Kate Morley
Senior Lecturer in Primary Education: English
Primary Education
email: k.morley@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 542074
Kate is a senior lecturer, teaching across the postgraduate and undergraduate modules for English at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø. She jointly leads English and safeguarding within the Primary Department. Kate also works as a School Experience and Dissertation tutor as part of Primary ITT and is a Personal Academic Tutor for postgraduates.
Before joining the university, Kate taught in primary schools in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset for over 20 years. She held a range of leadership roles including English, assessment, safeguarding and music. As a Deputy Head for 7 years, Kate developed and implemented many whole school initiatives and particularly enjoyed working with new and existing teachers to support and develop their practice.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) in English: University of Leeds 1996
- PGCE in Primary Education: University of Leeds 1997
- PGCLTHE: Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø 2019
- Fellow of the HEA
Learn Upon Training completed
- Safer Recruitment
- Introduction to the Prevent Duty as it affects Higher Education
- Safeguarding Essentials
Teaching & Research
Teaching Interests
- Primary English undergraduate modules and PGCE (Core and School-Based)
- Safeguarding
- Dissertation
- Teaching reading and writing in the primary classroom
- Approaches to reading comprehension
- Spoken Language
- Grammar in context
- Formative Assessment
Research Interests
- Relationships and Learning (MA study)