Cathie Lacey

EdD Researcher

Current Status

Part-time EdD

Research Topic

Construction of professional/personal identity for ESOL teachers; CPD and ITT

Research Summary

TBD

Research Interests

Teacher identity
Use of eportfolios and blogs with students
Adult ESOL
Teacher education
Linguistic ethnography
Observation of teaching
Critical conversations

Research Supervisor

Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker

Funding

Self-funding

Membership in Research and Professional Organisations

NALDIC
NATECLA
Language Studies Student Group

Publications

Space, Resistance, and Identities: University-Based Teacher Educators Developing a Community of Practice, Margaret Herrington, Alex Kendall, Julie Hughes, Cathie Lacey, Rob Smith, Vanessa Dye, Rachel Baig, and Matt O'Leary. In Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators edited by Chris Komble, Paul Hildreth Published by Information Age Pub Inc, 2008

Short article in RaPAL (Research and Practice in Adult Literacy - May 2007) Conversations with Margaret Herrington ‘New Standards in Teaching Education – again’

Conference Papers and Presentations

June 2008 - University of Hertfordshire – Third International Blended Learning conference. With Julie Hughes and David Wise ‘ Beyond projects and piloting- embedding an eportfolio in a PGCE – an innovation too far?’

June 2007 - Becoming part of the ESOL blogging village, ISTE conference, Sterling

May 2006 - University of Wolverhampton, School of Education conference ‘Using blogs with pre service ESOL teachers’