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Pete Bradshaw

HoQ (Masters in Ed)/Senior Lecturer

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Department of Education

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Pete is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at The Open University and is based in Milton Keynes. His main responsibilty is as Head of Qualification for the Masters in Education and during Autumn 2012 he is also joint acting Programme Director for Childhood, Youth and Education.

He works on a range of modules including those in curriculum, CPD and leadership and management. He is the PI on the TEMPUS-funded CEDFE project which seeks to explore how action research, CPD and practicum is developied in partner universities in Europe and the Middle East/North Africa. 

In 2012 he led the OU side of the co-production of films with the BBC

Until 2011 he was part of the Vital team, working on new ways of providing CPD in ICT. For three years (2009-11) he has been part of the ITTE team evaluating the TDA involvement in the BBC News School Report project. He is also a working member of the Computing at School association and is keen to develop the link between ICT ITE and Computing.

He was previously a Principal Lecturer and the School of Education's Standards and Quality Manager at Nottingham Trent University and led the Applied ICT PGCE strand. Prior to working at NTU, Pete was a member of staff at Ultralab (1998-2005), working on a range of e-learning projects including those with the NCSL Leadership Programmes, and was programme leader for the online cohort of the MA Education. Before this he was a teacher of ICT in secondary schools and colleges and an advisory teacher for Dorset LEA.

Pete completed a PhD in student perception of ICT and its assessment at 16 with Nottingham Trent University. A summary is hosted on by Mirandanet, of which he is a Fellow. His scholarly activity and research interests also include CPD, professional identity and the use of ICT and technology in learning.

 

Teaching Interests

Interests

  • Technologies and learning
  • Curriculum and Assessment
  • Research methodologies
  • Practitioner research
  • Leadership and management
  • Teacher education
  • International Teacher Education

Module involvement

  • E849: Leading and managing for effective education - Chair (2011) 
  • E856: Educational leadership: context, strategy and collaboration (2012-present)
  • E855: Leading Professional Practice in Education: Member of development team (2010-2012)
  • ET821: Education for Development (2011-present)
  • E207:Subject knowledge and professional practice in primary schools: Member of development team (2010-2011)

Research Interests

Assessment, curriculum, new technologies,. CPD

Current Research

Formation of professional identity in trainee teachers

ICT CPD - new models of professional development

Co-PI: Use of OERs in higher education academic practice courses.

PI: TEMPUS-funded CEDFE project which seeks to explore how action research, CPD and practicum is developied in partner universities in Europe and the Middle East/North Africa. 

Publications

Book Chapter
Bradshaw, Pete (2010). Assessment 14-19. In: Wallace, Susan ed. The Lifelong Learning Sector: Reflective Reader. Exeter, UK: Learning Matters.
Bradshaw, Pete; Powell, Stephen and Terrell, Ian (2003). Building a community of practice: technological and social implications for a distributed team. In: Hildreth, Paul and Kimble, Chris eds. Knowledge networks: Innovation through communities in practice. London, UK: Idea Group, pp. 184–201.
Bradshaw, Pete (2001). Numerical modelling using spreadsheets. In: Lawson, Jenny ed. Intermediate GNVQ: Information and communication technology, options. London: Longman, pp. 153–192.
Bradshaw, Pete (2001). Databases. In: Lawson, Jenny ed. Intermediate GNVQ information and communication technology options. London: Longman, pp. 193–236.
Bradshaw, Pete (2000). Systems installation and presentation. In: Banks, Maggie; Crookes, Bob; Jarvis, Alan; Duff, Alsion and Lawson, Jenny eds. Vocational A-level information and communication technology. London, UK: Longman.
Conference Item
Bradshaw, Pete; Younie, Sarah and Jones, Sarah (2012). The use of open education resources in higher education programmes of academic practice. In: International Conference on ICT in Education, 5-7 July 2012, Rhodes, Greece.
Bradshaw, Pete and Woollard, John (2012). Computing at school: an emergent community of practice for a re-emergent subject. In: International Conference on ICT in Education, 5-7 July 2012, Rhodes, Greece.
Bradshaw, Pete and Younie, Sarah (2012). Assistant teachers’ engagement in a cross-curricular television news project: impact on professional identity. In: ProPEL: , 9-11 May 2012, Stirling, UK.
Bradshaw, Pete (2011). E-portfolios and Google applications. In: 10th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL-2011 pre-conference workshop, 9 November 2011, Brighton, UK.
Bradshaw, Peter and Younie, Sarah (2011). Assistant teachers' engagement in an external cross curricular project: impact on professional identity. In: BERA (British Educational Rresearch Association) 2011, 6- 8 September 2011, London.
Walsh, Christopher S.; Bradshaw, Pete and Twining, Peter (2011). e-learning through collaborative teacher professional development in primary and secondary schools in england. In: IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2011 75, 20-23 July 2011, Rome, Italy.
Bradshaw, Pete; Walsh, Christopher and Twining, Peter (2011). The Vital programme: transforming ICT professional development. In: International conference of ICT Education, 6-9 July 2011, Rhodes, Greece.
Younie, Sarah; Bradshaw, Pete and Cameron, Karen (2011). A presentation of a case study examination of the BBC News School Report project in Initial Teacher Education across three sites. In: ITTE Annual conference, 5-7 July, 2011, University of Keele.
Bradshaw, Pete (2010). Vital: innovation in CPD: supporting teachers to inspire learners. In: Inside Government Forum Innovation in Education: Transforming Learning in the 21st Century , 17 November 2010, London.
Bradshaw, Pete; Twining, Peter; Hayes, Mary and Jeffrey, Robert (2010). The changing landscape of CPD for teachers. In: ALT-C 2008: “Into something rich and strange” – making sense of the sea-change, 6-9 September 2010, University of Nottingham, UK.
Jeffrey, Bob; Bradshaw, Pete; Twining, Peter and Walsh, Chris (2010). Ethnography, education and on-line research. In: European Conference of Educational Research, 25-28 August 2010, Univesity of Helsinki, Finland.
Bradshaw, Pete (2010). Vital – CPD for teachers… CPD for ITE trainees? In: ITTE Summer Conference, 6-8 Jul 2010, Liverpool, UK.
Bradshaw, Pete; Twining, Peter and Walsh, Christopher (2010). Vital: changing the paradigm of CPD. In: The 11th ITTE Research Seminar, 11-12 Mar 2010, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK.
Bradshaw, Pete and Vanhegan, Stevie (2009). Designing an elearning space to teach about elearning - how hard can it be? In: NTU Learning and Teaching Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, April 2009 , 2 April 2009, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Bradshaw, Pete (2008). Validity of ICT assessment at 16: student perceptions. In: IT in Teacher Education Research Seminar, 28-29 Nov 2008, Cambridge, UK.
Boulton, Helen; Bradshaw, Pete and Hramiak, Alison (2007). Use of online tools for supporting students on placement. In: ITTE Annual conference, 11-13 July, 2007, Leicester, UK.
Bradshaw, Pete (2007). Validity of ICT assessment at 16. In: ITTE Annual conference, 11-13 July, 2007, University of Leicester.
Bradshaw, Pete and Boulton, Helen (2007). Use of electronic tools with students on work placement. In: Enhancing Research-informed Teaching, Annual learning and Teaching Conference, April 2007, Nottingham Trent University.
Bradshaw, Pete and Powell, Stephen (2003). Large-scale online communities of practice for professional learning of school leaders. In: Virtual Communities Conference, 16-17 June 2003, Westminster, London.
Bradshaw, Pete; Gee, Alison and Powell, Stephen (2002). Virtual communities and professional learning across a distributed remote membership. In: Virtual Communities Conference, pre-conference worskhop, 12 December 2002, University of Navarra, Barcelona.
Bradshaw, Pete; Powell, Stephen and Terrell, Ian (2002). Online communities - vehicles for professional learning? In: BERA Conference, 11-14 Sep 2002, Exeter.
Bradshaw, Pete; Gee, Alison and Chapman, Carole (2001). NPQH interim developments. In: BERA Annual Conference, 13-15 September, 2001, Leeds, U.K..
Journal Article
Bradshaw, Peter; Younie, Sarah and Jones, Sarah (2013). Open education resources and higher education academic practice. Campus Wide Information Systems, 30(3), pp. 186–193.
Bradshaw, Pete; Twining, Peter and Walsh, Christopher (2012). The vital program: transforming ICT professional development. American Journal of Distance Education , 26(2), pp. 74–85.
Bradshaw, Pete and Younie, Sarah (2011). Trainee teachers’ engagement in a cross-curricular news project: impact on professional identity. Advancing Education, Autumn(2011), Article 4.
Boulton, Helen and Bradshaw, Pete (2008). Use of weblogs and other tools to support student teachers' use of reflective journals. Computer Education, Spring(2008),
Bradshaw, Pete; Powell, Stephen and Terrell, Ian (2005). Developing engagement in Ultralab’s online communities of enquiry. Innovations in Education and Teaching International , 42(3), pp. 205–215.
Other
Bradshaw, Pete; Cameron, Karen and Younie, Sarah (2011). A case study examination of the BBC News School Report project in Initial Teacher Education across three sites for the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) 2011. ITTE.
Bradshaw, Pete; Younie, Sarah and Cameron, Karen (2010). An Evaluation of the BBC News School Report Project in Initial Teacher Education for the Training and Development Agency (TDA) 2010. ITTE.
Bradshaw, Pete and Gillespie, Helena (2009). Evaluation of the BBC News School Report Project's Impact in Teacher Education: An Evaluation for TDA 2009. ITTE, London.
Bradshaw, Pete (2008). ICT in teaching. IT in Teacher Education Association.
Bradshaw, Pete and Woollard, John (2007). Framework for the 14-19 curriculum. IT in Teacher Education Association.
Bradshaw, Pete (2007). ICT and numeracy across the curriculum. PFP Publishing.
Bradshaw, Pete (2006). Online communities. PFP Publishing.
Bradshaw, Pete; Chapman, Carole and Gee, Alison (2002). A report on the ULTRLAB's development of online components in NCSL programmes. Ultralab.