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Senior Lecturer in Education

I have had a number of roles at the University. I am principally a Senior Lecturer in Education and in the past have been Programme Leader for PGCE Education DL – one of the University's largest courses and sat by trainee teachers in over 60 countries – while working extensively across on-campus provision. I am now the Pathway Manager for the Assessment Only Route to Qualified Teacher Status (UK and overseas) while also moving back to module leadership on PGCE Education.

I am in my second tenure as an elected member of the University Board of Governors – a position that I am very proud to fill so that I can continue to serve and support the work and growth of the University. I am also a Senior Fellow of the HEA.

My current day-to-day role on the AOR to QTS pathway involves overseeing practical teaching assessments for national and international teachers looking to achieve Qualified Teacher Status. My wider role involves observing teachers nationally and internationally, supporting and developing a large body of experienced teaching staff, and sitting on a range of strategic university groups, committees, and panels. I am also a Personal Academic Tutor to an international cohort of trainee teachers, while co-leading the practicum element of PGCE Education.

I have also had the privilege of teaching a wide-ranging education history module (EDU101) that covers the advent of fire and the passing of vital life skills in the Neanderthal period, to the Spartan 'agoge', Incan and Aztec education systems, education in the Industrial Revolution, and the tripartite system of the 1940s and 1950s UK. Education history is indeed one of my main passions.

I began my teaching career almost two decades ago. I initially taught in FE (basic skills tutoring), moved into secondary teaching after gaining QTS via the GTP, took up a position teaching English literature and literary theory at the University in 2008 (Romanticism, Medieval Literature, Gothic novel), moved into teacher training a few years later, and have since progressed to a full-time senior position in teacher training and education studies.

I have been at the University in some capacity since 1993. I completed my undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional qualifications at the University and hope to be here for many years to come. My job at the University is varied and it is a great honour to work alongside a group of dedicated, determined, and knowledgeable colleagues, trainees, and students.



Teaching and supervision

My teaching in the education team has included running three of the four PGCE (all phases) core modules (EDP380, EDPM01, and EPDM97) and a core Education Studies 'History of Education' module (EDU101). I have coordinated the support, guidance, and assessment of over 3000 postgraduate research papers and also support my cohort of research projects and dissertations.

I have also delivered and coordinated the PgCert course to our off-site SCITT partners.

I am also now one of the country's most experienced international teacher assessors due to my work on the Assessment Only Route to QTS pathway.

Research

My research interests lie in the following areas: worldwide education history; Spartan and Athenian education systems, ideologies, and philosophies; the relationship between education and the needs of society; the intersection between philosophy and education; the influence of religion on historical education systems and models; how weaker learners can be supported via individually targeted feedback; and issues surrounding inclusion in the modern school setting.

I am co-author of a number of papers relating to formative and summative assessment.

Publications

Number of items: 12.

Conference or Workshop Item

Hidson, Elizabeth and Elliott, Ian (2022) Live-streamed lesson observations as part of the Assessment-Only route to QTS. In: Digital Learning and Teaching Conference, 28 June 2022, Sunderland, UK. (Unpublished)

Hidson, Elizabeth, Sheard, Simon, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Bell, Jemma and Wynn, Vikki (2021) Video-enhanced dialogic assessment of teaching practice portfolios. In: Transforming Assessment and the Assessment in Higher Education Network webinar on using video in assessment and feedback, 06 Oct 2021, Macquarie University, Australia [online].

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Sheard, Simon, Wynn, Vikki and Bell, Jemma (2021) Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment: online vivas for teacher assessment. In: Practical Pedagogy Conference 2021, 13 September 2021, University of Lincoln (online).

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma and Wynn, Vikki (2021) Video-enhanced dialogic assessment (VEDA) of teaching practice portfolios: the dialogic construction of teachers’ standards evidence in an online space. In: BERA Annual Conference 2021, 13-16 September, 2021, Online.

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Wynn, Vikki, Sheard, Simon and Bell, Jemma (2021) Ready for Work: Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment as an international route to UK Qualified Teacher Status. In: Third Annual Faculty of Education & Society Staff Research Conference, 14 Jun 2021, Sunderland, UK. (Unpublished)

Ross, Dionne, Elliott, Ian, Hidson, Elizabeth, Griffiths, Alison, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma, Wynn, Vikki, Bell, Deborah and Hughes, Mark (2021) International and Independent Distance Learning Team Showcase. In: Faculty of Education and Society Team Showcase Series, 10 March 2021, Sunderland, UK. (Unpublished)

Elliott, Ian and Hidson, Elizabeth (2021) Switching to Online Learning. In: University of Sunderland Global Forum, 26 February 2021, Sunderland, UK. (Unpublished)

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma, McMaster, Alison, Wynn, Vikki and Hughes, Mark (2021) Video-enhanced dialogic assessment of teaching practice portfolios: the process of constructing dialogic evidence in an online space to demonstrate meeting professional teachers’ standards. In: Assessment in Higher Education Conference 2022, 22-24 June 2022, Manchester.

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Sheard, Simon and Bell, Jemma (2020) Shaping research-informed practitioners: A case study of the impact of written feed-forward targets on summative outcomes in postgraduate school-focused research modules. In: 2nd Annual Faculty of Education and Society Research Institute Staff Research Conference, 15 June 2020, Sunderland, UK.

Hidson, Elizabeth and Elliott, Ian (2019) Spanning the grade boundaries: The impact of formative feedback on summative outcomes in a distance learning PGCE course. In: First Annual Faculty of Education and Society Research Institute Staff Research Conference, 04 June 2019, Sunderland, UK.

Film/Video

Elliott, Ian, Hidson, Elizabeth, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma, Griffiths, Alison and Wynn, Vikki (2021) Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment on the Assessment-Only Route to UK Qualified Teacher Status. [Film/Video]

Other

Bell, Jemma, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Hidson, Elizabeth, Ross, Dionne, Sheard, Simon and Wynn, Vikki (2021) IIDL Team Newsletter February 2021. University of Sunderland, Sunderland.

This list was generated on Tue Dec 3 05:14:21 2024 GMT.
  • Teacher education and training
  • Distance learning
  • International teacher assessment
  • The history of education
  • Classical Greek education and philosophy
  • The Spartan 'agoge'
  • Education in early period Meso-America
  • Education and the changing nature of childhood in Victorian Britain
  • Assessment theory and models
  • Literary theory
  • Romantic literature and poetry
  • Gothic and neo-gothic literature
  • Fantasy literature

Aside from teaching, I have also worked as an examiner and team leader for AQA, as an educational consultant, as a journalist and editor, and as an election campaign manager and coordinator.

I have also been the owner of a video production company and held a Fellowship at Teesside University.

Last updated 08 July 2024