Alex Woodgate-Jones, BA PGCE MA

Alex Woodgate-Jones, BA PGCE MA

Administrative responsibility Programme Tutor - Primary Teaching and Learning
Programme Tutor - Primary Foundation Programme
Office phone+44 (0)23 8059 8408
Internal extension28408
Emailacwj@soton.ac.uk
Room number32/2013

 | Expertise / Academic Interests | SOE Research Centre Membership | Taught Courses | Principal Publications | Funded Research | 

Expertise / Academic Interests

Modern Foreign Languages in Primary Education
Primary Education with a focus on issues of behaviour and special educational needs

SOE Research Centre Membership

Taught Courses

Principal Publications

Book Chapters
  • Woodgate-Jones, A. (2008) What can I expect my PGCE at M-level to look like during my school-based training? In, Sewell, Keira (ed.) Doing Your PGCE at M-level: A Guide for Students. London, UK, Sage, 38-54
    Journal Articles
  • Woodgate-Jones, A. (in press for 2007) "Training confident primary modern foreign language teachers in England: An investigation into preservice teachers’ perceptions of their subject knowledge", Teaching and Teacher Education
    Conference Contribution
  • Woodgate-Jones, A. (2005) The purpose of modern foreign languages in the primary school: an investigation into tutors' and trainees' perceptions. In, European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2005, Dublin, 7-10 Sep 2005.
  • Woodgate-Jones, A. (2004) Training confident primary MFL teachers. In, Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) 2004, Manchester, UK, 15-18 Sep 2004. , 8pp.
  • Woodgate-Jones, A. (2004) "Hola, bonjour, ciao." Is this the aim of Modern Foreign Language teaching in the Primary Classroom? paper presented at ATEE, Sicily, October 2004
  • Woodgate-Jones, A. (2004) Training confident primary modern foreign language teachers: is this possible on a primary PGCE course? In, Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers Annual Conference (UCET) 2004, Leicester, UK, 19-20 Nov 2004.
  • Funded Research

    What are the educational aims of Modern Foreign Language Teaching in Primary schools in England? Are we developing confident PMFL teachers?
    How can we raise awareness of the value of the trainee in a school?