Staff Profile
Dr Katy Bloom Milner
Senior Lecturer, School Learning and Teaching Lead
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PhD, MSc, PGCE, CSciTeach, SFHEA
I spent seven years as an Exploration Geophysicist in the oil industry in the UK and abroad before becoming a Physics teacher. I have been a Head of Science Faculty at a Specialist Science College and gained Advanced Skills Teacher status in 2001, working primarily on researching and developing educational strategies that were utilised authority-wide.
I became a Senior Professional Development Leader at the National STEM Learning Centre [NSLC] in York, where I also acted as the Engineering Lead for the DfE STEM team. Whilst at the NSLC, I developed professional development courses in Outstanding teaching, which drew upon a strong research base.
I moved to a career in Initial Teacher Education as an Associate Principal Lecturer at Leeds Trinity University where I led the Science PGCE, and subsequently to my current role as a Senior Lecturer in Science Education at York St John University, where I also hold the post of Learning and Teaching Lead for the School of Education, Languages and Psychology.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – k.bloom@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 155
Teaching
I teach on the following modules:
- 1PCC01 The Primary Core Curriculum
- 2QTSS1 Teaching and Learning in Science
- 3QTSS1 Subject Specialism and Developing as a subject leader (Science)
- MPG092 Learning and Teaching in Subject Studies (SD Science)
- MPG093 The Developing Professional (SD)
- MPG094 Learning and Teaching in the Primary Curriculum
I teach on the following programmes: Initial Teacher Education (Primary and Secondary routes, Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
Research
My research area is in assessment and feedback practices, and my PhD focused on how the role of teachers' verbal self-regulation and process feedback impacted positively on students' self-belief systems (comprising self-concept, self-efficacy, anxiety, mindset) in the context of physics.
Professional activities
Association of Science Education
Chartered Science Teacher
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Accredited Science Mark Assessor
Publications and conferences
Publications
GCSE Physical Sciences for Combined Science: Synergy 9-1 Student Book (GCSE Science 9-1)
GCSE Life and Environmental Sciences for Combined Science: Synergy 9-1 Student Book (GCSE Science 9-1)
Conferences
Up North 2019a. Using visual tools to structure learning
Up North 2019b. Flexing verbal formative feedback to achieve different outcomes
