About
Alison Adams is a Teaching Fellow in Teacher Education (Primary) at the University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education and Sport. She holds an MA (Hons) in Geography from the University of St Andrews, a PGDE (Primary) and MEd in Leadership and Learning from the University of Edinburgh. Her current role includes leading the Expressive Arts curricular area on the PGDE (Primary) programme and organizing the 'Developing as a Leader' module in the Masters in Leadership and Learning.
Her research focuses on exploring tensions between policy and practice in Scottish educational change using self-study methodologies and policy analysis frameworks. She is currently completing a PhD investigating habituated practices and assumptions in education through critical reflection. Alison maintains strong connections between theory and practice, drawing from her decade of classroom experience in Early Years education.
No academic awards are explicitly listed in her profile. Her professional responsibilities include curriculum development, teacher training, and leadership education, reflecting her dual focus on practical pedagogy and systemic educational reform.
