Mrs Cassie Martin

Mrs Cassie Martin

Shakespeare Institute
Doctoral researcher

Contact details

Email
cbm131@student.bham.ac.uk

PhD title: You speedy helpers, that are substitutes’ (Henry VI Part 1 5.5.5) Shakespeare, AI & SEND in UK Secondary Schools
Supervisors: Dr Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute) and Dr Phillip Smith (School of Computer Science)
PhD Shakespeare Studies

Qualifications

  • MA Shakespeare & Education (Distinction): University of Birmingham
  • PG Cert Theory & Practice of Gifted Education: University of Roehampton
  • PGCSE Secondary English: Open University
  • BA Hons Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic: University of Cambridge

Biography

I have over 20 years of Secondary English teaching experience in both state and independent sectors, including as Head of English, and am an experienced GCSE and A Level examiner. I am also a trustee of the English Association for whom I wrote the position paper on AI. Alongside my current role as KS5 English Lead at The King’s School Gloucester, I run training sessions for teachers thinking through how AI and English intersect and write regularly for various publications.

Research

I am researching how UK Secondary pupils are currently using Generative AI tools whether through official educator directed activities or as ‘shadow users’, to assist their studies of Shakespeare at GCSE and A Level. I am particularly interested in Gen AIs efficacy as an assistive technology for student with dyslexia nd other literacy-related difficulties and disabilities.

Publications