Dr John Woollard, BSc PhD, MA(Ed) AdvDipIT SEN PGCE
| Office phone | +44 (0)23 8059 2998 |
| Internal extension | 22998 |
| jw7@soton.ac.uk | |
| Room number | 32/2021 |
| Expertise / Academic Interests | Biography | SOE Research Centre Membership | Programme Tutor | Other Courses | PhD Students | Principal Publications |
Expertise / Academic Interests
e-assessment - it's role in learning
e-learning - pedagogy & epistemology
learning theory and its role in initial teacher training
metaphors and pedagogy; teaching difficult concepts in ICT and computing
visual literacy and the human computer interface; images of the internet
e-safety - developments in initial teacher education
Biography
Dr John Woollard is a lecturer in information technology education at the School of Education, University of Southampton. Following his PGCE and teaching at primary level, in 1975 John moved into secondary school special education needs work. He was teacher-in-charge and head of department in three different Hampshire schools before becoming a teacher advisor for IT and Special Education Needs. During the early 1990s John had a variety of positions as consultant, advisor and inspector. John was a Registered OFSTED Inspector for primary schools as well as team inspector for secondary ICT, mathematics and Special Education Needs. In 1997 John moved to LSU College, Southampton to coordinate the MSc CBLT programme and teach Special Education Needs on the Initial Teacher Training programme. He also taught undergraduate computer science. John joined the School of Education in 1998 and has completed his PhD in 2004. His research focus is pedagogy and the teaching of difficult concepts in and with computers including elearning and computer assisted assessment. His University website is http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/jw7 John contributes regularly to the review of current academic and professional literature relating to initial teacher training, in-service training and information and copmmunications technology through the Teacher Training Resources Bank. He also supports new teacher trainers through one-to-one mentoring and contributions to the ICT Tutors network. John was cunsultant editor of InteracTive - a professional magazine for teachers of ICT. He is an active member of ITTE (IT in Teacher Education Association) and contributes to the research conference on a regular basis. He is chair of Technical SIG (special interest group). John is a member of the Computers for the Next Generation group based in Cambridge and is developing key stage 3 material to support computer programming.
John's consultancy has recently included work for: Microsoft Computers; Childnet International (a child safety charity); British Safety Council (through a KTP project); and the TDA including projects on "diversity and opportunity", e-safety and the provision of training resources and case studies to support the "Professional Standards". John also contributes to the GTP as a subject tutor for ICT from 2002, a subject assessor for ICT from 2009 and as an ICT across the curriculum assessor.
John is a doctorate supervisor. Current and past student research has included: teacher attitudes to ICT; using chat and online facilities to support language learning and pastoral support; and developing alternative pedagogies to support e-learning and blended learning. John has examined the upgrade of several students from MPhil to PhD and the internal examination of a final viva. John has seen successfully guided 3 students through their final doctorate viva, the final one graduating in July 2009 with a thesis related to the evaluation of an anonymised chat environment supporting the pastoral well-being of post-16 students.
John has been and remains external examiner for a number of universities including: the BEd programme at LSU College; the Masters CPD programme at the University of Huddersfield; the PGCE ICT programme at the University of Derby; the undergraduate Computing and IT programme under the University of Exeter; and most recently the Learning, Technology and Research an online degree offered through the Ultraversity at Anglia Ruskin University and the BA Joint Honours in IT at York St John University. John is the external examiner for the PGCE ICT and Design technology programme at Christ Church Canterbury University
SOE Research Centre Membership
Programme Tutor
Other Courses
PhD Students
Principal Publications
- Books
- Woollard, J. (2010) Psychology for the classroom: behaviourism, Oxford, UK, Routledge/David Fulton Education, 120pp. (Psychology for the Classroom) (In Press)
- Hammond, M., Younie, S., Woollard, W.J., Cartwright, V and Benzie, D. (2009) What does our past involvement with computers tell us? A view from the research community. Coventry, UK, Centre for New Technologies Research in Education, 150 pp.
- Woollard, John (2007) Learning and teaching using ICT in secondary schools, Exeter, UK, Learning Matters Ltd, 192pp. (Achieving QTS)
- Hammond, M., Younie, S., Woollard, W.J., Cartwright, V and Benzie, D. (2009) What does our past involvement with computers tell us? A view from the research community, Coventry, UK, Centre for New Technologies Research in Education, 150pp.
- Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
- Woollard, W.J. (2008) EPS in the School of Education University of Southampton. ESCalate, The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Education (Submitted)
- Woollard, W.J., Wickens, C., Powell, K. and Russell, T. (2008) Evaluation of e-safety materials: can Jenny’s story make a difference? Technology, Pedagogy and Education (Submitted)
