Current Activities:

John is a member of a national education think-tank called the 'New Vision Group that engages Ministers and Officials in discussions about the relevance of educational research to policy issues and concerns.

Current Academic Positions:

• Emeritus Professor (2004 - ) within the Centre for Applied Research for Education (CARE), School of Education and Life Long Learning, at the University of East Anglia, UK.
  
• Associate Professor (2004 - ), Centre for Educational Research and Development, Von Hugel Institute, St Edmunds College, Cambridge.
  
• Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK.
  
• Visiting Professor of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Positions Held

2002 - 2004   Professorial Fellow, CARE, School of Education and Professional Development, UEA.
1996 - 1999   Director, CARE, School of Education and Professional Development, UEA.
1992 - 1995   Dean, School of Education, UEA.
1987 - 1987   Professor of Education, School of Education, UEA.
1984 - 1984    Reader, Deputy Director, CARE, UEA.
1976 - 1984   Tutor in Curriculum Studies, Cambridge Inst of Education.
1972 - 1976   Lecturer in Applied Educational Research, CARE, UEA.

Academic Background

2003   Doctor of Education, honoris causa, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
2003   LittD, U of East Anglia.
2002   Doctor of Education, honoris causa, The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
1980   MPhil, U of London.
1970   Diploma in Philosophy of Education, U of London.
1962   Teachers Supplementary Cert in Divinity, U of Reading Inst of Education.
1961   Teachers Cert. U of Southampton Inst of Education.


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