Caroline Whiting

Personal statement

I started teaching in 1973 and have experience across the age range from three years to adult in London, West Berkshire and Devon. Although initially specialising in drama and art, music and english gradually become my main curriculum areas of focus. I have also taught psychology and sociology to A Level. I worked at London and Exeter Universities as a research and project officer in the 1990s but went back to teaching after my PhD and two post-doctoral projects.

My most recent teaching role was as a primary headteacher but before coming to Bath Spa in September 2014 as senior lecturer on the PGCE as part of the English team I was a primary adviser with Somerset County Council. This post included being the local authority co-ordinator for NQTs. I currently co-lead the English team and am part of the professional studies team. I also supervise student dissertations at post graduate level.

My main research interest is initial teacher education. My early research work was investigating the implications of the growing emphasis on placing more training in schools, and at Bath Spa I worked on the Diversity in Teacher Education (DiTE) research project. 

More recently I have been exploring assessment without national curriculum levels, and with my co-lead, trainees' learning in English in the primary PGCE.

Academic qualifications 

• BA Open University
• BA (Hons) Ealing College of Higher Education
• MA Roehampton
• PhD University of Plymouth.

Professional qualifications

• CertEd Avery Hill College of Education
• FHEA

Other roles

External examining:

• PGCE and BEd school experience -  Plymouth University
• International distance learning PGCE, EYPGCE and assessment only - Sunderland University