Elaine Wilson
Position/Status
University Senior Lecturer in Science Education
E-mail Address
ew208@cam.ac.uk
Phone
01223 336297
Qualifications
B Sc, PGCE, M Ed, CCHem,
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry
- Teaching Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
- British Educational Research Association
- American Educational Research Association
- Collaborative Action Research Network
Profile
Elaine Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in science education and a Fellow of Homerton College. Elaine was a secondary school chemistry teacher in Bath and Cambridge and was awarded a Salters' Medal for Chemistry teaching while working at Parkside Community College in Cambridge.
Elaine teaches Part II Psychology undergraduates, secondary science PGCE students and coordinates a 'blended learning' Science Education Masters course. Elaine has received two career awards for teaching in Higher Education; in 2004 she won a University of Cambridge Pilkington Teaching Prize and the same year was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship.
Elaine is active in Outreach work with schools and has been a Lead Teacher at Salters' Chemistry Camps.
Elaine is the reviews editor for The Curriculum Journal. She has also edited School Based Research: A guide for education students published by SAGE
Research Interests
Workplace Learning with Alison Fox
We have analysed the interactions of new and recently qualified teachers' networks.
Teacher Identity and Agency with Rosemary Deaney
Research with Rosemary Deaney has investigated teacher identity and agency with particular emphasis on career changers during the transition from earlier careers through Initial Teacher Education and into the first teaching post.
Teacher Retention and Teacher Emotions with Helen Demetriou
Helen Demetriou and I have undertaken a longitudinal study of new teachers in their first five years of teaching which has led to published work on teacher retention and teacher emotions.
Academic Area/Links
Science, Technology & and Mathematics Education
Current Research Projects
Teachers' professional learning
Using digital technology to enhance learning
Course Involvement
Part II Psychology; Positive Psychology
MEd Science Practitioners Researching Practice
School Based Research; Practitioner Professional Development
EdD STEM coordinator with support from Professor Ken Ruthven
Selected Publications
Books
Wilson, E. (2009) School-based Research: A Guide for Education Students. London, Sage.
Warwick, P., Wilson, E., & Winterbottom, M. (2006) Learning and Teaching Primary Science with ICT. Buckingham, Open University Press.
Wilson, E. (1999) Teaching Chemistry to KS4 - a non-specialist handbook. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Chapters
Wilson, E. (2009) Action Research, in E Wilson, (Ed) School - based Research, London, Sage
Wilson, E. (1999) Learning Concepts, in P. Warwick & R. Linfield (eds) Science 3 -13, London, Falmer Press.
Wilson, E. (1998). Communicating in Science, in E. Bearne, (Ed) The Use of Language at Key Stage 3, London, Routledge.
Journal Articles
Teacher Education
Wilson. E. (2010) Un "nouveau professionnalisme" des enseignants au Royaume-Uni. Former des enseignants (Teacher Training). Revue Internationale d'éducation de Sèvres, Issue 55.
Wilson, E. & Demetriou, H. (2007) New teacher learning; substantive knowledge and contextual factors.The Curriculum Journal, 18 (3) 213- 229.
Teacher Identity
Wilson, E. & Deaney, R. (2010) Changing career and changing identity: How do teacher career changers exercise agency in identity construction? Social Psychology of Education,13(2)169 - 183.
Teacher Networks
Fox, A., Wilson, E. & Deaney, R. (2011) Beginning Teachers’ Workplace Experiences: Perceptions of and Use of Support. Vocations and Learning, 4 (1) 1-24.
Fox, A., Deaney, R. & Wilson, E. (2010) Examining beginning teachers’ perceptions of workplace support. Journal of Workplace learning, 22 (4), 212-227.
Fox, A. & Wilson, E. (2009) "Support our networking and help us belong!": listening to beginning secondary school science teachers. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice 15 (6), 701-718
Teacher Motivation and Emotions
Wilson, E., Demetriou, H. & Winterbottom, M. (2010) Climate change: what needs to be done in order to motivate and sustain new teachers. Science Teacher Education, 57, 34-43.
Demetriou, H. & Wilson, E. (2009) Synthesising affect and cognition in teaching and learning.
Social Psychology of Education: an International Journal 12 (2) 213-232
Demetriou, H. & Wilson, E. (2008) A return to the use of emotion and reflection, The Psychologist, 21 (11)
Demetriou, H., Wilson, E. & Winterbottom, M. (2009) The role of emotion in teaching: Are there differences between male and female newly qualified teachers' approaches to teaching? Educational Studies, 35 (4) 449-473
Other Studies
Demetriou, H. & Wilson, E. (2010) Children should be seen and heard: the power of student voice in sustaining new teachers. Improving Schools, 13, 1-16.
de Winter, J.A., Winterbottom, M. & Wilson, E. 2010. Developing a user guide to integrating new technologies in science teaching and learning: teachers' and pupils' perceptions of affordances. Technology, Pedagogy and Education 19 (2): 261-267.
Wilson, E (2005) Powerful pedagogical strategies in initial teacher education, Teachers and Teaching; theory and practice, 11 (4)1470-1478
Wilson, E. (2004) Using activity theory as a lens to analyse interaction in a university - school initial teacher education and training partnership. Educational Action Research, 12(4)587-612.
Other Research Reports
Demetriou, H. & Wilson, E. (2010) Student voice revisited: its power in sustaining new teachers. Department for Children, Schools and Families.
National Network for Science Learning Centres (2010) Excellent and highly effective practice in Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and Early Professional Development (EPD) in secondary science teaching across England. London: Training and Development Agency.
Conference Proceedings
Wilson , E. (2011) The selective use of teacher education research. Policy in the UK, evidence based or ideologically driven? Teacher Education Policy in Europe, University of Vienna, Austria, 14th May 2011
Wilson, E. (2010) Beyond Compliance: University-School Network Learning Partnerships.
Teacher Education Policy in Europe, Tallinn University Estonia, 13th September 2010
Wilson, E. (2009) Using a blended learning approach in a school - university initial teacher education course.
International Conference on Educational Research for Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2009.
Fox, A., Deaney, R. & Wilson, E. (2009) Perceptions of the workplace by new teachers, paper presented at the Researching Workplace Learning 6th annual conference, Roskilde University, Copenhagen, 28 June – 3 July 2009.
Fox, A. & Wilson, E. (2009) Networking for support: learning from the experiences of beginning science teachers, paper presented to the Teacher Education division of the AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, USA, 11-14th April 2009.
Wilson, E. (2008) Using blended learning in a science education masters course, Proceedings of the International Association for Scientific Knowledge Conference: Teaching and Learning, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 538 - 545.
McIntyre, J., Hobson, A., Mitchell, N. & Wilson, E. (2008) 'Drinking water in the desert?' Findings from the evaluation of the University of Cambridge early professional development network for beginning teachers. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, 3 - 6 September 2008
Wilson, E. & Demetriou, H. (2006) New teachers' perspectives on their early years of teaching. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Warwick, 6-9 September 2006