Review, 43 (2). pp. 45-57. ISSN 0141-9072

Dickson, B. (2011) Beginning teachers as enquirers: m-level work in initial teacher education. European Journal of Teacher Education, 34 (3). pp. 259-276. ISSN 0261-9768 (doi:10.1080/02619768.2010.538676)

Dickson, B. (2011) Education and the Arts. Series: Policy and practice in education (22). Dunedin Academic, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9781903765807

Forde, Christine, McMahon, Margery , and Dickson, Beth (2011) Leadership development in Scotland: After Donaldson. Scottish Educational Review, 43 (2). pp. 55-69. ISSN 0141-9072

2009

Baumfield, V., Dickson, B. , Devlin, A.M. , and Arizpe, E. (2009) Promoting access to the curriculum through visual literacy and meaning making in a community of inquiry. In: Beyond Borders: Art, Narrative and Culture in Picture Books. 2nd International Symposium: New Impulses in Picture book Research, 18-20 Sep 2009, Glasgow, UK.

2008

Dickson, B (2008) Desirably different: Recontextualising the role of Scottish culture in the secondary curriculum. Scottish Affairs, 62 (Winter). pp. 80-89.

Dickson, B., and McGuire, W. (2008) English Language Education. In: Bryce, T.G.K. and Humes, W.M. (eds.) Scottish Education: Beyond Devolution. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 478-489. ISBN 9780748625932

Menter, I. et al. (2008) Research to support schools of ambition: annual report 2008. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.

2007

Dickson, B. (2007) Defining and interpreting professional knowledge in an age of performativity: a Scottish case-study. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 32 (4). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0313-5373

Dickson, B. (2007) The Queens of Govan. Scotlit, 35 . pp. 8-9. ISSN 0957-5499

2005

Dickson, B. (2005) Global and local identity in Scottish education. Scotlit, 32 . pp. 9-10. ISSN 0957-5499

Dickson, B. (2005) A Star and A Wish. Scotlit, 33 . ISSN 0957-5499

2004

Dickson, B. (2004) Teachers tales. Scotlit, 31 . pp. 10-11. ISSN 0957-5499

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I served as Director for Undergraduate and Initial Teaching Education from 2008 - 2011 where I had oversight of the School's five undergraduate programmes. In 2008 the PGDE was raised to Masters-level, the first Scottish Masters-level route into teaching. In 2010 I became Deputy Head of School with a brief to develop and internationalise the School's teacher education strategy as the School continues to innovate in the light of Teaching Scotland's Future (2011).  I continue to teach on a variety of undergraduate courses as well as supervising postgraduate work. 

Consulting and advice

Member of the Scottish Qualification Authority's Curriculum Area Review Group for national qualifications in Literacy and Numeracy

Academic and professional body membership

External Examiner for the University of Durham's MA in Education (QTS), MA in Education (modular), PG Cert in the Practice of Education, and module results for the MA in Research Methods (Education), MSc in Educational Assessment