Jemima Davey

Subject Lead for Education Partnerships
Senior Lecturer in Primary Education

Biography

Jemima joined St Mary's University in September 2020. She is currently Subject Lead for Education Partnerships and Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, teaching across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher education routes on both domestic and international programmes.

Jemima convenes the masters modules on the PGCE Primary with QTS programme, which focuses on reflective practice and contemporary issues in primary education. She delivers these modules to students at St Mary's University and at Carmel Teacher Training Partnership.

Jemima is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and member of the Chartered College of Teaching (MCCT).

Before joining the University, Jemima worked as a class teacher, primary science lead and mentor to early career teachers. She has a BA (Hons) in Primary Education with QTS, a PGCert in Academic Practice, and an MA in Education: Pedagogy following research exploring the preparedness of early career teachers to deliver the primary science curriculum.

Jemima is currently a doctoral student with a focus on the professional identity of mentors to emerging practitioners and she is also completing her NPQ in Leading Teacher Development.

Jemima is also the lead external examiner for the Bachelor of Education at the University of Hertfordshire.

Research

Research profile

Jemima is actively involved in research as part of both her doctoral studies and wider professional life. She regularly presents at conferences, has conducted funded research and had articles accepted for publication. Jemima is an active member of both the Centre for Wellbeing in Education and pedagogy research special interest group at St Mary's University. Her areas of interest include professional identity, teacher wellbeing and resilience, effective support for both emerging and experienced practitioners, and mentoring and supervision in education.

Key publications

Davey, J. and Chambers, J. (2024) 'Enabling a research-informed approach to mentoring beginner teachers', BERA Blog.
Davey, J. (2024) Tech in Teaching: Exploring the impact of digital learning on emerging professional practice, in C. E. Edwards-Leis and M. Price (Eds.) Pedagogy in Higher Education: A critical review, London: St Mary's University Press. *Awaiting publication.
Strachan, A. and Davey, J. (2022) Saving the planet one science lesson at a time: challenging the traditional notion of sustainability and climate change education. Primary Science 175.
Strachan, A. and Davey, J. (2022) Saving The Planet One Science Lesson At A Time. Hatfield: Millgate House Publishers.
Davey, J. (2021) Making science core again: teaching high quality science in a time poor curriculum. Primary Science 166.

Conference presentations

Davey, J. and Crinall, S. (2024) Developing collaborative approaches to research-informed teacher education: perspectives from university and school. UCET Conference 2024.
Davey, J. and Chambers, J. (2024) A research informed approach to the professional identity formation of primary school-based teacher educators. BERA Conference 2024.
Assemakis, K., Cass, G., Davey, J., Fox, K. Lovatt, S., Price, M. and Wilson, S. (2024) Holding the space: early career researcher-lecturers’ learning from conference experience. BERA Conference 2024.
Davey, J. and Borchardt, J. (2024) Promoting personal and professional success on placement: supportive resources for students. Festival of Learning and Teaching, St Mary's University.
Davey, J. and Chambers, J. (2024) The place of research literature in the effective mentoring of emerging professionals. Festival of Learning and Teaching, St Mary's University.
Strachan, A., Davey, J. and Cass, G. (2023) Using Critical Global Citizenship Education to challenge the traditional notion of science education. New voices in Global Education & Learning, ANGEL.
Strachan, A., Davey, J. and Cass, G. (2023) Promoting global citizenship through science learning. Institute of Education Research Conference, St Mary's University.
Strachan, A. and Davey, J. (2022) Embedding sustainable development goals in the primary science curriculum. ASE Annual Conference.
Strachan, A. and Davey, J. (2022) Using global issues to promote purposeful scientific enquiry. ASE South East Conference.
Davey, J. and Strachan A. (2022) Purposeful planning in primary science. ASE South East Conference.

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