Jeff Knox
BSc, MSc, Cert Ed.
Senior Lecturer
Location:
Forster Building, City Campus
Phone: 0191 5152181 / 3192 / 2395 / 2201
Email:
jeff.knox@sunderland.ac.uk
Biography
Qualified as a Physics teacher in 1975, BSc in 1981, MSc in 1985. Taught in Secondary education for 10 years, Further Education for 11 years and currently working in Higher Education.
Teaching Areas
Electronics, Graphics, Materials, PGCE and Health & Safety
Research Interests
Design & Technology Education
Selected Publications
1985 A 'Micro Professor' Emulator board - Technology Education journal
2000 Slaves to the Rhythum - review of ITT in D & T, Data journal Autumn 2000 (joint paper with R Mahoney)
2004 Risk, Education and Culture, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004. Chaper 9, Risk management in school based Design and Technology, ISBN: 0754641724
2005 PIC Logicator V2 software review, DATA Practice, issue 3, 2005
2005 Microprocessor control of low voltage dc motors, DATA practice, Iss.5 2005 and part 2 in Iss.6 2005
2006 Intergrating Electronics with textiles in project work, DATA practice, Iss.2 2006
2006 Projects under pressure - using pressure sensors in control projects DATA practice, Iss.5 2006
Consultancy
1983 Reviews of a range of proprietary Electronics Teaching documentation and accompanying hardware (eg. Blue chip, System Alpha etc), focusing on pupil interest, rate of progress and residual understanding - MEP.
2001 10 days Health & Safety for Key Stage developments, Ripon.
2002 5 days Microcontroller applications for Key Stage developments, Ripon.
2002 - current Ongoing work, but to date, visits to over 50 secondary schools on a consultancy basis for course delivery and accreditation of existing D&T staff in workshop Health & Saftey.
2003 - Advanced PIC applications for GCSE and A level, 5 x 1 day, KSD.
2004 - Introduction to PIC's for KS3 National Curriculum, 5 x 1 day, KSD.
2005 - Advanced PIC applications for GCSE and A level, 5 x 1 day, KSD.
