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Professor Christine Hall

Head of School, Professor of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Professor Christine Hall has been Head of the School of Education since the summer of 2008. Before becoming Head of School, she had a leadership role in pre-service teacher education, as Director of Initial Teacher Education from 2003-2007 and as Director of the PGCE Course from 1997-2003. A former secondary school English teacher, Chris teaches on the PGCE and Masters courses and supervises PhD and Ed D researchers. Her writing and research interests stem from her interest in literacy, the teaching of literature, the arts and creativity and policy related to teacher education and the development of the school curriculum.

Chris is on the Editorial Boards of the journals English in Education, Literacy and The Journal of Reading, Writing and Literacy. She has acted as an examiner at the Universities of Exeter, Sheffield, Warwick, Leeds and Reading, and at the Institutes of Education in Hong Kong and Mauritius.

Research Summary

Current Research Culture, Creativity and Education: Evaluation of knowledge transfer in the Royal Shakespeare Company Leading Practitioner Network with Pat Thomson, Ken Jones (Goldsmiths), Anton… read more

Selected Publications

Chris is a member of the Centre for Research in Schools and Communities. Her research supervision areas include:

  • literacy learning
  • english teaching
  • literacy policy
  • children's reading
  • the arts and creativity
  • teacher education and professional development

Research proposals: please email Chris if you would like to discuss the appropriateness of your research topic. See also: School of Education research supervision areas.

Current Research

Current Research Culture, Creativity and Education: Evaluation of knowledge transfer in the Royal Shakespeare Company Leading Practitioner Network with Pat Thomson, Ken Jones (Goldsmiths), Anton Franks (Institute of Education)

Past Research

Past Research

Arts Council UK/Creative Partnerships (2006-2008) The impact of Creative Partnerships on whole school change, with Pat Thomson, and Ken Jones and Nafsika Alexiadou (Keele) Nottinghamshire Arts Partnership (2008-2009) Evaluation of Nottinghamshire Arts Partnership, with Pat Thomson and Edd Sellman Evaluation of Nottinghamshire Local Education Authority's Self Evaluation Framework and school-based quality assurance procedures (2005-6), with Andy Noyes ESRC RES-000-22-0834 (2004-2006) Promoting social and education inclusion through the creative arts, with Pat Thomson and Lisa Russell Evaluation of the national Museums Libraries and Archives Council/Arts Council Literature Matters policy, University of Nottingham / UK Literacy Association (2004-2006), with Mary Bailey and Nikki Gamble Evaluation of the City of Nottingham's Academic Coaches initiative (2004-5), funded by the Learning and Skills Council on behalf of the North Nottingham School Improvement Board, with Bernadette Youens

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