Centre for International Education and Research (CIER)

International & Country Experience and Expertise

The Centre draws on the international experience and expertise of a number of staff in the School.

Name	Area of expertise	Countries/regions worked with
Dr Tansin Benn	Physical Education ; Experiences of Muslim women in Sport; leadership on International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women; International Committee of Sport Pedagogy.	Middle East
Professor Angela Creese	TEFL, bilingualism	Turkey, Lebanon, USA
Professor Lynn Davies	Education and conflict, extremism, democracy, rights, gender, decentralisation	Angola, Bosnia, Botswana, The Gambia, Kosovo, Malawi, Pakistan, Palestine, Sri Lanka
Dr Laura Day Ashley	Educational innovations/alternatives; Education for marginalised groups; non-state sector education	India
Dr Sheena Gardner	TEFL, academic English across the curriculum, English medium education internationally, EAL, English for Young Learners, Assessed university student writing, Sojourner international students and children	Botswana, Canada, China, Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sudan, Ukraine
Professor Ian Grosvenor	History of childhood and schooling; History of school design.	Secretary General of the European Educational Research Association.
Professor Clive Harber	Education for democracy, educational effectiveness and school management in developing countries, decentralisation, education and violence	Eritrea, The Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania
Dr Maggie Kubanyiova	TEFL, teacher development	Slovakia, Thailand
Professor Ann Lewis	Children’s ‘voice’ and participation in decision making; policy and provision concerning children with disabilities or special educational needs	Australia, Cyprus, Malta
Dr Roger Lock	Biology Education, Environmental Education, Use of animals in research, bioethics, training and working with mentors	Pakistan, Greece, Hungary, Australia
Dr Deirdre Martin	Bilingualism/biliteracy and Special Educational Needs/Inclusion	Czech Republic, South Africa
Graeme Martin	Communication and Personal Development Education	Malaysia
Professor Marilyn Martin-Jones	Bilingual education, bilingual classroom discourse and literacy in multilingual settings.	Brazil, Tanzania, East Timor
Dr Steve McCall	Visual Impairment	Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Eastern Europe
Pat Perks	Mathematics Education	Pakistan
Christopher Robertson	Inclusive education, teacher and organisational support systems, NGOs and their role in special/inclusive education, the education of children and young people with physical and/or learning disabilities, disability awareness in schools and communities	Romania, Sri Lanka
Dr Michele Schweisfurth	Teacher professional development, educational change, education in small states	Russia, South Africa, The Gambia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Indonesia, Sierra Leone
Ian Selwood	Information Technology	Hong Kong, Greece, Cyprus, Jordan
Dr Chris Szwed	Teaching and learning in primary curriculum; SEN policy, provision and management	USA, Madeira
Professor Hywel Thomas	Economics of Education, decentralisation	Peru, Poland, Serbia, Malaysia, Argentina, Brazil
Dr Jodi Tommerdahl	Speech and Language Difficulties	France
Dr Mitzi Waltz	Learning needs, education & care of individuals with autism spectrum disorders, Tourette syndrome and other neurological conditions; representation of people with autism in literature and medical texts; people with autism as research partners	USA, Ireland
Dr Chris Williams	Global social justice	China, Japan, Thailand, South Africa, The Gambia, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan.
Dr Hiromi Yamashita	Global citizenship, Risk	Japan, China

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