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Robin Alexander

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Professor Robin Alexander
Professor Robin Alexander

Robin Alexander is a British educationist and academic known particularly for championing the cause of primary education,[1][2] for his leadership of the Cambridge Primary Review,[3] and for his research and writing on education policy, culture, curriculum, pedagogy, dialogic teaching[4] and comparative and international education. He is currently Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Education Emeritus at the University of Warwick.[5] In 2011 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences and chaired its Education Section 2018-21.[6]

Career

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The son of artist Isabel Alexander and documentary film-maker Donald Alexander, he was born in 1941 and educated at the Perse School and the universities of Cambridge (Downing College, MA, PhD, LittD), Durham (PGCE), London (Ac Dip Ed) and Manchester (MEd), and at Trinity College of Music (ATCL). He taught in schools and colleges before moving to the universities of Leeds (1977–95) and Warwick (1995–2001), at both of which he was Professor of Education. In 2001 he moved to Cambridge University, as Visiting Fellow of Hughes Hall (2001–2), Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow (2002–4), Fellow of Wolfson College (since 2004),[7] Professorial Director of Research in the Faculty of Education (2006–10)[8] and Director of the Cambridge Primary Review (2006–12).[3] From 2013 to 2017 he combined his Cambridge affiliation with an honorary chair at the University of York and leadership of the Cambridge Primary Review Trust (CPRT), a not-for-profit company dedicated to building on the work of the Cambridge Primary Review.[9] At the University of York he also co-directed the joint CPRT/IEE project on dialogic teaching and social disadvantage, funded 2014–17 and successfully subjected to randomised control trial by the Education Endowment Foundation.[10]

Public roles

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Publications

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Alexander's research has yielded over 300 publications.[25] These deal mainly with pedagogy and classroom research, discourse analysis and classroom talk reform, curriculum, the educational policy process and its impact, and international, comparative and development education. Much of this work has focused on the primary phase of schooling. His books and monographs include:

He has been an occasional columnist for the Times Educational Supplement, The Guardian and other national newspapers[26] and from 2014 to 2017 edited and contributed to the weekly CPRT Blog.[27]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Primary Mover – The Guardian – 2006" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "NUT Fred and Anne Jarvis Award" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "About the Cambridge Primary Review". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Dialogic Teaching – Robin Alexander". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Who's Who". www.ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Professor Robin Alexander | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Fellows | Wolfson College Cambridge". www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Faculty of Education". www.educ.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  9. ^ "The Cambridge Primary Review Trust – ...children, their world, their education". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  10. ^ "CPRT/IEE Dialogic Teaching Project". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  11. ^ "ASPE: About ASPE". www.aspe-uk.eu. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  12. ^ Gillard, Derek. "Three Wise Men Report (1992) – full text online". www.educationengland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  13. ^ Report of the Commission of Inquiry into English: balancing literature, language and media in the National Curriculum. British Film Institute. 1994.
  14. ^ "Elementary and Secondary Education: District Primary Education Programme – Education – Sectors: National Portal of India". www.archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Elementary Education | Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". mhrd.gov.in. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  16. ^ "DIALOGOS UK LIMITED – Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  17. ^ "About the Cambridge Primary Review". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  18. ^ Diaconescu, Adrian (16 September 2009). "BAICE at the 2009 UKFIET Conference". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Home | מכון ון ליר בירושלים". www.vanleer.org.il. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  20. ^ "The Cambridge Primary Review Trust – ...children, their world, their education". www.cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  21. ^ "Expert Subject Advisory Groups | Experts". expertsubjectgroups.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Bath Spa University Board of governors". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  23. ^ "Welcome to Early Education | Early Education". www.early-education.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  24. ^ Arts, The Prince's Foundation for Children & the. "Trustees". Children & the Arts. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  25. ^ a b "Publications – Robin Alexander". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  26. ^ "Prof Robin Alexander - journalisted.com". journalisted.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  27. ^ "CPRT Posts". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  28. ^ "Outstanding Book Award". www.aera.net. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  29. ^ "Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education".
  30. ^ "Home | The Society for Educational Studies". www.soc-for-ed-studies.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  31. ^ "Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund 1987–2007, 20th Anniversary Commemorative Album" (PDF).
  32. ^ "Robin Alexander, honorary fellow 2009".
  33. ^ "Robin Alexander, honorary graduate 2010 – MMU".
  34. ^ "The Perils of Policy: success, amnesia and collateral damage in systemic educational reform Presented by Professor Robin Alexander" (PDF).
  35. ^ "CJ Koh Professorship 2010: A Perspective on Educational Reform | Corporate Development | NIE News June 2010". www.nie.edu.sg. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  36. ^ "Fellows – Academy of Social Sciences". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  37. ^ "Grants, Prizes and Applications | The Society for Educational Studies". www.soc-for-ed-studies.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  38. ^ "Cambridge Journal of Education". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  39. ^ "York academic recognised for public impact in education – News and events, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  40. ^ "BERA SAGE Public Impact Award | BERA". www.bera.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  41. ^ Open University (2018). "Cumulative list of honorary graduates".
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