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Dr Dean Robson

Dr Dean Robson
Dr Dean Robson
Dr Dean Robson

PhD, BSc (Hons : 1st Class), PGCert in T&L in HE, FHEI

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

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Email Address
d.robson@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 274621
Office Address

Room 629 School of Education 51cg MacRobert Building 6th Floor King's College Aberdeen AB24 5UA Tel: 44 (0) 1224 274621

School/Department
School of Education

Biography

Professional Career

2015-date : Senior Lecturer, School of Education

2008-2015: Lecturer, School of Education

2006-2008: Senior Research Fellow, School of Education

2003-2006: Professional Officer (Research and Development), GTCS

1990-2003: Lecturer (Physical Sciences), Heriot-Watt University

1987-1990: Research Assistant, The Scottish College of Textiles

 

Academic Qualifications

1987 BSc (Hons : 1st Class) in Physics, University of Dundee

1995 PhD , Heriot-Watt University

2002 PGCert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, Napier University

 

Professional Qualifications

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA

GTCS Registered Teacher (Further Education : Physics and Mathematics)

 

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Courses Co-ordinator

Student Progress Convener

External Memberships

External Examiner, MSc. Enhanced Practice in Education (EPiE), School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow.

MA External Examiner, Faculty of Education, University of Malta. 

Programme Validation, Higher Education & Training Awards Council, Ireland.

Latest Publications

  • Understanding the Preparation of Teachers for High-Poverty School Environments: A Systematic Review

    Graham, A., Darling-McQuistan, K., Mtika, P., MacDougall, L., Robson, D.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Newly qualified teachers’ experiences of implementing an inclusive pedagogy in schools located in high poverty environments

    Graham, A., MacDougall, L., Robson, D., Mtika, P.
    Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 308-322
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • The Effects of Poverty on School Education – Research from the Poverty and Education Network

    McKinney, S. J., Wilson, A., Shanks, R. K., Robson, D., Moscardini, L., Mtika, P., McKendrick, J. H., MacDougall, L., Lowden, K., Lord, K., Jaap, A., Hunter, K., Graham, A., Darling-McQuistan, K.
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Student teachers’ perspectives of learning to enact an inclusive pedagogy: insights for working in high poverty school environments

    Mtika, P., Robson, D., Graham, A., MacDougall, L.
    Teaching Education, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 45–60
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Beyond the Pandemic: Poverty and School Education in Scotland

    McKinney, S. J., Graham, A., Hall, S., Hunter, K., Jaap, A., Lowden, K., MacDougall, L., McKendrick, J. H., Moscardini, L., Mtika, P., Reid, L., Ritchie, M., Robson, D., Shanks, R. K., Stettin, S., Wilson, A.
    Scottish Educational Review, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 238-264
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

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Research

Research Overview

Teacher preparation & social inequality.
Continuing professional learning and development, partnership and mentoring.
Professional enquiry and action research, evidence-based practice.
Secondary educational data analysis, quantitative techniques.

Supervision of Masters and PhD level students to successful completion. Supervised PhD research topics include: learning environments, student and teacher capabilities and beliefs, mathematics teacher preparation and poverty, school micropolitics, secondary data analysis (student recruitment, attainment and achievement, teacher characteristics). Details in Supervision section below. 

 

 

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Education.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Education

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Education Policy
  • Education Studies
  • Higher Education
  • Primary Teaching
  • Professional Practice in Education

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

Teacher Preparation Research Group (poverty and social inequality)

European perspectives on new teacher support and mentoring. 

 

Collaborations

Collaboration with other Scottish TEIs through the Scottish Attainment Challenge Project (Scottish Council of Deans funded by the Scottish Government)  

Collaborations with colleagues in Denmark, Norway and Malta exploring new teacher support. 

Collaborative activity with personnel at partner local authorities. Academic support for practitioner enquiry initiatives developed for induction year teachers. 

Supervision

My current supervision areas are: Education.

 

Completed PhD Supervision (year of successful completion) 

Mohsen Jabali. Interactive Whiteboards, Dialogic Interactions, and Communicative Skills in Saudi Primary English as a Foreign Language Classrooms (2026)

Anna Teitz. The micropolitical experiences of student teachers  (2023)

Laura Puhalak.  Equality of student teachers’ first year experiences in Initial Teacher Education: a capability perspective  (2023)

Tugcem Sahin.  Enhancing Initial Teacher Education approaches to teaching mathematics in socio- economically diverse settings (2022)

Assel Zhakim. Pre-school children’s development of literacy in home learning environments in Kazakh families (2022)

Archangelo Yambeni. An investigation of how students’ achievement during entrance examinations correlates with their actual academic achievement in higher education in Malawi using Domasi College of Education as a case (2020)

Maxwell Nyatsikor. Connecting the Ghanaian Primary school teacher characteristics to pupil achievement in National Educational Assessment (2019)

Prince Armah. Teaching mathematical problem solving in Ghana: Teacher beliefs, intentions and behaviour (2015)

Rim Mouawad. Impact of participatory appreciative reflective inquiry within destiny learning on self-development of Lebanese special educators. (2013) 

Rachel Shanks.  How induction year teachers in Scotland learn in the workplace. (2012)

Noah Elassy.  Student involvement in the Quality Assurance Process in Higher Education Institutions. (2012)

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Introduction to Inclusive Teaching (MA1)

Reflecting on Inclusive Teaching (MA1)

Exploring Mathematical Conceptual Understanding (MA2)

Professional Enquiry (MA4) 

Professional Project (MA4)

Informing Professional Practice (PGDE)

Connecting the Curriculum : Mathematics (PGDE)

Masters Project / Dissertation (PGT) 

Researching Issues in Professional Practice (EdD)

Analysing and Impacting on Issues in Professional Practice 

PhD / EdD Supervision (PGR)

Publications

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  • Teacher characteristics and children’s educational attainment in Ghana: do some teacher characteristics matter more for children attending disadvantaged schools?

    Nyatsikor, M. K., Sosu, E., Mtika, P., Robson, D.
    Frontiers in Education, vol. 5, 162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Exploring practicum: student teachers’ social capital relations in schools with high numbers of pupils living in poverty

    Graham, A., MacDougall, L., Robson, D., Mtika, P.
    Oxford Review of Education, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 119-135
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Exploring intentions to teach mathematical problem solving: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

    Robson, D., Armah, P. H.
    African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences , vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 117-133
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Identifying beliefs underlying the teacher's decision to teach mathematical problem solving: An elicitation study using the Theory of Planned Behaviour

    Robson, D., Armah, P. H.
    African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences , vol. 14, pp. 167-183
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Researching student teachers’ attitudes and beliefs toward children living in poverty in Scotland: insights from a mixed methods pilot study

    Graham, A., Mtika, P., Robson, D., MacDougall, L.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • ‘Anybody can be affected by poverty’: Student teachers’ beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of poverty and its impact on children and young people

    Graham, A., MacDougall, L., Mtika, P., Robson, D.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Newly qualified teachers’ professional learning through practitioner enquiry: Investigating partnership-based mentoring

    Robson, D., Mtika, P.
    International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 242 -260
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Joint Observation of Student Teachers During School Placement

    Mtika, P., Robson, D., Fitzpatrick, R.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers

  • Joint observation of student teaching and related tripartite dialogue during field experience: Partner perspectives

    Mtika, P., Robson, D., Fitzpatrick, R.
    Teaching and Teacher Education, vol. 39, pp. 66-76
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Joint Observation of Student Teachers During Placement: Partner Perspectives

    Robson, D., Mtika, P., Fitzpatrick, R.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
    • [ONLINE]
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