Anthea Coleman-Chan
Thesis title: Academic staff perspectives on community-engaged teaching and learning
Doctorate of Education (EdD)
Year of study: 5
- Centre for Open Learning
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 6511589
- Email: s0091976@sms.ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Educationand Sport, IECS, PL
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
2020- Present
Head of Humanities, Centre for Open Learning
Overall academic responsibility for course planning, approval and validation of subject area provision across the Centre for Open Learning.
2011-2020
Course Organiser, International Foundation Programme
Responsible for the operational management of the University's International Foundation Programme in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science.
2006-2011
Course Development Officer/ Caseworker, Access to Industry Developed accredited widening participation courses in partnership with further education institutions across South East Scotland. Casework and support of non-traditional learners in partnership with local authority.
Qualifications
(Expected 2023) Doctor of Education (EdD), University of Edinburgh
PGCert Teaching Qualification in Further Education (TQFE), English and Communications, University of Stirling
MA(hons) English Language and Literature, University of Edinburgh
Research summary
Community Engagement
Service Learning
Educating for humanity
Conference details
September 2019 - 2nd European Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education, Antwerp, Belgium
Paper: Opening Windows: CSL and the Cultivation of Humanity
July 2016 - Improving University Teaching (IUT) Conference, Durham, UK
Paper: Laying the Foundations: Transformative and Critically Reflective Learning for Effective Transition into Undergraduate Study
June 2016 - QAA Scotland, 2nd International Enhancement in Higher Education Conference, Edinburgh, UK
Paper: Using Peer Assessment on Learning Journals for Critical Reflection
March 2016 - Gearing Up for Transitions Conference, Edinburgh, UK
Paper: Laying the Foundations: Transformative learning for effective transition into undergraduate study on the International Foundation Programme.
July 2014 - InForm Conference, Canterbury, UK
Paper: Filling the Gaps: A case of collaborative assessment design on the University of Edinburgh’s IFP
This session will explore the ways in which EAP and subject-specific staff have collaborated successfully to design targeted and effective assessments, testing students’ academic English in the context of their chosen subject streams. The software and methodologies used to achieve this high level of collaboration will also be discussed
June 2010 - 19th EAN (European Access Network) Annual Conference, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
Paper: Curriculum for competence: vocation-focused learning for widening participation
This paper will examine the challenges and successes experienced in widening access within Access to Industry’s diverse portfolio of courses. It will consider the practical issues involved in curriculum design, recruitment, delivery, pedagogy, overcoming barriers, and student experience.
Thesis title
Academic staff perspectives on community engaged teaching and learning at one large, research-intensive, Russell Group university.
Supervisors
Dr James MacAllister and Dr Ian Fyfe