Professor Aileen Kennedy

  • Professor of Teacher Education (School of Education)

email: Aileen.Kennedy@glasgow.ac.uk

St Andrew's Building (N407), 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911

Biography

I am Professor of Teacher Education, Joint Director of the Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) and the Research & Evaluation Lead for the Scottish Government's Centre for Teaching Excellence, hosted here at the University of Glasgow.

I joined the School of Education in October 2023, having previously worked at the Universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh. Prior to entering academia, I worked as a Primary School Teacher and as a Professional Officer with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

My work centres on teacher professional learning and teacher education policy and is shaped by a values-based commitment to enhancing the quality of teaching in our schools for social good. I am driven by the pursuit of greater social justice in and through education and have a clear vision of the teacher as professional activist, capable of supporting transformative learning for their pupils and themself.

I am Co-Managing Editor of Professional Development in Education, a Universities Scotland Nominee on the General Teaching Council for Scotland, and a member of the International Teacher Education Collective (@_ITERC). 

Research interests

My research focuses on how teachers learn, and the policy context within which this learning happens. This work enables me to conceptualise and explain the powers that influence teacher professional learning, and explores pedagogies for teacher learning that support a transformative and socially just disposition. Of central importance to me is the capacity for my research to speak to policy makers and practitioners alike, and to offer new ways of understanding and articulating how teachers learn in ways that embrace and support a diverse pupil population. My research influences, and is influenced by, my teaching and leadership in the field of teacher education at both initial and post-qualification stages.

Publications

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2025

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Foreman, Louise (2025) Leading Professional Learning. [Audio]

2024

Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172 and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) Exploring ethical imperatives in partnership: the development of a SERA Network. Researching Education Bulletin, 2, pp. 13-20.

Clarke, Matthew and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) A psychosocial reading of teacher agency. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, (doi: 10.1080/13540602.2024.2401090) (Early Online Publication)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) Challenges in teacher education: global influences and local solutions. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas(67), pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.24840/esc.vi67.779)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) Exploring the link between quality and curricula in initial teacher education. In: Czerniawski, G., Jones, S., Holmes-Henderson, A., Pountney, R., Pugh, V.-M. and Yang, W. (eds.) Curriculum in a Changing World: 50 Think Pieces on Education, Policy, Practice, Innovation & Inclusion. British Educational Research Association. (In Press)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) The fragility, complexity and interdependence of the global ecosystem of teacher professional learning. Professional Development in Education, 50(4), pp. 595-596. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2024.2368341)

2023

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Stevenson, Howard (2023) Beyond reproduction: the transformative potential of professional learning. Professional Development in Education, 49(4), pp. 581-585. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2023.2226971)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Carver, Mark and Adams, Paul (2023) Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education: Final Report. Project Report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Bell, Linda (2023) School-based teacher educators: a Scottish manifesto. In: Menter, Ian (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 503-528. ISBN 9783031161926 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-16193-3_20)

Pollard, Andrew, Daly, Caroline, Burn, Katharine, Higgins, Steve, Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Mulholland, Margaret, Fraser-Pearce, Jo, Richardson, Mary, Wyse, Dominic and Yandell, John (2023) Reflective Teaching in Secondary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350263796

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2023) Research for socially progressive teacher education programs. In: Tierney, Robert J., Rizvi, Fazal and Ercikan, Kadriye (eds.) International Encyclopaedia of Education, 4th Edition. Elsevier, pp. 681-689. ISBN 9780128186299 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.04044-6)

2022

Carver, Mark, Adams, Paul, Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Burns, Amy (2022) Reflecting on Key Findings from the Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education (MQuITE) Project. In: SERA Conference 2022, Ayr, UK, 23-25 Nov 2022,

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Bell, Linda (2022) School-based teacher educators: a Scottish manifesto. In: Menter, Ian (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783030595333 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59533-3_20-1)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2022) The Scottish approach to mentoring in early phase teacher education: an overview and critique. In: Eady, Sandra, Essex, Jane, Livingston, Kay and McColl, Margaret (eds.) Mentoring Teachers in Scotland: A Practical Guide. Routledge, pp. 19-30. ISBN 9780367405997 (doi: 10.4324/9780429356957-3)

Sosu, Edward M., Orr, Scott, Cassidy, Claire, Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Klein, Markus (2022) Evaluation of the East Lothian Tutoring Initiative (ELTI). Other. University of Strathclyde.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2022) Teacher professional learning in Scotland during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of hope and humanity? International Journal for Research in Education, 46(2), pp. 127-166. 4.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2022) Climate justice and teacher professional learning ... we owe it to our young people. Professional Development in Education, 48(1), pp. 1-4. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2021.2008126)

2021

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2021) Podcast #27: Mini-lecture: Aileen Kennedy on 'Teaching for a better world'. [Audio]

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Adams, Paul and Carver, Mark (2021) Measuring quality in initial teacher in the Scottish context: a context-specific endeavour. In: Mayer, D. (ed.) Teacher Education Policy and Research. Springer: Singapore, pp. 159-176. ISBN 9789811637742 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-3775-9_12)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and NíDhuinn, Melanie (2021) Episode Seven: Professor Aileen Kennedy “Social justice in ITE… moving from aspiration to enactment” [Podcast Episode]. [Audio]

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Shanks, Rachel (2021) Developing a context-appropriate framework for measuring quality in initial teacher education. Scottish Educational Review, 53(1), pp. 3-25.

2020

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Hay, Lizzie and McGovern, Becca (2020) A story of transforming teacher education. Scottish Educational Review, 52(1), pp. 18-35.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Carse, Nicola (2020) Masters-level teacher preparation. In: Shanks, Rachel (ed.) Teacher Preparation in Scotland. Emerald Publishing Limited: United Kingdom. ISBN 9781839094804

2019

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2019) Looking beyond the obvious: applying a critically reflective lens to professional learning literature. Professional Development in Education, 45(4), pp. 523-526. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2019.1637099)

2018

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2018) Developing a new ITE programme: a story of compliant and disruptive narratives across different cultural spaces. European Journal of Teacher Education, 418(5), pp. 638-653. (doi: 10.1080/02619768.2018.1529753)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2018) Teacher professional learning. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, Walter M., Gillies, Donald and Kennedy, Aileen (eds.) Scottish Education [5 ed.]. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 847-857. ISBN 9781474437844

Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (Eds.) (2018) Scottish Education [5 ed.]. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom. ISBN 9781474437844

Humes, Walter, Bryce, Tom G.K., Gillies, Donald and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2018) The future of Scottish education. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education [5. Ed.]. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom, pp. 969-979. ISBN 9781474437844

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2018) Scottish teachers: then and now. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom, pp. 825-835. ISBN 9781474437844

2017

Rauschenberger, Emilee, Adams, Paul and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2017) Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education: A Literature Review for Scotland’s MQuITE Study. Documentation. Scottish Government.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2017) Researching teacher education policy: a case study from Scotland. In: Peters, Michael A., Cowie, Bronwen and Menter, Ian (eds.) A Companion to Research in Teacher Education. Springer, pp. 569-581. ISBN 9789811040733 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4075-7_38)

2015

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2015) Standards and accountability in teacher education. In: Beauchamp, G., Clarke, L., Hulme, M., Jephcote, M., Kennedy, A., Magennis, G., Menter, I., Murray, J., Mutton, T., O'Doherty, T. and Peiser, G. (eds.) Teacher Education in Times of Change. The Policy Press: Bristol, UK, pp. 143-160. ISBN 9781447318538 (doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447318538.003.0009)

2013

Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, Walter M., Gillies, Donald and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (Eds.) (2013) Scottish Education, Fourth Edition: Referendum. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom. ISBN 9780748645824

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Articles

Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172 and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) Exploring ethical imperatives in partnership: the development of a SERA Network. Researching Education Bulletin, 2, pp. 13-20.

Clarke, Matthew and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) A psychosocial reading of teacher agency. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, (doi: 10.1080/13540602.2024.2401090) (Early Online Publication)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) Challenges in teacher education: global influences and local solutions. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas(67), pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.24840/esc.vi67.779)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) The fragility, complexity and interdependence of the global ecosystem of teacher professional learning. Professional Development in Education, 50(4), pp. 595-596. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2024.2368341)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Stevenson, Howard (2023) Beyond reproduction: the transformative potential of professional learning. Professional Development in Education, 49(4), pp. 581-585. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2023.2226971)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2022) Teacher professional learning in Scotland during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic: a story of hope and humanity? International Journal for Research in Education, 46(2), pp. 127-166. 4.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2022) Climate justice and teacher professional learning ... we owe it to our young people. Professional Development in Education, 48(1), pp. 1-4. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2021.2008126)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Shanks, Rachel (2021) Developing a context-appropriate framework for measuring quality in initial teacher education. Scottish Educational Review, 53(1), pp. 3-25.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Hay, Lizzie and McGovern, Becca (2020) A story of transforming teacher education. Scottish Educational Review, 52(1), pp. 18-35.

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2019) Looking beyond the obvious: applying a critically reflective lens to professional learning literature. Professional Development in Education, 45(4), pp. 523-526. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2019.1637099)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2018) Developing a new ITE programme: a story of compliant and disruptive narratives across different cultural spaces. European Journal of Teacher Education, 418(5), pp. 638-653. (doi: 10.1080/02619768.2018.1529753)

Books

Pollard, Andrew, Daly, Caroline, Burn, Katharine, Higgins, Steve, Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Mulholland, Margaret, Fraser-Pearce, Jo, Richardson, Mary, Wyse, Dominic and Yandell, John (2023) Reflective Teaching in Secondary Schools. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350263796

Book Sections

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2024) Exploring the link between quality and curricula in initial teacher education. In: Czerniawski, G., Jones, S., Holmes-Henderson, A., Pountney, R., Pugh, V.-M. and Yang, W. (eds.) Curriculum in a Changing World: 50 Think Pieces on Education, Policy, Practice, Innovation & Inclusion. British Educational Research Association. (In Press)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Bell, Linda (2023) School-based teacher educators: a Scottish manifesto. In: Menter, Ian (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 503-528. ISBN 9783031161926 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-16193-3_20)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2023) Research for socially progressive teacher education programs. In: Tierney, Robert J., Rizvi, Fazal and Ercikan, Kadriye (eds.) International Encyclopaedia of Education, 4th Edition. Elsevier, pp. 681-689. ISBN 9780128186299 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.04044-6)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Bell, Linda (2022) School-based teacher educators: a Scottish manifesto. In: Menter, Ian (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Teacher Education Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783030595333 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59533-3_20-1)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2022) The Scottish approach to mentoring in early phase teacher education: an overview and critique. In: Eady, Sandra, Essex, Jane, Livingston, Kay and McColl, Margaret (eds.) Mentoring Teachers in Scotland: A Practical Guide. Routledge, pp. 19-30. ISBN 9780367405997 (doi: 10.4324/9780429356957-3)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Adams, Paul and Carver, Mark (2021) Measuring quality in initial teacher in the Scottish context: a context-specific endeavour. In: Mayer, D. (ed.) Teacher Education Policy and Research. Springer: Singapore, pp. 159-176. ISBN 9789811637742 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-3775-9_12)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Carse, Nicola (2020) Masters-level teacher preparation. In: Shanks, Rachel (ed.) Teacher Preparation in Scotland. Emerald Publishing Limited: United Kingdom. ISBN 9781839094804

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2018) Teacher professional learning. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, Walter M., Gillies, Donald and Kennedy, Aileen (eds.) Scottish Education [5 ed.]. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 847-857. ISBN 9781474437844

Humes, Walter, Bryce, Tom G.K., Gillies, Donald and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2018) The future of Scottish education. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education [5. Ed.]. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom, pp. 969-979. ISBN 9781474437844

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2018) Scottish teachers: then and now. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom, pp. 825-835. ISBN 9781474437844

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2017) Researching teacher education policy: a case study from Scotland. In: Peters, Michael A., Cowie, Bronwen and Menter, Ian (eds.) A Companion to Research in Teacher Education. Springer, pp. 569-581. ISBN 9789811040733 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4075-7_38)

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2015) Standards and accountability in teacher education. In: Beauchamp, G., Clarke, L., Hulme, M., Jephcote, M., Kennedy, A., Magennis, G., Menter, I., Murray, J., Mutton, T., O'Doherty, T. and Peiser, G. (eds.) Teacher Education in Times of Change. The Policy Press: Bristol, UK, pp. 143-160. ISBN 9781447318538 (doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447318538.003.0009)

Edited Books

Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (Eds.) (2018) Scottish Education [5 ed.]. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom. ISBN 9781474437844

Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, Walter M., Gillies, Donald and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (Eds.) (2013) Scottish Education, Fourth Edition: Referendum. Edinburgh University Press: United Kingdom. ISBN 9780748645824

Research Reports or Papers

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911, Carver, Mark and Adams, Paul (2023) Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education: Final Report. Project Report. Scottish Council of Deans of Education.

Sosu, Edward M., Orr, Scott, Cassidy, Claire, Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Klein, Markus (2022) Evaluation of the East Lothian Tutoring Initiative (ELTI). Other. University of Strathclyde.

Rauschenberger, Emilee, Adams, Paul and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2017) Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education: A Literature Review for Scotland’s MQuITE Study. Documentation. Scottish Government.

Conference Proceedings

Carver, Mark, Adams, Paul, Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Burns, Amy (2022) Reflecting on Key Findings from the Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education (MQuITE) Project. In: SERA Conference 2022, Ayr, UK, 23-25 Nov 2022,

Audio

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and Foreman, Louise (2025) Leading Professional Learning. [Audio]

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2021) Podcast #27: Mini-lecture: Aileen Kennedy on 'Teaching for a better world'. [Audio]

Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 and NíDhuinn, Melanie (2021) Episode Seven: Professor Aileen Kennedy “Social justice in ITE… moving from aspiration to enactment” [Podcast Episode]. [Audio]

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Prior publications

Book Section

Aileen Kennedy (2022) Research for socially progressive teacher education programmes International Encyclopaedia of Education University of Strathclyde. ISBN 9780128186305

Beauchamp, G. et al. (2015) Teacher education in times of change: Responding to challenges across the UK and Ireland Teacher Education in Times of Change: Responding to Challenges Across the UK and Ireland Scopus - Elsevier.

Other

Aileen Kennedy, Melanie Ní Dhuinn (2021) Socially just ITE... moving from aspiration to enactment [podcast episode] University of Strathclyde.

Anna Beck, Aileen Kennedy, Kate Wall (2020) PODCAST#9 "Meet the team supporting teacher learning" University of Strathclyde.

Aileen Kennedy (2017) International conversations on professional learning Professional Development in Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2017.1362738)

Aileen Kennedy (2015) 'Useful' professional learning... useful for whom? Professional Development in Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2014.983787)

Aileen Kennedy (2013) Measuring and making impact through research into professional learning Professional Development in Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2013.753753)

Article

Ninetta Santoro, Aileen Kennedy (2015) How is cultural diversity positioned in teacher professional standards? An international analysis Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2015.1081674)

Aileen Kennedy (2015) What do professional learning policies say about purposes of teacher education? Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2014.940279)

Aileen Kennedy, William Barlow, James MacGregor (2012) ‘Advancing Professionalism in Teaching’? An exploration of the mobilisation of the concept of professionalism in the McCormac Report on the Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland Scottish Educational Review University of Strathclyde.

Aileen Kennedy (2011) Collaborative continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers in Scotland European Journal of Teacher Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/02619768.2010.534980)

Aileen Kennedy, J. McKay (2011) Beyond induction Professional Development in Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2010.533598)

Aileen Kennedy, J. McKay (2009) The assessor and the assessed Journal of Teacher Education and Teachers' Work University of Strathclyde.

Aileen Kennedy, Colleen Clinton (2009) Identifying the professional development needs of early career teachers in Scotland using nominal group technique Teacher Development University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/13664530902858485)

Aileen Kennedy (2007) Continuing professional development (CPD) policy and the discourse of teacher professionalism in Scotland Research Papers in Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/02671520601152128)

Aileen Kennedy (2005) Models of continuing professional development: a framework for analysis Journal of In-Service Education University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/13674580500200277)

Aileen Kennedy (2004) Perceptions of the educational elite on the purpose of a national framework of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers in Scotland Journal of Education for Teaching University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/0260747042000229753)

Aileen Kennedy (2003) A national framework of CPD Journal of Educational Policy University of Strathclyde. (doi: 10.1080/0268093032000106866)

Aileen Kennedy (2001) New teachers' perspectives on continuing professional development Scottish Educational Review University of Strathclyde.

Conference Proceedings

Raymond Soltysek, Aileen Kennedy (2015) Student teachers' perceptions of critical incidents in professional learning 6th TEAN Annual Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 13/05/15 University of Strathclyde.

Raymond Soltysek, Aileen Kennedy (2014) Student teachers perceptions of critical incidents in their professional learning Scottish Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2014, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 19/11/14 University of Strathclyde.

Aileen Kennedy, Claire Cassidy (2012) Extraordinary teachers European Conference on Educational Research, Cadiz, Spain, 17/09/12 University of Strathclyde.

Report

Aileen Kennedy (2015) Educating Our Teachers International Public Policy Institute Policy Brief University of Strathclyde.

Grants

‘Using insight from teachers’ stories of Professional Update to enhance policy and practice’, Principal Investigator (January 2024 – January 2024) Funded by SCEL Legacy Fund Bursary (£37,282).

‘Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education’ (MQuITE), Principal Investigator, Six-year collaborative project with 11 other teacher education providers in Scotland and GTCS. (£430,788, Scottish Government, Jan 2017 – Dec 2022). www.mquite.scot 

‘Young People’s Experiences of Online Tutoring during COVID-19’ Co-Investigator, with Edward Sosu (PI), Claire Cassidy (CI), Markus Klein (CI) & Scott Orr (RA), (2021-2022). Funded by STV Children’s Appeal (£25,000)

‘Professional Teacher Education in University Schools’ (PROTEUS) Co-Investigator, Internal Evaluator and Scottish lead. Collaborators included: NTNU University (Project Lead), Norway; Pedagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Germany; Linköping University, Sweden; Penza State University, Russia; University College South Denmark; University of Oxford, England. (Total grant €275,000, ERASMUS+, Sep 2015 – Sep 2017)

ESRC Placement Fellowship with Scottish Government Analytical Services and HMIE, focusing on links between research and policy (£41,366, ESRC, January – June 2008)

The CPD needs of teachers in years 2-6 of their careers, Principal Investigator (£25,000, Learning & Teaching Scotland, 2007)

Fellowship within Learners, Learning & Teaching Network of the Applied Educational Research Scheme:  Project 2: ‘Understanding teachers as learners in the context of continuing professional development’ (part of £2,000,000 Scottish Funding Council/Scottish Government funded project, 2004-2009)

 

Supervision

Dr Valerie Martin (EdD, 2024). Raising attainment in the Scottish secondary school: A theoretical exploration of the influence of Scottish education policy on the practices of the Curricular Principal Teacher in raising attainment. (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Stuart Farmer (PhD, 2024). The alignment of policy and practice for the career-long professional learning of teachers in Scotland. (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Ammar Tekin (PhD, 2020). Teachers of action: A narrative study into the identities of Turkish teachers of English. (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Kenny Moffat (PhD, 2018) An autoethnography of engineering education (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Susan Jamieson (EdD, 2014). Critical thinking in a community of inquiry: Applying a socio-contructivist framework to problem-based learning tutorials in a Scottish medical curriculum, to investigate critical thinking and the factors that influence this. (Second Supervisor)

Dr Linda Proudfoot (EdD, 2014). The Contexts which Shape Nurse Teacher Identity: Perspectives of newly qualified and experienced nurse teachers. (Second Supervisor)

Dr Teresa MacIntosh (EdD, 2014). The link lecturer’s role in undergraduate pre-registration nurse education: explored through policy and practice (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Khaliza Saidin (PhD, 2012). Malaysian Excellent Teacher Award: The impact of incentives on the improvement of teaching and learning (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Diane Fotheringham (EdD, 2012). Confident to Seek Help: Developing Skill with the use of Feedback (Principal Supervisor)

Dr Vikki Thomas (PhD, 2010). Trading places and pedagogies: The effects of globalisation on overseas-trained teachers’ re/constructions of professional identity in Scotland and England (Second Supervisor) (Synergy Funded scholarship student, with Prof Ian Menter, University of Glasgow as Principal Supervisor)

Dr Hope Nudzor (PhD, 2007). Exploring the policy implementation paradox: the case of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) policy in Ghana (Second Supervisor)

Teaching

I teach on:

Education in Practice 4 on the MEduc

Research and Enquiry-Led Learning and Teaching on the PGDE

 

I am Course Leader for the MEduc/MDTechED Year 5 dissertation.

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2018: Fellowship awarded for distinguished contribution to the field (International Professional Development Association)

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2023: Ministry of Education, Singapore, Education Research Funding Programme

Editorial boards

  • 2011: Professional Development in Education
  • 2021: British Educational Research Journal
  • 2005 - 2009: Scottish Educational Review

Professional & learned societies

  • 2022: Universities Scotland Nominee, General Teaching Council for Scotland
  • 1992: Member, General Teaching Council for Scotland
  • 2012: Member, International Professional Development Association

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