Dr Jon James
BSc(Soton.), PGCE(Oxon.), MSc(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Climate Science to Schools
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project brings together climate scientists and expert educators to pilot transdisciplinary generation of Climate Change Education (CCE) resources for schools. We will co-produce 3 sets of curriculum-aligned, age-appropriate resources,…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2021 to 31/07/2022
Teacher Education for Sustainable Futures
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The project aim is to bring together stakeholders from across the Bristol
PGCE Partnership, including university tutors and their colleagues, post
graduate student-teachers and school-based colleagues, to identify a
shared agenda for education…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
30/01/2016 to 27/07/2018
Sub-Contract Work on SLC Research into the CPD Needs of New Science Teachers
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/04/2012 to 01/01/2013
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
18/05/2026Whole-class approaches for addressing reading underachievement in disadvantaged communities: A comparative study of questioning versus uninterrupted reading
Impact: Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching
Bracing ourselves: Embracing Policy Changes through a Long-Standing University–Schools Teacher Education Partnership in England
Education Sciences
Using Wicked problems to foster interdisciplinary practice among UK trainee teachers
Journal of Education for Teaching
Towards a teacher education for the Anthropocene
Envisioning Futures for Environmental and Sustainability Education
The PERFORM project: using performing arts to increase engagement and understanding of science
FEMS Microbiology Letters
Thesis
Understanding changes in science teachers' classroom practices
Supervisors
Award date
06/12/2022
Related people
Dr Kate Hawkey
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Education
School of Education
Professor Alf Coles
Professor of Mathematics Education
School of Education
Dr Janet Orchard
Associate Professor in Philosophy and Religion in Teacher Education
School of Education
Dr Lucy Kelly
Associate Professor in Education
School of Education
Dr Nicola Warren-Lee
Associate Professor in Education
School of Education