Dr Clare Brooks

  • Qualifications and position:
    • PhD, MA, PGCE, BA(Hons)
    • Senior Lecturer in Geography Education
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
  • Summary:
    • As a geography educator, my primary interest is in teachers' development and use of their subject knowledge and in particular how this influences their engagement with curriculum. In addition, I am interested in the process of teacher development, and how teachers grow their expertise.
  • Teaching:
    • Programme Leader, MA in Geography Education
      Programme Leader, MA in Education (in development)
      Module Leader, Reading Research in Geography Education
  • Research Projects:
    • European Values Education (EVE) Project
      YoungNet Project
      Enews Project
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Research interests:
      Geography teachers' subject knowledge
      The role of subject knowledge in teaching

      PhD supervisor to:
      Tricia Seow - The development of pre-service geography teachers in Singapore and how they embody their subject knowledge
      David Mitchell - the enactment of the geography curriculum
      Elaine Toh - school based curriculum development initiatives in Singapore
      Lauren Hammond - Living and Learning in London
  • Professional Activities:
    • Editor of GeogEd
      External Examiner to Manchester Metropolitan University
      External Examiner to Edge Hill University
      External Examiner for University of Birmingham's PGCE Course Geography, 2005-2008
      External Examiner for Goldsmith's PGCE Course Geography, 2002-2005
      External Examiner for St Mary's PGCE Course Geography
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Invited Keynote Speaker at Humanities Conference, Singapore Ministry of Education, May 2012
      Geography Teacher Educators Conferences held in : Nottingham, 2011; Cambridge, 2010; Southport, 2009; Bristol, 2008; London, 2007; Brighton, 2006; Manchester, 2005; Lake District, 2004; Sheffield, 2003; Norwich, 2002; Liverpool, 2001
      IGU-CGE British Sub-Committee Conferences held in London, April 2011, April 2007 and April 2004
      IGU –CGE International Conferences held in Helsinki, 2001; Glasgow, 2004; Brisbane, 2006
      Invited Speaker at Geography Education Forum, NIE Singapore March 2010
      AAG, Annual Conference, Washington DC April 2010
      AAG, Annual Conference, Boston April, 2008
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Singapore
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French - basic
Dr Clare Brooks

Contact details

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

Publications

  • Butt, G. (ed) (2010) 'Geographical Knowledge and professional development' Brooks, C, Geography Education and the Future. London Continuum.
  • Brooks, C (2010) 'Why geography teachers' subject expertise matters', Geography 95:3, 143-148.
  • Heilbronn, R, & Yandell, J (eds) (2010) 'Learning to teach Geography' Brooks, C, Critical Practice in Teacher Education: a study of professional learning. London. Institute of Education.
  • Brooks, C (2010) 'Who are the researchers in geography education', International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
  • Brooks, C. (2009) 'Teaching Living Geography' in D. Mitchell (ed), Living Geography. Cambridge: Optima Publishing.
  • Brooks, C. (ed.) (2009) Studying PGCE Geography to Masters level. London: Routledge.
  • Brooks, C. (2009) 'Geographical Knowledge and its role in teaching', in Geography
  • Brooks, C. (2006a) 'Geographical Knowledge and Teaching Geography', in International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 15(4), 353-369.
  • Brooks, C. (2006) 'Geography Teachers and Making the School Geography Curriculum', in Geography 91(1),
  • Brooks, C., and Hopwood, N. (2005) 'Exploring Issues of Validity in a Study of Geography Teachers' Subject Knowledge', in Research in Geographic Education 8, 59-72.