Liz Chamberlain 

Senior Lecturer, Route Manager for PGCE (part-time) 

Education, Health and Social Care 

Email:

liz.chamberlain@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

01962 827067 

Address:

Expertise

Liz is a Senior Lecturer on the English team and is also Route Manager for the part-time PGCE programme. Her main area of expertise is in working with and mentoring teaching students with a focus on children's reading and writing. She has worked as a primary teacher for over 20 years and regularly spends time in school, teaching and supporting children. Liz has visited Australia as a Visiting Scholar at Australian Catholic University (2010).

Publications

 

Publications

Bearne, E., Chamberlain, L., Cremin, T. & Mottram, M. (2011) Teaching writing effectively:  Reviewing practice.    Leicester:  UKLA.  

Chamberlain, L. (2011) 'Writing' in R. Cox, Primary English Teaching. London: Sage  

Chamberlain, L. (2009) 'Creativity in Literacy' in A. Wilson, Creativity in Primary Education. Exeter: Learning Matters  

Consultancy

Strategic Consultant - Everybody Writes (2007 - 2011)

Editor/contributor of English pages of Primary Subjects Magazine (2009 - 2010)

Can I have a word?  (Barbican Education website) - contributor (2004)

Research Interests

Liz's research interests are linked to the field of English and in particular the writing process. She has been Strategic Consultant for the Everybody Writes project and continues to use this work to reflect on effective literacy practices. She is working on her EdD with the Open University exploring discursive practices in guided writing.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

• National Committee, United Kingdom Literacy Association
• Awarded 2010 Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) travel scholarship to support research project 'Comparative Literacies'.