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National Teaching Fellowship | Summary Curriculum Vitae | Curriculum Vitae Dr Helen Louise King-Curriculum Vitae Last updated 16 December 2009 Areas of InterestI have expertise in project management, facilitation and evaluation within learning and teaching in higher education. I am particularly interested in enhancing graduate employability and supporting personal & professional development (for staff). I have been involved in projects in a variety of subject areas but my main interest is in geoscience education. Qualifications / Awards
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Successful Funding ApplicationsJune 2006. “Internationalisation at the Taught Postgraduate (Masters) Level” (£5, 000) HE Academy October 2005 (with PRS Subject Centre) “A joint Subject Centre project to support the Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL” (£5, 000) HE Academy October 2005. “Supporting the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)” (£9, 450) HE Academy December 2004. “Employability Skills for Corporate / Social Responsibility” (£10, 000 joint bid with Subject Centre for Philosophical & Religious Studies) HE Academy November 2004. “Analysing the CPD Needs of University of Plymouth Academic Staff” (£8, 000 joint bid with colleagues from EDaLT) University of Plymouth February 2004. “Entrepreneurship Funding”. (£20, 000) DfES (via LTSN Generic Centre) December 2003. “A Study to Investigate how Discipline-Based Practitioners Engage with the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching.” (£500) SEDA Award May 2002. Contributed to “Employability Funding” (£10, 000). LTSN Generic Centre March 2001. “Guides to Support Learning & Teaching in Earth & Environmental Sciences” (£49, 650). LTSN Development Fund Tranche 1. March 2001. “Developing Discipline-based Pedagogic Research Capacity: Improving the Educational Effectiveness of Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences” (£50, 000). LTSN Development Fund Tranche 1. Nov. 1999. Contributed to “Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences Subject Centre Bid”. HEFCE Nov. 1999. “Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator” (£19, 900); “Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Training Programme” (£18, 900). University of Southampton Teaching and Learning Development Grant Scheme. May 1999. “Earth Science Staff Development project: Securing Continuation” (£10, 000: collaborative bid with GDN, HILP & SEED); Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning. May 1999. “Earth Science Staff Development project: Transferability” (£13, 400: mixed bid, partly solo and partly collaborative with the GDN, HILP & SEED projects). Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning. Nov. 1998. Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator (£6,155). University of Southampton Teaching and Learning Development Grant Scheme. PublicationsKing, H. (2009) Collaborative Working for Curriculum and Professional Development. In: Walsh, L. & P.Kahn (Eds.) Collaborative Working in Higher Education. Taylor & Francis, New York King, H. (2008) The State of Evidence in Geoscience Education Research. Prepared for the (USA) National Academies Board on Science Education (http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/HelenKing_Report.pdf) Mcewen L., J. Monk, I. Hay, P. Kneale & H. King (2008) Strength in Diversity: Enhancing Learning in Vocationally-Orientated, Master's Level Courses. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, Vol. 32, Issue 1, pages 101 - 119 Stokes, A., H. King & J.C. Libarkin (2007) Research in Science Education: Threshold Concepts. Journal of Geoscience Education Vol. 55 No. 5 pp434 -438 King, H. (2006) Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge in Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences (Editorial). Planet Special Edition, GEES Subject Centre, pp 2-3 http://www.gees.ac.uk/pubs/planet/index.htm#P17 King, H. (2006) Understanding spatial literacy: cognitive and curriculum perspectives. Planet Special Edition, GEES Subject Centre, pp 26-28 http://www.gees.ac.uk/pubs/planet/index.htm#P17 King, H (2006) (Ed.) Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship Resource Pack: Enhancing the Curriculum in Geography, Earth & Environmental Science. GEES Subject Centre http://www.gees.ac.uk/projtheme/entrep/entrepres.htm King, H. (2005) Editorial: Postgraduate Taught Courses in GEES. Planet Special Edition – Issue 14. Pg 2. King, H. & L. Mattin 2005 Managing Programmes of Small-Scale Research & Development Funding: Lessons from HEIs and Subject Centres. Educational Developments Issue 6.1, pp 18-21 King, H. (2004) Continuing Professional Development in Higher Education: What do Academics Do? Educational Developments, Issue 5.4 pp 1-5 King, H. 2003. Learning to do Discipline-based Pedagogic Research in Geography, Earth and Environmental Studies. PLANET Special Edition on Teaching & Research. LTSN-GEES. King, H. 2003. Disseminating Educational Developments. In: Kahn, P. & D. Baume (Eds.) A Guide to Staff & Educational Development. SEDA / RoutledgeFalmer. King, H., S.Gaskin & M.Healey. 2003. Learning to do pedagogic research in the disciplines: A UK partnership approach. Proceedings of the HEDSA Conference. Cousin, G., M. Healey, A. Jenkins, J. Bradeer, H. King et al. 2002. Raising educational research capacity: a discipline-based approach. Proceedings of the 9th Improving Student Learning Symposium. Clark, G., M.Healey, A.Jenkins, T. Wareham, B. Chalkley, J. Blumhof, P. Gravestock, A. Honeybone, H. King & N. Thomas. 2002. Developing New Lecturers: The Case of a Discipline-Based Workshop. Active Learning In Higher Education Vol.3, No.2 King, H. (Ed) 2000. A Staff Resource Book to Support Earth Sciences Learning & Teaching in Higher Education. Earth Science Staff Development project. King, H. 2000. Disseminating: Theory and practice, FDTL/TLTP Projects News Bulletin, Issue No. 4 (Milton Keynes: FDTL/TLTP National Co-ordination Team), pp.11-12. King, H. 2000. Staff Development in the Earth Sciences: Approaches to Project Evaluation, FDTL/TLTP Projects News Bulletin, Issue No. 2 (Milton Keynes: FDTL/TLTP National Co-ordination Team) King, H. & M. Brooks. 2000. Proceedings of Current and Future Trends in Geoscience HE session at Geoscience 2000. Geoscientist. Thomas, N., C. Boulter, J. Marshall, C. Lee, H.King & B. Perkins. 1998. Helping Earth Sciences Students to Develop Key Skills: a portfolio of curriculum exercises (produced through DfEE-funded UK Earth Science Personal & Career Development Network). King, H. (Ed.) 1997. Proceedings of the UK Geosciences Fieldwork Symposium. Earth Science Staff Development project & Earth Science Teachers’ Association. ISBN 0 85432 669 3 King, H. 1997. Book review of “Geoscience Education and Training” for Journal of African Earth Sciences 1996 – 2000: Author / editor of the proceedings of the Earth Science Staff Development workshops (FDTL-funded) 1996 – 2000: Various short publicity articles for the Earth Science Staff Development project in Geoscientist, Teaching Earth Sciences, GeoCal. 2000 - : Various short publicity articles for LTSN-GEES in Geobyte, Geoscientist, UpFront, Environmental Scientist. Letter to THES re NLW Aug 2000. 2002 - : Various articles on the SEDA Fellowship Scheme for Educational Developments. PresentationsOctober 2009 (Poster Presentation) C-change in GEES: Open licensing of climate change and sustainability resources in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. October 2009 (Oral Presentation) Conceptual Difficulties in learning Geoscience: a pilot study; Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. February 2009 (Presentation & Discussion) What on Earth are they Thinking?....Identifying Cognitive Barriers to Student Learning in the Geosciences. Lunchtime seminar, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary October 2008 (Poster Presentation) Researching Threshold Concepts: Ways of Thinking and Practising in Geoscience. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas. October 2008 (Oral Presentation) The Emerging Field of Geocognition. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas. June 2008 (Workshop) What on Earth? ...Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge in the Geosciences. 2nd International Threshold Concepts Conference, Kingston, Ontario June 2008 (Workshop) Threshold Concepts in Educational Development. International Consortium for Educational Development conference, Salt Lake City, Utah May 2008 (Keynote Speaker) Exploring Experiential Learning: Theory, Practice and the link with Employability. Experiential Learning in the Natural & Environmental Sciences Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (EL CETL) conference, University of Plymouth. March 2008 (Presentation) Joining the Dots: Experiential Learning and Threshold Concepts. Faculty of Science, Michigan State University October 2007 (Poster Presentation) School Students’ Perceptions of Career Opportunities in the Geosciences. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting October 2007 (Oral Presentation) Understanding Public Perceptions of Geoscience. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting May 2007 (Workshop with Sian Evans) Projects, Peers and Placements: working with students in the GEES Subject Centre. Student Voices Seminar, Glasgow March 2007 (Workshop) Planning for your Professional Development. Higher Education Academy Internal Conference, Manchester December 2006 (Workshop) Personal & Professional Development Planning for Faculty in Higher Education. GEES Subject Centre conference, Leeds. July 2006 (Presentation) Integrating Graduate Entrepreneurial Skills within the Subject-based Curriculum. Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia, Perth. June 2006 (Presentation) Working together: involving students as peers in an educational development workshop. International Consortium for Educational Development conference, Sheffield June 2006: planned and delivered GEES Subject Centre two-day interactive conference / workshop on pedagogic research & threshold concepts. November 2005 (Workshop with Sue Burkill) A Team-Based Approach to CPD. SEDA 10th Annual Conference June 2005 (Workshop) Continuing Professional Development – What Works for Staff at UoP? University of Plymouth VC’s Conference June 2005 (Workshop) Developing the Developers. SEDA Summer School November 2004 (Workshop). Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Teaching in Higher Education: what do academics do? Staff & Educational Developers’ Association 9th Annual Conference September 2004 (Workshop with John Peters & Phil Gravestock) Developing a Dissemination Strategy. University College Worcester, national workshop for CETL bidders. August 2004 (Poster). Supporting and Promoting Good Practice in Geoscience Higher Education in the UK. 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence August 2004 (Presentation). Continuing Professional Development in Geoscience Higher Education in the UK. 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence July 2004 (workshop with Sharon Gedye) Learning & Teaching in the 21st Century: Exploring Student Diversity. LTSN-GEES Annual Conference, Warwickshire June 2004 (Joint workshop with Simon Smith & Steve Maw). Diversity, equality and legislation: managing multi-faith and multi-cultural teaching environments. The Learning & Teaching Conference, Hatfield June 2004 (Discussion). Evaluating the Impact of Small-scale Learning and Teaching Projects. The Learning & Teaching Conference February 2004 (Presentation). Making Connections Between Teaching and Research: Some Practical Examples from the Disciplines. University of Birmingham learning & teaching conference. November 2003. (Presentation). The Learning & Teaching Support Network. Oxford University Computing Services: LTSN e-Learning Day for the Maths and Physical Sciences Division November 2003 (Workshop). Learning Styles in the Educational Development Classroom. SEDA 8th Annual Conference August 2003 (Presentation). Enhancing the Quality of Fieldwork Through Pedagogic Research. GeoSciEd IV, Calgary April, May, June. 2002. CPD in GEES (Invited Presentation). LTSN Generic Centre & ILT workshops, Bristol, Glasgow & London. June 2002. (Invited Workshop). Educational Development in the Disciplines. SEDA Summer School, Lancaster. Nov. 2001 (Presentation). The Learning and Teaching Support Network in the UK: an update. GSA Annual Summit, Boston. Nov. 2001 (Seminar). Promoting Change or Enhancing Learning and Teaching? Perceptions of national initiatives in HE. Staff & Educational Developers’ Association Annual Conference, Manchester. July 2001. (Seminar with LTSN-Bioscience & CEBE). Supporting the Fieldwork Experience using C&IT. ILT Conference, York. April 2001. (Departmental Workshop). How to Teach Basic Maths & Science to Earth / Environmental Science Students. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Plymouth. Feb. 2000. (One day national workshop). Motivating and Engaging Students in our Disciplines, Kingston University. Nov. 2000 (Presentation). The National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences: part of a new Learning and Teaching Support Network in the UK. Geological Society of America Annual Summit, Reno. July 2000 (Seminar). Discipline-based Support for New and Recently Appointed Lecturers. Institute for Learning & teaching Annual Conference, York. April 2000 (Presentation). A Staff Resource Book to Support Earth Sciences Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Current and Future Trends in Geoscience HE, Geoscience 2000, Manchester. Jan. 2000 (Poster). The UK Earth Science Staff Development Project: an update. GeoSciEd III, Sydney. Jan. 2000 (Presentation). Learning & teaching in Higher Education in the UK: an Earth Science perspective. GeoSciEd III, Sydney. 1998. (Invited Presentation). Constructing Project Web-sites. FDTL Annual Conference, Birmingham. Aug. 1997 (Presentation & Poster). The UK Earth Science Staff Development project. GeoSciEd II, Hawaii. 2000 - Various awareness-raising presentations including: CHUGD, CHES, GA (2000), LTHE, University of Durham Geology away day, University of Plymouth Geology Away Day, Deans of Science Conference. 2000 - Various workshops and presentations for Subject Centre staff at LTSN/ HE Academy conferences. Personal InterestsSport: Currently I enjoy running, cycling and snowboarding. I played rugby for 19 years and it gave me a great opportunity to mix with people from all ages and walks of life. In the US I played for NOVA but still have connections to my old team Tavistock & North Tawton Ladies’ Rugby Team (for which I was the Vice-Captain for 2 years); I missed one season due to a broken wrist (snowboarding accident!) and haven’t had a chance to return to the game as there’s so much else to do out here ! As a balance to the more physical sports, I attend regular yoga classes for relaxation, strength and flexibility. As well as being fun and the chance to hang out with friends, these activities provide me with interests and challenges very different from my academic work and a great way to stay fit and healthy. Travel: Thoroughly enjoy national and international travel as part of my job and for holidays. Music: I play the piano and classical guitar for pleasure (rather than performing). Renting a large house in the US is great as there's room for a baby grand piano! Other: 2006 Attended course on Life Coaching 1999 Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology & Therapeutic Body Massage. 1989 Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award National Teaching Fellowship | Summary Curriculum Vitae | Curriculum Vitae
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