Degrees

• PhD in Education (University of Reading)
• MA in Education (Open University)
• PGCE (Institute of Education, University of London)
• BA Hons (1st class) (Roehampton Institute of Higher Education)
• BA (Open University)

Other qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• Secondary partnership liaison
• Core tutor, MA in Education

Margaret taught in Buckinghamshire secondary schools for over 16 years, most of that time as a Head of Art and Design.  Her PhD focuses on gendered subject choices at GCSE and A-level, particularly boys' and girls' attitudes towards school art.  She is Senior Lecturer in Education, liaising with schools to plan and deliver Masters level courses to teachers as part of their Continuing Professional Development.  She also tutors on courses based at the university.  In addition to gender issues in education, she has an interest in pedagogy, behaviour for learning, and women's art history.

• MA in Education
• MTL (Masters in teaching and learning)

Level 4:

• Dissertation
• Curriculum Planning and Development
• Culture and Diversity
• Researching Professional Practice (primary mathematics focus)
• Pedagogy
• Assessment for Learning
• Practice Based Enquiry
• Critical Incidents in Teaching
• Critical Approaches to Inclusive Education

Level 3:

• Understanding Educational Research
• Introduction to Educational Research Methods

Etherington, M. (2008) How girls' achievements in school art are undermined by boys' rejection of the subject: an investigation into gendered attitudes towards art and design education, or why schoolboys drop art.  Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/178281.doc

Etherington, M. (2012) The gendered uptake of post-compulsory school art: a case study.  Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/213088.pdf

Conference paper:

• What leads to A-level Art becoming a girl-dominated subject at a mixed school? Gender and Education conference, Dublin, 2007.