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Shaun Allen-Dooley is a PhD student and Graduate Research Teaching Assistant (GRTA) at the School of Education, Birmingham City University (BCU), where he teaches on primary initial teacher education courses (BA, PGCE) and contributes to MA and doctorate modules. His research focuses on policy reforms in initial teacher education (ITE), mentoring, teacher quality, and educational support for 'disadvantaged' learners, alongside equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) projects.
- Education: MA in Education (2021), BCU.
Shaun's research combines critical discourse analysis of political speeches and autoethnographic methods, drawing from his experiences as a former primary school teacher and ESOL instructor. His work has been featured in a CSPACE conference.
His MA dissertation examined the term 'cultural capital' in education policy and included an autoethnographic reflection on an Ofsted inspection, which inspired his book chapter Old Books for Hungry Children (2022). He supervises student dissertations and shares insights with doctoral students via the PgCert module.
