Professor Andrew Pollard is currently Director of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme at the Institute of Education, London.
He received his BA in Sociology and Economics from the University of Leeds, PGCE in Education from the University of Lancaster, M.Ed from the University of Sheffield and PhD in the Sociology of Education from the University of Sheffield.
His research interests include Teaching-learning processes and learner perspectives, as well as the development of evidence-based classroom practice. He has interest also in home-school relationships and the effect of national and institutional policies on learning. His research emphasises primary education, and has included the Identity and Learning Programme (ILP), a longitudinal ethnographic study of the interaction of identity, learning, assessment, career and social differentiation in children's experiences of schooling from age 4 to 16.
Pollard has been Director of the TLRP (Teaching and Learning Research Programme) since 2002 --the UK's largest ever research investment in education and involves over 700 researchers.
With a long-standing interest in the design, management and evaluation of research projects in education., Pollard has worked extensively with schools and local authorities including many UK education agencies and funding bodies such as ESRC, Training and Development Agency for Schools, QCA and HEFCE.
He previously co-directed the Primary, Assessment, Curriculum and Experience project (PACE) tracking the impact of education legislation on practices and experiences in English primary school classrooms.
He received his BA in Sociology and Economics from the University of Leeds, PGCE in Education from the University of Lancaster, M.Ed from the University of Sheffield and PhD in the Sociology of Education from the University of Sheffield.
His research interests include Teaching-learning processes and learner perspectives, as well as the development of evidence-based classroom practice. He has interest also in home-school relationships and the effect of national and institutional policies on learning. His research emphasises primary education, and has included the Identity and Learning Programme (ILP), a longitudinal ethnographic study of the interaction of identity, learning, assessment, career and social differentiation in children's experiences of schooling from age 4 to 16.
Pollard has been Director of the TLRP (Teaching and Learning Research Programme) since 2002 --the UK's largest ever research investment in education and involves over 700 researchers.
With a long-standing interest in the design, management and evaluation of research projects in education., Pollard has worked extensively with schools and local authorities including many UK education agencies and funding bodies such as ESRC, Training and Development Agency for Schools, QCA and HEFCE.
He previously co-directed the Primary, Assessment, Curriculum and Experience project (PACE) tracking the impact of education legislation on practices and experiences in English primary school classrooms.
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