Robin Alexander

Professor Robin Alexander is Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. As well as this he is Honorary Professor of Education at the University of York. Robin Alexander is also Professor of Education Emeritus at the University of Warwick.[1] Further to this he holds the position of Chair of the Trust and Board and Co-Director of the Cambridge Primary Review Trust.[2]

The Cambridge Primary Review

From 2006 until 2012 Alexander led the review of primary education in England, which forms the most comprehensive review of primary education since the Plowden report in 1967. The Cambridge Primary Review was supported by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.[3]

Between 2007 and 2009 the Cambridge Primary Review published 31 interim reports, 40 briefings, as well as 14 media releases, and several newspaper articles.[4] On the 16 October 2009 both the final report of the trust: Children, their World, their Education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review[5] as well as a companion volume: The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys,[6] were both published by Routledge.

Since then, Alexander has been critical of the Government's consultation process for changes to the primary curriculum, and the narrowness of the new curriculum.

The Cambridge Primary Review Trust

The Cambridge Primary Review Trust followed on from the work of the Cambridge Primary Review. The trust was founded as a not-for-profit company in December 2012. Since April 2013 the trust has received its core funding from Pearson. The aim of the Cambridge Primary Review trust is to build upon the evidence provided in the Cambridge Primary Review and advance the cause of high quality primary education for all children.[7]

The trust has eight key priorities:

  1. Equity - tackle social and educational disadvantage; to find practical ways to held schools close the gap between social equity and educational attainment.
  2. Voice - to advance Children's voice and rights in school and classroom.
  3. Community - promote community engagement through school-community links as well as a community curriculum that enriches the national curriculum by developing communal values.
  4. Sustainability - embed sustainability and global citizenship in educational policy and practice.
  5. Aims - develop and apply a coherent vision for 21st Century primary education.
  6. Curriculum - develop a broad, balances and rich curriculum which responds to both national and local needs.
  7. Pedagogy - develop a pedagogy of repertoire, rigour, evidence and principal, rather than mere compliance.
  8. Assessment - Encourage approaches to assessment that enhance learning as well as test it, that support rather than distort the curriculum and that pursue standards and quality in all areas of learning.[8]

These priorities link into the trusts four major programs:

  1. Policy - continue processes of policy engagement and dissemination to extend the profile and influence of the trust both nationally and internationally.
  2. Research - to review and extend the research base of the initial Cambridge Primary Review, to launch new research projects in line with the trust's priorities, as well as to build capacity for small-scale local and regional action networks.
  3. Schools - exemplify the evidence and principles of the Cambridge Primary Review in practice through outstanding school leadership, and work with other leaders and relevant bodies to promote the trust's vision. As well as this the trust seeks to build an alliance of outstanding schools that are keen to address it's priorities.
  4. Professional development and networking - extend and strengthen the trust's national and regional networks as well as to identity professional development needs and develop high quality CPD materials and support services in association with Pearson.[9]

Academic service and awards

The book 'Culture and Pedagogy' was, in 2002, awarded the American Educational Research Association book award.[10] Alexander is a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge[11] In 2011, Alexander was elected as a fellow of the British Academy.[12]

Bibliography

Over the course of his career Professor Robin Alexander has published 27 books and monographs. As well as this he has produced 114 journal articles and book chapters; 46 research reports; over 30 newspaper articles; as well as various policy documents and blog posts.[13][14] A full list of Alexander's publications can be found on his website. Some key works are noted below:

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Robin Alexander MA MEd PhD LittD FBA | Wolfson College Cambridge". www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  2. ↑ "National". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  3. ↑ "Esmee Fairbairn Foundation". Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "About the Cambridge Primary Review". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  5. ↑ "Children, their World, their Education: Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review (Paperback) - Routledge". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  6. ↑ "The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys (Hardback) - Routledge". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  7. ↑ "About CPRT". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  8. ↑ "Priorities". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  9. ↑ "Programmes". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  10. ↑ "AERA Book Award". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Wolfson College biography". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "BA elections". Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Robin Alexander". cprtrust.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  14. ↑ "About - Robin Alexander". Retrieved 2015-09-03.
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