Anne Sinkinson
Position/Status
Senior Lecturer in Education
E-mail Address: ajs81@cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 767576
Qualifications
BEd, MPhil, PhD
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
Association of Mathematics Education Teachers
British Educational Research Association
Profile
The majority of my teaching career has been in secondary school as a mathematics teacher and head of department in Cambridgeshire schools. I was seconded for almost four years to work on a research project on children's learning of mathematics and to write mathematics textbooks which were formulated upon that, and other research. I then returned to school teaching as a head of mathematics and mentor of ITE trainees. In 1999 I moved into HEI-based ITE at the University of East Anglia where I was responsible for the Secondary Mathematics partnership PGCE. In 1998 I joined the staff here fulfilling a similar teaching role in Secondary and KS2/3 PGCE Mathematics.
Academic Area/Links
PGCE Secondary and Middle School Mathematics
Research Topics
Quality Assurance in ITE PGCE Courses
ITE in Secondary Mathematics
Secondary Mathematics Curriculum
Induction of NQTs
Formative assessment
Course Involvement
PGCE Secondary Mathematics
PGCE KS2/3 Mathematics
Publications
Sinkinson, A.J. (1997)
"Teachers into Lecturers - an Agenda for Change"
Teacher Development: An International Journal of Teachers' Professional Development, (1) 1. ISSN: 1366 4530
Jones, K., Sinkinson, A.J. (1999)
"The quality of Secondary Mathematics PGCE Courses: a critical perspective in the inspection of initial teacher education"
Proceedings of the Fourth British Congress of Mathematics Education, University College, Northampton
Jones, K., Sinkinson, A.J. (2000)
"A critical analysis of Ofsted judgements of the Quality of Secondary Mathematics Initial Teacher Education Courses"
Evaluation and Research in Education, 14(2), 79-93
Sinkinson, A. and Jones, K. (2001)
"The Validity and Reliability of Ofsted Judgements of the Quality of Secondary Mathematics Initial Teacher Education Courses"
Cambridge Journal of Education, 31(2), 221-237
Sinkinson, A. (2001)
"One Cycle, Two Frameworks: Right Direction for Inspection?"
Mathematics Education Review, 14
Sinkinson, A. (2004)
"Manager, moderator, motivator or what? Does ensuring consistency of reporting fall within the role of the Managing Inspector in Initial teacher Training Ofsted Inspections?"
Education Review, 56[3], 235-246. ISSN: 0305-5698
Sinkinson, A. (2005)
"Aspects of consistency and inconsistency in Secondary Humanities PGCE Courses with 'perfect' Ofsted grades"
International Journal of Method and Research in Education 28[1], 33-54. ISSN No: 1743-727X. [formerly Westminster Studies in Education]
Sinkinson, A. (2005)
"Going for Specialist School Status: perspectives from a front line head of department"
School Leadership and Management, 25[2], 195-212. ISSN: 1363-2434
Sinkinson, A. (2005)
"The Cambridge Approach to ILPs in PGCE courses"
Mathematics Education Review, 17, 8-15. ISSN: 1353-5080.
Sinkinson, A. (2006)
"What is 'specialist' about a specialist department in a Specialist School? A case study focusing on dilemmas and contradictions in the 'partnership' requirements"
Improving Schools, 9[1], 33-46.
Sinkinson, A. (2006)
"The impact of Specialist School Status: a case study of two contrasting Mathematics and Computing Colleges"
Educational Studies, 32[1], 71-83.
Sinkinson, A. (2007)
"Partnership in being a Specialist Mathematics and Computing College - who gains what, how and why?"
Educational Review, 59[3].