Institute of Education London

John Brown

• Qualifications and position:
  • Programme Manager
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Department of Psychology and Human Development
• Centre:
  • Special Educational Needs Joint Initiative for Training (SENJIT)
• Summary:
  • I have a particular interest in the curriculum and pedagogy for learners with SEN and disabilities and a particular interest in LDD learners in post - compulsory education.
• Teaching:
  • Short courses on matters related to learning difficulties and or disabilities for school, training provider and FE college practitioners.
• Research Projects:
  • Voices of 14-19 learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities
    The development of TDA materials for SEN teacher training
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Inclusive systems in Europe
    Voices of trainees with learning difficulties
    Voices of level 1 and Enry level learners
    Voices of NEETS
    Teachers attitudes to and conceptualisation of a 'skills-based" curriculum in relation ot learners with special educational needs
• Professional Activities:
  • Management committee of a training provider
    Member of DCSF working party "Making progress for learners with SEN
    Advisor to UK Awarding Bodies on courses below level one of QCF
    
• Conferences/presentations:
  • Foundation Learning Tier- and Inclusion. IOE conference January 2009 (chair)
    Inclusive assessment October 2008, Denmark
    Developing an inclusive curriculum, Netherlands, January 2009-(Chair)
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • Inclusion/SEN/ learing difficulties:
    Netherlands
    Sweden
    Denmark
    Germany (Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein)
    Austria.(especially Upper Austria)
• Languages Spoken:
  • French (basic)
    Spanish (Intermediate)
• Languages Written:
  • French Spanish