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Sandra Leaton Gray

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Dr Sandra Leaton Gray

Lecturer in Education, Course Director for BA (Educational Studies)

Email:
s.leaton-gray@uea.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0)1603 592558
Fax:
+44 (0)1603 451412
Office location:
EDU 1.58
Personal Website:
http://www.teachersundersiege.com

 

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Research Interests

Dr Sandra Leaton Gray is Course Director of the BA (Educational Studies). Her research is in the field of educational sociology, and primarily looks at the changing nature of education and education professionalism within modern society. Past projects have included "An Enquiry into Subject Based Continuing Professional Development for Teachers", funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and "Teaching and Learning in Engineering and Education", funded by the Cambridge University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute. Before arriving at UEA, she worked at the Institute of Education, collaborating with Professor Geoff Whitty on projects looking at competitive school markets in London, and the social identity of teachers.

 

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List of Publications

Leaton Gray, S and Whitty, G (2008) "Social trajectories or disrupted identities? Changes in the nature of teacher professionalism under New Labour" (book chapter - pending)

Leaton Gray, S and Whitty, G (2007) "Comprehensive schooling and social inequality in London: past, present, and possible future" in Brighouse, T and Fullick, L (Eds) Education in a Global City: Essays from London (London, Institute of Education)

Leaton Gray, S Howell, C and Franklin, C D (2007) "Post impact evaluation of an E-learning cross-infection control CD-ROM provided to all general dental practitioners in England" in British Dental Journal, 28 September 2007, pp 1-5

Leaton Gray, S (2007) "Teacher as Technician: semi-professionalism after the 1988 Education Reform Act and its effects on conceptions of pupil identity" in Policy Futures in Education Vol 5 No 2 pp 194-203

Leaton Gray, S. (2006) What Does it Mean to Be a Teacher? Three Tensions within Contemporary Teacher Professionalism Examined in Terms of Government Policy and the Knowledge Economy. Forum 48(3) 305-315 DOI: 10.2304/forum.2006.48.3.305

Leaton Gray, S. (2005) An Enquiry into Continuing Professional Development for Teachers. Esmee Fairburn Foundation. 35 pages.

Leaton Gray, S. (2005) Teachers Under Siege. Trentham Books. 1858563631. 156 pages.

Leaton Gray, S. (2004) Defining the future: an interrogation of education and time. British Journal of Sociology of Education 25(3). July 2004. 323-340.
DOI: 10.1080/0142569042000216972

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