Professor Gerry Czerniawski
Professor of Education and Research Degrees Leader
Practitioner Research Group, Cass School of Education and Communities
Gerry runs the doctoral programmes (PhD and Professional Doctorate in Education) at Cass and teaches on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses. In addition to his role as a researcher, author and teacher educator he is the Chair of the British Curriculum Forum, Lead Editor of the BERA Blog and a trustee and council member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA).
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ED 3.03, Stratford Campus
Cass School of Education and Communities
Stratford Campus
Water Lane
London
E15 4LZ - g.czerniawski@uel.ac.uk
Gerry passionately worked in the multi-cultural environment in the London Borough of Newham for ten years teaching humanities, sociology and business studies at secondary and post-sixteen levels before gradually moving into teaching within Higher Education within both the political sciences and education (The Open University, University of Northampton, London Metropolitan University and London University's Institute of Education).
Gerry runs the doctoral programmes (PhD and Professional Doctorate in Education) at Cass. He is the founding editor of Research in Teacher Education, Deputy Editor of the journal Management in Education and on the advisory board of the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies. He reviews for a wide range of educational journals (including the European Journal of Teacher Education and the Journal of Education Policy) and for book publishers including SAGE, Routledge and Emerald. Gerry holds a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy and is a trustee and council member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA). Gerry is the Lead Editor of The BERA Blog, Chair of the British Curriculum Forum and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Gerry teaches on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses and runs the Doctoral programmes (PhD and Professional Doctorate in Education) at Cass. In addition to his role as a researcher, author and teacher educator he is:
- Research Mentor
- Athena Swan Mentor
- Practioner Research Group Leader
- Research Degrees Leader
- Programme Leader for the Professional Doctorate in Education
- Postgraduate Research Lead
- Chair of the School's Research Degrees Subcommittee
- Editor of Research in Teacher Education
Overview
Czerniawski G (2009) Watch this space! A report on the 14-19 Agenda (East London Partnership) PCET e-zine, no 1.
Czerniawski G (2008) Schooling and Democracy in: Sociology Review vol 18 no 2 (Philip Allan)
Czerniawski G (2007) Understanding Migration in: Sociology Review vol 16 no 3 (Philip Allan)
Czerniawski G (2007) Context, Setting and Teacher Identities: A comparative study of the values of newly qualified teachers in Norway, Germany and England (Kings College London) PhD Thesis
Czerniawski G (2005) Pressure Groups in: Sociology Review vol 14 no 4 (Philip Allan)
Czerniawski G (2004) What is the role of education? in: Sociology Review vol 14 no 2 (Philip Allan)
Kidd W and Czerniawski G (2004) Research and Value Freedom in Sociology Review vol 14 no 2 (Philip Allan)
Czerniawski G (2003) Religion and Gender in: Sociology Review vol 12 no 2 (Philip Allan)
Czerniawski G (2002) Ideas to Activate Learning London: ATSS
Czerniawski G (2002) Structuring lessons: A literature review London ATSS
Research Archive
Publications
- Teaching and Learning;
- Student Voice;
- Teacher identities; the identities of teacher educators;
- Continuing Professional Development; the role of homework in educational achievement; Prison education;
- The global dimension in schools and comparative education.
- Prison Education
Interests
- Secondary Schools Direct and PGCE
- PGCE Post Compulsory Education and Training/Cert Ed.
- Doctoral and Masters Programmes