Jane Essex

Jane taught Science, with a specialism in Chemistry, in a range of all-ability state schools from 1986 to 2002. Whilst working as a teacher she undertook an Ed D, looking at whether mentoring could raise achievement in chemistry and how it might do that.A move to the University of Keele to work as P.G.C.E. tutor in Chemistry in 2002, enabled her to her develop her major research areas of practice and research, namely science education for learners with additional support needs, specifically intellectual difficulties and the impact of science outreach. She has undertaken various pieces of advisory and staff development work in the area of inclusive science education during subsequent teacher education posts at Brunel University London and Strathclyde University.