Tony Pell

Biographic Data

ID6155502
NAMETony Pell
GIVEN NAMESTony
FAMILY NAMEPell
SIGNATUREPELL T
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS31
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX2

  • Teachers’ conceptions of teacher professionalism in England in 2003 and 2006

    Open AccessMandy Swann, M M Swann et al.ARTICLEBritish Educational Research…2010Cited by: 2References: 7

    Theoretical and political perspectives on the nature of professionalism in teaching are abundant, but little is known about the views of teachers themselves. We asked primary and secondary school teachers in England what teacher professionalism means to them. We explored what teachers think about professionalism, on what dimensions their thinking varies, and how much it varies. We researched how successful the government had already been, and how…

  • Promoting group work at key stage 3

    Tony Pell, Maurice Galton et al.ARTICLEResearch Papers in Education2007Cited by: 1References: 26

    The attitudes and behaviour of 1040 pupils aged 12–14 years have been measured at the beginning and end of the school year with a battery of attitude, motivation and personality tests in an investigation of the differential effects of group work compared to whole‐class learning. A total of 44 secondary teachers of English, mathematics and science and their classes have been studied over a two‐year period. While subject attitudes and motivation sc…

  • Public perceptions of the teaching profession

    Tim Everton, Penny Turner et al.ARTICLEResearch Papers in Education2007Cited by: 1References: 8

    Concerns about the recruitment and retention of teachers have prompted recent studies into the status of teaching in several different countries. This paper analyses the findings of a survey designed to investigate public perceptions of the teaching profession in the UK. It was undertaken as part of a broader DfES‐funded longitudinal project that has been using a mixed methodology to explore individual teachers’ perceptions of their status, and t…

  • Mentoring beginning teachers in secondary schools

    Open AccessJennifer Harrison, Sue Dymoke et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2006Cited by: 11References: 3

  • Educational research and the teacher

    Tim Everton, Maurice Galton et al.ARTICLEResearch Papers in Education2002Cited by: 1

    In the past few years a great deal of discussion has taken place in the UK about the importance of educational research, particularly its value to policy makers and its usefulness to teachers. At the same time a number of influential individuals and organizations have been keen to promote the idea of teaching as an evidence-based profession. This paper analyses the findings of a questionnaire, designed to investigate teachers' views on research a…

  • Changes in Patterns of Teacher Interaction in Primary Classrooms

    Open AccessMaurice Galton, Linda Hargreaves et al.ARTICLEBritish Educational Research…1999Cited by: 15References: 10

    For the past two decades there has been persistent controversy regarding the effectiveness of the different teaching methods used in the English primary classroom. One of the earliest studies of the primary classroom, the ORACLE study, described the typical behaviours of teachers and pupils. Since that time there have been various interventions designed ‘to change the way that primary teachers teach’. The research reported here evaluates the succ…