Jane Whittenbury
Senior Lecturer in Primary Education
Primary Education
email: j.whittenbury@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 855503
Jane taught in Primary and Middle schools for 15 years before becoming involved with the University of Worcester, the last 9 years as Literacy Co-ordinator. For two years, Jane was released one day a week from school to teach English at the University. This then developed into a secondment in 2003 and she is now a part-time English tutor on the Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.
Jane is also Year 1 Co-ordinator. This involves organising and overseeing Induction Week, working with StARs and managing the Academic Tutor system for the year group, amongst other responsibilities.
Jane is module leader for a cross-curricular module which links English, Maths and Science, leading a team of 12 tutors.
As a School Experience tutor, Jane travels around the area to observe students in school and work with teachers. She is leading a reading project with a local primary school and Year 1 Undergraduates. She works closely with schools as part of her role within the Partnership team.
Other interests include mentoring. Jane's MA.Ed dissertation focused on mentoring new members of academic staff.
Qualifications
- MA.Ed
- B.Ed (Hons)
- SEDA
- Certificate in Professional Studies in Education: Primary History
Teaching & Research
Teaching Interests
- Primary English:
- PGCE English
- PITE1002
- PITE3005
Research Interests
- Mentoring
- Reflective practice
- Primary English
Professional Bodies
United Kingdom Literacy Association
Publications
Recent publications:
Contributor: Effective Teachers of Writing: What do they know and do? in Mills,C and Ellis, S (eds) (2002) Connecting, Creating: New Ideas in Teaching Writing. Herts. UKRA
Hughes, S., Bingle, B., Crabtree, H., Irving, S., Perrigo, A., Robinson, C., Stanton, J., Watson, R and Whittenbury, J. (2011) Mentoring and Coaching Stories the Learning Journeys of Lecturers Undertaking Post Graduate Study in Mentoring and Coaching. Worcester Journal of Learning and Teaching (6).
Conferences:
Jane Whittenbury, Kim Russell, Mandy Andrews, Sue Lillyman:
Undergraduates experiences of reflection as a learning tool for being and becoming a professional: An interdisciplinary proposal. Presented at the Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Worcester, 16th June 2011.