Overview

Before joining the Graduate School of Education in 2018, I spent 20 years working as a secondary English teacher (KS3-5) in schools across the South West, both in mainstream and alternative provisions.  More recently I have worked as a Lecturer of Education working mainly on the MA Education Online programme, as we as the secondary English PGCE programme.

My interest in improving aspects of my own teaching practice, as well as a drive to develop my understanding of language and literacy teaching and learning, led me to complete a Doctorate in Education (EdD).   My broader research interests centre on the writing process and the relationship between procedural and declarative metalinguistic knowledge.  I am also interested in exploring links between:

• Literacy attainment, social disadvantage, and gender
• School-based gender inequalities  
• Non-traditional students writing in the HE context

Publications

Morgan, S.  (2021). Teaching Non Fiction Reading and Writing. In: A. Watson and R. Newman, ed., A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School, 2nd ed. Routledge.

Watson A, Newman R, Morgan S (2021).  Metatalk and Metalinguistic knowledge: the interplay of procedural and declarative knowledge in the classroom discourse of first-language grammar teaching. Language Awareness Full text.

Myhill D.A, and Morgan, S.D. (2019). Vocational Qualifications, University Access and Widening Participation: Setting the Context in Banerjee, P.A., and Myhill, D. A., (eds.) Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education: Examining Inequalities. Emerald Publishing Ltd.

Research Projects

2020-2021 UoE Education Incubator Award  (£8,758) with Dr Karen Walshe and Sara Venner: ‘What practices are associated with effective online learning?’

Qualifications

EdD Education, Exeter, 2018

MEd Education, Exeter, 2010

PGCE English with Drama and SEND, Exeter, 1997

BA English (Hons), Plymouth, 1996

Links

• Centre for Research in Writing