- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2011
- Subjects
- Education, Sociology
- Website
- http://www.robinalexander.org.uk
Robin Alexander specialises in education at the interfaces of culture, policy and practice, usually though not exclusively in the primary phase. His research prioritises pedagogy, classroom discourse, curriculum, comparative/international education and education for development. He holds degrees from the universities of Cambridge and Manchester and professional qualifications from Durham and London, has worked in both schools and universities and has advised governments in Britain and overseas. From 2006-10 he directed the Cambridge Primary Review, the UK’s most comprehensive primary education enquiry to date, and from 2014-17 led a successful large scale randomised control trial of dialogic teaching for the Education Endowment Foundation. His work has been honoured by the American Education Association Outstanding Book Award (2002), the SES book awards first prize (2002 and 2012), the BERA/Sage Public Impact Award (2015), and three honorary doctorates. He is past President of the British Association for International and Comparative Education.
Current post
Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; Professor of Education Emeritus, University of Warwick
Past appointments
University of York Honorary Professor of Education
Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
University of Cambridge Professorial Director of Research, Faculty of Education
Jan 2006 - Jan 2012
Wolfson College, University of Cambridge Fellow
Jan 2003 -
University of Warwick Professor of Education
Jan 1995 - Jan 2001
University of Leeds Professor of Education
Jan 1991 - Jan 1995
University of Leeds Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Education
Jan 1977 - Jan 1991
Publications
Towards Dialogic Teaching
Published by Dialogos
2004/2017
Learning from Comparing Vols 1 & 2
Published by Symposium
1999 & 2000
Change in Teacher Education
Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston / Praeger
1984
Primary Teaching
Published by Holt Saunders / Cassell
1984