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Dr Peter Gregory

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Having worked in (primary, special and secondary) schools across London and the SE, I entered HE. I first worked within ITE at the University of Greenwich and since 2010 at Canterbury Christ Church University.

My subject discipline is in art and design and this has been central to my teaching career and more recently at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. I am very involved with two organisations: in the UK, the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA). I hold senior roles in both as well being part of the editorial teams for their journals and other publications.

I am particularly interested in art education, leadership and governance and partnership work – with schools, cultural organisations and others involved in developing deeper learning opportunities.

I originally trained in ceramics but have experienced and taught all forms of visual art. I am interested in the support and development of leadership within the subject domain and have invested in various activities to support this. A local example is in co-founding the Kent Art Teachers’ network which facilitates teachers (and others) working across Kent and Medway.

I have written journal and magazine articles and contributed to a number of publications (see below). I am committed to partnership work and have built and maintained this with regional organisations (eg the Bridging organisations linked to Arts Council England, Royal Opera House Bridge and Artswork) and am involved with a number of local galleries, museums and cultural organisations. I chair the Learning and Visitor Experience Advisory Group at Turner Contemporary, Margate.

In 2014 I was elected a World Councillor for InSEA – being one of three representing the European Region. This links the global art education community to the national societies and organisations.

In 2016 I became President-Elect of NSEAD (becoming President for the following two years and Past President for the next).

I have been involved in a number of local, national and international projects, including:

  • 2015 INSPIRE project (evaluation) KCC £2.1k
  • 2015 Art and Design in Schools KAT £1.4k
  • 2014 Embedding the new National Curriculum HEIF £10k
  • 2014 Portfolio art competition, exhibition and awards CCCU £1.5k
  • 2014 PageTurner art competition CCCU £1.5k
  • 2014 Preparing for the new National Curriculum CCCU £15k
  • 2013 Teacher Identity in Europe: Intensive Programme (IP) EU funded IP, Harnosand, Sweden
  • 2012 Kent Art Teachers Artswork £2.5k
  • 2012 Kent Art Teachers Royal Opera
  • House Bridge £2.5k
  • 2012 Art of Celebration (Jubliees’ Art Event) CCCU £1k
  • 2011 Evaluation of Youth Navigator Project Turner Contemporary
  • Gallery £3.9k
  • 2010 Art @ MUSE: Intensive Programme (IP) EU funded IP, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2010 Art @ MUSE: Intensive Programme (IP) EU funded IP, Porto, Portugal
  • 2009 Art @ MUSE: Intensive Programme (IP) EU funded IP, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2008 Tales of an Unknown Town: Intensive Programme (IP) EU funded IP, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2007-8 Higher Education and ART and Schools (HEARTS) Esmee Fairburn, £10k
  • 2005-8 Children as Researchers in Primary Schools in Europe (CARIPSIE), EU funded
  • Comenius III

As Faculty Director of Partnership-led Action Research and Development I promote and deliver a range of activities with schools and other settings, including several communities of practice exploring improvement possibilities through action research projects. Currently, these involve groups of professionals – teachers and TAs - and those involved in governance and leadership roles. This work might involve working with individuals, whole schools, groups or across a Diocese or Local Authority.

Since 2014 I have supervised PhD and EdD research students exploring ‘authentic learning’ and the value of art education in schools.

In 2015 I became involved in a national DfE funded research project on character education working with the Church of England based on the What if learning project.

Research Projects

  • A qualitative exploration of how school leaders inspire teachers. Researcher(s): Mr Mark Green. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • An examination of the impact of Covid -19 on secondary music education in the U.K.. Researcher(s): Mr STEVEN MCKIEL. Supervisor(s): Ms Kerry Boyle, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Art and Design Education as AOB: An exploration into value in relation to the subject and teachers of Art and Design in Secondary education.. Researcher(s): Dr Emma Sutton. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Professor Linden West. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Cutting-edge research on virtual games in Chinese art education. Researcher(s): Mr Suhan Li. Supervisor(s): Professor Alan Meades, Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Magz Hall. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Miss LAUREN HASTINGS. Supervisor(s): Dr John-Paul Riordan, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Richard Little. Supervisor(s): Dr Kristy Howells, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Effectiveness of a transformative leadership approach to improve well-being. Researcher(s): Miss Brooke Chandler. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Exploration of art and pedagogy in further education. Researcher(s): Miss Elwina Robinson. Supervisor(s): Dr Christian Beighton, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Fertile Ground of Negative Spaces: Material Methodologies for (Education) Leadership.. Researcher(s): Ms Joanna Townshend. Supervisor(s): Dr Christian Beighton, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • How can fashion design education in China exploit virtual reality working and virtual spaces?. Researcher(s): Miss Wanyu Xiang. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Rob McPherson, Professor Angela Pickard. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Policy problematizations and designated teachers perceptions of the barriers to Children in Care participating in decisions about their education. Researcher(s): Mr Simon Graydon. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Ruth Rogers. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Practitioners, parents and children’s responses to, and understandings of, the implementation of a compulsory Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum for all primary and secondary school children from September 2020.. Researcher(s): Miss BENICIA HALL. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Systematic review on teacher perceptions of self-directed CPD. Researcher(s): Mr Joe Toko. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr Sue Soan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The Character Development Project Final Report. Researcher(s): Professor Trevor Cooling, Dr Sabina Hulbert, Ms Caroline Thomas, Dr Peter Gregory. [Project report]
  • The effects teaching assistants have on the individual they are working with who has special educational needs, specifically focusing on ADHD.. Researcher(s): Miss Charlotte Bevan. Supervisor(s): Dr John-Paul Riordan, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • We agreed at the meeting yesterday that Liz Hoult would approve the corrections but the system does not seem to give the option to make this change. Please can you action. Researcher(s): Mrs Kerry Jordan-Daus. Supervisor(s): Dr Peter Gregory, Dr John-Paul Riordan. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Who am I? An exploration of racial identity and self within a multicultural world.. Researcher(s): Mr Thomas Vitulli. Supervisor(s): Dr Maria Lehane, Dr Anne Chant, Dr Peter Gregory. [Postgraduate Research Project]

Since 2013 I have chaired the DfE’s Expert Subject Advisory Group (ESAG) for art and design. These groups have advised DfE and the Secretary of State for Education over the content, manner of introduction and problematic issues of the revised National Curriculum. (At present, negotiations are exploring the absorption of the subject ESAGs as Subject Boards of the Royal College of Teaching.)

I regularly speak at events in the UK, Europe and beyond. Recent examples include:

  • United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA) New York July 2015 From London to Rio: Cultural Olympiad and the INSPIRE project
  • European Regional Congress of InSEA 2015 Lisbon June 2015 PORTFOLIO: more than just an art competition?
  • The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Art and Design Education, House of Commons, London, January 2015 Expert Subject Advisory Group for Art and Design: a progress report
  • International Journal of Education (iJADE) Conference, Tate Liverpool November 2014 The leadership of art: a solitary or communal activity?
  • Keynote Creative Connections UK Conference, University of Roehampton, October 2014 Art and Design: issues in creativity
  • International Society of Education through Art (InSEA) World Congress, Melbourne, Australia July 2014 Art Leadership in the Primary School: the English experience

I am a Chair of Governors of a Voluntary Aided Federation of schools, and also designated a ‘Federation Champion’ by the National Governors’ Association (NGA). The National College for Teaching and Leadership has designated me a National Leader of Governance (NLG) and I am also Vice Chair of the Kent and Medway NLG group. NCTL appointed me as a NLG Advocate and I coordinate the NLG support available across a number of LA areas, working with the Regional Schools’ Commissioner and Teaching Schools’ Council. (For the Advocate role, NCTL pays CCCU for my time – currently approximately 30 days per year.)

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peter.gregory@canterbury.ac.uk
01227923863

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Faculty of Arts Humanities and Education
School of Humanities and Educational Studies