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Prof John Gardner

BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCE, CEng, CITP, FBCS, AcSS, FCIEA
Professor of Education

69/71 University Street
School of Education
Queen's University Belfast


Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5017 (Direct)
Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 5066
Email: j.gardner@qub.ac.uk 

 

 


Representative Roles and Academic Recognition: 

 

  • President (2009-11) of the British Educational Research Association
  • Visiting Professor, University of Oxford Centre for Educational Assessment
  • Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP)
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (FCIEA)
  • Member of Council (2009-11) of the World Educational Research Association
  • Member of the UK Research Assessment Exercise, RAE (UoA 45 – Education) (2004-08)
  • Member of the Steering Committee and Commissioning Panel for the joint EPSRC and ESRC £8 million Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Programme (2008-12)
  • Member of the Steering Committee for the ESRC £49 million Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP)
  • Member of the ESRC Peer Review College: Postgraduate Research Training Framework
  • Member of the UK-based Assessment Reform Group (ARG, 1994-2010)
  • Elected member and member of the Council of the Academy of Social Sciences (2002–11)
  • Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Council of the Academy of Social Sciences (2008-11)
  • Member of the Department for Employment and Learning (NI) Higher Education Strategy Review Group (2009-10)
  • Member of the Northern Ireland Teacher Education Stakeholders’ Group (2001- to date)
  • Member of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (2002–05)
  • Council member of the British Educational Research Association, BERA (2000-07)
  • Chair of the BERA Ethical Guidelines Review Group (2002-04)
  • Quality reviewer for the Quality Assurance Agency (2000-01)
  • Quality reviewer for the Welsh Funding Councils (1997-98)
  • Member of the Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET): International Committee (1992-2001) and Management Forum (1992-2001, 2010-11)
  • Founding member of the UCET-NI Standing Committee (1999-2004)
      
  • Dean of the Faculty of Legal, Social and Educational Sciences, Queen’s (2002-06)
  • Head of the Graduate School of Education, Queen’s (1993-96, 1996-2001 and 2010-2011)

Research/Scholarship Interests:

Assessment
ICT in Education
Education Policy
Teacher Education and Professional Development

Research Projects:

SCoTENS

Japanese-style Lesson Study in Schools (PI)

2010-11

GTCNI

Teachers’ voice survey (PI)

2009-11

Nuffield

ARIA: Analysis and Rev. of Innovations in Assessm't (PI)

2006-08

GTCNI

ARRT Space: an Educational Research Repository (PI)

2006-09

ESRC

CPAL: Consulting Pupils on Assessm't of Learning (Co-I)

2005-07

Nuffield

Assessment Systems of the Future (Co-I)

2003-06

GCCNI

Evaluation of Consumer Skills Programme (PI)

2003-05

DE

VLE: Potential of Virtual Learning Environments (PI)

2002-03

Books, Special Journal Issue, Book Chapters and Selected Reports

  • White, J. and Gardner, J. The Classroom X-Factor: The Role of Body Language and Non-verbal Communication in Teaching Oxford: Taylor and Francis, (in press, July 2011)
  • Gardner, J., Harlen, W., Hayward, L. and Stobart, G. with Montgomery, M. (2010) Developing Teacher Assessment London: McGraw Hill/Open University Press (2010, see http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335237835.html)
  • Gardner, J., Harlen, W., Hayward, L. and Stobart, G. (2010) Developing assessment by teachers as an innovation in schools. In Berry, R and Adamson, R. (Eds) Assessment Reform in Education: Policy and Practice, New York: Springer (in press, 2011)
  • Gardner, J. and Holmes, B. (2010) Assessment and students’ rights. In McGaw, B., Baker, E and Peterson, P. E. (Eds) International Encyclopaedia of Education, 3rd edition, Oxford: Elsevier 378-383 (2010)
  • Gardner. J. and Galanouli. D. (2010) Professional learning and sustainable development: changing assessment practices. In Davies, A. and Busick, K. (Eds) Kingfisher Seminars Vancouver Island: Connections Publishing (in press)
  • Stanley, G., MacCann, R., Gardner, J., Reynolds, L. and Wild, I. (2009) Review of Teacher Assessment: Evidence of What Works Best and Issues for Development, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, London: QCDA
  • Gardner, J., Holmes, B. and Leitch, R. (2009) Assessment and Social Justice. Report 16, Bristol: Futurelab, available at http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/lit_reviews/Assessment_Social_Justice_Review.pdf
  • Gardner, J., Harlen, W., Hayward, L. and Stobart, G. (2008) Changing Assessment Practice: Process, Principles and Standards. London: Assessment Reform Group, Available at www.aria.qub.ac.uk
  • Gardner, J. (2008) Teachers’ summative assessments of students’ learning. In Davies, A. and Busick, K. (Eds) Classroom Assessment: What Works in High School Classrooms – Volume 2 Vancouver Island: Connections Publishing, pp 96-105
  • Gardner, J. and Pollard, A. (2008) (Special Issue Editors) Knowledge Transformation and Impact. Cambridge Journal of Education (Vol 38, Special Issue 1, 1-150)
  • Gardner, J. (2008) The Welsh Education Research Network: An Evaluation - Final Report http://www.wern.ac.uk/08-09/WERN%20FINAL%20REPORT%20June%202008.pdf
  • Holmes, B. and Gardner, J. (2006)   e-Learning: Concepts and Practice London: Sage (2006) (See: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book227967& )
  • Gardner, J. (Ed) (2006) Assessment and Learning London: Sage (See: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book227800& )
  • Gardner, J., Mallon, M., Cowan, P. and McArdle, M. (2005) Evaluating the Potential for Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs): A VLE for Teaching Citizenship http://www.deni.gov.uk/vle_final.pdf
  • Gardner, J. (2002) The Practical Implications of Burns: An Analysis of the Post-Primary Review Body Report: Education for the 21st Century http://arrts.gtcni.org.uk/gtcni/handle/2428/47775
  • Gardner. J. and Cowan, P. (2000) Testing the Test: A Study of the Reliability and Validity of the Northern Ireland Transfer Procedure Test in Enabling the Selection of Pupils for Grammar School Places (Full Report) http://arrts.gtcni.org.uk/gtcni/bitstream/2428/6312/1/Testing%20the%20Test.pdf

 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Donnelly, R. and Gardner, J. (2009) Content analysis of computer conferencing transcripts. Journal of Interactive Learning Environments 17 (3) 256-269 (2009, see http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a913335176~db=all~jumptype=rss)
  • Gardner, J., Holmes, B. and Leitch, R. (2008) Where there is smoke, there is (the potential for) fire – soft indicators of research and policy impact. Cambridge Journal of Education, 38 (1) 89-104
  •  Holmes, B., Gardner, J. and Galanouli, D. (2007) Striking the right chord and sustaining successful professional development in ICT. Journal of In-Service Education 33 (4) pp 389-404
  • Leitch, J., Gardner, J., Mitchell, S., Lundy, L., Odena, O., Galanouli, D. and Clough, P. (2007) Consulting Pupils in Assessment for Learning classrooms: the twists and turns of working with students as co-researchers. Educational Action Research, 15 (3) pp 459-478
  • Gardner, J. and Gallagher, A.M. (2007) Gauging the deliverable? Educational research in Northern Ireland. European Educational Research Journal, 6 (1) pp 101-114
  • Walsh, G. and Gardner, J. (2006) Teachers’ readiness to embrace change in the early years of schooling. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 14 (2) pp 127-140
  • Gardner, J. and Cowan, P. (2005) The fallibility of high stakes ’11-plus’ testing in Northern Ireland. Assessment in Education, 12 (2) pp 145-165
  • Walsh, G. and Gardner, J. (2005) Assessing the quality of early years learning environment. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 7 (1) pp 1-17 http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/walsh.html