Professional

Professional Expertise
1963 BSc Honours Chemistry, Leeds University 1970 PhD Physical Chemistry, Leeds University 1970 PostGraduate Certificate in Education (Science and Mathematics), St John's College, York 1970 Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) 1970 Chartered Chemist
 * //Academic and professional qualifications//**

//**Science education in school**//

1969 - 70 Postgraduate Certificate in Education at St John's College, York, UK (validated by Leeds University) specialising in science and mathematics teaching

1970 - 73 Head of Chemistry Department at [|Achimota School], Ghana, teaching science 11-16 and A level Chemistry 1973 - 74 Teacher of 11 - 16 Chemistry and Science at [|Handsworth Grammar School]Birmingham 1974 - 79 Teacher of 14 - 18 Chemistry and 11 - 14 Science at [|Solihull School], West Midlands 1979 - 91 Head of Chemistry, Teacher of 14 - 18 Chemistry and 11 - 16 Science at [|Stokesley School] (comprehensive 11-18 school), North Yorkshire

//**IT education in school**//

1989 - 91 Promoter of IT, at [|Stokesley School] (comprehensive 11-18 school), North Yorkshire

//**Science education at university**//

1992 - 2010 Lecturer in Science Education, [|Institute of Education], University of Reading 2010 - 2013 part time [|Institute of Education], University of Reading as Coordinator of EU Comenius Changing with the Climate Network 2013 - 2016 Honorary Fellow, Institute of Education, University of Reading 2014 - present PhD supervisor at Hibernia College, through Plymouth University

I hold a number of voluntary posts connected with science education:
 * External roles and links**
 * Previously member of the national Council of The Association for Science Education (UK)
 * Previously Chair of the national Research Committee of The Association for Science Education (UK), now Research Specialist Group
 * Previously Secretary of The Association for Tutors in Science Education, UK
 * Previously secretary of the International Committee of The Association for Science Education (UK)
 * Previuosly Committee member of the Association of Tutors in Science Education
 * Previously Secretary of the planning group for the Annual Conferences of The Association for Science Education (UK) in 1996, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013
 * Past Chair and present Honorary Secretary of the Thames Valley Section of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
 * Previously Chair of the RSC South East Education Committee
 * Previously Thames Valley Section Representative of The Benevolent Fund of The Royal Society of Chemistry
 * Previously Committee Member of The Schools and FE Committee (SaFE) of The Royal Society of Chemistry
 * Previously Member of the SE Steering Group of the RSC
 * NW Europe Board Member for International Organisation for Science and Technology Education
 * Science SIG Convenor for BERA
 * Member of European Science Education Research Association
 * Member of National Association for Research in Science Teaching (USA)
 * Member of American Education Research Association
 * Board Member of The Journal of Heterodox Economics
 * Board Member of Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education (EJPCE)