Paul Clarke

Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education/Course Co-ordinator for Business/Economics Education

Institute of Education

Contact Details

email: p.clarke@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 855058


Qualifications
Assessor award June 1998 BTEC (Edexcel) 
PGCE June 1973 Newcastle UniversityD33/34
MA (Economics education)) June 1986 London University
BA Hons (Joint Econ/Pol) 2:2 June 1972 Warwick University

Teaching & Research

Teaching Interests

Business/Economics education
Citizenship/Values education
Students’ financial capability
Teaching of thinking skills; reflective practice
INSET experience in cross-curricular contexts; secondary schools

Research Interests

Citizenship, Thinking skills in business/economics education
Reflective writing on vocational experiences
Experience of Masters Level work in PGCE

Professional Bodies

Economics and Business Education Association 
Vice-chair (Education) of Association (1994-2002), actively involved in leading national and local developments for teachers. Work includes national and international conferences, working groups, two national curriculum development projects with publications, consultancy with professional groups including DfES and Ofsted.

Publications

Brilliant Mentor book now published Routledge 2010

Chapter on mentoring departments in ‘How to be a brilliant mentor’ ed Trevor Wright. Forthcoming Routledge Sept 2009

The Use of Collaborative Placements in Secondary Flexible PGCE Paper written with J.Sears and presented at BERA conference, London. September 2007

Student teacher’s reflective writing; Paper presented at EPEN Conference, Oporto, April 2007Material then published as part of case study material in ‘Reflective Journeys’ edited by P Chambers, published by Leonardo project

Making the most of E-learning in a business department; with Paul Saddington; Journal article: Teaching Business and Economics 2006 Vol 10 No 1  pp20-23, Professional Journal of Economics and Business Education Association

A review of initial teacher training in business (Chapter in Teaching Business Education by M.Jephcote and I.Abbott). David Fulton 2005 

Teaching Citizenship; Classroom Strategies for Secondary Schools (Authored book with Jenny Wales) Routledge Falmer 2005

External Responsibilities

University of Huddersfield 2005-2009
Chief external for PGCE/B EdChair of Examiners for Edexcel, GCSE and GCE Business and economics
QCA consultant
External examiner for PGCE at Manchester Metropolitan University and Staffordshire University (2010-2014)