Elicia Lewis

I am a Senior Lecturer and Subject Lead for Secondary Religious Education, responsible for all aspects of the planning, delivery and evaluation of the PGCE and School Direct RE programmes, including working with partnership schools across London. 

I gained  my BA (Hons) in Philosophy and Theology at Heythrop College, University of London and following this an MA in Philosophy of Religion at King’s College, London. After my PGCE. (Institute of Education), I taught in the London Borough of Brent for five years, where I was  Head of RE and Classics. During this time I gained a Farmington Institute Millennium Award that enabled me to research inclusion and access in philosophy lessons. I also won a Jerusalem Trust bursary for new writers of Religious Education material. This resulted in the 'Truthseekers' series of books on philosophy of religion. Taking a break from London life, I taught at both primary and secondary levels for three years in Wellington, New Zealand as a Director of Thinking and Learning, which included responsibility for Gifted and Talented education. I also was an educational consultant, working with schools and associations on thinking skills, the Philosophy for Children programme, questioning skills and enquiry-based learning. I joined UEL in 2006 and became Programme Leader for Religious Education (Secondary) . I am currently studying for a PhD, looking at pupil and teacher perceptions of challenge and failure.

My current interests include:

The classroom error climate
Soft failure and the relationship with resilience 
Applied psychological theories in the classroom
Philosophy for Children
RE pedagogy and practice
E-Learning in teaching


External Professional interests

Consultancy for schools, colleges and other institutions on issues of: thinking skills; RE; e-learning; metacognition; enquiry-based learning; P4C; gifted education

Teaching:

I am the Subject Lead for the Secondary Religious Education Secondary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes and also Lead for the PGCE Primary Humanities with RE route and Primary ITE Geography and RE Leads.
I am the joint Module Leader for the Secondary PGCE Subject Knowledge module.

Modules:  

RE Secondary Initial Teacher Education RE and Geography programmes
Professional studies
Subject knowledge and pedagogy (joint module leader)
School based experience
Active inquiry
Securing Pupil Progress