Daniel Cottle

Daniel Cottle

School of Education
Associate Professor of Secondary Education (Physics)

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 4456
Email
d.cottle@bham.ac.uk
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Address
School of Education
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

After reading Physics at the University of Birmingham and training to be a Science teacher at Sheffield Hallam University, Dan has taught Physics in a range of schools for 15 years. Until recently Head of Science at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Dan is a Chartered Physicist, an Ogden Trust Teacher Fellow and Teacher Network Coordinator for the Institute of Physics. He is particularly interested in evidence based practice in Physics education and in supporting and encouraging aspiring teachers.

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Qualifications

  • CPhys
  • PGCE Secondary Science Education – Sheffield Hallam University
  • MSci (Hons) Physics – University of Birmingham
  • MSc Teacher Education - University of Oxford

Biography

After reading Physics at the University of Birmingham and training to be a Science teacher at Sheffield Hallam University, Dan has taught Physics in a range of schools for 15 years. Until recently Head of Science at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Dan is a Chartered Physicist, an Ogden Trust Teacher Fellow and Teacher Network Coordinator for the Institute of Physics. He is particularly interested in evidence based practice in Physics education and in supporting and encouraging aspiring teachers.

Teaching

PGDipEd Secondary Physics Education

MA Teaching Studies

Research

Physics pedagogy

Science teacher education

Widening partipation in higher education

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Cottle, D 2022, 'Harnessing the potential of recently retired physics teachers to mentor new physics teachers', Physics Education, vol. 57, no. 1, 015020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac3931

Cottle, D 2021, 'Improving students' mathematical skills in secondary science: ideas from mathematics pedagogy', School Science Review, vol. 102, no. 381, pp. 61-64. <https://www.ase.org.uk/resources/school-science-review/issue-381/improving-students-mathematical-skills-in-secondary>

Cottle, D 2021, 'The effects of Covid-19 on student transition from school to university in STEM subjects', New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, vol. 16, no. 1, 3847, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i14.3847

Cottle, D & Marshall, R 2016, 'Exploring electrical resistance: a novel kinesthetic model helps to resolve some misconceptions', Physics Education, vol. 51, no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/51/5/054004

Commissioned report

Perry, T, Findon, M, Cordingley, P, Braim, B, Davison, I, Whitmore, T, Cottle, D, Anbreen, N & Crisp, B 2020, Teacher Education Modality Rapid Review: Modes, Affordances and Evidence on Remote and Blended Initial and Continuing Teacher Education. STEM Learning, https://www.stem.org.uk/news-and-views/news/remote-blended-education. <https://www.stem.org.uk/news-and-views/news/remote-blended-education>

Conference article

Cottle, D 2022, 'Exploring the experiences of undergraduate physics students on a ‘Teaching Physics in School’ module and the effects on their intentions to become physics teachers', Journal of Physics: Conference Series.

Conference contribution

Cottle, D 2019, Harnessing the expertise of recently retired physics teachers to mentor beginner teachers. in GIREP-ICPE-EPEC-MPTL Conference 2019 Programme and Book of Abstracts: Teaching-learning contemporary physics, from research to practice., 01, pp. 599-600, GIREP-ICPE-EPEC-MPTL Conference 2019, Budapest, Hungary, 1/07/19.

Poster

Cottle, D 2023, 'Exploring the experiences of undergraduate physics students on a ‘Teaching Physics in School’ module and the effects on their intentions to become physics teachers', BERA Annual Conference 2023, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 12/09/23 - 14/09/23.

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