Gabrielle Cliff Hodges
Position/Status
Senior Lecturer in Education
E-mail Address
gc234@cam.ac.uk
Phone
01223 767638
Qualifications
- BA Hons English Language and Literature: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- PGCE English and Drama: Homerton College, Cambridge
- MEd English Language and Literature in Education: University of London Institute of Education
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- National Association for the Teaching of English
- National Association for the Teaching of English: Initial Teacher Education Committee
- United Kingdom Literacy Association: National Council
- United Kingdom Literacy Association: Eastern Region representative
- Initial Teacher Education Subject Resource Network: Steering group
- Cambridge Journal of Education: Editorial panel
- English in Education: Editorial panel
- Literacy: Editorial advisory group
Profile
Gabrielle Cliff Hodges taught in three 11-18 comprehensive schools in Cambridgeshire, in the last as Head of English, before moving into teacher education at Homerton College in 1993 and subsequently the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education in 2001. She co-ordinates and teaches on the Secondary English / English & Drama PGCE courses, as well as contributing to the MEd in Researching Practice and MPhil in Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. She is active in the United Kingdom Literacy Association and the National Association for the Teaching of English, including two years as Chair of NATE from 1996-8 during which time she was centrally involved in national debates about the teaching of English and literacy and the future of English as a curriculum subject.
Academic Area/Links
- English
- Literacy
- Drama
- Secondary Education
Research Topics
- English teaching
- Reading in the secondary age range, especially key stage 3.
Current Research Projects
Her current research focuses on students' development as readers and aims to discover more about the social and intellectual processes involved. She is interested in students' own views about what motivates and supports their development as committed, habitual readers who read for a variety of purposes and pleasures, both within and beyond the context of school.
Course Involvement
- Secondary PGCE: English / English & Drama
- MEd: Researching Practice 5-18 (Primary and Secondary Schools)
- MPhil: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
- Educational Research: supervision
- PCPS: Planning for Innovation in the English Curriculum
Publications
Cliff Hodges, G. (2009) 'Children as readers', Education 3-13 pp. 165-176.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2009) 'Speaking and listening' in J. Davison and J. Dowson (Eds) Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School (3rd edition) London: Routledge.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2009) 'Possibilities with poetry' in J. Davison and J. Dowson (Eds) Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School (3rd edition) London: Routledge.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2008) Guest editor/editorial, English in Education 42 (1) pp. 1-5 Special edition: Teaching Literature.
Stevens, D., Cliff Hodges, G., Gibbons, S., Hunt, P. and Turvey, A. (2006) 'Transformations in learning and teaching through initial teacher education', Literacy 40 (2) pp. 97-105.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2005) 'The reader, the poem and the camcorder: using camcorders as notebooks for the study of poetry', English Teaching: Practice and Critique 4 (1) pp. 70-80.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2005) 'Creativity in education', English in Education 39 (3) pp. 47-61.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2002) 'Learning through collaborative writing', Reading Literacy and Language 36 (1) pp. 4-10.
Cliff Hodges, G., Moss, J. and Shreeve, A. (2000) 'The future of English', English in Education, 34 (1) pp. 1-11.
Bearne, E. and Cliff Hodges, G. (2000) 'Reading rights and responsibilities' in J. Davison and J. Moss (Eds) Issues in English Teaching. London: Routledge.
Cliff Hodges, G. (2000) 'Trafficking in human possibilities', in G. Cliff Hodges, M. J. Drummond and M. Styles (Eds) Tales, Tellers and Texts. London: Cassell.