Dr Anna Beck

  • Senior Lecturer in Education (Social & Environmental Sustainability)

Biography

Anna is a Senior Lecturer in Education and PGR Deputy Director in the School of Social and Enviromental Sustanability. 

Before moving to the University of Glasgow, she was Lecturer in Teacher Professional Learning at the University of Strathclyde (2016-2022) and Lecturer in Education Policy at the University of Strathclyde (2022-2023). 

She completed her PhD in Education Policy in 2017 at the University of Glasgow, School of Education. 

Publications

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2025

Simpson, Charlaine, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Campbell, Louise (2025) The review and development of professional standards through the lens of Democratic Anchorage points. British Educational Research Journal, 51(2), pp. 572-591. (doi: 10.1002/berj.4090)

2024

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2024) Scottish education reform and democracy as political narrative. The myth of consultation. Research Intelligence, 160, pp. 22-23.

Beck, Anna D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2024) Translating teachers as leaders of educational change: briefcases, biscuits, and teacher participation in policymaking. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 56(1), pp. 22-38. (doi: 10.1080/00220620.2023.2275126)

2023

Mowat, Joan G. and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2023) Rising to the challenge of creating equitable, inclusive, and compassionate school communities in the recovery phase of the pandemic: the role of aspiring headteachers. Education Sciences, 13(5), 524. (doi: 10.3390/educsci13050524)

Huang, Alan, Klein, Markus and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2023) An exploration of teacher learning through reflection from a sociocultural and dialogical perspective: professional dialogue or professional monologue? Professional Development in Education, 49(2), pp. 353-367. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2020.1787192)

2021

Munro, Jane A. and Beck, Anna D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2021) The effect of UK nursing policy on higher education wound care provision and practice: a critical discourse analysis. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 22(2), pp. 134-145. (doi: 10.1177/1527154421994069) (PMID:33706598) (PMCID:PMC8056706)

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.

Hofbauer, Susann, Kelly, Peter and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2021) Between inclusion and improvement : evidence and the politics of teaching assistants in England. In: Kemethofer, David, Reitinger, Johannes and Soukup-Altrichter, Katharina (eds.) Vermessen? Zum Verhältnis von Bildungsforschung, Bildungspolitik und Bildungspraxis. Series: Beiträge zur Bildungsforschung (2). Waxmann. ISBN 9783830943167

2020

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Adams, Paul (2020) The Donaldson Report, partnership and teacher education. In: Shanks, Rachel (ed.) Teacher Preparation in Scotland. Series: Emerald studies in teacher preparation in national and global contexts. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 63-78. ISBN 9781839094811 (doi: 10.1108/978-1-83909-480-420201006)

2019

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2019) Secondary schools in Scotland under reform: the changing nature of governance, policy and curriculum. In: Capel, Susan, Leask, Marilyn and Younie, Sarah (eds.) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School [8 ed.]. Series: Learning to teach subjects in the secondary school series. Routledge. ISBN 9781138307599

2018

Dolan, Rose, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755, Snoek, Marco, Malone, Anthony and Verberg, Christel (2018) Teacher-Research From An International Perspective (Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands). European Conference of Educational Research, Bolzano, Italy, 3-7 September 2018.

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

2017

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2017) Teacher Engagement With Research: A Confused Agenda? In: Scottish Education Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference, Ayr, United Kingdom, 22-24 November 2017,

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Santoro, Ninetta (2017) Teachers Engaging in and with Research: Bonding, Bridging and Linking. In: European Conference for Educational Research (ECER) Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-25 August 2017,

Huang, Alan, Klein, Markus and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2017) Measuring Student Teachers’ Development of Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning in Professional Dialogue. European Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-25 August 2017.

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2017) ‘Partnership is a Daft Concept’: Policy Implementation and the Role of the Myth in Scottish Education. In: European Conference for Educational Research (ECER) Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-25 August 2017,

2016

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2016) Supporting the Development of Teacher Research: an Exploration of Hutcheson’s Centre for Research. Scottish Education Research Association Annual Conference, Dundee, UK, 23-25 November 2016.

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2016) Policy Networks in Scottish Education: the Politics of Representation. British Education Research Association (BERA) 2016 Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 13-15 September 2016.

2015

Gauld, N., Odena, O. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6009-7842, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755, Green, J., Huxtable, R. and Leigh, R. J. (2015) Education as if Research Mattered. In: Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference, University of Aberdeen, UK, 18-20 November 2015,

2014

Murphy, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-7119 and Beck, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2014) Devolved education? Policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In: Curtis, W., Ward, S., Sharp, J. and Hankin, L. (eds.) Education Studies: An Issues-Based Approach. SAGE: London, pp. 120-129. ISBN 9781446267424

2013

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2013) Tracing Education Policy in Action: Identifying Forces at Play in Scottish Teacher Education Reform. Australian Association for Educational Research (AARE) 2013 Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 1-5 December 2013.

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 20:43:53 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 21.

Articles

Simpson, Charlaine, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Campbell, Louise (2025) The review and development of professional standards through the lens of Democratic Anchorage points. British Educational Research Journal, 51(2), pp. 572-591. (doi: 10.1002/berj.4090)

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2024) Scottish education reform and democracy as political narrative. The myth of consultation. Research Intelligence, 160, pp. 22-23.

Beck, Anna D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2024) Translating teachers as leaders of educational change: briefcases, biscuits, and teacher participation in policymaking. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 56(1), pp. 22-38. (doi: 10.1080/00220620.2023.2275126)

Mowat, Joan G. and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2023) Rising to the challenge of creating equitable, inclusive, and compassionate school communities in the recovery phase of the pandemic: the role of aspiring headteachers. Education Sciences, 13(5), 524. (doi: 10.3390/educsci13050524)

Huang, Alan, Klein, Markus and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2023) An exploration of teacher learning through reflection from a sociocultural and dialogical perspective: professional dialogue or professional monologue? Professional Development in Education, 49(2), pp. 353-367. (doi: 10.1080/19415257.2020.1787192)

Munro, Jane A. and Beck, Anna D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2021) The effect of UK nursing policy on higher education wound care provision and practice: a critical discourse analysis. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 22(2), pp. 134-145. (doi: 10.1177/1527154421994069) (PMID:33706598) (PMCID:PMC8056706)

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.

Book Sections

Hofbauer, Susann, Kelly, Peter and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2021) Between inclusion and improvement : evidence and the politics of teaching assistants in England. In: Kemethofer, David, Reitinger, Johannes and Soukup-Altrichter, Katharina (eds.) Vermessen? Zum Verhältnis von Bildungsforschung, Bildungspolitik und Bildungspraxis. Series: Beiträge zur Bildungsforschung (2). Waxmann. ISBN 9783830943167

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Adams, Paul (2020) The Donaldson Report, partnership and teacher education. In: Shanks, Rachel (ed.) Teacher Preparation in Scotland. Series: Emerald studies in teacher preparation in national and global contexts. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 63-78. ISBN 9781839094811 (doi: 10.1108/978-1-83909-480-420201006)

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2019) Secondary schools in Scotland under reform: the changing nature of governance, policy and curriculum. In: Capel, Susan, Leask, Marilyn and Younie, Sarah (eds.) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School [8 ed.]. Series: Learning to teach subjects in the secondary school series. Routledge. ISBN 9781138307599

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

Murphy, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-7119 and Beck, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2014) Devolved education? Policy in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In: Curtis, W., Ward, S., Sharp, J. and Hankin, L. (eds.) Education Studies: An Issues-Based Approach. SAGE: London, pp. 120-129. ISBN 9781446267424

Conference or Workshop Item

Dolan, Rose, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755, Snoek, Marco, Malone, Anthony and Verberg, Christel (2018) Teacher-Research From An International Perspective (Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands). European Conference of Educational Research, Bolzano, Italy, 3-7 September 2018.

Huang, Alan, Klein, Markus and Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2017) Measuring Student Teachers’ Development of Metacognition and Self-regulated Learning in Professional Dialogue. European Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-25 August 2017.

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2016) Supporting the Development of Teacher Research: an Exploration of Hutcheson’s Centre for Research. Scottish Education Research Association Annual Conference, Dundee, UK, 23-25 November 2016.

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2016) Policy Networks in Scottish Education: the Politics of Representation. British Education Research Association (BERA) 2016 Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 13-15 September 2016.

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2013) Tracing Education Policy in Action: Identifying Forces at Play in Scottish Teacher Education Reform. Australian Association for Educational Research (AARE) 2013 Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 1-5 December 2013.

Conference Proceedings

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2017) Teacher Engagement With Research: A Confused Agenda? In: Scottish Education Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference, Ayr, United Kingdom, 22-24 November 2017,

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 and Santoro, Ninetta (2017) Teachers Engaging in and with Research: Bonding, Bridging and Linking. In: European Conference for Educational Research (ECER) Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-25 August 2017,

Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755 (2017) ‘Partnership is a Daft Concept’: Policy Implementation and the Role of the Myth in Scottish Education. In: European Conference for Educational Research (ECER) Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-25 August 2017,

Gauld, N., Odena, O. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6009-7842, Beck, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-3755, Green, J., Huxtable, R. and Leigh, R. J. (2015) Education as if Research Mattered. In: Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference, University of Aberdeen, UK, 18-20 November 2015,

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 20:43:53 2025 BST.

Supervision

  • ZHANG, Mingyue
    Comparing Processing Instruction and Traditional Instruction on the acquisition of English grammar

Anna Beck