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Accepting PhD Students
I have worked as a teacher educator for many years in the field of English as a second/additional language in Taiwan and across the UK. I moved to Edinburgh in 2005 where I currently teach on a range of programmes: PGDE Secondary, MSc Education: Language – Theory, Practice and Literacy and MSc TESOL. The focus of my teaching is influenced by a drive for social justice in language education.
My PhD was an interpretive study that explored teachers’ beliefs about the reading literacy needs of pupils learning English as an additional language. I am interested in the ways in which critical literacy approaches can be implemented in classroom practices to meet the language and literacy needs of pupils learning English as an additional language (EAL). I am particularly interested in the role of teacher education in promoting social, cultural and linguistic inclusion.
I co-direct the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland (CERES) and currently serve as the Chair of the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC), the only national subject association for EAL in the UK. I also work in partnership with a number of organisations to provide CPD and Knowledge Exchange for mainstream and EAL teachers across the UK.
In 2011, my contribution to teaching and my role as Programme Director on the MSc TESOL Programme was publicly recognised by the student body where I was awarded the Endsleigh Overall High Performer Teaching Award.
I am a member of NALDIC, The British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) and The International Association in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).
CERES: Centre of Education for Racial Equality in Scotland
www.naldic.org.uk
Twitter: @YvonneFoley123
Qualifications:
Certificate in Theology (Regent Theological College, Cheshire)
RSA CTEFLA Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (University of Cambridge)
MEd TESOL (The University of Edinburgh)
PhD in Education (The University of Edinburgh)
Current projects:
Conference Papers:
PhD Programme
PGDE Secondary: EAL and the Classroom (Course Organiser)
Dissertation Supervision (MSc Education: Language - Theory, Practice and LIteracy and MSc TESOL)
Critical Literacies and Critical Pedagogies (MSc Education: Language - Theory, Practice and Literacy).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Editorial
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
1/12/15 → 1/12/17
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
Foley, Y. & Anderson, C.
1/10/15 → 31/01/18
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
Sangster, P., Anderson, C. & Foley, Y.
UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities
1/09/14 → 30/11/15
Project: Research
Sangster, P., Anderson, C., Foley, Y. & Crichton, H.
1/09/14 → 30/04/15
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
1/02/14 → 31/07/14
Project: Research