David Morrison-Love is a Lecturer in Technology Education and Employability within the School of Education.  He is a member of the University of Glasgow Educational Assessment Network (UGEAN) which is part of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change.  He is also a member of the International Educational Assessment Network (IEAN).  He is a Research Co-Ordinator in the CAMAU Project and is Programme Leader for the MSc in Assessment in Education at the University of Glasgow.  

David graduated in 2001 with a first class honours degree from the University of Glasgow for which he received the TTA Medal and was offered a scholarship to undertake post graduate studies from the Underwood Trust, also at the University of Glasgow. He undertook his PhD in Technology Education which was ultimately completed in tandem with his work as a secondary school teacher of Technology Education in Falkirk Council. He began as a Lecturer in Technology Education within the University of Glasgow in 2012. 

David recently received the 2019 Silvius-Wolansky Award for Outstanding Scholarly Publication in Technology and Engineering Education.  This is an international award for his paper entitled: ‘Towards A Transformative Epistemology for Technology Education’.  The concept of transformative epistemology moves thinking away from epistemologically reductionist ideas of transforming materials, to technological solutions as purposeful transformations of ontological states.  David is interested in learning with tangible objects and materials.  He looks at how technology and engineering subjects are conceptualised, how this shapes classroom teaching and learning, and the role of evidence-based thinking in Education systems and change processes more broadly.  He very much welcomes discussion with anyone who shares similar or related interests. 

See also: ResearchGate | LinkedIn | SSRN | SlideShare | Academia.edu 

Twitter: @dmorrisonlove

Contact David via Skype (Username: dmlove80)

Orchid Identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-4738

Research Interests

My research explores aspects of curriculum, learning progression, assessment and pedagogy in Design, Technology, Engineering and associated areas of learning.  There are two drivers for this work:

1. The conceptual and philosophical dimensions of design, technology and engineering curricula and subjects.
2. Change processes in education systems, assessment and learning progression.

My work aims to: (i) develop and improve approaches to classroom assessment, teaching and learning, (ii) understanding how subjects are theoretically and practically understood at local and international levels, and (iii) explore ways of effectively bringing together research, policy and practice in Education to improve outcomes for pupils, teachers and students of initial teacher education.

Methodological Approaches

Predominantly qualitative approaches, philosophical analysis, participatory research methods, observation/discourse/digital media analysis.

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Project Title: Understanding Learning Progression Methods Project (ULPM)

Project Staff: Morrison-Love, D. (PI), Makara, K. (Co-I), and Borquez Sanchez, E. (RA).

Project Description: The project is funded by the Carnegie Trust, Research Incentive Grant RIG009335. This project addresses the problem of limited evidence about the substantive nature of pupils' learning as they progress through national curricula areas with specified progression steps, and the factors affecting this learning. We will develop a new methodological approach, set of data-gathering instruments, and guiding principles for adaptation, using a combination of methodologies and teacher expertise, to investigate learning progression where no prototypical method currently exists.

The project is guided by the following objectives:

1. Develop a method for gathering high quality and longitudinal evidence of pupils’ learning progression to be gathered as they move through different areas of a national curriculum.
2. Develop a set of associated data gathering instruments that elicit data/evidence from teachers, pupils and learning activities in Mathematics, Humanities and Science & Technology. This data should be of a form that allows a composite representation of learning progression to be constructed in a more extensive study commencing in the future.
3. Piloting of data gathering instruments with pupils, teachers and learning activities in selected curricular areas.

Awarding Body: The Carnegie Trust for the Univesrities of Scotland

Duration: 2020-Present.

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Project Title: Deepening National Understandings of Assessment in Curriculum for Wales

Project Staff: Hayward, L. MacBride, G., Makara, K., Morrison-Love, D., Spencer, E., Vadera-Gill, F., Farrer, J., Borquez Sanchez, E. Wiseman-Orr, L., Hutchinson, C.

Project Description: The Welsh Government has published guidance for all practitioners employed in all Welsh maintained schools and funded non-maintained nursery education on the Curriculum for Wales introduced last year. This includes guidance on the principles and approaches which will underpin assessment practice designed to support learning progression for all learners aged 3 to 16 in all aspects of the curriculum. 

This Welsh Government funded project involves educational researchers from the University of Glasgow, with colleagues from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, collaborating with practitioners and policy makers to co-construct a resource which will support schools and practitioners both to engage with and develop their understanding of the concepts which underpin assessment practice aligned with curricular policy and guidance and to make use of these concepts as they develop school and classroom practice aligned with Curriculum for Wales. 

Awarding Body: The Welsh Government

Duration: 2021-Present.

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Project Title: Curriculum for Wales - Principles of Progression Think Piece

Project Staff: Hayward, L. MacBride, G., Makara, K., Morrison-Love, D., Spencer, E. and Vadera-Gill, F.

Project Description: Since the publication of the Curriculum for Wales Framework, (January 2020) the Covid19 pandemic has dominated all planning and response. Consequently, we have received limited feedback in relation to how it has been received by practitioners.  The purpose of this brief is therefore to commission a report, an over-arching think piece that explores the following: 

• Reflect how coherent is the approach to progression in the Curriculum for Wales based on the guidance?  
• What are the next steps to support practitioners understanding and application of progression, and its relationship with assessment? 
• How will professionals build a shared understanding of progression in all areas of the curriculum? 

Awarding Body: The Welsh Government

Duration: 2021-Present.

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Project Title: Decision Trees: Improving the Impact of Research on Policy and Practice

Project Staff: Hayward, L. MacBride, G., Makara, K. Morrison-Love, D. and Spencer, E.

Project Description: UofG researchers developed a Decision Tree Toolkit to align research, policy and practice in education, leading to evidence-informed decision-making and sustainable change. This approach addresses the challenge of policy development that is deeply rooted in evidence and ensuring a close relationship between policy and classroom practice.  This project further develops this Toolkit with international academic and policy partners in a wide range of policy contexts.

Awarding Body: ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Award

Duration: 2020-Present.

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Project Title: Methods for Understanding Learning Progression

Project Staff: Morrison-Love, D. and Makara, K.

Project Description: This project is developing methodological approaches and data gathering instruments that can be used to explore the nature of pupil learning progression in a national curriculum.  The project focusses upon three distinct curricular areas: (i) Mathematics, (ii) Humanities and (iii) Science & Technology and will develop approaches and guiding principles that can be more widely applied to better understand pupil learning, classroom assessment and pedagogy.

Awarding Body: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Duration: 2020-Present.

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Project Title: CAMAU: Learning Progression for Wales

Project Staff: Hayward, L.,  Jones, D. E., Waters, J., Makara, K., Morrison-Love, D., Spencer, E., Barnes, J., Davies, H., Hughes, S., Jones, C., Nelson, S., Ryder, N., Stacey, D., Wallis, R., Baxter, J., MacBride, G., Bendall, R., Brooks, S., Cooze, A., Davies, L., Denny, H., Donaldson, P., Hughes, S., Lewis, I., Lloyd, P., Maitra, S., Morgan, C, Pellew James, S., Samuel-Thomas, S., Sharpling, E., Southern, A., Stewart, S., Valdera-Gil, F., Wardle, G.

Project Description: The CAMAU project was established with funding from UWTSD and the Welsh Government to work with teachers and policy makers to develop progression frameworks for all areas of the curriculum. These descriptions of progression in learning are evidence-informed and supportive of assessment practices that are consistent with the ‘spirit’ rather than the ‘letter’ of assessment for learning.

Awarding Body: University of Wales Trinity St David, Welsh Government

Duration: 2017-Present

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Project Reports: Learning About Progression

Project Report: Building the Evidence Base to Promote a Successful Future for the Curriculum for Wales

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Project Title: Access to Impact

Project Staff: David Morrison-Love, Dawne Irving-Bell, Dave Wooff, Matt McLain.

Project Description: This project explores ways of supporting professional dialogue between teachers and authors of published research to enhance outcomes for learners as well as provide more direct insights into the impact of published research.

Awarding Body: ITEEA (£16,060 in kind support).

Duration: Ongoing

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Project Title: Mathematics Revision Resources for Students in the School of Education.

Project Staff: Dr David Morrison-Love, Dr Sue Milne, Mr Lee Dunn & Mr Naill Barr.

Project Description: This project will provide diagnostic testing facilities for students in the School of Education, with feedback linked to revision resources, including sustainable formative assessment. This builds on the work of several Jisc-funded projects led by the University, and an existing first year module already running for BTechEd. It will also provide tools and training to enable staff to create feedback-rich assessment resources for their students.

Awarding Body: Learning & Teaching Development Fund, University of Glasgow

Duration: August 2014 - July 2015

Further Information & Project Updates: Link to follow.

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Project Title: LITUP (Learning through the Integration of Technology in a University Partnership)

Project Staff: Prof Vivienne Baumfield, Prof Nigel Leask, Prof Jyoti Sharma, Dr David Morrison-Love.

Project Description: This project supports the development of technology enhanced learning in shared modules in English Literature between two Higher Education Institutions. This will involve the development of a framework and model to guide the design and implementation of pedagogical and instructional design that can be utilised in other subject areas.

Awarding Body: British Council: Knowledge Economy Partnerships

Duration: April 2014 - April 2015

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Project Title: Thinking with Things

Project Staff: Dr David Morrison-Love, Miss Olesya Nedvetskaya (Research Assistant)

Project Description: Exploring ways in which S2 pupil interaction with a range of tools and materials to generate design ideas can be represented as a system of distributed thinking. As a pilot project, this is exploratory in nature and seeks to ascertain areas of interest that could be further explored through a larger grant application.

Awarding Body: Adam Smith Research Foundation, University of Glasgow

Duration: November 2013 - November 2014

David is interested in hearing from those who may wish to pursue PhD research in the following (and related) areas:

• Curriculum, assessment and pedagogy in technology, engineering & vocational education
• Assessment and Learning Progression
• Classroom and technology enhanced assessment practices
• Learning, problem solving and design thinking in Technological and Engineering
• Professional learning and teacher education.        

Current Students:

• Akbar, Muhammad Naveed
  Students' study habits, collaboration, and the role of of technology enhancement in the quality of learning
• Al Madi, Maged Saad O
  Lesson Study as Teacher Development Strategy: A Case Study of Primary School in Riyadh/Saudi Arabia.
• Aldossry, Badi Shara F
  The effectiveness of iPad in enhancing instruction in Mathematics Teaching and Learning for Secondary School in Saudi Arabia

Taught Masters

David has undertaken masters supervision for students undertaking the MSc in Education.

Undergraduate

David supervises undergraduate students who have investigated, and developed resources for, a range of areas and issues in Technology Education at both Primary and Secondary level including:

• Understanding Materials Through Technology in Primary Schools
• Enhancing Pupil Engagement with 3D Modelling Software
• The Design of a Teaching Resource to Enhance Pupils' Skills in Justifying Design Choices
• A Comparative Study of Approaches to ACfE
• How does Technology Education provide Young People with the Skills that Employers look for? A Stakeholder's Analysis.
• As a Teacher, How can I best Support a Pupil with Down Syndrome in Practical Craft Skills, at National 4/5 level?
• Cognitive fixation effects in design thinking.   

I practice evidence and research informed teaching, course design and innovation

David is currently responsible for teaching on the Bachelor of Technological Education degree programme and delivers the following courses:

• Design & Integrating Technology T3 (20 Credits)
• Integrating Technology T1 (10 Credits)
• Materials & Processes T3 (10 Credits)
• Teacher Education (technology) 1 (10 Credits)
• Teacher Education (technology) 2 (10 Credits)
• Teacher Education (technology) 3 (10 Credits)
• Engineering Systems & Robotics T4 (20 Credits)
• Final Year UG Dissertation
• Educational Research Methods

Previously, he has also been responsible for delivering courses in Electronics and Technology & Society.

As a secondary school teacher of Technology Education, David has experience delivering a range of subjects and courses including Curriculum for Excellence Technology Courses, Craft & Design, Graphic Communication, Technological Studies and Practical Craft Skills. 

Prizes, awards & distinctions

• 2019: Sylvius-Wolansky Award for Outstanding Publication in the Field of Technology and Engineering Education (Council on Technology & Engineering Teacher Education & the G. Harold Silvius Foundation)
• 2017: 21st Century Fellow of the ITEEA (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association)
• 2016: 21st Century Leadership Award (International Technology and Engineering Educators Association)

Awards, Recognition & Roles

• Top 3 Presentations Award at PATT 38 Conference, 27-30 April 2021, University of Turku, Finland for presentation entitled: 'The Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model: Empowering Student Teachers of Design & Technology Education to Create their own Pedagogy'
• Recipient of the 2019 Sylvius-Wolansky Award for Outstanding Publication in the Field of Technology and Engineering Education (awarded for paper entitled: 'Towards a Transformative Epistemology of Technology Education' published in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2017, Vol. 51, Issue 1: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9752.12226).
• CAMAU Project: Finalists in the 2019 University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement Awards
• Session Chair at the Nisbet Summit and Inaugural Meeting of the International Educational Assessment Network, Glasgow, May 2018.
• 21st Century Fellow with the International Technology & Engineering Education Association.
• Invited Session Chair for the 11th International Conference on Technology Education for the Asia-Pacific Region. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2015.
• Shortlisted for the 2016 Student Teaching Awards under the Category of 'Best Feedback'.
• GTCS Professional Recognition for Technology Education.
• GTCS Professional Recognition for Assessment.
• GTCS Professional Recognition for Mentoring.
• Underwood Trust Scholarship for Post-Graduate Studies.
• Scottish Technology Teachers' Association Undergraduate Medal Winner.

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Professional Memberships & Organisations

• Member of the International Technology and Engineering Education Association
• Member of the University of Glasgow Educational Assessment Network
• Member of the Council on Technology & Engineering Teacher Education
• Member of the International Educational Assessment Network.
• Member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
• Registered Expert with the European Commission & UNESCO.
• Member of the National Technologies Forum, Education Scotland.
• Membership of the Alliance for Useful Evidence.  
• Senate Seat as a Representative for the College of Social Science, University of Glasgow (2014-2017).
• Member of the University of Glasgow Senate Conduct Committee (2014-2017).

Review Panel Membership (past & present)

• Reviewer for the Council on Technology Teacher Education Research Monograph Series
• European Journal of Engineering Education
• European Journal of Teacher Education
• The Global Education Review
• Technology, Pedagogy & Education
• The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland‌ (Grant Application Review)

Scholarship & Development Projects

Project Title: Redeveloping Courses for Online Learning

Project Staff: Dr David Morrison-Love and Dr Fiona Patrick

Project Description: The Covid-19 pandemic rapidly required academics and teachers to re-think and re-configure face-to-face teaching for online delivery.  The two-fold challenge in doing this is to maintain the educational integrity and quality for learners, but with courses that were not originally designed to be delivered online.  This project undertook a rapid review of the evidence-base around online learning and teaching.  From this, a set of guiding principles and practical considerations were developed to support the process of translating existing face-to-face courses into effective models of online delivery.  These principles and considerations were applied to the redevelopment of a number of courses across the BTechEd and MDTechEd Initial Teacher Education degree programmes.

Further Information & Project Updates:  

Redeveloping Courses for Online Learning: A Short Paper for Sharing Ideas

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Project Title: Adaptive Subject Pedagogy: A New Model for Generating and Mediating Approaches to Subject Learning

Project Staff: Dr David Morrison-Love and Dr Fiona Patrick

Project Description: Begun in 2018 and ongoing, this project has developed a new andragogical model to support Design & Technology Education students to integrate theories and research evidence with their practitioner reflections on learning and teaching. The aim is to support students to generate evidence-informed subject pedagogies. The model directly addresses the insufficiency of generic pedagogical approaches for Design & Technology as well as the theory-practice divide in teacher education. The model draws on research in the fields of: content and pedagogical knowledge for teaching; reflective practice; learning progressions; and learning transformations. It is also informed by the work the CAMAU Project and the University of Glasgow Assessment Network.  ITE students on the Design & Technology Education programme at the University of Glasgow are working collaboratively with us to shape and refine this model.

Further Information & Project Updates:

The Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model: Empowering Student Teachers of Design & Technology Education to Create their own Pedagogy (PATT38 Conference, April 2021) [Conference Abstract] [Conference Presentation]

Developing Pedagogical Expertise in Initial Teacher Education - Introducing the Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model

Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model

Integrating Knowledge for the Creation of Subject Pedagogies: An Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model for ITE in Design & Technology

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