Rebecca Blake profile

Rebecca Blake

Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Early Childhood Studies

Department of Education , School of Childhood and Social Care

Rebecca Blake is a senior lecturer in early childhood studies and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Qualifications

  • BA, PGCE, MEd
  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), Department for Education, UK
  • Graduate membership of the British Psychology Society (GMBPS)
  • Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Areas Of Interest

  • Early Childhood practitioners’ views on the impact of pre-school education on child development.
  • Examining the impact of transitions between schools on children’s wellbeing.
  • New technology in education.
  • Multimodal Learning.
  • The use of the Arts in Early Years to promote learning.
  • Examining different educational curriculums.
Rebecca Blake profile

OVERVIEW

Rebecca Blake is a senior lecturer in early childhood studies at School of Education and Communities at University of East London and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

She has been a link tutor for the University East London and Metropolitan College, Greece. This role involves monitoring the Early Childhood undergraduate degree and Child Psychology masters degree programme. She holds a History degree from Aberystwyth University, a PGCE with QTS from Bath Spa University and a Masters in Psychology of Education with BPS from Bristol University.

She has over 20 years experience in education having worked across a range of sectors. She originally trained as a History secondary school teacher and then moved into the primary sector. Within the primary sector she has worked in schools in the UK and in Italy. She has worked in Further Education and delivered on a range of undergraduate and teacher training courses. She has been teaching in Higher Education on the Early Childhood Studies Programme since 2014.

RESEARCH

Her research activity is focused on school transitions, multimodal learning, student engagement and experience, creativity and technology enhanced learning. She has participated in several research projects.

  • 2023: Facilitated a project that focused on listening to the student voice in regards to employability at the University of East London.
  • 2018/2019: Planned and facilitated the introduction of a research informed teaching project. Introduced (ABLE) a learning and teaching model into the Foundation degree.
  • 2017: Participated in a staff research project. The Civic Engagement Project involved researching student aspirations and transformations.
  • 2012/2013: Examined the impact of pre-school settings on children's social and emotional development.

MODULES

Module leader

  • ED5083 Curriculum and Assessment in Early Childhood

Module teaching

Level 3

  • ED3403 Play and Talk in Learning

Level 4 

  • ED4009 Perspectives of Early Childhood Studies
  • ED4034 Pedagogy: Developing Learning in Early Childhood

Level 5

  • ED5084 Practice module Part 4: Multimodal teaching and learning in early childhood (Online and on campus)
  • ED5079 Observing, Documenting and Researching with Children, Families and Practitioners
  • ED5013 Issues and Controversies in Early Childhood Development
  • ED5016 Social Policy for Children and Families

Level 6

  • ED6094 Practice module Part 5: Literacy and literate environment in early childhood (Online and on campus)
  • ED6088 Independent research project (Online and on campus)

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

  • QTS
  • MEd

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • Aug 2021-Ongoing Undergraduate and Postgraduate Link Tutor for Metropolitan College.

Publications

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