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Dr Roy Barton

Senior Lecturer

Email:
r.barton@uea.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0)1603 593155
Fax:
+44 (0)1603 593446
Office location:
EDU 1.15

 

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Research Interests

Dr Roy Barton is a Senior Lecturer in Education. He has overall responsibility for the academic management of all aspects of quality assurance for the secondary PGCE, including a liaison role with the school's Director of Teaching in relation to faculty
Learning Teaching Quality Committee. His main teaching commitments involve the initial training of Science teachers and higher degree work in the area of ICT. His research interests are centred around the use of ICT for teaching and learning, particularly in Science Education and in Initial Teacher Education. He has a number of recent publications in both areas of study.


Grants and Research Reports

Initial Teacher Training project (CD-ROM) , funded by the National Council for Educational Technology (NCET). Final report January 1993.

Portable Computers in Schools project, funded by the National Council for Educational Technology (NCET). Final report submitted in April 1994.

Developing Student IT Confidence and Competence within the Partnership, funded by the National Council for Educational Technology (NCET). Final report submitted in April 1994.

BT/UBI project reporting on issues relating to the use of communications technology in education. The report made recommendations to educational policy makers and to BT. May - September 1996

Teaching Fellowship Award with Professor Les Tickle from University of East Anglia, for the creation of an electronic resource area to support research students and staff in the School of Education. Nov 2001 – July 2003. Web site launched at the Summer School for international students, July 2003.

‘Exploring and developing the creative use of ICT in secondary science education’ project, funded by Creative Partnerships from the Arts Council of England. September 2003 – March 2004. Report submitted March 2004.
Phase 2 of the project funded by Creative Partnerships, Exploring and developing creative ideas in secondary science education’.
October 2004 – July 2005. Report submitted October 2005.

‘Identifying and utilising key factors which promote trainee teachers’ use of ICT in subject teaching’, funded by British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta). September 2003 – March 2004. Final report submitted March 2004.

‘The use of a virtual learning environment to support individual learning in initial teacher education’, funded by Teacher Training Agency (TTA). November 2003 – July 2004.

‘East of England e-learning communities of practice’, funded by Teacher Training Agency (TTA). January 2005 – April 2006.

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List of Publications

Books

Barton, R. & Elloitt, J. (1996) Designing a competency based framework for assessing student teachers. In D. McIntyre, & D. Hustler (eds.) Developing Competent Teachers.. London : David Fulton. ISBN 1-85346-383-3

Barton, R. (1997) Does data logging change the nature of children’s thinking in experimental work in science? In B. Somekh & N. Davis (eds.) Using IT effectively in teaching and learning: studies in pre-service and in-service teacher education. London : Routledge. ISBN 0-415-12131-0

Barton, R. (1998) IT in practical work: assessing and increasing the value-added. In J. Wellington (Ed.) Practical Work in School Science: which way now? London : Routledge. ISBN 0-415-17492-9

Barton, R. (Ed.) (2004) Teaching Secondary Science with ICT. Maidenhead ; Open University Press. ISBN 0-335-208622

Barton, R (2006) Learning while teaching and with teachers. In J. Battersby and J. Gordon (Ed) Preparing to Teach: learning from experience. London : Routledge. ISBN 0-415-30096-7


Refereed Publications

Barton, R. (1990) Data logging in physics teaching Physics Education, .25 (4) 223-228. ISSN 0031-9120

Barton, R. (1991) Practical science with computers Computer Education, 67 6-7.

Barton, R. (1991) Data logging in A-level physics Physics Education 26 (2) 124-126. ISSN 0031-9120

Barton, R. and Rogers, L. (1991) The computer as an aid to practical science - studying motion with a computer. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, (7) 104-113.

Barton, R (1993) Computers and Practical Science: Why isn’t everyone doing it? School Science Review, 75 (271) 75-80. ISSN 0036-6811

Barton, R. (1996) A partnership approach to information technology in initial teacher training. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, 5, 3, 283-300. ISSN 0962-029X

Barton, R. (1997) Computer-Aided Graphing: a comparative study. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, 6, 1, 59-72. ISSN 0962-029X

Barton, R. (1997) How do computers affect graphical interpretation? School Science Review, 79 (287) 55-60. ISSN 0036-6811

Barton, R. (1998) Why do we ask pupils to plot graphs? Physics Education 33, 6, 366-367. ISSN 0031-9120

Barton, R. & Selinger, M. (2000) The TRICOM Project: an evaluation of the use of communications technology in initial teacher education. Educational Technology & Society. 3, 3, 506-510 (ISSN 1436-4522)

Barton, R. (2005) Supporting teachers in making innovative changes in the use of computer-aided practical work to support concept development in physics education. International Journal of Science Education 27 (3) 345-365 (ISSN 1464-5289)

Barton, R. and Haydn, T. (2006) Trainee teachers’ views on what helps them to use information and communication technology effectively in their subject teaching. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 22, 257-272

Haydn, T. and Barton, R. (2006) First do no harm’: developing teachers’ ability to use ICT in subject teaching: some lessons from the UK. British Journal of Educational Technology 38 (2) 365-368

Haydn, T. and Barton, R. (2007) Common needs and different agendas: how trainee teachers make progress in their ability to use ICT in subject teaching. Some lessons from the UK. Computers and Education 49 1018-1036

Haydn, T. and Barton, R. (2007) “First do no harm”: factors influencing teachers’ ability and willingness to use ICT in their subject teaching. Computers and Education (in press) (available on-line since July 2007)


Conference Presentations and Papers

Presentation on data logging in science education at the Information Technology in Teacher Education, annual conference. July 1992.

Presentation at Association for Science Education Annual Conference. Reading University. Jan. 1996.

Paper presented at FMVCE ‘97, International conference on New Trends in Science Education, Istanbul, Turkey. May 1997.

Presentation of work in progress at Information Technology in Teacher Education (ITTE) Research Conference. Cambridge University. November 1997.

Paper presented at the Continuity in the Teaching of Physics Conference, Institute of Physics, Churchill College, Cambridge July 1998

Presentation of work in progress at Information Technology in Teacher Education (ITTE) Research Conference. Cambridge University. February 1999.

Workshop and presentation at the Information Technology in Teacher Education, annual conference. University of Edinburgh. July 1999.

Presentation of work in progress at Information Technology in Teacher Education (ITTE) Research Conference. Cambridge University. February 2002.

Paper presented and Rapporteur at the second international Group International de recherche sur l’enseignement de la Physiqe (GIREP) Seminar, on Quality Development in Teacher Education and Training. University of Udine, Italy. September 2003

Papers presented at the Information Technology in Teacher Education, annual conference. University College Chester. July 2004
Identifying and utilizing key factors which promote trainee teachers’ use of ICT in subject teaching.
Exploring and developing the creative use of ICT in secondary science education.

Papers presented at the British Educational Research Association, annual conference.
UMIST Manchester. September 2004
Providing time for the development of creative approaches to pedagogy.
ICT and impact learning: identifying and utilising the key factors which promote trainee teachers’ use of ICT in subject teaching.

Professional publications

Barton, R. (1990) Practical Science with Microcomputers. Coventry : National Council for Educational Technology (NCET). ISBN 1-85379-114-8

Barton, R. (1996) Unpublished PhD thesis, Computers and Practical Work in Science Education: a comparative study. UEA.

Barton, R. (1998) Voltage and Current Experiments. Edinburgh ; Edinburgh Peripherals for Data Harvest. ISBN 1-901150-03-8

Responsible for Section 3 – the case studies in the NOF Guidance Material distributed to all science teachers in England.
TTA (1999) The Use of Information and Communications Technology in Subject Teaching. Identification of Needs – Secondary Science. London : Teacher Training Agency. Publication number 12/3-99.

Responsible for two of the three case studies distributed to those involved in the initial training of science teachers in England.
TTA (1999) Using Information and Communications Technology to meet teaching objectives in Science in initial teacher training. London : Teacher Training Agency. Publication number 54/5-99.

Consultant for the filming of science lessons and writer for the supporting materials.
TTA (2000) Supporting Assessment for the award of qualified teacher status: Video and text material relating to planning, teaching, class management, assessment and monitoring from the secondary science classroom. London : Teacher Training Agency. Publication number 100/2-00.

Responsible for the Science materials in this guide:
DfES (2002) Self-study Materials for Supply Teachers. Core Subjects in Secondary Schools. London : Department for Education and Skills. ISBN 1841854719

Barton, R. and Haylock, D. (2002) Evaluation of the Record of Teaching Achievement (ROTA) for the Undergraduate QTS Credit Pilot, unpublished report for the Teacher Training Agency.
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