I am the Director of Initial Teacher Education and my main responsibilities are to ensure the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of work within the ITE programmes across the School of Education and Human Development.

Email edse09@bangor.ac.uk

Phone 01248 382493

• MA: Early Childhood
  University of Chester, 2013
• BEd: Education, Drama and English with QTS
  University of Chester, 1990

• PGCE and BA Primary
• Languages Literacy and Communication in the Foundation Phase
• Professional, Pedagogical and Core Studies
• Early Childhood

My main interests are in Early Childhood and Learning and the Development of 0-7 year olds. My Early Childhood Masters Degree is in Child-Initiated Learning in the Foundation Phase and I am particularly interested in child-initiated play, the child's voice and ownership of their own learning. I am currently registered for the EdD programme researching the impact of the new programmes for Initial Teacher Education in Wales.

2020

• PublishedGrowing Tomorrow's Teachers Together: The CaBan Initial Teacher Education Partnership
  Griffiths, J., Bamber, S., French, G., Bethan, H., Jones, G., Jones, R. C., Jones, S. W., Maelor, G., Wordsworth, H. J. & Hughes, C., 1 May 2020, In: Wales Journal of Education. 22, 1, p. 209-231 23 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

I am a peer inspector for Initial Teacher Education for ESTYN