School of Education

Dr Mark Peart

  • Lecturer in Teacher Education (Primary with specialism in Technologies) (School of Education)

email: Mark.Peart@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

Office N502a (North Wing), St. Andrew's Building, School of Education, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094

Biography

Dr Mark Peart is a Lecturer in Teacher Education, with a specialism in Primary Education Technologies, at the University of Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS). Mark currently serves as Programme Lead for the MSc AI in Education and holds the role of International Regional Champion for Europe within the School of Education’s Internationalisation team.

Mark obtained his BA (Hons) in Primary Education, MSc in Research into Teacher Training and ICT, and PhD in Education from the University of Extremadura (Spain). His doctoral research focused on the development of digital and socio-civic competences to promote digital citizenship education and youth participation.

He has extensive experience in teaching, assessment and module leadership across Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes in both UK and international contexts. His teaching and leadership contributions span curriculum and pedagogy, school organisation, digital technologies, educational innovation, and educational research. Mark also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.

Mark has published an array of journal articles and book chapters and has an established profile of contributions to international conferences. He is co-author of an edited book, written with international colleagues, focused on school organisation and the challenges of education within a global and digital society. In addition, he acts as a reviewer for several leading academic journals related to teacher education, technology and education. 

Prior to joining the University of Glasgow, Mark worked for nearly ten years as a Primary School Teacher within the Spanish education system, teaching children aged 6–12, predominantly in upper primary (P6–7). During this time, he held leadership responsibilities related to digital education and teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD). He has also worked as a a part-time lecturer in Initial Teacher Education programmes at the University of Extremadura.

Mark’s professional expertise and scholarly interests are centred on teachers’ digital and AI readiness, digital learning and teaching, reflective practice, pedagogical reasoning with digital technologies, and critical digital and AI literacy. His work also focuses on the promotion of digital citizenship and pedagogical knowledge for primary education contexts. He has a particular interest in embedding emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, into practice.

In addition, Mark’s scholarship explores teacher education, critical digital literacy, the curriculum for technologies, and the wider social, cultural, political implications of digital technologies and AI in education, including digital divides, transformative education and social justice.

 

 

 

Research interests

My research interest are around the areas of:

  • Teacher Education and Digital Readiness
  • Teachers' Digital Education
  • Teachers' Digital Literacy and Competence
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) in Education
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning and Educational Technology: assumptions and emedding into practice
  • Active and creative methodologies and pedagogy
  • Wider social and educational impliciations of digital education

Mark welcomes applications from Ph.D. candidates, as well as MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship candidates who are looking to work in the previous areas of interest.

Publications

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2026

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (2026) AI in Education: Ethical Understanding and Application: A Reflective Toolkit for Integrating Digital Technologies and AI into Education. Scottish Educational Research Associations Ethics Network and School Leaders Scotland Webinar Series, Online, 12 Feb 2026.

2025

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Robinson, Leon and Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882 (2025) Reflective toolkit for embedding digital technology and AI into teaching practices. Documentation. University of Glasgow. (In Press)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Kelly, Simon and Mier, Christopher (2025) Pre-service and in-service teachers’ educational use of technology in Primary and Secondary Schools across Glasgow City Council. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.361694).

Lopez Medialdea, Ana Maria and Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (Eds.) (2025) La organización del centro escolar y los retos de una sociedad global y digital = School organisation and the challenges of a global and digital society. Series: Graó Educación. Graó Editorial: Spain. ISBN 9788419788917

Manchado-Nieto, C. and Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (2025) Procesos de calidad y evaluación de los centros educativos = Quality assurance and assessment in schools. In: Lopez Medialdea, Ana Maria and Peart, Mark (eds.) La organización del centro escolar y los retos de una sociedad global y digital = School organisation and the challenges of a global and digital society. Series: Graó Educación (364). Graó Editorial: Spain, pp. 211-224. ISBN 9788419788917

Monserrat-Sierra, M.C and Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (2025) La investigación educativa al servicio de la escuela y la práctica educativa = Educational research at the service of schools and practitioners. In: Lopez Medialdea, Ana Maria and Peart, Mark (eds.) La organización del centro escolar y los retos de una sociedad global y digital = School organisation and the challenges of a global and digital society. Series: Graó Educación (364). Graó Editorial: Spain, pp. 225-238. ISBN 9788419788917

2024

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Higgins, Steve, Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo Delgado, Sixto (2024) Digital and socio-civic skills development and young people’s perceptions of digital citizenship in the UK. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 19(3), pp. 463-475. (doi: 10.1177/17461979231170232)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 and Ayuso del Puerto, Desirée (2024) Project-based learning with Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Open Educational Resources = Aprendizaje basado en proyectos con realidad virtual y realidad aumentada mediante recursos educativos abiertos. In: Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia and Ibáñez-Cubillas, Pilar (eds.) Metodologías didácticas en contextos enriquecidos con tecnologías. Ediciones Octaedero. ISBN 9788419506870

2022

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Cubo-Delgado, Sixto and Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia (2022) Exploring the role of digital and socio-civic skills for promoting youth participation and digital citizenship. European Journal of Educational Research, 11(2), pp. 697-709. (doi: 10.12973/EU-JER.11.2.697)

2021

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo Delgado, Sixto (2021) Secondary education students' digital scenario and learning strategies use. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 13(2), pp. 139-148. (doi: 10.1504/IJTEL.2021.114050)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo Delgado, Sixto (2021) Secondary education students digital scenario and learning strategies use. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 13(2), pp. 139-148. (doi: 10.1504/IJTEL.2019.10031574)

2020

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo-Delgado, Sixto (2020) Development of the digital and socio-civic skills (DIGISOC) questionnaire. Educational Technology Research and Development, 68, pp. 3327-3351. (doi: 10.1007/S11423-020-09824-Y)

2018

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez-Esteban, P. and Cubo Delgado, S. (2018) Secondary education students' technology use in digital environments. In: Smyrnova-Trybulska, E. (ed.) E-learning and Smart Learning Environment for the Preparation of New Generation Specialist. Series: e-learning (10). Studio Noa for University of Silesia: Katowice, Cieszyn, pp. 125-135. ISBN 9788366055056

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez-Esteban, P. and Cubo-Delgado, S. (2018) e-Learning and Smart Learning Environment for the Preparation of New Generation Specialists. In: Conference on E-learning and Smart Learning Environment for the Preparation of New Generation Specialists, Katowice, Poland, 2018,

2014

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 and Gutiérrez-Esteban, P. (2014) Introducing self organized learning environments in higher education as a tool for lifelong learning. In: Symrnova-Trybulska, E. (ed.) E-learning and Intercultural Competences Development in Different Countries. Studio Noa for University of Silesia, pp. 413-423. ISBN 9788360071762

Peart, Mark Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 and Gutierrez-Estaban, Prudencia (2014) Self-Organised Learning Environments in Higher Education: A Teaching Proposal. In: XVII International Conference on Education and Technology (EDUTEC), Cordoba, Spain, 12-14 Nov 2014,

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Number of items: 16.

Articles

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Higgins, Steve, Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo Delgado, Sixto (2024) Digital and socio-civic skills development and young people’s perceptions of digital citizenship in the UK. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 19(3), pp. 463-475. (doi: 10.1177/17461979231170232)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Cubo-Delgado, Sixto and Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia (2022) Exploring the role of digital and socio-civic skills for promoting youth participation and digital citizenship. European Journal of Educational Research, 11(2), pp. 697-709. (doi: 10.12973/EU-JER.11.2.697)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo Delgado, Sixto (2021) Secondary education students' digital scenario and learning strategies use. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 13(2), pp. 139-148. (doi: 10.1504/IJTEL.2021.114050)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo Delgado, Sixto (2021) Secondary education students digital scenario and learning strategies use. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 13(2), pp. 139-148. (doi: 10.1504/IJTEL.2019.10031574)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia and Cubo-Delgado, Sixto (2020) Development of the digital and socio-civic skills (DIGISOC) questionnaire. Educational Technology Research and Development, 68, pp. 3327-3351. (doi: 10.1007/S11423-020-09824-Y)

Book Sections

Manchado-Nieto, C. and Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (2025) Procesos de calidad y evaluación de los centros educativos = Quality assurance and assessment in schools. In: Lopez Medialdea, Ana Maria and Peart, Mark (eds.) La organización del centro escolar y los retos de una sociedad global y digital = School organisation and the challenges of a global and digital society. Series: Graó Educación (364). Graó Editorial: Spain, pp. 211-224. ISBN 9788419788917

Monserrat-Sierra, M.C and Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (2025) La investigación educativa al servicio de la escuela y la práctica educativa = Educational research at the service of schools and practitioners. In: Lopez Medialdea, Ana Maria and Peart, Mark (eds.) La organización del centro escolar y los retos de una sociedad global y digital = School organisation and the challenges of a global and digital society. Series: Graó Educación (364). Graó Editorial: Spain, pp. 225-238. ISBN 9788419788917

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 and Ayuso del Puerto, Desirée (2024) Project-based learning with Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Open Educational Resources = Aprendizaje basado en proyectos con realidad virtual y realidad aumentada mediante recursos educativos abiertos. In: Gutiérrez-Esteban, Prudencia and Ibáñez-Cubillas, Pilar (eds.) Metodologías didácticas en contextos enriquecidos con tecnologías. Ediciones Octaedero. ISBN 9788419506870

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez-Esteban, P. and Cubo Delgado, S. (2018) Secondary education students' technology use in digital environments. In: Smyrnova-Trybulska, E. (ed.) E-learning and Smart Learning Environment for the Preparation of New Generation Specialist. Series: e-learning (10). Studio Noa for University of Silesia: Katowice, Cieszyn, pp. 125-135. ISBN 9788366055056

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 and Gutiérrez-Esteban, P. (2014) Introducing self organized learning environments in higher education as a tool for lifelong learning. In: Symrnova-Trybulska, E. (ed.) E-learning and Intercultural Competences Development in Different Countries. Studio Noa for University of Silesia, pp. 413-423. ISBN 9788360071762

Edited Books

Lopez Medialdea, Ana Maria and Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (Eds.) (2025) La organización del centro escolar y los retos de una sociedad global y digital = School organisation and the challenges of a global and digital society. Series: Graó Educación. Graó Editorial: Spain. ISBN 9788419788917

Research Reports or Papers

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Robinson, Leon and Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882 (2025) Reflective toolkit for embedding digital technology and AI into teaching practices. Documentation. University of Glasgow. (In Press)

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Kelly, Simon and Mier, Christopher (2025) Pre-service and in-service teachers’ educational use of technology in Primary and Secondary Schools across Glasgow City Council. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.361694).

Conference or Workshop Item

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 (2026) AI in Education: Ethical Understanding and Application: A Reflective Toolkit for Integrating Digital Technologies and AI into Education. Scottish Educational Research Associations Ethics Network and School Leaders Scotland Webinar Series, Online, 12 Feb 2026.

Conference Proceedings

Peart, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094, Gutiérrez-Esteban, P. and Cubo-Delgado, S. (2018) e-Learning and Smart Learning Environment for the Preparation of New Generation Specialists. In: Conference on E-learning and Smart Learning Environment for the Preparation of New Generation Specialists, Katowice, Poland, 2018,

Peart, Mark Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-7094 and Gutierrez-Estaban, Prudencia (2014) Self-Organised Learning Environments in Higher Education: A Teaching Proposal. In: XVII International Conference on Education and Technology (EDUTEC), Cordoba, Spain, 12-14 Nov 2014,

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Grants

 

Mark has a growing record in securing and contributing to funded initiatives, through both P.I. and Co‑P.I. roles: 

 

  • 2025-2026: Received, as Co-PI, the Teacher Education Research and Teaching Group Small Grants Funding for the organisation of the I International Symposium on AI in Education - Charting a course for ethical, responsible and critical uses of AI in learning and teaching. Total funding amount: £1500.
  • 2025-2026: Received as PI, Teacher Education Research and Teaching Group Small Grants Funding for the development of a reflective toolkit for embedding digital technologies into practice for educators. Total funding amount: £800.
  • 2024-2025: Received internal funding from the University of Glasgow's College of Social Science Horizon Europe Proposal Scheme 2025, to support leading or being a substantial partner in a submitted collaborative Horizon Europe research funding bid for the HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-12 call. Total funding amount: £5000. 

Mark has experience in creating bids for:

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of Horizon Europe Staff Exchange Funding. 
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of Horizon Europe Postdoctoral Fellowships.
  • Horizon Europe Cluster 2 Funding schemes: Culture, Creativity and Incluvie Society Cluster Calls of Horizon Europe. 

 

Supervision

 

Mark welcomes supervision enquiries from students interested in developing dissertations aligned with his research expertise

 

  • Teacher Education and Digital Readiness.
  • Teachers' Digital Education.
  • Teachers' Digital Literacy and Competence.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) in Education.
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning and Educational Technology: assumptions and emedding into practice.
  • Active and creative methodologies and pedagogy.
  • Wider social and educational impliciations of digital education.

 

He is currently involved as a supervisor or co‑supervisor on the following dissertations:

 

  • Aloufi, Ahad Obaid A
    AI-Assisted Approaches in Enhancing Pronunciation Skills in Second Language Acquisition
  • Childs, Katharine
    Promoting Interest and Broadening Participation in Computing among Middle School Pupils through Physical Computing Projects using Grounded Cognition Theory
  • Kurbaniyazov, Israil
    MOOCs as an Environment for the Development of In-Service Teachers' Self-Regulated Learning Skills: A Case from Central Asia

Teaching

During this academic year, Mark will be:

  • Teaching and/or marking on the PGDE Programme courses:
    • Research and Enquiry-Led Learning & Teaching (RELLT)
    • Curriculum, Pedagogy and Practice (CPP) - Primary Education (Technologies)
  • Teaching and/or marking on MEduc Programme courses:
    • Fundamentals of Education 1A
    • Curriculum Enquiry (1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3, 4) Subject specialism in Technologies
    • Educational Elective 3: Digital Learning and Teaching
    • Education and Society 3
    • MEduc Year 5 Dissertations 
  • Co-leading on Curriculum Enquiry 2A and 2B

 

 

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2025: Member, Association for the Study of Primary Education
  • 2025: Member, International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT)
  • 2025: Full Registration, General Teaching Council for Scotland
  • 2024: Member, Scottish Educational Research Association
  • 2023: Member, British Educational Research Association
  • 2023: Member, Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association
  • 2020 - 2023: Member, Spanish Pedagogical Society
  • 2020 - 2023: Member, Interuniversity Network for Educational Technology (Spain)

Selected international presentations

  • 2025: 21st Biennial Conference of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT) (Glasgow, Scotland (UK))
  • 2025: International Conference of the Spanish Pedagogical Society (Seville, Spain)
  • 2022: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) (Yerevan, Armenia)
  • 2021: XVII International Conference on Pedagogy (Madrid, Spain)
  • 2021: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • 2019: XIX International Conference on Educational Research (Madrid, Spain)
  • 2019: XXVII Educational Technology University Conference (JUTE) (Santander, Spain)
  • 2018: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) (Bolzano, Italy)
  • 2018: IX Conference of Young Researchers of Extremadura (Badajoz, Spain)
  • 2018: European Association on Educational Research Summer School (Brno, Czech Republic)
  • 2018: 10th International Conference on Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Distance Learning (Silesia, Poland)
  • 2017: European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 2017: XXV Educational Technology University Conference (JUTE) (Burgos, Spain)
  • 2014: 6th International Conference on Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Distance Learning (Silesia, Poland)
  • 2014: XVII International Conference on Education and Technology (EDUTEC) (Cordoba, Spain)

Supplementary

  • Mark is currently an External Examiner for Lancaster University

Additional information

 

Mark maintains active membership in several scholarly and professional communities, including the Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association (TPEA), the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT), the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA), and the British Educational Research Association (BERA). He is also a fully registered member of the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).

Mark serves as an junior ethics reviewer for the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Ethics Committee within the University of Glasgow. He acts as a peer reviewer for academic journals, including British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) and Technology, Pedagogy and Education (TPE), and is a reviewer for international and national conferences, including the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) and the BERA Annual Conference. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board for the Horizon Europe project Strategies for Achieving Equity and Inclusion in Education, Training and Learning in Democratic Europe (STRIDE).

In addition, Mark serves as an External Examiner for Blackburn College, University of Lancaster.

 


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