Emeritus Professor Vivienne Baumfield
Emeritus Professor of Professional Learning
V.Baumfield@exeter.ac.uk
Overview
I am Professor of Professional Learning at the School of Education. My research interests are in the interaction of research, policy and practice when university-based researchers work with practitioners in the creation and translation of knowledge across contexts. This interest is linked to the wider issue of understanding the relationship between theory and practice in professional learning and is grounded in a perspective derived from pragmatism. My teaching and research examines international perspectives on the professional development of teachers and the impact of school-university partnerships as communities of pedagogical inquiry.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Politics and Religious Studies with Sanskrit; PhD in Indian Political Philosophy; Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Credit) History and Religious Studies; Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Research group links
Research
Research interests
I am interested in the interaction of research, policy and practice when university-based researchers work with practitioners in the creation and translation of knowledge across contexts. This interest is linked to the wider issue of understanding the relationship between theory and practice in professional learning and is grounded in a perspective derived from pragmatism. My teaching and research examines international perspectives on the professional development of teachers and the impact of school-university partnerships as communities of pedagogical inquiry.
Research projects
Principal Investigator:
British Education Research Association Research Commission ‘Cost, Value and Quality in Professional Learning: promoting economic literacy in medical and teacher education’ 2015-16 (£12K)
British Council India Knowledge Exchange Partnership Fund ‘Learning Through Integrated Technology in University Pedagogy (LITUP)’ 2014-2015 (£10K)
British Council Azerbaijan Higher Education Capacity Building Partnership Fund ‘Sharing Models of Professional Learning in Educational Psychology and Child Development’ 2015 (£3K)
UKIndia Education Research Initiative ‘The Professional Development of Teachers in Navrachana University, Gujarat and the University of Glasgow’ 2011 (£2K)
Esmee Fairbairn ‘Promoting access to the curriculum through Visual Literacy and meaning making in a community of inquiry’ 2008 -2009 (£7.5K)
The Scottish Government ‘Collection, analysis and reporting of data on Curriculum for Excellence draft experiences and outcomes’ 2007-2008 (£131K);
National Union of Teachers ‘Teacher2Teacher Research’ 2001-2002 (£13K)
Teacher Training Agency ‘Comparison of different approaches to funding and supporting teacher research’ 2000 (£10K)
Teacher Training Agency/Centre for British Teachers ‘North-East School based Consortium’ 1998-2001 (£140K)
Co-investigator:
University of Glasgow International Partnership Development Fund ‘Intercultural Understanding of Postgraduate Studies with partner universities in Thailand’ 2015 (£2K)
Scottish Government ‘Evaluation of East Lothian Council Number Counts project’ 2014 (£20.5K)
Scottish Government ‘Developing a School-based Partnership Approach to Supporting the Professional Learning and Development of Student Teachers and Teachers’ 2010-2013 (£149K)
Scottish Government ‘Supporting teachers in the developing expertise and confidence in assessment at the point of transition between primary and secondary within the context of Curriculum for Excellence’ 2010-2011 (£142K)
AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme ’Does RE Work: a multi-dimensional investigation‘ 2007-2010 (£485K)
Campaign for Learning ‘Evaluation of Learning to Learn’ 2005-2007 (£104K)
Learning and Skills Development Agency ‘Thinking skills frameworks for post 16 learners’ 2003-2004 (£99K)
EPPI/DfES Systematic Review Group ‘Thinking and Learning Skills’ 2003-2005 (£73K)
HEFCE/FDTL5 ‘Developing formative assessment using ICTs in higher education’ 2005-2007 (£149K)
Publications
No publications found
External Engagement and Impact
Current
Visiting Fellow Sri Aurobindo Centre, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Member of the British Curriculum Forum Advisory Group
Raporteur for ESRC/EUROCORES
Evaluator for Qatar National Research Fund
Evaluator for UK India Education Research Initiative
Ethics Evaluator for the European Commission Framework 7 FaSMEd project
Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education
Editor of the Review of Education
Editorial Board of the Curriculum Journal
Editorial Board of Teaching Thinking and Creativity
Editorial Board of the International Journal of Innovation in Education
Editorial Board of Journal of Research and Reflections in Education (Pakistan)
Editorial Board of the Bulletin of Education and Research (Pakistan)
External Assessor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Member of the International Seminar on RE and Values
Member of the Learn Teach Lead RE steering group
Previous
Nehru Visiting Professor Faculty of Family and Community Studies Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India
Higher Education Commission Pakistan National Teacher Accreditation Panel
Member of the British Council (Scotland) South Asia Steering Group
Member of the British Education Research Association (BERA) Executive Council
Editor of the British Educational Research Journal
Consultant to National Union of Teachers on Professional Development
Teacher Training Resource Bank Editorial and Commissioning Board
DfES CPD steering group
Representative of the Scottish Government on the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe
Vice Chair of Religious Education Council
I have examined PhD theses at the University of Birmingham, Durham, Exeter, Kings College London, Hull, Lancaster, Newcastle, Southampton and York.
Invited Keynote Addresses
St George’s School (Switzerland) Annual Lecture, Montreux 2015
European International Education Association Conference, Glasgow 2015
Kolkata Book Fair ‘Britain is Great’ Education Lecture 2015
Indian Association for Productivity, Quality and Reliability Anniversary Lecture, Kolkata 2015
Teacher Professionalization and the Professional Quality of Religious Education, Exeter 2015
Albanian International Education Conference, Tirana 2014
Association of University Lecturers in RE Annual Conference, York 2013
International Conference for Academic Institutions, Gandhinagar 2011 and 2013
International Humanitarian Forum, Baku 2012 and 2013
Association for the Study of Medical Education Regional Seminar, Southampton 2012
Association of RE Advisors, Inspectors and Consultants Annual Conference, Leamington 2012
Thinking Schools International Conference, Swindon 2012
Higher Education Commission Quality Assurance Division, Islamabad 2012
9th International Research Conference, KIMEP, Almaty 2012
InForm Conference on International Higher Education, Newcastle 2012
Laboratory of Education Theory Conference, University of Stirling 2012, 2010
Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Conference, Edinburgh 2011, Glasgow 2015
Samvad Public Lecture, Vadhodra 2011
Norwegian Teacher Union Annual Conference, Oslo 2011
Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Ahmedabad 2010
Professor PK Bose Memorial Lecture, University of Calcutta 2009
Scottish Secondary School Leaders Conference, Cumbernauld 2009
HMIe Sharing Good Practice Conference, Dundee 2009
British Council, Kolkata 2009
Secondary Head Teachers’ Conference, Glasgow 2009
School of Education, Queen’s University, Belfast 2009
School of Education, University of Warwick 2008
Chartered Teachers’ Conference 2008
International Conference on Quality Teacher Education Lahore 2007
Learning and Skills Council Conference London 2006
Institute of Pedagogy, University of Gothenberg, Sweden 2006
DfES primary and secondary strategy teams, London 2006
Data Management and Advisory Group, Greater London Authority 2006
International Seminar on RE and Values Israel 2000, Norway 2002 and Netherlands 2006
Standards Unit (DfES) Conference, London 2005
Instituut voor Leraar en School, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands 2003
Latin American Head Teachers Conference, Lima, Peru 2002
Third Thinking Qualities Initiative Conference, Hong Kong 2002
British Council International Seminar on Thinking Skills, Belfast 2002
ESRC Teaching and Learning Programme Launch Leicester 2001
Education Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong 2001
National Institute for Education, Singapore 1999 and 2000
Supervision / Group
Research Fellows
- Lea Thomson Teachers' perceptions of adapting to change in vocational settings
- Noura Alamri Student Teachers’ perceptions of their professional learning needs and the implications for the Initial Teacher Education programmes in a Saudi university
- Tim Smith The potential effects of the UAE male population undertaking higher education on the country's future economy and cultural heritage
Postdoctoral researchers
- Turana Aliyeva Department of Social and Pedagogical Psychology, Baku State University, Azerbaijan
Alumni
- Nasrin Sahar Investigation of the role of inquiry and its importance in pre-service (initial) science teacher' professional learning experiences in Pakistan
- Tara de Bussy An investigation of the decision making practice of a music teacher working with adult learners.
- Humaira Irfan Khan Impact of English Language Policies on Postgraduate Students’ Achievements in Pakistani Universities
- Jamila Razzaq Management of Educational Change: Views of School Leaders in Scotland and Pakistan
- Habibullah Pathan An Investigation of Pakistani university students’ reasons for learning English
- Muhammad Ashraf The Virtual Jirga: The 2009 Education Policy and the Medium of Instruction Debate in Pakistan. Who is Participating and What Are the Implications for Balochistan?
- The Virtual Jirga: The 2009 Education Policy and the Medium of Instruction Debate in Pakistan. Who i To what extent are the difficulties faced by Libyan University EFL lecturers a consequence of traditional expectations of teaching and learning?
- Sultan Abedaiwi Teachers’ perceptions of Autonomy and its relation to EFL Curriculum Development in public schools in Saudi Arabia
- Nurah Al Fares The Role of the Textbook in Promoting Thinking Skills in Intermediate School EFL classrooms in Saudi Arabia
- Helen Foster-Collins
