I am a Lecturer in Education and joined the School of Educational Sciences at Bangor University in September 2021 with responsibility for our PhD/EdD Programmes as Postgraduate Research Lead. In addition, I teach, supervise and tutor across ITE, Masters and Doctoral programmes and am a personal tutor for PGCE Secondary postgraduates. Beyond the School of Educational Sciences, I am the College of Human Sciences representative on the Sustainability Strategy Group and a member of a Bangor-wide collaborative research group named Places of Climate Change (PloCC). I have various research interests which focus on teacher education, mentoring, school geography, encountering place, and the 11-18 school curriculum.

I was previously a lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leicester, holding a number of roles including PGCE Subject Lead, SCITT Academic Lead, Research Methods Module Lead on the MSc Educational Leadership programme and Doctoral supervisor. I started my career teaching school geography in a range of secondary schools in the UK and abroad, working as examiner/senior examiner and exam author (AQA, Edexcel and OCR), consulting for a range of educational organisations including the GA, RGS-IBG and FSC leading national training events and authoring a range of textbooks and resources for students and teachers.

I am an active member of the geography education community; a member of the Geographical Association’s (GA) Teacher Education Phase Committee and the Teaching Geography Editorial Board. I am a regular contributor to GA publications and co-authored The Handbook of Secondary Geography (Jones, 2017) and Top Spec title Changing Places (Rawlings Smith et al, 2016). Over the last two years I have supported NASBTT as Subject Network Lead for Secondary Geography. I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Chartered Geographer (and assessor thereof) and interview panellist for the Geography Teacher Training Scholarship programme (DfE/RGS-IBG). I work as an External Examiner for the University of Reading (PGCE Geography) and Liverpool Hope University (SD Secondary PGCE) and I am a member of the Geography Education Research Collective, IPDA Cymru Committee, and BELMAS Reflective Practice RIG.

  • PhD: An exploration of the professional capital of authors who recontextualise knowledge about place in English A level geography textbooks
    University of Leicester, 2020
  • MA: Education (Distinction)
    Liverpool Hope University, 2014
  • Profesiynol: PGCE Secondary Geography
    University of Sheffield, 2000
  • MSc: Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy (Distinction)
    University of Sheffield, 1999
  • BSc: BSc Geography (Biols)
    University of Sussex, 1997
My subject specialism focuses on teacher education, professional learning, mentoring, action research and lesson study, 11-18 school geography, and the school-university transition.

2023

2022

2021

  • CyhoeddwydEditorial Summer 2021
    Rawlings Smith, E., 17 Mai 2021, Yn: Teaching Geography. 46, 2, t. 49 1 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Golygyddiad › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydMaxwell Street: Writing and thinking place
    Rawlings Smith, E., 2021, Yn: Geography. 106, 1, t. 53-56 4 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

2018

2017

  • CyhoeddwydLesson study: a collaborative approach to teacher growth
    Wood, P. & Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Meh 2017, Yn: Geography. 102, 2, t. 91-94 4 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydPost 16 Geography
    Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Gorff 2017, The Handbook of Secondary Geography. Jones, M. (gol.). Sheffield: Geographical Association, t. 260-277 18 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

  • CyhoeddwydChanging Place: Changing Places
    Rawlings Smith, E., Oakes, S. & Owens, A., 1 Ion 2016, Sheffield: Geographical Association. 56 t. (Top Spec)
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydGCSE Geography for AQA
    Kitchen, R., Payne, D., Rae, A. & Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Meh 2016, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 380 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr

2015

2013

  • CyhoeddwydCity: A guidebook for the urban age
    Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Medi 2013, Yn: Geography. 98, 1, t. 50-53 4 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydMy Place Abu Dhabi
    Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Medi 2013, Yn: Teaching Geography. 38, 1, t. 35-37 3 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

  • CyhoeddwydAbu Dhabi Goes Green
    Rawlings Smith, E., Ebr 2012, Yn: Geography Review. 25, 4, t. 2-5 4 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydThe God Species: How the planet can survive the age of humans
    Rawlings Smith, E., 6 Ion 2012, Yn: Geography. 97, 2, t. 105-108 4 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2009

  • CyhoeddwydAQA Understanding GCSE Geography
    Bowen, A., Pallister, J., Rawlings Smith, E. (Cyfrannwr) & Hopkin, J. (Cyfrannwr), 1 Medi 2009, Harlow: Pearson Education. 264 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

2020

2019