Institute of Education London

Lesley Coles

• Qualifications and position:
  • B.Ed, Dip Ed, D.A (Dokter Andus)
  • CapLits Co-ordinator, Pre-sessional Course Leader
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Children and Learning
• Department:
  • Culture, Communications and Media
• Centre:
  • Centre for Academic and Professional Literacies (CAPLITS)
• Summary:
  • I have taught across all age groups and in three very different subjects; Dance, English and Education. I was a Senior Lecturer and Head of curriculum before I completed my Doktor Anders in Holland on Discourse, Argumentation studies and Analysis. My main interests are: Academic Literacy, Course Design and evaluation, Reading for Writing and Pragmatic Critical Analysis, and Writing in the performing Arts.
    
    My research interests include:
    • reading for writing, dissertation writing, materials design and applications,
    • negotiating the conventions of academic writing
    • argumentation and the teaching of fallacy theory, criticality and the literature review.
• Teaching:
  • As well as being the Coordinator for CapLits and the presessional course Leader, my teaching Includes; The presessional Course, Advanced Thesis Writing, Dissertation Writing, Reading and Writing Arguments, and Writing Critically.