Nikki Doig

Senior Lecturer in Primary Education

Education and Society, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

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Contact

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+44 (0)1382 381442

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education in the School of Humanities, Social Science and Law. I am Curriculum and Assessment Convener on the MA (Hons) Primary Education and I have teaching responsibility across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

I joined the University of Dundee after a decade working in primary education as class teacher, principal teacher and acting depute head teacher, during which time I gained teaching experience of all stages from pre-school to primary 7 in schools in East Renfrewshire and Angus.

With a first degree in Dramatic Studies from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), and an MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Performing Arts (RCS), my subject specialism is Drama in the Primary School.

Prior to studying a PGDE in Primary Education at the University of Dundee, from which I graduated with Merit in 2006, I gained an MSc in Public Relations from the University of Stirling where I was awarded a full ESRC Scholarship.

Research

My research centres on teacher confidence, drama in education and learning beyond subject boundaries.

Teaching

I currently teach across a variety of curriculum and pedagogy modules on the MA Primary Education and PGDE Primary Education and programmes.

I am passionate about dramatic inquiry and the ways drama can enhance learning across the curriculum. My drama expertise informs the work I do to support student teachers with use of voice and classroom presence.

I am module leader for the MA2 module Learning and Teaching for Sustainability and a member of the national working group Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education.

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