Institute of Education London

Dr Roy Gardner

• Qualifications and position:
  • Short course Co-ordinator
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Children and Learning
• Department:
  • Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication
• Summary:
  • • educational development and change in an international context
    • integration of an international dimension into mainstream education in England
    • educational values and equity in national and international policy texts in education in curriculum and assessment, teacher education and quality assurance
    • social relations, human rights and citizenship in education
    • pedagogy, textbooks and learning materials
• Teaching:
  • 2002-present
    Module Leader, B.Ed. Global Challenges
    
    2006-present
    Module Leader, MA The Assurance of Quality and Standards
    
    1990-present:
    Co-ordinator on the following short courses:
    • Advanced Course in Textbooks and Other Learning Materials, Design Development and Management
    • Advanced Course in Curriculum Design, Development and Evaluation
    • Advanced Course in Educational Inspection and Supervision
    • Intensive Course in Education Management Information Systems
    • Intensive Course in the Planning of Successful Education Projects and Programmes
• Research Projects:
  • • creation of an international knowledge-hub for the discourse and practice of quality assurance in and for compulsory education through an examination of the values, aims and intended outcomes of quality assurance policies in the UK, United States and Canada, Europe, China, and South East Asia
    • changing pedagogies for changing practice and textbook development in teacher education, in Indonesia, Botswana, The Gambia and Grenada
    • collaborative writing of the personal and professional stories of in-service teachers to explore the intellectual, affective and pedagogical professional development required for engaging with global challenges confidently in classrooms in the UK and overseas
    • an examination of values in international policy texts and the culture-fits required to match change-management in educational policies with culture-specific educational contexts.
• Postgraduate Research:
  • A major doctoral study of an African settlement in Botswana at SOAS, University of London. The study sought to investigate the enduring social relationships in rural settlements and how these relationships could be sustained at a time of accelerating social change in the country and region. The thesis was entitled: 'Serowe: a distinctive form of African urbanism'. This followed ethnographic research for 'A Primary History of Botswana' – the book adopted the form of traditional stories from each of the major clans with contemporary materials related to the country as a whole.
• Professional Activities:
  • Consultant for British Council, DFID, UNESCO, World Bank and consultant to the governments of Botswana, Iran, Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, The Gambia, Andhra Pradesh (India), Indonesia, Grenada, Bhutan, Lesotho, Swaziland, Pakistan, Nepal and the Ministries of Education in Kenya, Nigeria, Turkmenistan
    External Examiner for University of Botswana, University of London External Examinations, Kings College, London
• Conferences/presentations:
  • 1999 Global perspectives on citizenship education, Institute of Education, University of London
    2001 The role of accredited professional development among non-specialist teachers of religion in faith based schools
    2003 Rethinking classroom strategies to support learning Gambia College, The Gambia, Govt of The Gambia and World Bank
    2005 Democratization and the introduction of quality assurance in compulsory education:supporting the role of regional and local institutions in empowering schools to bring about quality improvement and enhanced student achievement, Jakarta, International Conference on Quality Assurance for and In Schools: Ministry of National Education, Indonesia
    2008 Faith Schools: For and Against. The Visiting Parliamentary Fellows Seminar:How can democracies cope with minorities St Antony's College Oxford (See attached note on the Seminars arranged)
    2008 Strategies for the planning, implementation and evaluation of educational change. Workshop. Govt of Turkmenistan and UNESCO
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • Botswana, Iran, Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, The Gambia, Andhra Pradesh, Indonesia, Grenada, Bhutan, Lesotho, Swaziland, Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Nigeria, Turkmenistan