Kerry McMichael

Kerry is an experienced primary teacher with expertise from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Year 6, alongside leadership and curriculum development roles. Passionate about making learning engaging and purposeful, Kerry joined ARU Peterborough in 2022 as a Lecturer Practitioner and has progressed to Course Director for the BA (Hons) Primary Education Studies course.

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Background

In addition to classroom practice, Kerry has held leadership roles as a member of the School Improvement Team and as a Teaching and Learning Coach. These positions involved designing, reviewing, and adapting curricula informed by leading educational research, as well as monitoring teaching quality and providing professional coaching for teachers and support staff. To remain current in the field, Kerry collaborates with several primary schools in the Peterborough area and also serves as a school governor.

Research interests

• Promoting a more balanced curriculum that values non-core subjects
• Advancing equality and inclusion in primary education
• Exploring the social and economic factors that influence children’s engagement and attainment

Teaching

• Perspectives on the Child 1: Childhood as a Construct, Physical and Social Development of Children
• Primary Pedagogy 1: Creativity and Humanities Subjects
• Subject Knowledge for Teaching: Science
• Subject Knowledge for Teaching 3: The Wider Curriculum

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Primary)
• BA (Hons) In Three-Dimensional Design

Memberships, editorial boards

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy