Dr Neil Ingram

Summary

• SPINE project, looking at the impact of the national Form II biology examination on the people of Zanzibar.
• S-TEAM project. Working with Sibel Erduran to develop argumentation as a support for 'How Science Works.
• Member of Getting Practical development team.
• Lead co-ordinator of e-Scapes, Hewlett Packard Catalyst initiative for Pedagogy 3.0.

Biography

Neil Ingram has taught Biology, Psychology and ICT in a range of secondary schools, most recently at Clifton College, Bristol, where he was Head of Science.  He is the author and co-author of a number of important textbooks for secondary Biology teaching, often in collaboration with the Nuffield Curriculum Trust.  He joined the Graduate School in September 2008 as the senior biologist on the Science PGCE course.  He is currently co-ordinating the PGCE Science course with sixty students.

Teaching

• Biology education on the Science PGCE course
• A module on Ethical Issues in Science Education for MSc Science and Education course.

Keywords

• biology
• psychology
• science education
• schools
• teaching process

Memberships

Organisations

Graduate School of Education

School of Physiology and Pharmacology

Research Centres

• Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science Education (CISSE)

Recent publications

• Rea-Dickins, P, Oksana, A & Ingram, NR. ‘Challenges for assessment policy on formative assessment: A multilingual classroom perspective’, Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
• Ingram, NR. ‘21st Century Science’, in Hall A, Scott, A (Ed.), Students textbook and activity sheets, (pp. 74-104), 2011
• Ingram, NR. ‘Variation and Evolution’, in Reiss, MJ (Ed.), Teaching Secondary Biology 2nd Edition, 2011
• Erduran, S, Ingram, NR & Rea-Dickins, PM. ‘Science assessment in a second language: perspectives from the SPINE project in Zanzibar’, Association for Science Education Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK, 2010
• Ingram, NR & Erduran, S. ‘Teacher education in scientific argumentation: perspectives from the EU-funded STEAM project’, Association for Science Education Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK, 2010
• Ingram, NR. ‘Two Cheers for Biodiversity’, School Science Review, 91 (336), 23-24, 2010
• Rea-Dickins, P, Yu, G, Afitska, O, Olivero, F, Ingram, NR, Erduran, S, Mohamed, A, Mbaraok, M, Mwevura, H & Said, S. ‘Investigating the language factor in school examinations: exploratory studies’, 2009. ISBN: 9781906675912
• Ingram, NR & Thomas, AF. ‘Biology Technician?s Resource File’, 2008

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system

Courses

Dr Ingram currently teaches 1 courses: