Lecturer in Education

Msc (Southbank, London)
PhD Quaternary Sciences (Royal Holloway),

PhD Education (Birmingham)

Tel: 0116 252 3686
Email:  pbw2@le.ac.uk   
 

Phil is our Programme Leader for the PGCE Secondary course and he coordinates PGCE Secondary Geography here at the School of Education. He also leads the Pedagogy Pathway specialism on the Masters in International Education and supervises several EdD and PhD students.

Phil joined the School in 2005, prior to this he worked at a large comprehensive in South Lincolnshire where he was subject leader for geography and an advanced skills teacher.  

He is a member of the Collaborative Action Research Network, and the Geographical Association, bringing both areas of interest together to investigate innovative approaches to learning and curriculum.  

Research

• Research Interests
• Publications

Teaching Interests

Phil teaches on the following courses:

• PGCE Secondary Geography
• MA International Education

Selected Publications

Wood, P. (2009) ‘Advances in E-learning – the case of blogging in U.K. school geography’. Research in Geographic Education, vol. 11 (2), pp 28-46

Wood, P. (2009) 'Locating place in school geography - experiences from the pilot GCSE'. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, vol. 18(1) , pp. 5 – 18

Personal Blogs and Websites

Personal Website: www.learning-space.net   
Personal Blog: http://blendedlearning.blogspot.com