Ms Joanne McWhinney-Tripp
Senior Lecturer
Primary ITE
Department of Teacher Education , School Of Education And Communities
Jo is Course Lead for Level 6 Teacher Apprenticeships, leads the Humanities and RE route on Primary PGCE and teaches on the Primary PGCE.
Qualifications
- BA International History and Politics (2:1) from University of Leeds
- PGCE Primary Education from University of Edinburgh
- MA in Education Policy and Society from King’s College, London
Areas Of Interest
- Teacher education
- Teacher identity and performativity
- Scottish education
- Curriculum, assessment and pedagogy
- Learning outside the classroom
OVERVIEW
Jo is an experienced primary teacher who has taught in both Edinburgh and London. Following her MA in Education Policy and Society from King’s College, Jo became an Assistant Headteacher at a London infant school.
She joined UEL in 2021 where she teaches on the PGCE Primary and Teacher Apprenticeship programmes with a specific focus on classroom practice, humanities subject knowledge and learning theory.
PUBLICATIONS
- National Improvement Framework and Teacher Identity: a (re)turn to performativity in Scotland? Research in Teacher Education, Vol 12, (1), 2022
EXTERNAL ROLES
- External examiner at Teeside University
COURSES TAUGHT
PGCE Primary With Humanities And Religious Education
On the Humanities and Religious Education (RE) route you will gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to take on a leadership role in the field.
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