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Dr Sue Dymoke
Senior Lecturer in Education
BA Hons, PGCE, PhD (Nottingham)
Tel: 0116 252 3683
Email: sd100@le.ac.uk
Sue is a published poet with a particular interest in the processes of writing poetry and how these are taught in schools. Before joining the School of Education, Sue taught English in secondary schools for 16 years, for 8 of these she was a Head of English. She also worked as a course tutor at the University of Nottingham and for the Open University. Sue has run courses on many aspects of English, especially poetry teaching and A-level English, as well as other elements of continuing professional development including group work, gender in education and Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) induction. Sue is a member of the education working group of the national Poetry Archive, a consultant for the Poetry Society and a member of its Poetry Class team.
Sue was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in July 2011 and a University Teaching Fellowship in 2008 in recognition of her teaching excellence. She is the Editor of English in Education a peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes research from experienced researchers worldwide and new voices in the academic community. Sue is currently leading a four part ESRC Poetry Matters seminar series with colleagues Dr Anthony Wilson and Professor Andrew Lambirth from Exeter and Greenwich universities.
Here at the School of Education, Sue is course leader for the Secondary PGCE English course and for the Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) programme. Additionally, she supervises PhD students with interests in different aspects of Secondary English and Drama education, including use of ICT, the Mantle of the Expert, creativity and Post-16 English.
You can listen to recordings of Sue’s poetry at http://www.poetcasting.co.uk/?p=191 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcCZHaJgWhw Her response to the work of artists David Hockney and Francis Stark was presented at Nottingham Contemporary
Research
Teaching
Sue teaches on the following modules for the courses listed below:
Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL)
Sue additionally supervises PhD students with her research interests.
Selected Publications
Dymoke, S. (2011) ‘Creativity in English Teaching and Learning ’ in Davison, J., Daly, C. and Moss, J. (eds) Debates in English Teaching. London: Routledge. pp 142 -156
Hughes, J. and Dymoke, S. (2011) “Wiki-Ed Poetry”: Transforming Preservice Teachers’ Preconceptions About Poetry and Poetry Teaching, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 55 (1), 46 -56.
Dymoke, S. and Griffiths, R. (2010) ‘The Letterbox Club: the impact on looked after children and their carers of a national project aimed at raising achievements in literacy for children aged 7 to 11 in foster care’, Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 37 (1).
