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Louise Nelson

Course Director

Louise is the Course Director for PGCE Primary. She was a primary school teacher for almost 20 years in Wakefield and an Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) of Primary Science, before joining Leeds Beckett University in 2007.

Since 2010, Louise has been the Course Leader of the Postgraduate Primary 5-11 PGCE. This course includes both postgraduate trainees from University Led based study and those from our partnerships with School Direct. Having become a Principal Lecturer for Primary Education in 2015, she then went on to become the Course Director for PGCE Primary in 2017.

Louise lectures on the post graduate courses in ITE, delivering primary science and professional development, both areas she’s deeply passionate about. She is member of the Association of Science Education (ASE) a charity which is the largest subject association in the UK where she works mainly at national level as part of their Specialist Publications Group. She’s a Trustee for an Education Trust - Education Ossett Community Trust (EOCT), a Governor for a local primary school and also a University External Examiner.

Current Teaching

Curriculum Studies (3-11) Primary PGCE
Professional Development (3-11) Primary PGCE

Research Interests

Louise continues to spend time in primary schools, regularly working with teachers helping with science teaching and support. This includes developing partnerships with schools to enrich her students teaching experience by organising and delivering university teaching in the schools themselves to deepen trainee teachers understanding of theory into practice.

This is in additional to her work with the ASE where she regularly meets with the ASE Specialist Publications Group reviewing and advising on science books prior to finished publication.